8 days post op update

hi all just letting you know I have been post op for 8 days. I am feeling preety good. I get around fine and I can sleep on my side now. I am preety tired most of the day and people notice I am looking weak. I am drinking a small protien shake in the morning and evening, I get about 40 grams of protien a day, stillnot enough but I have been having a little bit of a sick feeling most of the days. liquid is very very hard for me. I am thirsty 24/7. I find my self dreaming at night about juicy fruit and water, you have no idea how much you muss a big frosty glass of coke or water until its gone forever. I always want to chug chug chug and i can only sip sip sip, its torture I swear. and to top it off, cold drinks make me sick to my stomache so now i get room temp water or crystal light totally not satisfying. I know it wil get better soon so for now I am trying to just bear with it, my husband is a big help, he gives me the pep talks i need when i start talking down on my decision. On the up side I have lost 13 pounds, I cant really notice it yet but I will soon I'm sure. so thats all for now, I will go update my profile now, thanks for listening to me rant, bye all!

hey girl ive been waiting forever for you to post here or your profile been thinking of you too. well like i tell everyone else the first month is probably the hardest and everything just gets better and better just trust mee im still pre op (hehehehehe) but its just the info that ive gathered here and there. seee 8 dayz and 13 lbs dang i couldnt even do that if i starved myself you go girl great work already. BTW kaiser calls me today and invited me to attend the preop class for this month instead of next month oct 12th so i said yes of course hehehe. so now i just gotta figure out how to get 800 bux that they will be collecting in the preop class. so ill be attending the preop class on the 28th which is next week wednesday OMG wow sooo sooon. hmmm now i need 800 bux heheheh ill find it somewhere i have one week exactly. tick tock tick tock oooh oooh by gotta go look for some $$$$$$ take care now byeee

Hi Laura, Congratulations on your weightloss so far!!! I am sorry you are so thirsty. I remember those days...they are long gone for me now but reading your post brought me back to the days following my surgery when I would suck on a wet paper towel...gross I know, but it helped me combat the constant feeling of thirstiness. I didn't have the sensitivity to cold beverages though. But now I really can gulp water...about a fourth of a glass at a time. So basically I am saying this won't last forever or anything! You are doing great and it only gets better Hugs, Sara

DANG your doing great.... cant say the same with my weight loss but keep a positive mind set and youll do great! Doesnt the crystal light make you more thirsty? i find it makes me more thirsty! maybe its just me..... KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!! Callie

Hey, I'm 11 days post op. I've lost 19lbs so far and I'm losing my mind over the urge to drink. Only thing keeping me sane is sugar free popsicles. I'm allowed 2-3 a day. Those things are wonderful. Last night I also got AquaDrops (sugar free) and tried those. They are ok, but not near as good as the popsicles. I was just wondering.. are you having problems sneezing or anything? If I sneeze.. it hurts more than I hurt right after surgery. I was just curious if you or anyone else had dealt with that and what you've done to make it go away. I'm going to post a message to the group asking, but I figured while I was messaging you I'd ask to see if you had dealt with it. Take care!!

If you feel a sneeze coming on, grab a pillow and hold it to your stomach and just get ready for it. The same goes for coughing. They gave me a stomach pillow (actually in the shape of a stomach and some intestine, lol) in the hospital for these purposes. Don't worry, you're only 11 days out, eventually you will feel like you never even had the surgery (except when you eat, of course). Sometimes I forget that I have had it, I know, weird. -Lynn 8-16-05 297/267/150