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So, I am one week out today and still on liquids, well kinda, when i can get them in.. So thats my first issue. I cant get enough down i managed to get my water down but not my protein. I could drink the protein shakes b4 surgery but now i gag when i even think about having to drink them.
Vitamins - I absolutely dread getting up in the morning because of the damn vitamins!!! i hate hate hate the super b complex liquid i almost throw it up every moring and i cant stand the crushed pill version of it either. And Same with the Calcium Citrate, my go****s awful!! everything else i can manage to tolerate. And not to mention i have a horible taste in my mouth ALL day.
Pain - I have no pain, well very little that i try to just ignore and it doesnt really bother me. And i feel fine and have felt great since the third or fourth day out. So, since i feel fine i feel like i want to be able to move on to the puree stage which by drs orders cant start till week 2. i know i know i have to listen to what MY DR. tells me, but its hard.
Food - as i have already said i just want something besides soup!!!!! I havent had "real" food since Aug. 15 and i am starting to really wonder if i am strong enough for this! I know this was MY decision but it is sooo hard to see and smell good food all the time. I would never want or expect my family to wait to eat when i am not around, that is not fair. I guess i am just getting frustrated and feel like i am well enough to eat but the dr. says otherwise.
Sorry to sound like i am whining or *****ing and maybe i am a lil bit, i just feel myself getting very weak here.... oh and to top it all off, i have only lost three pounds since surgery, i dont know what the avg is but... i dunno
-tori
Vitamins - I absolutely dread getting up in the morning because of the damn vitamins!!! i hate hate hate the super b complex liquid i almost throw it up every moring and i cant stand the crushed pill version of it either. And Same with the Calcium Citrate, my go****s awful!! everything else i can manage to tolerate. And not to mention i have a horible taste in my mouth ALL day.
Pain - I have no pain, well very little that i try to just ignore and it doesnt really bother me. And i feel fine and have felt great since the third or fourth day out. So, since i feel fine i feel like i want to be able to move on to the puree stage which by drs orders cant start till week 2. i know i know i have to listen to what MY DR. tells me, but its hard.
Food - as i have already said i just want something besides soup!!!!! I havent had "real" food since Aug. 15 and i am starting to really wonder if i am strong enough for this! I know this was MY decision but it is sooo hard to see and smell good food all the time. I would never want or expect my family to wait to eat when i am not around, that is not fair. I guess i am just getting frustrated and feel like i am well enough to eat but the dr. says otherwise.
Sorry to sound like i am whining or *****ing and maybe i am a lil bit, i just feel myself getting very weak here.... oh and to top it all off, i have only lost three pounds since surgery, i dont know what the avg is but... i dunno
-tori
For protein shakes check out these sites: http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com/ & http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/ & http://pamtremble.blogspot.com/ All of these have AWESOME recipes to make your protein shakes taste good.
As for vitamins I've never used the b complex liquid I have b12 sublinguals and then a b1 that is small enough my surgeon says I can swallow it. You might want to try these I got both at walmart (if you have a walmart). My calcium I use the Springvalley brand from Wal-mart. It's sugar free and tastes like chocolate. Tastes good and makes me like taking them :)
The websites I gave you also have great recipes for every stage we have to got through.
Hopefully these will help!
Kristi
As for vitamins I've never used the b complex liquid I have b12 sublinguals and then a b1 that is small enough my surgeon says I can swallow it. You might want to try these I got both at walmart (if you have a walmart). My calcium I use the Springvalley brand from Wal-mart. It's sugar free and tastes like chocolate. Tastes good and makes me like taking them :)
The websites I gave you also have great recipes for every stage we have to got through.
Hopefully these will help!
Kristi
SW268/CW162/GW125/LW135
Hang in there, it gets better. I used to make my protein shakes (chocolate unjury) with 4 oz of skim milk, I would hold my nose sometimes while I drank it b/c it tasted not as bad that way.
Regarding the vitamins, they used to make water taste like metal to me. So I asked my surgeon if I could take them at night--he said that was fine and the first 6 months I took my vitamins before I went to bed. Now I take them every morning with no problem.
Regarding the vitamins, they used to make water taste like metal to me. So I asked my surgeon if I could take them at night--he said that was fine and the first 6 months I took my vitamins before I went to bed. Now I take them every morning with no problem.
i felt the same way 8 months ago, and recnetly I bought some "skinny" jeans. HA HA HA cant believe that i would ever have anything "skinny" in my closet much less able to squeeze into a pair!
I know you've heard it already, but its worth this really really difficult period to be able to LIVE the rest of your life.
I felt the same way about vitamins and protein and i just did the best i could every day. Im like ok today I falied and didnt take my vitamin, but tomarow i will try to gag it down again! one day you wake up and take your vitamin/ drink your drink and you dont feel like gagging. its amazing.
make sure you take a deep breath in when things get crazy and it looks bleek and when you exahle blow out all that negative stuff you are hearing and remember that each day you get a little better and a little thinner and people wont even recognize you, not just because your body changes but because your whole outlook does too. :)
i used to look at before and after pictures when I was feeling like things were impossible, If all these people made it on soup for 6 weeks then so can I!
I know you've heard it already, but its worth this really really difficult period to be able to LIVE the rest of your life.
I felt the same way about vitamins and protein and i just did the best i could every day. Im like ok today I falied and didnt take my vitamin, but tomarow i will try to gag it down again! one day you wake up and take your vitamin/ drink your drink and you dont feel like gagging. its amazing.
make sure you take a deep breath in when things get crazy and it looks bleek and when you exahle blow out all that negative stuff you are hearing and remember that each day you get a little better and a little thinner and people wont even recognize you, not just because your body changes but because your whole outlook does too. :)
i used to look at before and after pictures when I was feeling like things were impossible, If all these people made it on soup for 6 weeks then so can I!
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