[Carolyn73]

Hi,

My name is Carolyn. i have just refound this site. i stumbled on it ages ago and then lost it, but have now miraculously found it.

My husband has just had gastric bypass and i have an appointment for assessement with the surgeon for the 19th October for the lap band.

H was 180kg/186cm pre surgery, i am 140kg/175cm.

I have been reading through all of your posts and found them really helpful. H is offically one week post surgery today and is really struggling with tiredness. I/we had no idea that he should be trying for 15gm of protein every three hours. The dietician at the hosptial never mentioned it at all!

so anyway, i just wanted to say Hi! and introduce myself.

Thanks

Carolyn

[Leenie]

Hi Carolyn,

Welcome back

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[jiffypop]

nice to see you again, carolynn! and glad that your husband is doing pretty well. fatigue after surgery is very common - there's a whole lot of healing going on!!!

that 15 grams of protein every 3 hours was what worked FOR ME - the only instructions i received [and they were pretty standard] was to get 80-100 grams of protein in per day - and take in not more than 20-25 grams at any one time.

as the weeks went on, i realized that if i didn't get that 15 grams every three hours, things just didn't work right. your husband - and everyone else for that matter - has to figure out what works for him/them. and be sure to drag the surgeon into this discussion.

keep us posted!!!!