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casell2003
on 7/13/10 6:53 am - San Antonio, TX
Topic: RE: Day 1 of protein shake diet!
I am on day two of my two weeks of protein shakes (and one small low calorie meal) daily. I agree that the shakes are pretty filling but I have urges to eat  not drink my meals. I am praying that with time it will get better. What I do to change up the taste of my shakes is I have my basic EAS powder and lactose fat-free milk, but i put like 2-3 teaspoons of pudding mix in it. My favorite is cheesecake and banana. Its not anything fancy but it is easy to mix on the go.
mtzladybug
on 7/13/10 6:07 am
Topic: RE: I Week Post Op

I'm glad you are feeling good.
Yesterday I got right out of bed, showered, cleaned the house, put make up on, did my hair, went shopping, made dinner, cleaned some more and....... today I feel like I got my butt seriously kicked!!! :) I think I may have over done it a little. I'm resting today.

You are having the same feelings about food that I am. One problem I have though is that I don't get full on the liquid diet. I'm not starving or anything but the liquids just go right through me. You'll have to update after your apt. and tell me what the doctor said about not getting full or that feeling of fullness.

Keep feeling better and make sure you take rests from time to time.

Khalilah A.
on 7/13/10 4:25 am - VA
Topic: RE: Surgery Postponed due to ulcers
Well i had to basically have a bland diet (which helped with my weight loss lol) no spicy foods, no citrus fruits, no carbonated drinks (sodas, etc), no caffeine coffees or teas, no fried foods, etc. I have high blood pressure so i don't use salt and like seasonsings so that was hard to just do like pepper..lol, but for the cause outweighed the desire for that stuff. I ate mashed potatoes, fruits and drank lots of water dropped another 8 pounds so i guess it was good all the way around. You'll be okay though. Just FYI - I GOT ANOTHER DATE! I'm so excited and pray all goes well. August 10th is my day so say a prayer for me!
Khalilah
            
Teresa2077
on 7/13/10 3:55 am
Topic: Newbie reporting in.
I'm so happy to find this board.  I am having my RNY in two days.

I'm so glad to be able to read everyone's experience.
    
tat2dchickie
on 7/12/10 11:46 pm - Victorville, CA
Topic: I Week Post Op
Hey all, how is everyone doing?
Well I am a week post op and I am feeling OK, soreness is practically all gone and I am feeling good. I have to say though, I am dealing with some head hunger, as people like to call it, where your mind says your hungry but the pouch says no, and I am pretty sure that's what it is cause the only time I feel hungry is when I am cooking for my kids and people are talking about food.
I still don't seem to have a full sensation, so what I am doing is measuring everything that I consume into 2 oz. Excep****er.
I seem to be getting better with my water intake and protein day by day, I made it to 3, 16 oz bottles of water yesterday, that still makes me one bottle shy of the 64 oz that I am supposed to have.
 I am pretty much alright. I have my post op follow on Saturday with my husband cause that's the only day he has off and the Dr really wants him to come in for an eval. My husband had his GBS done two years ago by the same surgeon, but because of Insurance issues, he hasn't been able to go back to see him till now.
I hope today turns into a great day for everyone!!!!
            
Charmedone2
on 7/12/10 11:12 am - Martinez, CA
Topic: RE: Surgery Postponed due to ulcers
Thank you so much.  Last week was a terrible week for me not only did I find out about my surgery being postponed, but I also tore a ligament in my calf while getting out of the pool.  Thought I'd try to get some low impact exercise.  LOL  I feel like my body is jut working against me.   Right at this point I'm feeling like it's not going to happen.  What if they go back for a look and ulcers are still there.  He didn't give me a specific diet just told me to take prilocec twice a day.  Yuck!!!!

Vicki
        
tat2dchickie
on 7/12/10 12:04 am - Victorville, CA
Topic: RE: newbie here, post op day 3
I am doing pretty good, no gagging anymore or problems getting anything down, well except the multi vitamin those are a lil hard to swallow. What I have noticed is that I can't tell when I am full........I just don't know, I don't ever feel hungry. So what I do now is measure out all my stuff not to exceed an ounce or so of what ever i am eating I may have two oz of broth then 2 oz of jello or whatever, That kind of worries me, I have my follow up on Friday and that defiantly is on the top of my questions list.
            
Khalilah A.
on 7/11/10 6:02 pm - VA
Topic: RE: Surgery Postponed due to ulcers
I understand 100% what you are feeling and going through, my heart goes out to you. It's an incredibly hard thing to hear especially considering all we've gone through to get to this point and when insurance is an issue. I've been down that road twice and thought I was gonna just fall apart when I found about my ulcers..i literally cried because it was like I was flying high and then someone put a pin in my hot air balloon, so frustrating. But as hard as it is, you gotta keep going and just be as dedicated to getting rid of those ulcers, etc as you were at getting qualified in the first place. Whatever diet ur advised to folow FOLLOW IT to the letter NO exceptions because time is of the essence. I was told on May 13 that I wouldn't be retested for 6-8 wks and I had my follow up July 7 and my ulcers were 100% healed! I thought that was it, I'm headed down the stretch now..then hit another hurdle, my husband (we are going thru a divorce now and ins is under his employer) had me dropped as of June 16! Of course he didn't tell me. I was in rare form and after much discussion, he called HR and had them put me back on and cannot make any changes until Jan 2011 so I have another 6 mos of coverage. My point is DONT give up now, keep going and I'll be here to help anyway I can as a part of your support team..bcz you were mine.
Khalilah
            
SimplySandy
on 7/11/10 4:15 pm - Stockton, CA
Topic: RE: Anybody having surgery in July?
Surgery now scheduled for July 22nd.  was originally going to be on the 8th but my doctor had something come up and rescheduled.  Sooooooo I had already go in one week of pre op diet before I got the news of postponement and am now into it AGAIN.
            
carriebarrie
on 7/11/10 2:57 pm - Grand Forks, ND
Topic: RE: newbie here, post op day 3

OMG! The noise!   I never thought my stomach could make those noises. 

Checking in to see how everyone is doing.  Tomorrow is weigh day for me, I decided Mondays were a good day for this, I have no idea why.  I'm a little nervous.  Pretty much all of the gas and bloat is gone from sugery. so this will be interesting.

Eating is going well.  Sticking pretty much to the planned stuff the nut gave me.  Haven't had any problems.  Except the gagging trying to get the shakes down. 

Anyone else noticed their sense of smell is like super sensitive?

    
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