I cannot believe that I am retired and I still get up at 5:00 AM. After I had my first cup of coffee, a bad storm blew in with thunder and lightening and heavy rains.  I love to sleep during storms but I cannot go back to bed and fall asleep, so I opened the kitchen window and listened to the rain. 

Today I am resting the knee on pillows because last night, I guess during the night, I twisted my lower leg and my knee just pulled like crazy and today it is swollen again. I will be so damn glad when my knee doesn't dictate the simplest things in life like sleeping....

B: Toast

L: Potato soup with shrimp

D: Salmon, broccoli, and carrots

S: Don't judge...chips. I know. 

Jeannie,

I can tell you I could relate to all the above despite having the sleeve vs. RNY.

It will be interesting...to me anyhow...to see if your patient interviews turn up some really different stuff.

I think those of us who choose WLS have far more in common than any differences. We chose the type of surgery we had on a number of reasons, but the initial problems are much the same...as is the phases of recovery.

I will stay tuned for your next 'chapter' much in the same way I look forward to Eileen's writing.

Thanks for taking the time to share all that!

Halab,

Very good observation. I agree whole heartedly. I, too, limit the fruit that I eat because of the fructose.  I also am a firm believer in eating avocados instead of other fats because it is so pure.  Nuts are the best source of protein and fiber ever. But, I am very fond of celery and carrots as well as cucumbers and peppers.  I have never made my own sprouts but I really think I will start.  The other day, I cut into a tomato and it was full of sprouting seeds.  Because I cannot throw away anything that is about to grow, I removed the sprouts and now they are growing in my window and I guess I will plant them when they establish roots....I doubt the tomato plants will do well because winter is coming but it has turned into a fun little thing to do.  

I have really leaped hook line and sinker into fermented foods because of the repair they do to our messed up digestive system. So pickles, kraut, and kimchi will soon become a daily option for me. 

When I began this project, it was for the RNY because it seemed the surgeon wanted the information compiled first for him and the medical folks and then he and I made adjustments so that he could put some of the information into brochures and other instructional materials for patients. But, after I compiled everything for him, he wanted me to create the same information for the other surgeries that he does such as the band and the sleeve.  Since I didn't have either of those surgeries, I am having to do a lot of research. I have been interviewing patients to see what the common phases and steps are for those patients and they are very different from the RNY.  I will include those bits of information when they are developed. I have found that some phases and steps are common between all WLS from doing the initial research to trying to figure out what went wrong.  

Very nice and so true... 

only one note: you are talking about a general WLS - or RNY only? if general WLS - using "pouch " may confuse sleeved people. Though some call their sleeve a pouch anyway.....