my hospital experience

[pandora]

Well done hunni , I love that the mouse is disappearing even when I lost 6 st before my mouse stayed with me tho this time I will be doing it single , I wonder if it will make a difference ?
Every time people say the have pictures in their galleries it annoys me that I can't access them on my phone grrr
Love xx

 

[Ruthiep]

I went to Bluewater in week 2 post op and had a fat free frozen yogurt - strawberry it was, and delicious! I was petrified of dumping or being sick but neither happened, for obvious reasons I didn't have any of the toppings.

Might be a safer bet than ice cream to start with Vicki.

BTW, you are doing great - and as for Ms Ruthie, I've just seen her in her leathers!!! what a foxy pair you two are becoming - can't wait for my transformation!

Hehe thank you!

 

[Ruthiep]

Vicki: so glad you're feeling better! What did you think of the whole song?

I'm going to upload a new pic of me to the gallery in a sec..[/QUOTE]


Have just taken a look. You are looking fabulous darlin

 

[honeykiss]

I am not going to lecture anyone on what they should and should not be eating post op but a word of warning, if Ice cream was one of your " Comfort Foods" before the op do you really want to try it and find you can tolerate it a few weeks post op?

I remember the ealry weeks, wanting to eat food but you were on purees, I made a few mistakes along the way, but serioulsy ice cream? I don 't remember seeing that on Mr Hassani's take home list?

I know it sounds harsh but be warned, it starts with a few spoons of ice cream because you can't tolerate other things, then it could be a small piece of chocolate, then crisps and it can spiral, just becuase you have WLS you still have to follow the "Rules". be careful. Its only a tool, its not a magic wand!!!

Wendy x

 

[NOMOREyoyo]

just to add a few more wise words....my BFF has a GBand, 2yrs along she has lost 8st BUT would have got there a whole lot quicker if she'd steered clear of ice-cream, its a food she can eat and more than standard proteins, her band is on the tightest fill and there are so many things she cant eat a she still wants to lose weight BUT her downfall is ice-cream....so if you can avoid it for now then try to as much as poss so you dont end up on a slippery path. When I asked my provider about ice-cream I was told to avoid it like the plague hunni xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[VikiB]

Thanks girls good advice...it was never a comfort food for me just an ocassional treat I was more into cake. But you're right it's not something I need and it will probably not be tolerated anyway (I get extreme nausea from just my calcichews sweetness). At least my peanut butter has benefits Thank you for putting me in check
Much love

 

[NOMOREyoyo]

Thanks girls good advice...it was never a comfort food for me just an ocassional treat I was more into cake. But you're right it's not something I need and it will probably not be tolerated anyway (I get extreme nausea from just my calcichews sweetness). At least my peanut butter has benefits Thank you for putting me in check
Much love

I was given a recipe for a protein shake I'll see if I can find it but it something like:

1 choc protein shake mix
1 x choc wafer biscuit
1 spoon peanut butter
couple of icecubes and milk

All whizzed up like hell in a blender - sounds blood lush to me but I cant stomach the shakes just yet xxx

PS - you're doing bloody gr8 chick so just remember that xxxxxxxxxxx

 

[Ruthiep]

I agree about the ice cream being a slippery slope. This is dangerously close to the idea of pureeing mars bars and cream cakes. If we were able to control the quantities of snack foods that we eat, we wouldn't have needed WLS. I would prefer to eat a few nuts and raisins than chocolate these days; at least the nuts are protein and they're not going to spike my insulin production!

 

[VikiB]

Maybe in a few weeks I'll try raisins and nuts. I love the peanut butter right now though (never was very fond before unless it was on bread with loads of jam). Tbh I don't really fancy sweet things anymore...mostly salty or spicy. My fruit cups and yogurt and mashed banana is plenty sweetness for me and I don't even have them everyday. The ice-cream was something I knew was a bad idea but my brain went omg yes...my stomach wouldn't have been happy though lol I'm not sure if I could stand the protein shake. Where do you get the powder anyway?? Holland and Barrets or any supermarket?? Do you mean like slimfast? I tried hot chocolate a few weeks ago...(low-fat low-sugar options) but my stomach didn't like that at all so it's not a good choice for milk drink for me. I can't drink milk much now either...ocassionally I can drink about 4oz but rarely...after that my stomach feels heavy and I feel blah not nauseaous just blah. So not sure how I am going to add calcium other than by consuming low-fat cheeses (which I have tolerated ok the few times I've melted it into my eggs). Protein should be easy enough it's the proteins without all the carbs and/or fat that is mind boggling lol
I am trying to be good...I'm not a saint and sometimes I think or do something stupid but I do try to be kind to my stomach and keep on the right path.
Thanks there will be no ice-cream in the shopping (though another jar of peanut butter maybe lol)
Much love Darlings

 

[Newmelani]

I know I'm not post op yet, but I'm going to be scared to death to try sugar, cause thats my horrible weakness! That's what got me here. I know I'll be able to have it eventually but in very limited cases. I promised myself if I did this, I was going to do everything they told me to do. It's all going to pay off when I'm wearing skinny clothes this summer!

 

[VikiB]

Melani darlin
Try ot to worry too much. As I said I used to love cake...let me enlighten you to my love of cake warning this is bad...I used to go to the store and buy 4 packages of cupcakes (always muffin sized and more often than not 4 in package) I had to buy four of course because there were four different flavours and I had to have each one!! On the way through the store I'd eat at least one from each package (Four muffin sized cakes). One or two on the drive home (only live literally 5 minutes from store). One or two while unpacking bags. Another one while deciding what to make for dinner. One while cooking dinner two or three if it was taking a while...up to 10 now... Then I would eat a huge serving of dinner which of course I ate as fast as possible to make sure I got it all and assure that I would be first in line for seconds if I wanted them (OMG how gross and pathetic I sound) Whatever cupcakes I had left I would eat while watching tv before bed...If I actually ate all of them (usually did) I would send someone out for more as soon as I woke the next day.
Since I've had the op I've been in the cupcake isle a few times (my daughter still eats cake sometimes and bread which is in same isle) and though I have looked at the cupcakes they do not appeal to me at all. Instead of wanting cakes and cookies I want nuts and meat...and honestly my servings now...lets put it this way my friends 6 month old daughter eats more than me...honestly she and I have the same dish and she can always finish her oatmeal I can never finish whats in my dish. You'll be fine honestly...cross my heart...I worried about all the same things and I'm fine. Peanut butter and bananas are the sweetest things I can handle anything more than that makes me feel very nauseous and I HATE nausea!!!
Have a great day darlin
Love ya lots

 

[Tonibones10]

That last comment has hopefully helped melani but it helped me too, I do pretty much the same thing you used to do with muffins, I'd also (haven't done it for quite a while now) buy a 4 pack of double choc chip muffins break them up in a big bowl and pour a whole tub of double cream on them :S its an awfull habit that I'm scared of too so thanks for that huni Xx

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[VikiB]

Hiya Toni babe,
Wow never thought of that...glad I don't fancy either of those now or I'd be off to the store lol. I loved maple walnut ones. and the lemon ones and the double choc chip ones and the vanilla ones....sad wasn't I??
I'm so glad I had the op...if I could go back and decide again whether to have it or not I would definitely have it.
Don't worry darlin you will be fine...I know everyone says this op carries alot of hard work with it and they're right it does but it literally is saving from myself.
lots of love

 

[Tonibones10]

Aw bless ya I can't wait to be able to say I WAS sad instead of I AM Haha oh dear, yeah this is going to save my life and I can't wait to break my habits xxxxxxxxxxxxxx how are you doing? Xx

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[VikiB]

I'm good honey thanks for asking. I'm coping with the tablets now though thinking of asking if my calcichew can be switched to a tablet because the sweetness of it gags me (so weird I absolutely can't stand sweet things). I'm having pureed food now for the next 3 weeks then it's on to normal food. I get on ok with the pureed though I can't stand pureed meat other than those meat paste things and pate' so not eating alot of meat at the moment which my body is not happy about (I crave meat and when I cook for the family the smell is intoxicating...still not much longer now ). The pate' and peanut butter and eggs are heaven I have lots more energy and I still weigh myself every morning (still can't get over the decreasing numbers lol). I'm doing great really all things concidered. The husband is still a butt and the ex is still proclaiming undying love and everyone (except husband) is saying how great I'm doing and looking. I'm concidering going back to my writing class on Fridays (was part of my recovery after attempted suicide in 2010) I stopped going around July last year because it embarrassed me that I always cried...I'm ready to face them again (without tears this time). I might even ask to be put back in the mentor group (I got dropped because they didn't think I was mentally ready...cried all the time). It's time to cleanse my mind now that my body is becoming happy Sorry you didn't really want to know all that stuff did you...anyway I used to be quite a mess...I'm getting better
How are you?
Love you lots

 

[Newmelani]

Melani darlin
Try ot to worry too much. As I said I used to love cake...let me enlighten you to my love of cake warning this is bad...I used to go to the store and buy 4 packages of cupcakes (always muffin sized and more often than not 4 in package) I had to buy four of course because there were four different flavours and I had to have each one!! On the way through the store I'd eat at least one from each package (Four muffin sized cakes). One or two on the drive home (only live literally 5 minutes from store). One or two while unpacking bags. Another one while deciding what to make for dinner. One while cooking dinner two or three if it was taking a while...up to 10 now... Then I would eat a huge serving of dinner which of course I ate as fast as possible to make sure I got it all and assure that I would be first in line for seconds if I wanted them (OMG how gross and pathetic I sound) Whatever cupcakes I had left I would eat while watching tv before bed...If I actually ate all of them (usually did) I would send someone out for more as soon as I woke the next day.
Since I've had the op I've been in the cupcake isle a few times (my daughter still eats cake sometimes and bread which is in same isle) and though I have looked at the cupcakes they do not appeal to me at all. Instead of wanting cakes and cookies I want nuts and meat...and honestly my servings now...lets put it this way my friends 6 month old daughter eats more than me...honestly she and I have the same dish and she can always finish her oatmeal I can never finish whats in my dish. You'll be fine honestly...cross my heart...I worried about all the same things and I'm fine. Peanut butter and bananas are the sweetest things I can handle anything more than that makes me feel very nauseous and I HATE nausea!!!
Have a great day darlin
Love ya lots

This post almost made me cry..... I can't imagine a day when food, most of all sugar, won't have control over me. I know this is my only chance! I used to go to the store and buy doughnuts. I would buy several and try to hurry and eat them before I got home so nobody would know. I have hidden eating junk for so long. No wonder I'm this fat! Frosting is my favorite thing. Anything with frosting I would eat til almost sick. I would even eat it out of the jar with a spoon. I also love(d) raw Cookie dough. I would eat that with a spoon too. Just thinking about gaining control over my life makes me really emotional. I can't say gaining back control because I never had it. This all seems so unreal! I woke up a bundle of nerves... It's only 420 am! Thank you so much for your friendship! The support I've found here is so amazing! I know I would be much more scared without the knowledge and kindness you have all given me.... ONE MORE SLEEP!! OMG!

 

[VikiB]

You all make me cry and smile every single day. I'm glad you are my friend. You and Toni and Rayne and Wendy and Ruthie make me feel soooo good about who I am and who I'm becoming. I know you are nervous but you truely are going to feel so much better after tomorrow. Please let me know how you are as soon as you are able to...I will worry until I hear from you/
love you lots

 

[Newmelani]

You all make me cry and smile every single day. I'm glad you are my friend. You and Toni and Rayne and Wendy and Ruthie make me feel soooo good about who I am and who I'm becoming. I know you are nervous but you truely are going to feel so much better after tomorrow. Please let me know how you are as soon as you are able to...I will worry until I hear from you/
love you lots

I will try to update on my diary from the hospital as much as possible! Thank you for being so thoughtful! I'm going back to sleep for a little bit. Then, off to work!

 

[Tonibones10]

Aaaawwww your a really special person and so strong, thank you and newmelani I bet your soooo excited as well as nervous, its truly the start of the NEW melani eeek xxxxxxxxxxxxxx I will be thinking of you xxx

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[Ruthiep]

You all make me cry and smile every single day. I'm glad you are my friend. You and Toni and Rayne and Wendy and Ruthie make me feel soooo good about who I am and who I'm becoming. I know you are nervous but you truely are going to feel so much better after tomorrow. Please let me know how you are as soon as you are able to...I will worry until I hear from you/
love you lots

Love you too Vicki and all of you great girls out there huggs.

Remember though girls, this op is a tool but it's not going to solve all our problems for us. We still have to do our bit; and has been said over and over again; no one is operating on our heads. What goes on in our heads is up to us to sort out!