Update: Band to Sleeve Revision-wk 2-3

Jul 17, 2012

I hope everyone is doing well and had a great weekend...tomorrow will officially put me at 3 full weeks post op band to sleeve revision.

I would have to say this has been a completely different experience than I expected. The grass isn't always greener on the other side..at least not yet.

I'll report my numbers first-day of revision: 301..7/6-292..7/13-286 so that is total loss of 15 lbs since the revision and a total of 168 loss total with the weight I loss with the band. I'm officially 27 lbs away from my first mini goal. I know the loss will slow down once I can actually eat solid foods.

Last week was the worse week in all of my bariatric post op life, I was struggling so bad with getting enough calories, protein and fluids in. I was beyond frustrated and very emotional. I think it was a mixture of everything going on, last Thursday was my first day back to work also..

Last week I attempted to have 1/4 cup re-fried beans with sour cream and guacamole, some days it would go down, other days it wasn't happening. This resulted into a couple of stuck episodes and bping..I know they say when you get the sleeve the stuck incidents are not near as bad as they were with the band..well this felt just like a stuck episode with the band, maybe even a bit worse.
What is happening when I eat is the substance is sitting in my small pouch the band originally created and then eventually passes through the sleeved stomach, so my stomach is still acting like I have a band and is giving me restriction there. The surgeon is hoping that with time it will get better. I just have to be patient and take things slow..The recovery process with the sleeve has been completely different and a lot harder than when I had the band done.

The 3rd week is the week I should have been moving onto more soft foods/pureed foods like scrambled eggs, canned meats like tuna, chicken, etc I have decided to continue with full liquids so I'm sticking to yogurt, cottage cheese, sf pudding and soup. I don't want to take the risk of getting stuck and damaging anything. I will probably attempt some tuna or chicken salad with lots of mayo this weekend to see how it goes.
I have been having to avoid protein shakes this week due to extreme stomach pains when trying to drink them, I really hope I haven't developed a lactose intolerance but I'm going to do some research to see how common this actually is.
My goals for this week were to focus on protein, water, and get some exercise in.

I've been struggling this week so far with everything.
If my caloric intake is good then my water is bad, I haven't been reaching near my protein limits at all, I would say I've been getting in probably 400 cals a day and maybe 30 grams of protein since I haven't been able to have the shakes. I've been trying to find some greek yogurt smoothie recipes to substitute the protein powder..haven't had much luck yet. Water has been horrible, I've been only able to get around 40 oz in a day. I'm still going to attempt to exercise some this week. I got my first kettle-bell last week so I'm excited to start using that. I downloaded Bob Harpers Kettle-bell Cardio Shred so I will do that once I can do more cardio and core exercises.

I know things will get better as the days go on! Hope everyone is having a great week! I will post again soon.

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