It’s been one month since I had surgery and here is my experience so far.
The day of the surgery was much more painful than I would have imagined. I had a lot of cramping.The next two days were uncomfortable and after that it was a breeze. I didn’t use any of the painkillers that were prescribed for home. I only stayed one night at the hospital which was ok, but I think I would have preferred to stay two. I didn’t have any gas pains, but my surgeon also told me he takes the gas out before he finishes off the operation and I also had zero nausea. So I am very lucky to have no serious complications apart from the slight heartburn for which I am taking medication for. My surgeon used a 36 bugee size.
My doctor wanted me to do 2 days of clear liquids, 1 week of full liquids, 1 week puréed and 1 week of soft foods. Now I can eat practically anything, didn’t come across anything I can’t tolerate so far. I had salad yesterday and it wasn’t a problem which I am so happy about as I love salads. I only try to eat protein and some non starchy vegetables. My favorite is crab meat mixed with horse radish sauce and a little spoon of olive oil. It has so much protein I think 20 grams protein for 100 ml of crab meat. Also scallops are a good choice.
I have lots of energy during the day, it’s quite surprising how my body can adopt to consuming such little calories. Yesterday I started playing tennis for the first time which was ok.
Weight loss is quite slow , I would have preferred to loose more in the first month, but I am still great full that I had no complications and had it quite easy.
I had my first stall at 4 days after surgery! That must be a record of some kind , I didn’t loose a single gram for ten days.
I lost 7.5 kg ( 16.5lbs) since my surgery, which doesn’t seem much for the first month, but still not too bad. Plus there is nothing more I can do anyway as I am only consuming 600 calories a day and I haven’t cheated at all. I eat next to no carbs , mostly protein. I have a very slow metabolism and I guess now it’s even slower. I have 30kg (66lbs) more to loose.
I have no regrets having the surgery, I wish I had the courage to do it sooner not spent the best years of my life being fat.
I look forward to loosing more and my goal is being able to see my collar bones in the mirror☺️
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