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It's less painful to sit up and walk. Way less pain for me. The lapriscopic incisions are so small and are just tender-not painful when I left hospital.

I'm not single but have a 3 and 5 year old. Everyone is different after surgery but for me, I needed about 3 days home to sleep and not have to care for anyone but me. By the morning of the 5th day, I took my 3 year old to the farmers market. I stopped taking anything for pain other than tylenol and was alert enough although I needed naps when my 3 year old did for about a week.

My appt with dr le included strict instructions to lose 11 pounds in 4 to 6 weeks' date=' i did it in 3, so he scheduled my preop 6/19 and my surgery 6/28. I stayed overnight and have been recouping easily at home. Most of the day id never know i had surgery, but then i eat, and i quickly realize i was sleeved. My hospital stay was ok. The nurses tried hard, but they were busy! The morphine and i are enemies,and the liquid tylenol with codeine made me nauseous. Ask for something else like liquid vicodin! When i threw up it scared me [ im a wuss when i throw up'] Dr le is amazing with the scalpel and stitching. I have no scarring,no drains, no pain. At 13 days, they are essentially gone. Good luck, you wont need it.

Dr Le is amazing and cute and my tummy is almost healed. The stitches are less than a 1/4 in length and faded so much that I have to really look at which were the sleeve and which were the gallbladder 2 years ago.

Most docs give some sort of blood thinner before and after surgery like Heprin. Some

Even send you home with Lovenox for

Two weeks, plus the compression stockings and wraps they put on you in the hospital PLUS you will be up and walking which gets your blood flowing and keeps those nasty clots away. I've had DVTs and both times no PE and its usually not hereditary. There is a thing called factor 5, which is hereditary, but I think your dad would have been tested for that and you would have known. When all these posts say get up and walk after surgery, it's not just for gas, it's to prevent clots too!

I got it once. Not pretty when you are bed ridden in ICU. The most painful stomach gurgling and cramping you could possibly imagine. Didn't get it during sleeve op and stay. I was worried because once you get it you are more likely to get it again.

Maybe if we lose slowly we will have less loose skin issues.? Could be a plus side to the slow scale. Just a theory.

Seven days out and 7 pounds. Right there with ya! And started at 236. So we are pretty close in weight. I refuse to weight myself again till at least Monday. Pouting like you but happy to see the scale is at least moving in the right direction for a change.

The nurse practitioner suggested I lose 10 lbs. as where the nurses giving the orientation and the nurse weighing me in at the beginning of the classes told me I should be fine because of the way I carry my fat. So I am going to try to lose the 10 lbs. before I see Dr. Le on the 16th.

Did you have to do the liquid diet?

Sorry I'm asking so many questions. I have a friend who has had the procedure but she did it to lose weight and is not diabetic' date=' and second of all she is not being supportive of my decision. Well that's to bad for her...[/quote']

Good idea about the 10 lbs. It's up to him on the 16th. He may book you Right after. No liquid diet. You now have your binder that has all the info. Pre Op diet is not liquid. Clear liquid in hospital , full liquids when you get home, mushies after your 2 week follow up. Post op eating a few more weeks after that.

I had my appt initial appt with him in January. He told me to loose 25 pounds then I didn't get that weight off till May. Second appt with him on June 8th and he booked surgery for June 21! It went really quick once I decided I really wanted this procedure.

Hi I'm going thru the process myself. I'm going thru Kaiser S.S.F. I see the surgeon on July 16th. I've seen the phych. and all went well.

Question for those of you who had the surgery in S.S.F. who was your doctor? How long were you in the hospital?

Newbie' date=' the best of luck to you.... We can stay in touch if you'd like.[/quote']

I had Dr David Le. He's great. When you show that you are making an effort, being honest with him and doing your research before you ask him questions I think he respects you a little more. Sleeved on Thursday. Dr Li is out now becuase he injured his hand. Dr Le has been doing his patients and Dr Li's if they choose to. Ask any questions

September 21 will be 12 weeks. I'll put an alert on my iPhone-semi kidding. I would love to be 50lbs thinner by then! Thanks for putting the end goal ahead of these little hiccups for me. I swear my 3 year old taunted me with PB smooches this morning.

Peanut Butter and jelly toast. The end. (I'm pouting & on full liquids)

I'm new to forum' date=' surgery scheduled for June 27Th in South San Francisco!![/quote']

Did we meet at pre op class? It's Tanya. Welcome. Day 3 post op here.

Checking in. Sleeved around 4 yesterday. Pain is in check. Walked twice so far. Still not peeing on my own. Hand swelled from IV infiltrated. No hunger! Just want to sleep. I'll post more tonight.

I'm going through South San Francisco Kaiser. Surgery tomorrow!

My wrist was really bothering me the last few days. Today I woke up and my arm was swollen from the elbow to my fingers. Went to Doctors and they did xrays and an ultrasound. Turns out I have a blood clot in my wrist that they think was caused by the I.V. from my surgery two weeks ago. So now they are pumping me full of anti inflamitories and blood thinners.... The good news is I've lost 32 lbs in two weeks!!

That happened to be a couple of years ago. Then again in September. The clot ended up both times in my jugular. Coumadin for 6-9 months each time. I guess I have some knarly scar tissue from my IV, Central Vein Catheter and PICC lines. If you wake up with a serious pain in the neck, it travelled there.

Hi ya'll!. June 20th is the date circled in green on the calendar (green means GO!). Need a sleeve sister...help?

I'm the 21st. Sleeve sibling?

June 21st! And yes, I am a teacher too. Should we start a new thread for teachers? Just wondering.

June 21st with Dr Le at Kaiser South San Francisco. Add me to your list !

Just had my appointment and got a date of June 21st. 13 days. WOW!

Easter. See's chocolate butter pecan egg. . . With wine. Bring me back. Set me straight. Get me back on track. Have Pre Op appointment on May 1st.

Nordstroms is the best! Every time I go I am so pleased with the customer service. I'm pre op and will be happy to have whatever size breasts I have left. It's gotta be better than a belly larger than the boobs i have now! AKA Barrel shaped

Yes. In my jugular of all places . . .

I am 37 years old and I finally decided that I'm gonna do this! Started this journey in the fall with Kaiser South San Francisco. I've jumped through all the hoops except loosing the 18 pounds to be down to 235 THEN Dr. Le will hopefully give me the green light and a surgery date. I have my next appointment with him on May 1st. Anyone here have an existing DVT going into surgery? If so, how was your Pre/post surgery different ?