What have you found to be helpful after being sleeved the most?

Yep it was amazing how much I complained about Optifast prior to surgery, but kept with them afterwards. Such an easy way of getting a known amount of nutrition down your neck.

However, meeting with my nutritionist has been THE most helpful thing for me in my early recovery - she is so practical, and has such a lot of experience with sleeves. Greatly reassuring.
It is amazing how useful some sensible suggestions and a bit of a question/answer session can be. (Thank you Mari Eronen at Canberra Bariatric!)

I had my surgery about 14 weeks ago and i still have a shake for b/fast ... they are big time saver for me.

what i found most helpful at the start for me was making up only half a shake at a time as i was only having about 50mls at a time. Doing half shakes for b/fast then another half for snack then another half for lunch and so on.
and my god yes lemonade water icy poles
oh and flavoured water- alot of sugar i know ( about 20gms per bottle ), but it was great for keeping energy up to keep up with the kids. I didnt drink a bottle a day though, maybe a bottle over about 5 days.

Shakes ~ these are great post-op for getting in fluid and protein.

Add a tablespoon of protein powder and you can get 25 gms protein in per shake.
You don't have to use Opti, I used Kate Morgan, lots of flavours and they taste good.

I had one for breakfast every morning for the first three months until I was eating enough food to get in enough protein.

Hi

• Hot water
  
• Smoothies (banana, strawberry, pineapple, ice and yoghurt)
  
• Frozen yoghurt
  
• Eventually Protein Revivals...
  

cheers and good luck!

S

I to loved Frosty Fruits when first sleeved. When I started back to work I would have soup or cruskits with tuna or shaved ham. Lots of pureed food with nice gravies or sauces -apricot chicken, finley cut up roast meat with heaps of gravy make it runny.

I would also suck on pieces of fresh pineapple or watermelon as its was very tasty in the early days. Raspberries were a fav.

Also make the time to eat very slowly at the start I would allow an extra 1hr in the morning.

Sip, sip, sip for the first 1-8 weeks I can now skull halve a glass of cold water now no probs.

Water was an interesting one I found it hard to swollow straight out of the tap. I added a little diet cordial. and had it cold.

Drink first then eat, I still follow this rule and have no issues.

Hope this helps.

Loser4eva

Hello Hape2cu, what a great thread to start. Ive got 10 weeks to go before the big day and Im sure Ill be popping into this thread more often than not to get other great ideas. Thanks!

Hi Everyone,

Thought i'd start a post to help out newly sleeved or soon to be sleeved people.

The question is:

What have you found to be helpful to get through the initial period?

For me it was ICE BLOCKS.

I struggled with not being able to eat or drink much, but ice blocks make you feel like you are doing both.

At first i would have half a zooper dooper (32.5mls) every half hour. I was getting my fluids in, felt like i was "eating" and it kept the dry mouth at bay. Eventually i was able to eat a whole ice block at a time. Even now (3 months out) i still enjoy an iceblock and will cloose it over a drink because it lasts longer.

Also for any initial pain associated with the surgery i found (thanks to a nurse at the hospital) warm towels heated up in the dryer helped ease the cramping pains. I did this for a few days after i came home. It really did help.

So what are other peoples tips

hape2cu