discharged - still no interest in food

Welcome home... I can not believe you are home so quickly. 

Get some rest and take care of yourself.  Congratulations for making it to the Dark Side, I hope to be not far behind you.

Wow home already! Your doing great! Hope you continue too!

Glad to hear you are home, Sweets. I am 3 months out and still not really interested in food. =] Honestly it really isn't that bad. I eat to live now. I don't live to eat. I spent so much of my life hungry. Seeing food ads and craving every bit of it. It is really nice to be indifferent about it all now. I feel normal. Like other people. It is sooo nice. I get this sort of empty feeling and i eat. When i am done my food looks gross and that is how i know i am done. it is awesome. Why on earth did i wait so long for this?! 

Everyday will get better. Soon it won't be so hard to eat. I don't worry about staying hydrated anymore, as a matter of fact i don't really have too much trouble chugging a half glass of water now. So even that get wayyyy easier. 

My energy levels were really low for the first few weeks and then one day i woke up and didn't know what to do with myself because i hadn't had energy like that since i was a teenager. Now i try and find ways to burn it off, otherwise i can't sleep and end up raking at like 3am. 

Rest, Sip & Walk. You are doing awesome. Walking will help your bowels wake up and start relieving that gas. 

YES!!  I found the disinterest in food to be a welcome relief.    That's what is SO HARD to convey to someone who is preop.  Food & appetite are just not the same as they were before surgery.  I think this is what "normal" must feel like.

I agree! isn't it nice. I notice around my heavy family members or overweight friends that they are always talking about food. I don't even really have an interest in discussing it anymore. So weird. BUT I LOVE IT!

Hijack

Rena Girl you have lost over 100lbs, WOW!! We soooo need pics, before and after thank you very much,lol. I'll be looking for your post, even though I will have a busy weekend,lol. Hey you can send me a link,lofl. Joking, but would love to see your progress. Our starting BMI's are close. OBTW how much, if any, did you lose preop of that 100 lbs. Sorry I can't remember. I know I'm so F*ckin nosy! Can't help it.


Ruby

 Hey i will definately try and get on that for you... =] i am not good at math off the top of my head, but 74 pounds of that is since surgery at three months out two days ago. =]

 Welcome home!!!

Don't fret about food.  Just work on getting fluids!   The food will come later. :-)

I remember that bloated feeling - but was still in the hospital and they gave me a suppository.  MUCH better!!!  I never did pass gas - but when my bowels worked, that did the trick......and no problems since.

Take good care of yourself.  You'll be feeling better in no time.

Julie

Welcome home!  Don't worry you'll start feeling better soon.  I was really miserable the first five days.  But feeling pretty good now have only taken a little tylenol this morning and actually went shopping at walmart.  I'm the opposite of you on the hunger front though.  I'm actually hungry I want tuna salad soo bad.  Chicken broth was my main thing too and sugar free jello didn't actually drink much water til today it seemed to hurt my stomach but I find stuff cold or hot uncomfortable close to room temp over little warm okay though for me.
Just keep chugging along and you'll do great!

sleep sip sleep sip sleep ....luckyyyyyyyyy! 

I wish that's all I had to do right now :) Welcome back girlie!