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Hi all,
I am a 58yo female in M Idaho looking for bypass journey buddies.
julie b
I was set up to have the DS on AUG 13th, but I may go for the RNY do to my doctor just had spinal surgery and he is saying that he will not be physically capable of performing the DS by my surgery date. I can push the date out and have the DS done, but all of my support from family flying in and papers have been set for my current date and they are very hard to change.
My Surgery is Aug 13th. And I was excited til today. My Surgeon is basically putting it in my hands to choose. He says that the DS would be better for me. But because there may be complications do to the band not easy to remove that he may not be able to put the sleeve part of the DS and he would probably have to do the RNY anyway.
I was mentally prepared for the DS, but now I?m conflicted. I really don?t want to push out my date again.
I'm a tad under 600 today and if I must eat, it will be a very low cal snack
Lap Band: Mexico 2014 (280 lbs)
Sleeve: Mexico 2010 (240 lbs)
RNY and Hiatal Hernia Repair: USA 2018 (210 lbs)
Goal: 160 lbs
If going straight to measuring to track your progress instead of watching calories works for you, definitely do that.
My only caveat would be that at three weeks out a majority of post-ops check in with calorie counts way under 1000/day. I've seen a lot here over the years and those who are most successful in general are at 600/day and lower.
You might consider checking into the "What are you eating today" menu threads. If nothing else it's an opportunity to see what others are eating early out. There are some here in maintenance who must eat less than 1000/day just to prevent regain.
Good luck, I'm sure you'll get it all figured out. It's actually good that you're working through these things while you're in your honeymoon phase and not as a result of a regain.
Hi Thank you for responding back to me it means so much. I had my rny hernia repair repair July 3 so three weeks tomorrow and I am feeling a little better. All of a sudden saturday a fog kind of lifted probably the oxycodone I was on for the first few days. Jk I'm curious about your screen name me being from Boston, Ma I like it. Thank you for your suggestions keep them coming. ?? Andrea
Here a little update: I have been watching what I eat and logging everything in MyFitnessPal. I still hover around 1000 calories. I'm wondering if I may be measuring things incorrectly but that's what I keep coming up with. Either way, my weight is still around 203 - 201 BUT my waist has shrunk. It was a 47 inches and now it's 44-43 inches. That's pretty good. I think for now I will measure myself all over and keep track of that for a while. I so appreciate all of you!
Lap Band: Mexico 2014 (280 lbs)
Sleeve: Mexico 2010 (240 lbs)
RNY and Hiatal Hernia Repair: USA 2018 (210 lbs)
Goal: 160 lbs
You've gotten some good replies over in the other forum. Personally if I could have eaten everything at three weeks I never would have known it. Because I didn't even try. But my surgeon doesn't allow solid food until week nine so this may not apply to you.
At any rate, what does your surgeon's plan have you doing at three weeks and are you following that? Some surgeons have some strange ideas about post op eating and include things like oatmeal and cream of wheat and such. If you're surgeon is one of those, try nixing the carby stuff.
You're not too far into this to make changes now that will help you later. Good luck and please keep posting until you get it all figured out. Posting these struggles help so many people and when you consider the lurkers you've got quite an audience.
Take care; you absolutely can figure this all out and now is the time to do it. =)
How long were you on the purée stage. I'm 8 days out from the Rose procedure and can't seem to eat solids. If I do I can hold two or three small bits...chewed very very well!
