Frankie

I am taking Nexium 20 mg daily as prescribed by the doctor and it doesn't seem too help. I will email him to see if I should increase the dose. Thanks

Thanks for your replies. I am just so afraid of putting anything in this sleeve before I should and then having problems.

I am 8 days post-op, my surgery was on March 22nd. I had read lots of posts and it seems most people weren't hungry. So I have been surprised that my stomach is so hungry and gurgling all the time. It has been the worst thing for me along with the heartburn. I did start on chocolate protien shakes mixed with Water about 3 days ago hoping that would help. I hate to say that it hasn't helped with the hunger at all. I am hoping that it gets better when I move to full liquids in 2 days and can have pudding and yogurt with Protein mixed in. I don't seem to have any problem getting the shakes or liquids in at a fairly fast sleeve rate - I have to remind myself not to drink too fast since there does not seem to be a problem with swallowing (for which I am thankful). If anyone else has experienced issues with post-op hunger I would love to know when it gets better. The good news is that I am down 12 lbs in 8 days which I don't think is too bad for someone with a lower BMI.

I am wondering when everyone started taking vitamins postop? My doctor didn't say anything about it other than all pills needs to be crushed for at least a month. Did everyone crush their vitamins or is there a decent liquid vitamin (I gagged on a liquid one I bought at my local hospital pharmacy and threw it out). Or did people not take them (I am paranoid and want to start taking them due to the upcoming hair loss). I have the chewable vitamins but don't know when I can start taking them since I have to be on liquids for 2.5 weeks post-op. Are there any vitamin lozenges? I had my surgery this Monday 3/22 in Mexico and I am feeling just fine. Not sure if I am drinking too fast - get kinda tight in the chest but nothing else. I walked 3 miles today. Thank you for any input you can provide.

wannalise - welcome to Mexacalie. There are several of us here who look at this site and occasionally post. We had our surgery done on Monday and will be leaving tomorrow. come see us after your preop today. My real name is Mary but I post as Frankie (my husbands name). Good luck and see you soon!!

I am new to this - I have actually been reading and lurking on this site for awhile. It has lots of great information and there seems to be lots of great people here. This site really made me more comfortable to go with the gastric sleeve versus the lap band, which had been my first choice. Anyway I am scheduled for surgery in 2 days on March 22nd. I am self pay but money really wasn't a player in my decision on where to go for surgery. I checked out doctors and facilities both in the US and Mexico. For my own reasons I decided on Mexico. More background information on me is that I am a registered nurse. The problem that I have right now is that I saw a poster on a thread last night blast another doctor out of the blue. This person was a fairly new registered user to this site. When I logged on this morning the same poster had blasted another doctor. The way things were spelled and how everything was worded makes me very suspicious that there are ulterior motives. The really big problem that I have is that in this last blast against another physician the poster promoted the doctor I am going to use!! So if the poster thinks that this is making that doctor look good then they had better think again! I am rather sick to my stomach over it and will mention it to the physcian when I see him. Wish me luck on my surgery Monday morning. I am nervous about not being able to drink liquids very fast but am hoping that I will be like a lot of you a few months out and have no problems.

I am a new member to this site but have been reading all your helpful posts. Reading this site helped me decide to have the gastric sleeve vs. the band which is what I had originally planned. Thank goodness I found out that it was an option before I was banded. I was really having doubts about the band and life with the band. No one in this area is yet doing the sleeve - most likely since it is not covered by most insurance companies yet. But I do know a few surgeons who are interested. And thank you for helping me find Dr Aceves. I just lined up my surgery and it will be in just 11 days on March 22nd!! I too will be traveling alone, flying into San Diego. I am hoping that it goes well and is not too painful as I have never had surgery before. Wish me luck.