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12 lbs since surgery sound great to me. I am not good at the weight lose I only loose 3.6lbs. I am walking everyday for an hour in the park. and I hoped to loose more but not yet. Velena, sorry to hear about your pain when you swallow. I have it only when I did the stupid things and put in my mouth the spoon with my kids buckwheat meal yesterday to lick it up. I did it without thinking and paid or that. I feel how it goes to me stomach and pain was terrible. never ever again..... about bouillon, when I cook it I put some celery their and some baby carrot ( not cutting) and after it done I took it off so the taste is much better. as I understand we cannot put potato and something what became puree in the soup. but vegetables are fine. on preop liquid I cook just vegetable broth. and also I use vegeta seasoning and it gave broth great taste. For me the burping is killing me. I need to wake up twice a night like a baby and walk around until I would burp everything out. today will try to do my jello ( sugar free) and hope will enjoy it with warm tea. will share the experience later

I don't have the hunger feeling as well ( sleeved at 7) but I notice that today others' food bother me l WANT IT with my eyes. no idea why. I am not hungry and so far I am good at warm stuff going down. the chicken broth is my favorite. another one what is going ok is chamomile tea. I tried it today and it was fine. Today was the first day when I think I was able to keep down 64 oz. 50g protein from shake and I hope another 10 from chicken broth. ( anyway I will drink more shake at night) I had 5 oz of tea and I think 10oz of chicken broth.

I just notice my typo. 1/4 of the cup not 1.4

Sorry no answer, was sleeved at 7 as well and I have the same problem. Burping a lot. My doctor said it would be that bad a week or two. But I notice that if I walk every 2 hours it is became better. but in 2 hours it like start over again.

I didn't want even to open my eyes after they wake me up. the chest pain was so bad that I didn't want to breath and nurse always ask me to breath. that chest pain become better after I start walking for 30-40 min every 3 hours in the hospital. I still have it but it's minor. and I am day 4post op. I didn't want to stand up and leave.

Good luck to you and speedy recovery.

VEGETA- use it instead of salt. I always use it when I cook my broth. and taste great.

Agree!!! AS I understand you have 2 leak tests. one test is done during the procedure. they check it from inside that there is no leak. but the next day I had the x-ray test I had to swallow TERRIBLE drink. just might be 1.4 of cups but it was discussing... and they was watching you on monitor how it goes in your stomach and that nothing goes behind it.

Good luck!!!

Gas-x strips doesn't help me how often you take then? Does it help you with burping? I was sleeved at 7th as well and has huge problem with burping a lot

I am day 3 post op and trying to walk a lot and fighting with a lot of burping. I have no idea why I have so many gas inside me about liquid intake I cannot do 64 oz so far I only was able to drink around 15oz and it's already 2pm.

when I came for x-ray the lady asked me if I have a drainage tube and I said no i don't and she reply to me, then you are in good shape so I assume I have less pain then others.

I am not a good writer so the story would be short I came to the hospital at 6:30 am and they put my IV and took my blood just in case I need the transfusion. I get the one bracelet with patient into and anther one with blood information. after my Dr. shows up he talk to my husband and with me and I was taken upstairs to the preop room. I meed the anesthesiologist there.they feel out some information gave me lovenox and I was taken to the operative room. In the room they try to make me comfortable put my arms on the expended thing and put the oxygen mask on the month. After that I don't remember anything. I wake up in the recovery room with terrible pain in my chest. I was trying to understand why their..... my belly doesn't hurt at all. but the pain between my ribs was ripping me up from inside. I also remember the nurse ask me to breath. a lot of times. probably I did't want to do it I was given the morphine to take my pain. don't remember anything there. after. my husband told me that I was in recovery room 2 hours. and after that when I finally woke up they took me to the floor room. the whole Friday I was mostly sleepy. I know that I tried to make a round walk on the floor but after that I fall asleep for 1 or 2 . the chest pain from gas was bad really bad. after morphine I was able to sleep for 2 hours and wake up with pain again. I had non-narcotic pain killer every 6 hours and morphine every 4 but I didn't have a pump I need to ask nurse to do this. by 7:30 pm I was able to walk much more and after my husband left the hospital my schedule usually was sleep for 2 hours wake up at 11pm walk until midnight. they took my BP+ vitals and give me non narcotic pain killer and I sleep for another 2-3 hours and wake up at 3 walk for another 40 min again bp + vital and sleep for another 2 hours and walk around 6 for 30 min. I was tired and they game me another does of non narcotic med pain killer. after that I slept for 2 hours. forget to say. my mouth was dry but I didn't want to use beotine. I tried gas strips but it doesn't help me. every time I was walking I was burping a lot. I really don't care. I understand the more I burp the less pain in the chest. the next morning they took me for xray to check if there is a leak. Ok girls the staff you need to drink is TERRIBLE. after having nothing in your mouth for a day to taste this..... I had xray done and everything was fine so I was cleared to have liquid diet. they brought me a lot of things but I just ate 3 oz of chicken broth. and went to walk again. ( all personnel in the hospital trying to make me feel better they laugh about me walking saying that I am already started my marathoner and asking how many miles I need to walk to finish ) so at my walk after the chicken broth i burps so many times that I feel nausea and start vomiting. thank's God the restroom was right on my right in the hallway so I just seat on the floor next to the toilet and try to calm down. I was able to keep the chicken broth inside me but it was scared.... after that I get back to the room and lay down....I slept for 2 hours.... later the nurse said that I am good to go home and a t2:30 pm we already left the hospital. when we came home I was so tired that I slept for another 2 hours. no pain killer since 6 am in this morning. the gas pain is still present and I hate it. but I am trying to walk and burp. I was able to drink 3 oz of Water. 2 hours later 3 oz on atkins shake. another 2 hours later 3 oz of Isopure ( I hate the taste but it goes down fine) and another 2 hours later I finish that small bottle of isopure I think another 4-5 oz. still burping a lot but now I am trying to walk before and burp and only after that drink. I really hope that gas pain would go away soon. about my incisions. I have 5: 1 below my chest where they hold the liver. and 4 in the row in the middle of abdomen. one is big and bruise. this is probably one they take the stomach out. I also have pictures of my old and new stomach I asked my surgeon and he did it for me will post it later then will be able to scan them. So this is my experience so far. I hope someone would find it helpful And one more thing. I always ask myself after the surgery is I have any regret. and the answer was NO. I know that all of this would be gone and pain would be forgotten. So now I working on my intake liquid. and another things. because I am crazy scale girl. I step on the scale after the hospital and it shos me less then I was the morning of the surgery. so hopefully wne all swelling would go away I would see nice number change their.

I everyone i had surgery today right ow I the hospital will have leak test tomorrow Gas pain terrible. Other then thAt everything is normal On painkiller and ot ready to give them up How are other september 7 sleeves are doing?

already packed sweatpants and tshirts. what about bra. can I wear the regular one after surgery? I mean the push up one with metal things under cups?

My surgeon told me that I am allowed to fly in 2 weeks but because I have job with travel I decided to take 4 weeks off the flying...

I am using my scale. it store all information online since you step on them first time and it draw the graph online. so I am checking all my progress their. But in addition I am using the ticker factory to double the data their.( just in case)

I like big company. GIRLS, what are you packing for hospital stay. I am completely lost... I packed Gas-x strips, Biotene mouth spray, and lip balm what else.....?

I am packing to the hospital need to be their at 6:30 am what else to take. I already packed lips balm, mouth spray, gas-x strips. what else? beside phone/computer/and all "toys" things I just understand that I am nervous....

Hi, I understand your excitement I need to be in the hospital tomorrow at 6:30am. no idea what time is my surgery but it is in the morning. and I am a bit scared

surgery is tomorrow. need to be at the hospital at 6:30am

Thank you. I am going to the pharmacy to by the oasis for tomorrow

I am not drinking any juices on pre op as well. but I am allowed to have apple and cranberry juice if I want. but after the surgery ( tomorrow ) I decided that If juice would be the liquid which would go down without the problem I would have it ( apple or cranberry ) because I need to worry about dehydration. and I would worry about sugar there later on. If I could drink Water fine then I probably don't need to have juice. will see.

Hi, Carisa. Welcome to this Forum and congratulation with this decision. I used to live in Fair Lawn. but now moved to Central NJ.

We all here support you. FELL BETTER and speedy recovery.