9 DAYS POST OP!

Hello everyone. I am officially 9 days post op. It's so different stroking those keys on this key board!!!!! I have lost 18 pounds. I am knocking on wood for this! I have not thrown up, not been nauseous, had a disagreement with food (yet), I have been up and allll around town feeling normal again since the surgery and I haven't had any problems yet!!!! The only thing is I think im allergic to the steri strips on my tummy and it itches and has raised bumps... Itchy so bad!!!! Anyways I didn't know how addicted to food I was until after this surgery, until after I cant have it!!! I walk out of my house and I can smell the restaurants! For real. I never "smelled" them before. I have been dying to eat a hamburger! And I cant wait until that day! I will be sad that I cant have some of the same stuff as I use to have. But that's ok and im willing to accept that in order to make me a healthier person! Im kinda getting tired of this liquid phase. I have struggled with getting all my protein in. I guess that would be my down fall. I know that's an important part of this new lifestyle and I know I have to get those shakes down! I have my first post-op check up today. The dr is so funny. I love him. So I am doing very very well, better than what I had anticipated. I still have a little tenderness in my tummy

Cheryl, Congrats on your surgery!! I felt the same as you after mine. I was never sick and never had any aversions to food. After getting back on regular food I slowly tried everything I used to eat and I tolerated all of it well. I was also terrible at getting all my protein in. I don't think I have gotten the full amount of protein in more than probably 5 times in the past year. I know that isn't good for me, but I'm doing okay and that's all that matters. I hope your appointment goes okay today. Having a good surgeon is really half the battle with this thing. You have to have someone you feel comfortable with, so it's good you like him. Again, congrats and welcome!! Brenda 240/155/175/135 pre-WLS/pre-pregnancy/current/goal

thats good. what type of foods did you eat when you got home?

Well, I had to be on the liquid, semi-liquid stuff for a whole month! I ate a lot of applesauce, yogurt, pudding, popcicles. Oh, and I bought a lot of baby food!! I couldn't hack the meat or mixed stuff, but I did eat the different fruity types. I really liked the stuff that had bananas in it. I tried to drink protein drinks but had a hard time with the taste. I tried to drink a lot of milk and double milk (milk with dry-powder milk mixed in) for protein. I would lick peanut butter from a spoon a few times a day. I did like the sugar-free carnation instant breakfast drink. I could only get it in chocolate here and I would make it with like 1% milk and then do the double milk thing too. That would give me a good healthy dose of protein first thing in the morning. A few times I would blend food, but that just didn't appeal to me either. I ate a lot of tomato soup or chicken noodle soup broth. Toward the end I started eating things that were solid but soft like a hard boiled egg I would chew up really small or tuna, sometimes sliced cheese like kraft singles. The main thing is to follow your surgeons recommendations. He should have given you a list of "safe" foods. If not, call and ask the nurse for suggestions. How are you feeling today? How was your appointment? Brenda

Congrats! I am jealous of all of you that never got sick post-op. I threw up so much I actually tore a stomach muscle - it hurt with every breath I took for weeks. Anyway, just a word of advice - be sure to get lots of WATER in between meals! That is what made me so sick! And welcome to the losing side! ~ Monica www.WOCF.org