Hello from a new postop

Just a little info about myself. I had my original surgery of a realize band done on 1/5/09. Had a band repair in Aug '09. Ended up having a slipped band in Jan '10 that needed surgical repair.  All of 2010 we tried to get restriction without success. Come the end of '10, had had enough and decided to try for a revision. After one year of attempt appeals with insurance, we gave up the fight and settled on a cash pay price for a revision to RNY. (Insurance agreed to pay for the removal of the band).
I had surgery Nov. 29 and had a very uneventful hospital stay. Came home on Friday. Friday and Saturday were also uneventful; however, Sunday and Monday have been frustrating.  I have had a couple of times where things just aren't going down and others where they go down fine. Not sure this is to be expected at less than one week postop. Very frustrated since the first 5 days were very smooth. I go in on Wednesday for suture removal so will see how things go. 
Totally different recovery from the band.  Also have upper abdominal tightness at the end of the day, not really painful, but tightness, is this normal also.   Any help is appreciated.
I am walking 2-3+ miles per day. Haven't taken anything stronger than Tylenol since Friday morning in the hospital.  I am ready to get this weightloss back on the road. I had originally lost about 80 pounds with the band and ended up gaining about 40 pounds back.during my two years of issues.
Steph

Welcome to the group Steph.  We all have episodes from time to time.  Things will smooth out more each day.  The tightness sounds normal.  Sip, sip, sip between meals.  You are getting quite a bit of walking in, congrats on your miles.  I found that shortly after surgery, if I tried to walk too far, I had more discomfort.  This extra discomfort from overdoing activity resolved by a month out. 

Give yourself time to heal from your recent surgery.  The weight loss will happen.  Right now, your body is hanging onto every calorie and ounce of fluid it gets.  As your fluid intake improves, your weight loss will pick up too.

We have chat sessions on monday evenings, check back to a post last week for the shortcut.  Most mondays I post the shortcut.  We chat about what is happening with the members that are present for chat, ask and answer questions, give support.

The members that come back frequently to post and share get the most out of the group.  We have members from several countries and all across the USA, rookies to several years out from surgery.

Let's wander this wls journey together.  Loser's united.

I am already down about 7 pounds since my preop weight. A couple of days I have been able to get in 64 oz of fluid, but today only got in 40 oz protein/40 oz of fluid. Not sure is this is typical or not. I normally do a protein shake a day and that gives me anywhere from 30-40 grams of protein in an 8 oz shake. I normally work on this each morning for a couple of hours to get through it.  Since I am still on liquids I figure at least this is liquid protein.
Guess I'm just kinda concerned about when I start puree/soft foods, since the liquids are still giving me trouble sometimes. I am supposed to start this stage on Wednesday. I figure once i get to this stage I will split my shake into half morning/half afternoon to allow my pouch to attempt to get used to food.

Wow, 30-40 gm of protein in 2 hours, our bodies can not absorb that much protein in a 2 hour time, better to split the protein between 2 meals/snacks.  We can absorb 20 gm or a little more during one meal/snack.  The rest just passes through the digestive system unabsorbed.  It takes time to be able to get in the fluids and protein after surgery.  The team wants a goal of 64 ounces of fluid and your needed protein when you can get to that goal.  They do not expect perfection, just best effort.

When you start on the solids/puree, just take it slowly a couple of small bites and see how things settle with your pouch.  I used a baby spoon during those initial meals to help with small, small bites.  Only takes a few to fill the pouch up.

Congrats on getting the revision taken care of. I am sure you are normal at this point, as we are all different in our recovery. Take it slow, keep notes of what works and when you eat drink etc.
It will all work out!
Welcome to the group

Hoping evrything is going smoother for you.  Already some good advice shouted your way.   I 2nd what the others say.  I agree with KATHY,  do your best and dont worry about perfection.  As time goes by you will be able to drink more and get more of your protein in.  Just keep trying and am for a lil more each day.

I drink protein shakes with milk and they give me 26 + protien from milk (usually do 4oz).. so its roughly around 32g.  I tend to mix 3 shakes in a cup with 12oz of milk and then sip on it all day.  So that I am getting my protein and it is spaced out.  I would highly recommend a shaker cup from the VitaminShoppe.  Works wonders.

I tend to use 8 oz of milk and with two different powders. The shakes tend to have 42 oz of protein. I work on this throughout the morning. I was told that I could split this into my morning and afternoon snacks but not to "graze" on it all morning. They want me to get my pouch trained to receive meals.