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I had my surgery on 12/17/15. I was scheduled to be discharged 12/20...then life happened and I almost died from complications to my RNY. When I say I almost died, it is not an overexaggeration. I had respitory failure, ARDS, hypoxia, sepsis, swelling in the left frontal lobe of my brain, aspriated on the ventilator, my bowel twisted, and was in a coma for 9 days. I don't remember anything between being dropped off at the hospital to be transferred to inpatient physical rehab because I could no longer walk or use my right arm-17 days. I then spent 17 days in rehab re-learning to walk, gaining my balance back, building endurance, and working on gaining strength back in my arm. I am continuing rehab, but now in an outpatient capacity.

I don't say this to elicit sympathy, but to create understanding because I am at a point where I need a bit of guidence. I was unable to hit the stages of food due to all the crap I mentioned above. When I got to rehab, I was thrown into stage 2 (I woke up on 12/29 and am fairly certain they had me on stage 1 foods from the time I woke up until rehab) and then progressed to stage 3 and 4 while there. Problem is, I am sure I was eating things I shouldn't  (if I see another ice cream scoop of mashed potatoes, I am throwing it at a wall) and doing things I shouldn't like drinking with meals because that's when I was scheduled to take meds. I also had vocal cord damage and could not drink thin liquids, so I had to drink thick nectar-like liquids. Suffice it to say, my recovery was difficult. Plus, I was a bit out of it for a while because of the meds that caused major hallucinations until rehab.

I have been home almost a month now and find myself in a predicament. I am fairly certain I am eating wrong. I eat the things I could tolerate and liked in rehab-which are likely not on an approved food list. I probably am eating too many carbs, sugars, and fats. Additionally, because I was and have been so out of it, I haven't been waiting between bites and may not be eating often enough. I am aware that many doctors have different standards about wait times, numbers, etc., but I am hoping that I cam rely on my fellow GPB patients to help me out and refresh my mind.

I am still losing weight-highest was 440 (9/23) surgery day was 390 (12/17), and I am now at 343. However, my concern is that I could be doing better...but beyond that, I need to do this right to be successful.  

Thank you in advance for your help!