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It gets better every day! I am six days post op. Right after I had the surgery I was miserable and totally out of it. I was not expecting to feel that type of pain - but the next day I was up and walking. You have to walk!! It makes things sooooo much better. Set an alarm for every two hours (every hour if you can handle it) and walk. I'm assuming your hooked up to IVs so don't stress out about drinking. You have plenty of fluids going in to you. I stayed two nights at the hospital and maybe had 6 sips of Water and apple juice lol It's normal!!
Just know that when you wake up tomorrow you will feel a little better. I didn't have a drain, so I can't speak to that. Just keep looking forward and thinking about the big picture. You can do it!

Okay...I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! Yesterday was a little rough for me. I've been walking lots and lots but still had bad gas pain. Last night I felt it in my shoulders and I was freaking out
After walking more and taking pain meds I slept through the night quite well. I changed sleeping positions a lot going from laying on my right side to left side to back. It helped a lot
Today I woke up feeling a little nauseous but took some zofran. I think today will be a good day. I'm keeping a positive attitude. I was 212 when I had surgery and 220 when I got home yesterday from the hospital. I'm 215 today so that Water weight is leaving. Honestly at this point I couldn't care less about my weight! I'm following doctors orders and i know it will be worth it in the end. I'm looking forward to days to come. Hope everyone else who had surgery this week is recovering well! I'm really enjoying following this forum

Okay...I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! Yesterday was a little rough for me. I've been walking lots and lots but still had bad gas pain. Last night I felt it in my shoulders and I was freaking out
After walking more and taking pain meds I slept through the night quite well. I changed sleeping positions a lot going from laying on my right side to left side to back. It helped a lot
Today I woke up feeling a little nauseous but took some zofran. I think today will be a good day. I'm keeping a positive attitude. I was 212 when I had surgery and 220 when I got home yesterday from the hospital. I'm 215 today so that Water weight is leaving. Honestly at this point I couldn't care less about my weight! I'm following doctors orders and i know it will be worth it in the end. I'm looking forward to days to come. Hope everyone else who had surgery this week is recovering well! I'm really enjoying following this forum

Good luck tomorrow! My surgery is today and I can't believe it's already here. Wishing you the best!

Thanks so much everyone! Today has been a good day! Last night was hard though. I'm doing my best to have a very positive attitude and have been following te doctors orders to the best of my ability. My leak test went well! No more catheter woohoo lol. Lots of walking!!!

Good luck tomorrow! My surgery is today and I can't believe it's already here. Wishing you the best!

Well I'm in the hospital one day post op. I was out of it yesterday and was really exhausted. I woke up at four am and have had nurses coming in and out. I was feeling a lot of pain and nausea but it's under control with pain medication now
I've been walking! Can only go up from here!!

The day has come!!! I have to be at the hospital at 2:30 and will be sleeved at 4!!!
I had to take antibiotics yesterday - neomycin and erythromycin. It was awful. I was prescribed zofran to help with nausea but it did help. Erythromycin is not fun!! I got very sick from them and I don't get sick often!
On a good note I weighed in at 212 today! That's 16 pounds lost during pre-op dieting. I didn't cheat and I am so glad!
Good luck to everyone else getting sleeved today! Hoping for a healthy recovery!!!!

The day has come!!! I have to be at the hospital at 2:30 and will be sleeved at 4!!!
I had to take antibiotics yesterday - neomycin and erythromycin. It was awful. I was prescribed zofran to help with nausea but it did help. Erythromycin is not fun!! I got very sick from them and I don't get sick often!
On a good note I weighed in at 212 today! That's 16 pounds lost during pre-op dieting. I didn't cheat and I am so glad!
Good luck to everyone else getting sleeved today! Hoping for a healthy recovery!!!!

The day has come!!! I have to be at the hospital at 2:30 and will be sleeved at 4!!!
I had to take antibiotics yesterday - neomycin and erythromycin. It was awful. I was prescribed zofran to help with nausea but it did help. Erythromycin is not fun!! I got very sick from them and I don't get sick often!
On a good note I weighed in at 212 today! That's 16 pounds lost during pre-op dieting. I didn't cheat and I am so glad!
Good luck to everyone else getting sleeved today! Hoping for a healthy recovery!!!!

I'm having my surgery at 4pm tomorrow!!! I'm really proud of sticking to my preop diet. This quote has gotten me through temptation these last couple weeks
You can suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret!
I had to remember that when camping with friends this past weekend. Everyone indulged in food and I stayed on track. Hoping I can continue. Good luck to everyone else having surgery this week! Down 14 pounds (231 to 217) during preop diet

Hi Everyone,
Just thought I would post in the forum! I got approved today for an August 22nd date. I got lucky in the fact that my insurance was actually pretty easy to work with and I got approved the first time I applied. I'm enjoying reading everyone's stories on here and am very glad I am having the surgery before I head back to school in September!

Woke up today with no headache -woohoo. Thanks everyone

I had better luck through e-mail. I also had called my insurance company directly and they were very helpful (Blue Cross Blue Shield). Good luck!

Woke up today with no headache -woohoo. Thanks everyone

I HAD been addicted to Diet Dr. Pepper since ...forever. I haven't had one since the first week in May and I don't crave it at all anymore and I feel a whole lot better too. When I went off of it I had a "migraine type" headache for seven days. Hang in there....it's truly worth the detox pain! Now Vitamin Water Zero's, Water and Decaf green tea are my addictions. I hope I still like them after my surgery!

Hi Everyone,
Just thought I would post in the forum! I got approved today for an August 22nd date. I got lucky in the fact that my insurance was actually pretty easy to work with and I got approved the first time I applied. I'm enjoying reading everyone's stories on here and am very glad I am having the surgery before I head back to school in September!

Starting my preop diet too . Good luck to you!

Good luck to you! If you need a buddy...let me know! I am 23 and just graduated college so I will probably be able to relate

Agreed! My surgeon does sleeves as young as 16.