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Hi Patrick, I'm also thirsty and trying to keep sipping. I have the 1000 crunches incision pain thing going on too but gas pain is minimal.I was getting up to walk and blow the respiratory thing every hour, and today I'm stiff and sore all over though from lying in one position when I do lie down, and my rear end hurts for some reason.LOL - The main thing is, I am HOME!

Hey there Milca, a friend who had a lapband and then revised to sleeve gave me great advice about swallowing. She said take a sip, hold the water in your mouth, and kind of let it trickle in tiny drops down your throat. Takes some doing but I got the hang of it after a while. If I swallow a sip normally it doesn't feel great, there is a little bit of uncomfortable pressure.

A high five from right beside you on the losers bench Patrick ( or should I say hospital bed) ...

I'm drinking diluted apple juice and chicken broth no problem. The major tip I have for everyone is that if your doc doesn't supply a tummy pillow (like mine didn't) find a firm rectangular pillow to take to the hospital, it has been a GODSEND to press against the tum while getting up and down and walking.

Great you are recovering well Milca, after your test - sip sip walk walk! we made it!

No in Abu Dhabi :-D

I'm still in the hospital, was sleeved about 18 hours ago- quite a bit of pain at first but not at all as bad as I thought it would be. The meds are helping and I'm going for a swallow test shortly. Then I can sip water and walk some more. Saluting you all from the losers bench!

Well it has come down to the wire finally- my surgery is tomorrow between 8am and 10 am my time, here in the Middle East - I reckon I am about 8 hours ahead of many of you. Visited my sick little kitty at the vet, bought some more rtd Isopure clear drinks, tidied the house, and chugged water all day in the hopes of staying somewhat hydrated for tomorrow. I have been officially fasting for surgery for two hours as I write- it is 10 hours until 8am! I'm quite nervous and actually I can feel I've been grinding my teeth all day. My bag is pretty much packed and I'm going to do a final weigh-in early in the morning before my friend Debs takes me to the hospital. Anxious, excited, pleased, dismayed, scared- it's all going on in that thick skull of mine... I made a youtube channel and posted my first video if anyone's interested, here it is. SLEEVIE HERE I COME!

I have today and tomorrow to get ready, and then my surgery is on Monday! I am finding it very difficult to wrap my head around all this as I'm just not thinking of myself because my beloved cat is really sick. She was given to me by Godmother and my Mom before she died- so she is very special to me and is only 12 years old. She has had a temperature, stopped eating and was dehydrated and the vets have done blood tests, a chest X-ray, and a tumour scan and they still don't know what it is and this has been going on for over two weeks. She has had a feeding tube inserted through her neck into her stomach because she has lost so much weight -she is just skin and bones although recently she did put on a little weight. She has been in and out of the vet and is there being monitored right now. They still have no diagnosis, she still is not eating and they are bareIy keeping on top of the temperature. If she is utterly miserable with no clear positive prognosis I will have to make a difficult decision because I just can't put her through more pain and misery. I simply can't bear the thought of losing her though - as I live alone and much of my life pretty much revolves around her. (I'm the original weird cat-lady) NOT good timing :-( and very much adding to my worries with the surgery. Oh, and to top it all, it is costing me an utter fortune (although her health has no price to me).

I'm OK- doesn't seem real! I sat at the vet today and brushed my kitty and she was quite responsive so it made me feel a bit better about her. They will do more blood tests tomorrow and I'll call on my way to surgery.

Thanks for the all the support, you lot are AWESOME xox

GOOD LUCK to all the July 2nd sleevers having surgery along with me tomorrow- That would be:- Patrick Curl, Faganberry, sleevertobe, ChristineS NY, ladyarwenrose, emptynesterpam, Milca, Bigdogkc, BeatrizS1974, khernandez72, Nettle, justme360, deetaylor, kia, 4myfamily, BabeSwift, ShannonK. I know we are going to rock it, sleeve siblings!

Don't worry Shannon- I'll be the first July "guinea pig" in our group as I have to go in at 8am (my time) tomorrow morning, and time-wise I am 8 hours ahead of you! I'm pretty nervous but I'm ready. I'll be right beside you and Patrick ! Good luck to us all!

Maybe you are not mentally ready- my sugrgery is tomorrow too, I'm flipping anxious but I'm going for it...

Thank-you! I'm tomorrow!

I have 38 days to go. This pre-op stuff is nail-biting. Worse than a seat-clencher film. I am SO over waiting. I will have to find something to keep my mind off it or I'll end up a gibbering idiot. Ack! On the plus side- or should I say MINUS side, I have been gradually cutting down unhealthy carbs for the last 3 weeks, and for the last two days I've low-carbing with a vengeance. In 3 weeks I have lost 4 kg which is nearly 9 lb, so I'm pleased with that! My doctor hasn't asked me to go on a pre-op diet as such , he just asked that I up my protein- but I figured I'd do my best to lose some Kg's preop and shrink my liver too. AND I'm upping my protein .

I am having surgery on Monday and my " time of the month" has kicked in now! Aaaaargh! I usually get a really heavy flow with cramps and headaches- don't want it to get worse!

I'll let you know- it's on the 2nd!

Hey Patrick, I KNOW- what is with our July 2nd date? It seems to be WILDLY popular! I keep hoping it is because it falls on a mystically auspicious day for surgery... I have been doing the OMFG freaking out dance for a few days now...