Anybody in their 20s having surgery in March/April?

[LondonGal12 15]

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd make a post to check if their were any young-uns in the UK having a gastric sleeve soon like me.

I'm currently 288lbs and am due to have surgery on the 6th April 2017 but would really love to have some gastric buddies in a similar position to go through this with

[Nyletak121 8]

Hey girl,

I'm in my 20's and I am 20 days post-op. I would love to chat.

[LondonGal12 15]

Hey girl,
I'm in my 20's and I am 20 days post-op. I would love to chat.

Ooo lovely congrats!

How are you feeling?

[Nyletak121 8]

I am feeling wonderful! My Dr says that I am doing great! I was off my pain meds almost completely before coming home and have not had any for since day 6. Are you getting excited for your sleeve? That surgery date will be here before you know it.

[LondonGal12 15]

3 hours ago, Nyletak121 said:

I am feeling wonderful! My Dr says that I am doing great! I was off my pain meds almost completely before coming home and have not had any for since day 6. Are you getting excited for your sleeve? That surgery date will be here before you know it.

That's really good, how long did you wait before you went back to work?

Yes, it feels so close the days are just flying by, it'll be surgery day before I know it, definitely getting excited! More for the rest of the year post-surgery tbh, I just feel so ready to get started on my weightloss journey

[Tashagirlxo 41]

[emoji137]? I'm 23 and my surgery is 4/11

[LondonGal12 15]

7 hours ago, Tashagirlxo said:

? I'm 23 and my surgery is 4/11

Hi Tasha congrats, I'll be 5 days ahead let you know it goes. How long is your liquid diet?

[Tashagirlxo 41]

Hi Tasha :142_dancers:congrats, I'll be 5 days ahead let you know it goes. How long is your liquid diet?

That's awesome! My liquid diet is 2 weeks

[LondonGal12 15]

19 hours ago, Tashagirlxo said:

That's awesome! My liquid diet is 2 weeks

Same here - hopefully it won't be too difficult. How much time are you going to be taking off work/college?

[Tashagirlxo 41]

Same here - hopefully it won't be too difficult. How much time are you going to be taking off work/college?

I'm just taking a month off. I wanna get comfortable adjusting since a lot will be changing. Weighing/measuring food etc

[LondonGal12 15]

I'm only talking 2 weeks but I would take a month if I could. It's definitely going to be a lot to adjust to in the first few weeks

[Nyletak121 8]

I only took a week off. The most challenging part for me was getting in as much Water as possible. I had a lot of swelling which made swallowing difficult and uncomfortable.

[missjrluk 3]

Hello everyone!! I'm new on here and have my planned gastric sleeve op at Kings College on 4th April!!

I am absolutely bricking it!!

How is everyone getting on? I'm scared of being sick all the time, scared I won't drink enough and become ill!! BUT I am trying to be really really positive!

My surgeon has not put me on a pre op diet!

Love to hear from you all

Jade [emoji1325]


Jadey UK

Planned sleeve date 04/04/2017 [emoji173]

[Nyletak121 8]

Jade,

You still have a little bit of time before you would need to start a pre-op diet. They are normally started 1-2 weeks before surgery. Try not to worry too much! Monday the 13th makes 1 month post-op for me and I feel completely normal. Are you afraid of throwing up after surgery? I only had that sensation while in the hospital and they gave me medicine to stop it. You will know long before the point of getting sick when you are full and need to stop eating. As for the Water intake, that was (and still is) a struggle for me. Most of the time though your Fluid intake includes everything you eat after surgery(jello,soup,that sort of thing). As of now I can get about 40oz every day. I'm sure you will do great.

[Evie82 0]

Hey everyone,
Just thought I'd make a post to check if their were any young-uns in the UK having a gastric sleeve soon like me.
I'm currently 288lbs and am due to have surgery on the 6th April 2017 but would really love to have some gastric buddies in a similar position to go through this with []

Hi
I had my surgery on the 7th March. I'm 34 (that's young right?) and live in London too.

I'm 6 days post op and feeling good.

Happy to answer any questions if you've got any.