Hi Janet, I am 3 weeks post op and I am eating the protein shakes, water ( of course) and chunky soups (chew really well), cottage cheese, sf pudding, sf popsicles, sometimes a scrambled egg, and Lean Cuisine (ones with higher protein, and smashed up). 60 gms of protein per day, so far so good, and I have lost 21 lbs. I hope that I have not screwed up. but this is per my doctor. Dru

Hi Janet, I had my LAP RNY on Sept 6th, so I am 3 weeks post op. The other night at 1AM in the morning I went out to get the mail in my jammies,(they look like clothes) and coming back into the house I tripped on the patio and scraped my side against a wrought iron chair. I went down on my knees and the dog did not know what to think. Well needless to say, it really hurt and I did not know how bad it was, like a cracked rib or gouge in my side, etc. Well I got up, because the dog started to bark and I did not want to wake the neighbors. I went inside and checked the damage and I really scraped my side just below the bra line about 6" x 2". So I cleaned it and put Neosporin on it and changed clothes and went to sleep in the chair. I have not slept in a bed because of the pain in my stomach, so there have not been any nights with good sleep for 3 weeks. Well I was crying because of the pain, and then because my husband was out of town, and I was alone when this happened. But I still cryed, and cryed, cryed, out loud for about an hour. To me that really sounds like a baby, but I really believe that it was the stress relieving itself from the past 3 weeks. Then the next morning Jeff called and I cryed to him on the phone and then a friend called and I cryed to her on the phone! I have not cryed since, probably not any tears left!!! So crying must be normal for us who have just made the biggest change in our lives, but as long as we stop at some point we will be ok!!!! Hope you are doing ok, I sure babbled on there!!!! Dru

Hey Janet! Yes! I had my surgery on 9/7. Last weekend, I spent a few days crying off and on!!! Our bodies have gone through a lot which often times shows up in our emotional state. Try to go to a support group as soon as you can, or you may have already been. This helped me so much! Also-getting out in the sunshine! But, if it helps, my crying has almost stopped, and your a little over a week behind me, so hopefully you will too!!! Best to you..and I'll say a prayer.

Thanks to all *****plied! Good luck to all of you too. It is so neat that this board exists because we will all be at the same place at the same time. GLADYS ! You are the first person I know of who has my same surgery date. hello SISTER!!

Hi Maxine, I had mine on the 12th too.................How are you doing? How is your weightloss coming? What are you eating????? Sorry for all the questions, I just want to make sure I'm on the right track and compare notes with you. Thanks, Rachel