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energeticmonique

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    Hey March Sleevers - Are you doing anything special for Easter? I mean, it's not like I can eat the "usual" Easter meal - at our house that would consist of ham, deviled eggs, potato salad, leafy salad, etc. My mom is cooking a large lunch meal, so I'm sending my DH to eat at her house (which is next door). I'm not sure I can handle walking into Mom's house and have the smell of Easter lunch hit me. About the only thing I COULD eat at this point would be the deviled eggs. How are you guys going to handle it?

    I'm sending the family out to parents and in-laws. I can't afford to put myself through that kind of pain. I'm already hungry all time. On the positive side I'm down 23lbs as of day 10. I'm trying really hard to stay focus. I can't wait to chew on some meat though. ugh. How is your sleeve treating you so far

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    Ok, so I feel like this is too good to be true. I've never been hospitalized or had surgery. I can't really say anything bad about Florence Hospital, I'm just glad to be outta there! I felt like a prisoner with no fresh air. I'm at the hotel Lucerna now. It's lovely. I have not experienced any pain, I feel like doing cartwheels right now. I only had nausea the night of my surgery, and a little incision pain. Of course I have a little pain if I bend down, but I seriously don't feel like I've had surgery. The only real pain I ever experienced is when I got my tattoo right over my right rib cage 2 years ago. This surgery was NOTHING compared to that. We checked in to the hotel after my leak test. Had a free popsicle. Then we walked around to the Starbucks and this pharmacy. There is a huge traffic circle in front of the hotel and they drive crazy over here, but we got across. I'm actually leaving a day early. I told Dr. Kelly I feel great, he said he's giving me the green light to travel back to MD tomorrow. I'm so excited to start my new life!!!!

    Yelp, sounds like my story and Congrats. Can't say enough good things about Dr. Kelly

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    Oh, good questions. No they only service 1 free broth a day. Which got cold quick and still needed warming since you can only take tiny sips. Then you had to purchase the other items from the down stairs which was adding up quickly. So on day 4 I walked across the street and bought my. Day five I was at a hotel in San Diego and it didn't offer room service at all. When are you going and whose your Dr?

    Great slideshow, thanks! I know I will be taking lots of photos when I am there as I am a scrapbooker!

    Silly questions for you... how do you warm up the chicken broth then & did they give that to you or did you have to go buy the chicken broth?

    Do they give you any gatorade or anything else or did you have to go out & buy the stuff?

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    Hey Sleeve Sister, I'm HOME AND SLEEVED Check out my Video @ http://youtu.be/UwTIHXG8hUk

    OH Ask Cecilla to make sure she gives my purple shirt to Nurse Sara, she works the night shift. Kinda heavy set, VERY VERY Sweet Nurse. Tell Sara Thanks so much from Princess and tell Dr Kelly I said hello and remind Ana to email me my pic from San D... feel free to call me if you wanna chat 817-723-0422. Hope to talk to you soon. Have a speedy recovery. I'm sure you will :)

    I'm here!!! I will be sleeved tomorrow by Dr. Kelly. We arrived at the San Diego airport around 12 and the minute I turned on my phone Ana called to see where we were. She picked us up, Cecilia, Dr. Kelly's wife drove us around San Diego for some quick sight seeing. We checked into the hospital and while we were waiting in the lobby we met Dr. Kelly and he asked if I had any more questions. I asked him if he uses a drain tube (I got kinda freaked out reading about them on here). He doesn't. And I told him I'm the weirdo that wants a pic of my stomach. He remembered and then showed me that he had a picture of the remains of a stomach as the screensaver on his phone lol! We were taken to my room, and Ana told us about places we can go for some food (for my friend). We walked about 3 blocks down to the beach. It was beautiful. There is also a 7-eleven there. We ended up eating at a restaurant across the street from the hospital. I asked for drained Soup, but the broth had so much fat swimming on top of it I didn't eat it. I'm not really hungry, I'm just making sure I drink enough Water. I'm so excited, my surgery is scheduled for 10 am tomorrow. I like it here, felt totally safe and so far every one is great!

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    Hey ChaCha, I still get lost on this site but thanks for reaching out.

    I'm doing well. In fact I'm in shock of how amazing I feel I've been scared to say anything. I don't want to jinks myself. I feel good, lost of energy, not hungry at all. I must admit the night after surgery was a nightmare. Lord have mercy I was throwing up, gas was off the chart. yeah, the first 24hrs was a bumer. These last few days has been a blessing !!!! When are you going to weight yourself? I'm trying to weight until 7 days out. I'm just so excited :lol:

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    Hei ChaCha, I,m wondering the same. I pack my bags a hundred times. Just ready to get this over. I couldnt sleep good lasy night so I think I,m sleep most if the day and be up all night again. My surgery is @9am on the 22nd, less the 24hrs, I,m sooo freaking excited !!!! How about yourself, any big plans today?

    Hei ChaCha, I,m wondering the same. I pack my bags a hundred times. Just ready to get this over. I couldnt sleep good lasy night so I think I,m sleep most if the day and be up all night again. My surgery is @9am on the 22nd, less the 24hrs, I,m sooo freaking excited !!!! How about yourself, any big plans today?

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    Hey Sleeve Master, I;m from Chicago also, currently living in Dallas though. Happy Bday !!!

    hey Guys... Though I was sleeved 3 months ago... March 22 is my birthday!!!!

    Prayers and best wishes for your surgeries... and you will have a special seat on the Loser's Bench.. right beside me!!! LOL..

    Congrats again!!!

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    Hey ChaCha, yes that would makes us twins and I will def pray for a speedu recovery. Im not scared yet eithter which bothers mr bc Ive been known to wait on line a six flags fors hrs and when its my turn ill chicken out anf my friends ride w/o me. Im such a dork. I cant imgaine going thur this and alone at that. But I want this bad that om just determine it has to happend. Period. Well for listening and I"ll be touch.

    Air Hugs : D

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