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SarSmyle

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    Hi - I'm 9 days post-op and unfelt exactly the same way. I really felt like an addict in the first few days of the toughest rehab imaginable. All iI could think of was a crunchy bagel with cream cheese and tomatoes - I had to keep reminding myself that those Bagels are what landed me in this situation to begin with.

    Nothing got rid of those feelings (except time) until I would say yesterday and today - feeling a lot less of the cravings and almost no sadness now.

    But one thing I did do, was write down all the non-food related activities I can't eat to get back into after I'm feeling better and have some good weight loss: playing volleyball with my daughter (shes's 12), playing tennis with my nephews, walking without feeling like there's pieces of cut glass in my feet, enjoying walking around and taking to people at parties instead of trying to find a comfortable chair to just sit and eat. Etc, etc...

    When I was reallyiserable mentally I looked at that list and realized how those activities were so much more important to me than the food that used to give me happiness and comfort. I decises that I dont want to be a slave to food anymore - I want food to work for me by making me healthy enough to do all these other things again...

    Anyway - sorry for the long-winded response. Just wanted you to know that you are far from alone in these feelings, and that they do get better (and I'm only 3 days further out than you are).... Sending you a hug! Hang in there! :0)

    -Sarah

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    Hi everyone!

    well, had my sleeve yesterday.... i told my aneshtesiologist that i tend to get nauseous after general anesthesia. she pre-medicated me for nausea before she put me out. when i woke up, i moved in the bed and got really nauseous again - my anesthesiologist was standing right there and she gave me meds again (zofran), and i never had nausea again after that. yay!

    i had to pee a lot when i woke up, and had a hard time using the bedpan (tried about 5 times and could only have partial success). after about 3 hours after my surgery, they let me walk to the bathroom and i was able to go well - that felt a lot better.

    i didnt need any pain meds in the post-anesthesia recovery area, or when i first got to my room.

    i went for a walk, and then i needed something. i had 15 mg of Toradol IV every 6 hours since then and that was all i needed (am trying to avoid then strong narcotics if possible). the pain is not too bad and is definitely tolerable.

    i alternated between sleeping in bed, sitting in chair, going to the bathroom to pee, and taking walks all afternoon and evening. after another dose of toradol at about 10 pm, was able to sleep almost five hours.

    this morning, i got up, washed up, walked again and then had my leg vein ultrasound (to look for blood clots) and then my swallow test. that was a little rough - the gastrograffin is gross. my surgeon told me to just take little sips, so i ended up taking in about an ounce of the stuff total. that was enough for them to see everything. thankfully, i had no issues and no leak! luckily i had no nausea aft the test, but i did have some burning and fullness. relieved with toradol and pepcid.

    when i came back, i passed gas and actually was able to have a small bowel movement... i think the walking really helped that move along...

    i am now starting my Clear liquids - if i can tolerate them ok, then i will be able to go home later tonight. keeping my fingers crossed!

    thanks again to all of you for the supoport and good wishes! everyone here has been so supportive!

    good luck to everyone having their surgeries soon - looking forward to hearing your stories too....

    - Sarah

  11. Posted

    SarSmyle I'm on Monday as well. I hear ya I can't believe it is almost here. I'm on all clear liquid Sunday and need to drink the magnesium citrate at 10 am... So not looking forward to that. Good luck to you. See ya on the other side, and let me know how everything goes.

    Hi Sherry,

    I hope your clears and the mag citrate are going ok.... Good luck! I'm also doing mostly liquids today... But I don't have the mag citrate requirement....

    Good luck to you for tomorrow too! I'm really excited for you too.... Post when you feel up to it... We can share the experience.... :0)

    - Sarah

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