Mary S.
2 weeks out
Aug 12, 2007
Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since my RNY. Hard to believe. I am off the pain meds - though am still having some back pain from my g-tube. I go back to work tomorrow. Probably will work half days for a couple days and build back up. Will see how my energy level is. I am walking every day. Today I walked 1.62 miles on the treadmill. I am definitely having some head hunger these days - and people eating things on tv really make me salivate. I am going to talk with a nutritionist and get some help with the head hunger. 2 weeks and I get off the liquid diet and start on soft/mushy food. I am very glad this week is over - it entailed a broken air conditioner, leaving my house to get heat relief and very little weight loss at my week post op appointment. Since then, my A/C has been fixed and my scale has dropped about 10 pounds since last Monday. So i am in a better frame of mind for sure!
On the flip side
Aug 02, 2007
Well I had my surgery three days ago. I feel pretty good considering 
Dr. Jawad was great, and I had total confidence in his abilities. I am so glad I chose to go with him. The folks I've met through OH and through Dr. Jawad's support group who had surgery the day I did, or the next day all were doing great too. I started full liquids today and put Unjury in some pudding for lunch and some cream of chicken/chicken broth soup for dinner. For breakfast I mixed an Unjury shake. So I got in 60 grams of protein today! Woohoo! So far I have sipped my way through 40 oz of water. I also had 2 sf popsicles, and am counting those as 2 oz of water - so while 44 oz. is not the suggested 64oz, it is a step in the right direction. I hope the protein I ate today will make a big difference in my energy and how I feel tomorrow. So far the emotions have not hit me - but I have been forewarned if it happens!
Dr. Jawad was great, and I had total confidence in his abilities. I am so glad I chose to go with him. The folks I've met through OH and through Dr. Jawad's support group who had surgery the day I did, or the next day all were doing great too. I started full liquids today and put Unjury in some pudding for lunch and some cream of chicken/chicken broth soup for dinner. For breakfast I mixed an Unjury shake. So I got in 60 grams of protein today! Woohoo! So far I have sipped my way through 40 oz of water. I also had 2 sf popsicles, and am counting those as 2 oz of water - so while 44 oz. is not the suggested 64oz, it is a step in the right direction. I hope the protein I ate today will make a big difference in my energy and how I feel tomorrow. So far the emotions have not hit me - but I have been forewarned if it happens! 
