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this is day 4 or a migraine. :( my go to before surgery was 800 mg of ibuprofen. Of course I can't have that now. Last night I even took two hydrocodone (leftovers from surgery).... slept great, woke up with the migraine. Any ideas? I knew this day wou

 I noticed a while back that they were looser, especially my wedding ring which was always on the loose side. Well today it just slipped right off my finger in the grocery store while I was unloading the cart. Any temporary tips besides putting them on

 The booklet from my surgeons office recommends using this if you're having constipation problems. But the dosage they give in the manual is much smaller than what's on the bottle itself. They recommend 1 teaspoon twice a day and the bottle recommends

I had a buddig turkey pack today, and also eggs for dinner, no pain! So excited. I am just over a month out and have only been able to tolerate the softest of foods with things getting stuck. I'm still taking it super slow...I have no desire to repeat

I haven't been consistently posting on the menu thing because I am having a hard time. I am tolerating less instead of more, in both kind and amount of food. today I made a protein shake and got about half of it down. Still working on that. I made eggs

I tried meat again tonight. This time it was a beef roast, very shredded and and soft. It started out ok. Until it WAS NOT. I eventually threw it up. First time I've vomited since surgery. I'm still pretty mise rable. I'm done with meat for a couple of

i think it's stuck. :( I wanted to die for about 15 minutes. Then it settled down though it felt like a knot in my chest. Then 40 minutes later I tried a sip of water and the bad pains/spasms/slimes started again. I was going to have a protein shake be

I feel really tired today...I think I overdid it yesterday...very full and busy day. And the other moms were like,"Your surgery was 10 days ago?" And I thought,"Wow, was that just 10 days ago?" Yes...ten days ago, lol. 

Also my incisions are it

I'm thinking and planning in my head...id really like, most days, to figure out how to cook for my family and myself at the same time....pull out some meat and whatever. So, I'm wondering...sauces/glazes/etc...most of those have some sort of sugar/hone

I will be two weeks out on Monday, and my paperwork from the surgeon says I can advance to soft foods at two weeks. Yesterday they called and changed my appointment to Wednesday. Surely I don't have to wait until after my appointment to advance? This o

3 days post op...I'm just afflicted with a bunch of "is this ok" worries tonight. 

I have a lot of swelling in m y lower belly. Like around the navel and lower. Bruising is minimal but the skin where the swelling a bit discolored. I have no ide

Supposed to get discharged today. yesterday after surgery went pretty well. Today I had a good bit of nausea and pain…nothing sharp or horrible, just aching badly…from the gas, I guess. But also having a hard time getting my fluids in. They have mea co

well, I'm here in my bed,,,,I just got my first little med cup of water. I'm so dry I could drink the whole bottle! Well, I couldn't, but I would like to. The surgeon told my h. usband all went perfectly. Having some significant pain right across the t

Last one! I have been using the fitness pal app…the free version. Anyone pay for the full version? If so, what do you use on it that isn't available on the free one?

I have seen people talk about ditching the shakes/bars…is that an important goal at some point? Why try to avoid them once you are off the soft diet, I guess is my question. 

my pre op appointment is at noon. I am suddenly anxious, knot in my stomach, kinda weepy. I don't know why. I have not been until now. Just lots of thoughts ....all the money we are spending on this (I am private pay...and it is worth every penny to me

Surgery is two weeks from today, woohoo! I'm working on weaning down my major caffeine habit. I'm down to two mugs But just a mugthis week. Yes, that is an improvement. I notice many of you do drink coffee...how long did you wait to introduce it? I'm n

We are camping this week. I am dying from the heat. It is hotter than usual and I am fatter than ever. My surgery is soon after we get back and I have been daydreaming how much easier this trip will be when I am thinner (we go every year). I'm hoping t

So, I had my appointment with all of my testing back in May. We were selling our house at the time, plus had a couple of vacations coming up, so I put my surgery off until August 29 so that i could start out well..focused, in our normal routine, etc. W

one month until my surgery! woohooo!!! 

I think a couple of people have said they are going in August...drop a line here to j

Surgery is at the end of August...I have a list of habits I'm supposed to work on, including 3 meals a day (actually one of those meals is a protein shake) plus a couple of 100-ish calorie snacks. Must contain protein. Suggestions on the snack part? Wh