2013 gastric sleevers
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hey all ! I am Effy Steff, surgery date Aug 15th 2013 in Mexico ! I am also on Youtube & Facebook :) would love to chat with you all :)
Are you still dizzy? Sometimes that means you aren't drinking enough. (Sometimes it's other things, though.)
. Right now its strictly a clear liquid diet with protein. On Tuesday I move to my stage four which is anything you can purée to a consistency no thicker than pudding! I'm already trying to get quite creative! And I've never been a soup person so it will probably be fun to try new ones. I was just looking online for gazpacho recipes...yum! Hi again Karen,
I went back to work this week (after 4wks off) and the first day was awful - too immersed and forgot to drink. Was sent home because my head was really swimming. Next day coworker loaded an egg timer on my computer that beeped every 15 min to remind me to sip. That was the first day ever that I got all 8 glasses.
Thank you passing along suggestion to focus on drinking & proteins. Have been augmenting meals with shakes to get my 70 grams. And the combination seems to have really energized me. You are my inspiration.
Am stalled now; but trust it will correct and am staying on program. How are you doing?
Paula
Can't you have soup? Sometimes I was desperate for something savory and warm chicken broth made such a nice change! If you can have shakes, can't you have a nice cream soup or kefir?
Hi Crystal...what diet is required for your pre-op? My surgery was July 2nd and pre-op was high protein, no sugar/no carbs. It wasn't bad and I lost ten pounds. Ate quite a bit of fish and vegetables!
-Michelle
My pre-op is 2 shakes and dinner 4 oz of protein and 1/2 cup of non starchy veggies. I also get 2 SF Jello's, 2 SF popsicles and 2 servings of Broth.
I have been on it now since 7/5, started a little early so the beginning days weren't all at work. I have been doing good already lost 9 lbs. Today is the first day where I have a little dizziness going on. Had fish and veggies last night, the evening meals have been like fine dining for me, so Yummy!!!
How are you doing since Surgery? Hope all has been good.
Hi Crystal...what diet is required for your pre-op? My surgery was July 2nd and pre-op was high protein, no sugar/no carbs. It wasn't bad and I lost ten pounds. Ate quite a bit of fish and vegetables!
-Michelle
Five days to go! Will be thinking of you! I just had my surgery on July 2nd and was released from the hospital on the 4th. I have a high tolerance for pain and didn't have any pain meds since the surgery itself...the nurse said that hardly heard of but I realized the "pain" was from the incisions in the muscle...like doing a hundred sit ups! There's still no pain in relation to the stomach but I'm still trying to figure out what's hunger pain, what's gas pain, and what's "full" pain, etc. Most of my pain was gas pain it stayed right at the base of my neck which caused me to have a few gagging episodes but within 24 hours it finally moved to my lower abdominal area. Just remember, it's not like childbirth where you just sort of have to go through it. Let the nurses know your in pain or what's going on...they'll be able to help you through it with their experiences with other bariatric patients or having gone through it themselves! Deep breaths! You'll do well!!! :)
Recovering great! This beginning is hard. I can now drink a cup of water within an hour. My difficulties is all the liquids! I'm tired of liquids!!! The popsicles are my favorite...funny considering I hated all things sugar free before! I would just love some soup at least or some pureed fruit! UGH...six more days to go. Taking the kids on a day trip on Friday, of course will be packing protein and liquids but I'm expecting it will be interesting to say the least. If it goes half way decently, I plan to spend a few nights at my parents just to "get away"...hope the days will go faster and hope that the liquid diet will be better somewhere else! In stopping complaining, the good side is that I've lost 25 pounds thus far between the pre op diet and the eight days since surgery! YAY!
