Okay. I'm worried my wife may be rushing solids too soon.
She's just started week 6 and has been eating things like tuna, cookers squash, mashed potatoes...

I have the post-op eating plan from Dr. Almanza, but I found another on Google from Dr. Joseph E. Chebli that doesn't have anyone on solid foods until 9 to 12 weeks.

Does anyone have any advice? I'd hate for her to jeapardize her weightloss journey because of misinformation.

I'm still on

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How long did you guys wait to return to manual labor?
I work as a meat cutter for a well-known grocer-retail chain and today was my first day back - I feel awful!
Surgery was a week ago, yesterday. I couldn't take any more time off, so I had Melissa write me a return to work cert.
No lifting over thirty pounds was my restriction ... I am so sore!
The difficult part is that I can't just stop in the middle of work the three times I need to refuel (every two hours). By

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Chaos! Just kidding. When I woke up from surgery, I learned why they called it the "Gas"-tric sleeve. Wow! Discomfort? Yes. Bearable ... Yes.

The first two days following, chaotic. My body didn't know what was going on. I had the hiccups almost every hour of the day. I only get the hiccups when I'm hungry and when I've eaten too fast. I knew it wasn't the latter.

The first day home, the same. Hiccups! Ow! My lovely wife, who had the surgery almost

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