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Did your surgeon give you perscriptions for meds for these things? I came home with meds for all three. I've only needed the nausea meds once and stopped the pain meds pretty quick. They have me on omperozole (something like that) every day for the first month. I've read many people post that the heartburn meds took care of many symptoms for you. Hope you feel better soon!! It gets better every day!

Tif 2.0 - it was several days before I had a BM. I had surgery on a Monday and I think it was Thursday or Friday, but I know it was by Friday. Then it was every 2-4 days but just a tiny bit. When I moved to pureed soups it was about the same frequency but a little more and on soft foods it's 2-3 days and again, a little more.

Its hard for me to determine what was my surgeon's required info and what was my insurance. I didn't have to do any supervised diet for my insurance but I did have to do a written account for my dieting history for the surgeon's office. I started dieting at 9 so it was a lot to try and remember!

Isn't it always the way we don't want it to go? If I'm going to have to loose hair, darn it- why can't it come off my legs & underarms too? My hair is already thin- I don't think it all came back after my son was born and I'm dreading the post-of hair loss. I think it started around the third month after my baby so end of March, beginning of April. It fell out for at least three if not four months. I have lots of very light blonde fuzz on my face that I've had since I was a kid. It doesn't bother me much but the occasional long one or dark one under my chin is for the birds! Have any of you tried threading for facial hair? I've had my eyebrows done that way because its less stress on the skin than waxing. I'm a dedicated leg waxer for almost 20 years.

I'm stalled and have been for a few days but today I welcomed my little red friend so hopefully that'll help me drop a few more by Thursday - next weigh in with Dr!

good luck to you all tomorrow! you'll do great. speedy recovery!

I've been overweight since I was in the second grade. I sort of thinned down a little in high school but was always a little too big. I fought through my 20s and had massive hip surgery at 29. I started gaining then and just never got control back. I was about 250 when I got pregnant with my son and after his birth got down as low as 240 but had a rough time at work last year and ended up pushing 270. I started to actively work toward WLS in summer 2010 but my PCP derailed me and put me on Wellbutrin which helped for about three months. I got back on track in summer 2011 and had my surgery earlier this month. My mom had WLS and she has been super supportive. I've only told close friends and all but one have been totally supportive. There are risks with any surgery but good surgeons screen you very carefully before surgery to make sure you don't have any health issues to make surgery riskier. My son was a big motivating factor for me to have this surgery. He's just three and I can barely keep up with him and forget about catching him! Running when you've got fat bouncing all over the place is just misery. We're taking him to Disneyland at the end of February and I'd really like to be able to keep up with him better than before. Having elective surgery is a scary thing to contemplate especially if you are a parent (glad to hear your daughter is doing ok) so you have many things to weigh and decide. For me, I knew WLS was my only hope and I'm so glad for the sleeve. I think I delayed looking into surgery as long as I did because I didn't like the bypass part of GBS so the minute I heard about the sleeve I knew that was the surgery for me. Good luck with your decision. You will do what is right for you.

good luck rahnava and Kilroy! you'll do great!! good luck for a speedy recovery!

I started feeling hungry or craving things on the Saturday after my Monday surgery. Usually it was when I was around cooking food or others eating. I think it could have been half mental but it was some feeling I didn't like whatever it was! I did find strained progresso soups to be more satisfying. Good luck!

yes to the Fluid gain. I put on mute than 10lbs and my IV hand was puffy for several days at home. curvy diva- you and I are on similar paths! I was sleeved on the 9th and am down 25lbs. I'm stalled too but I know from reading here it's just a stall. I'd love to see the scale move but I'm not freaking yet!

congratulations on your surgery! best wishes for a speedy recovery!

oh yeah! my IV hand was so puffy but it comes off quick. don't worry!

I know this is TMI but I'm now dealing with the morning after of all that sugar and seriously, worst I've felt since surgery! Sugar is EVIL!

have you tried slowfe? there was something I was prescribed when I was pregnant that was a very gentle iron. I can't remember what it was called. it was expensive, I do remember that!

I had to go to a toddler birthday party on day six!! I so feel your pain! You could get half cranberry half water from the bar- or take the packets. I did take my own drink to the party. Good luck!

Good for you! Happy healing!

Inspirational indeed!! The transformation is really amazing! Congratulations- all your hard work paid off big time!!

My vote is go with what feels best to you! Like LMD says, if you get there an think a little less would feel good to go for it! You did this surgery for you.

I'm a freakish label reader! I don't know what I was thinking with this? Maybe I had a coupon and just didn't pay attention? I ate a little cottage cheese and sort-of evened out but ewww... nice early lesson about the evils of sugar! =)

I think it is less than a c-section. I spent three nights in the hospital with my c-section. The big difference is you don't have a brand new baby and all the attention and care focused away from yourself with this surgery. The worst think I remember from my c-section was the spinal! The sleeve incisions closest to my bellybutton were the most uncomfortable for me but they are'nt bad at all. Nothing compared to carying a baby!

My surgeon isn't a protein drink fan so I haven't really used them since surgery. I picked up an Odowalla single-serving Protein Monster with 25g of protein thinking that would be ok. It's LOADED with sugar and is not making me happy! Ick.

good for you!

Oh yay!!! happy dance!! so glad to hear you improving!!! best news all day!!

I had to fill out a three page "finish the sentence" form. Then I talked to the Psychologist for about 1.5 hours where he basically said "tell me your story". It wasn't bad.

Immediately, it was the nausea post-op, other than that my surprise is how easy it's been! I secon'd the energy comment, I have tons too and can't sleep as long at night as I did pre-op (I was getting 9 hours or more and now it's more like 7-8).