Meredith,
Yes, there is some pain, but that varies from person to person. Me? I had already had 4 abdominal surgeries so this was a walk in the park (and mine was open). You don't say where you are, so I can't tell if you will be going through Dr. Callery. Each doctor is different. With Dr Callery you are on liquids the first week: sugar free jello, broth soup, water, sugar free popsicles. Then the next week you graduate to cream soups. After about 4 days on that you go in for your post-op checkup and they put you on soft foods (scrambled eggs, refried beans, chicken spread, beef spread, etc) and crunchy foods (crisp bacon, crackers). You gradually work up to regular food over the next few weeks and by three months you are eating anything and everything (within reason of course). Now, the emotional. There again, that varies from person to person. I would ask myself why I did this to me, then I would look in the mirror and answer my own question. Psychologically you have to deal with your food issues. I don't care how good that $6 burger looks, you aren't gonna run out and be able to eat one. It helped me to remember that it didn't matter how good it looked on tv, it never looked that way when you got it and it never tasted as good as it looked. I also argued with my mind that those foods were what got me in this shape and I was fed up with all that. No more. PERIOD. It worked. I am not 100% out of the woods with that stuff yet, but I am well over 50%!
Oh yeah, energy. You will have just had major surgery. Your energy will be down for a bit. Sleep is good though. Once your energy starts coming back you will just keep getting more and more. I constantly feel like a fully charged battery now!
Hope this helps!
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Tricia in Escondido
Lap/Open with Dr Callery
October 5, 2004
392/242/150?
Starting BMI 59.7
Current BMI 36.8
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