Okay before anyone goes ballistic - I am by no means suggesting we should regularly eat fast food. That being said I had a crazy day because I had to completely rearrange my schedule to take my uncle...

The pre-op blood draw at the hospital is mostly for blood type and also - depending on your age and circumstances - to ensure you aren't pregnant. My doctor's office had me do a fasting blood draw...

Sugar free popsicles got me through!

Yeah - my hernia repair was the most painful/challenging part for me too. It gets better - just give it time - and definitely follow the instructions and no lifting. Good luck.

The reason my doctor recommended the sleeve over other procedures was because of my use of ibuprofen due to chronic sinus issues - however I still can't do Ibuprofen yet. They told me I should stick...

My doctors office allows you to add raw vegetables in after 6 weeks - when they allow you to add chicken and pork and ground meat as well, but they also tell you to continue to focus on protein. And...

I was 355 when I first went to see my doctor in January. He didn't actually make a recommendation. I had to attend a seminar initially where all the procedures were explained. When I went into the...

My doc recommends that you get about 25-50 g of carbs per day. For me I was struggling with my energy levels and he said to get more carbs and try to get near the 50 g to help with more energy for...

I think the tilapia would work if the tuna is working. My doctor allows soft flaky fishes and crab meat on the soft foods stage. To make the stuffed mushrooms I used the crab meat, a littel bit of...

I know I know - everyone is saying don't do protein shakes, BUT for me I would say the best thing I did was start trying the protein shakes. The reason is that I had trouble finding one that I could...

I have eaten skippy's honey roasted peanut butter - which surprisingly has less sugar than the regular pb. It was not on my list from my doctor's office, but was something that I tried anyway. I had...

I too was still on full liquids - protein shakes, milk, popsicles, soup etc. One thing that I added when I started soft foods was some avocado which was really yummy and felt like the first "fresh"...

So I'm only about five and a half weeks out from surgery and I swear my stomach makes the awfulest noises. When I wake up in the morning and my stomach is empty and I start drinking - watch out. When...

I took 3 weeks off. I also had the sleeve, gall bladder removal and a hiatal hernia repair in the same day. Going in I thought I would come back after 2 weks, but the doctor's office said 3 just to...

I was sleeved on 6/17 and in the first two weeks I lost about 15 lbs. in the In the two weeks since I have lost about 5 lbs - and for one whole week - which was my third week, the scale stayed the...

I had surgery on 6/17 and I also had a hiatal hernia repair. I think I have esophageal spasms, but not to the extent that you do. When I was still in the hospital I had ridiculous hiccups - like 5...

I am not a coffee drinker, but I like coffee flavored protein shakes.

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My coworker who...

I had surgery on Monday 6/17, and I didn't get out of the hospital until the following Thursday, so I didn't have much pain because they kept me on pain meds. Once I was home I only took the pain...

Well for one - I am only a little over 3 weeks out, so I haven't dared to try carbonation, so I can't speak to that, but at the same time - I have read from a number of people on here how...

Pre - surgery I purchased Flintstones Complete Chewable vitamins, a case of bottled water along with some crystal light flavoring packets, a case of Gatorade G2, some broth, Jello, Protein Shake...

I bought some of the regular sugar free popsicles as well as some of the phillyswirl sugar free as well as some of the outshine brand (edys/Dreyers) popsicles that say no sugar added/sweetened with...

Today is my first day back to work too. It's hard to readjust after 3 weeks off, and I feel your pain with the emails. Mostly I am just a little tired today - I couldn't get to sleep last night. I've...

Thanks for confirmation ladies - I am still early in and still trying to adjust to the new stomach and I just started on some softer foods and I'm finding it's harder for me to gauge right now when I...

So this is not so much something I'm worried about. I have a follow up appointment Monday morning, so I can always ask my doctor's office. Anyway I finally made a connection today - everytime I...

I am almost 3 weeks out from being sleeved - but I also had hiatal hernia repair and my gall bladder removed. I used the pain pump for surgery day and the day following. I did get some injections for...