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YES lol

I would stay away from any type of chewing gum as I've heard horror stories about what happens if you accidentally swallow a piece. However, there are an array of sugar free breath mints. I'm trying a few because I too don't want to return to work with dragon breath lol. Just be careful because I realized for me that the mints gave my stomach a little bit of pain like I'd eaten something way too sour. If you're in ketosis it means you are burning fat (some knowledge I remember from my Atkins days). Ketosis stops when you up your carb intake. Ketosis is a good thing though... at least I think so. I would ask my doctor for more information.

Hi there! I think you said that you have a lot of head hunger. I'm confused how an appetite suppressant will cure head hunger. Perhaps you need to journal your thoughts and feelings and figure out what is it that is making you want to turn to food to fill that need. Postop I personally want to avoid taking any pills or putting any drugs into my body that aren't necessary.

For that itchy feeling, I put AD ointment over the incisions ( I have the glue too), just a little bit after patting everything dry after a shower. It helps a bit, even though the AD ointment smells funny. Here is the Cornell University guide for VSG diet. http://www.sleeveguide.com/uploads/1/7/9/4/1794785/dietary_guidelines_sleeve_gastrectomy.pdf

Congrats!

By the time I read it she had posted an update. But I think that's just PR. She's such an insensitive @ss.

Maybe it's gas. That's my major problem right now. When I drink liquid, I feel conscious of the liquid going down my insides. When I eat something pureed, I feel pain and then I feel gas come up.

If it makes you feel any better, I am a week postop and can't sleep on my sides either. I am afraid of hurting myself, so I sleep on the recliner couch. I don't bend over at all. I hold my stomach whenever I laugh and I can't stretch out because it hurts.

I'm glad I found this post. I am 7 days post op, and yesterday when I was in the bathroom, I wiped and there was a small amount of blood, very small, like the last day of one's period. I didn't bleed again at all yet. I wonder if that's happened to anyone else. Update: I guess I have a light period. I have no other symptoms. No fever. No exceptional pain. No other stuff. Just light bleeding from there. This shocks me because I haven't had a period in three years since I went on Depo Provera. Oh well.

5 days PostOp. Honestly I don't crave anything yet. I was at my mother's house yesterday and she had cake sitting on the stove. My head wanted the cake because I used to eat cake. But it wasn't the craving kind of want. I went and sniffed it and the sweet smell was enough. What I crave is being able to chew my food, like the future when I can have toast and cheese and stuff... You have to do what's right for you.

Hi Rhonda! I am on the Cornell Sleeve Diet, which is published here: http://www.cornellweightlosssurgery.org/pdf/dietary_guidelines_sleeve_gastrectomy.pdf I am able to eat egg as long as it's poached, scrambled, or as egg salad I think. I had a scrambled egg this morning. It took me half an hour to eat it but it was sooo good. I'm not able to eat real food though.

You're not the only one who has gone through this. I did not have to go through 14 days. However, I did have to do liquid diet for two days before. It was absolute hell. I was a complete biotch to my poor husband and anyone else who dared cross my path. I went through shakes, shivers, obsessive running to the kitchen and almost eating something... and I did cheat. I ate a brownie on the Saturday before. And I ate four Cookies the morning right before surgery. I wanted to order pizza, mexican, chinese... all I could think about was food and how unfair it all was that I couldn't eat. But you've got to remind yourself of the reason you're doing this. If your reason is strong enough, it will get you through. For me, my reason for all this has been my son's smiling face and how I want to be a good mother to him. But in any case, stay strong. You will get through this. This too shall pass. And before you know it, you'll be sleeved.

Honey, it's going to be okay... whatever you decide. I had my sleeve on Monday. What I can say is I went through the same feelings of panic and I think others have too. It's perfectly normal. When I was in the waiting room, in a hospital gown, IV needle running in my hand... I was very close to giving up and cancelling. But for me, what motivated me was my son. If not for my son I would not have gone through this. Pre-op, I could not keep up with my energetic three year old. I was so fat that going to work was it, and when I came home I had no energy or strength to be mother and wife. For my son, I went through this hellish "death" to be reborn. It has been painful, and depressing, but I know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and this miserable feeling is temporary. You have to weigh what's good for you. If your husband doesn't support your decision, maybe it's fear of a lot of things.. fear of losing you on the operating table, fear or not knowing what you want to do, fear that you will lose a ton of weight and leave him... men are strange creatures... and in a sense you did keep this from him for a long time. His initial reaction is understandable but I say have tons of patience with this and get him on board if this is what you want to do. Involve him, explain to him so that he knows what you know. Explain to him what you are going through in terms of your self esteem, how it's going to improve your sex life and let you do things you couldn't before, what you can and can't do physically, explain to him that if you don't do this for yourself you could die the way that you are going. If you can get your husband on board with your decision, you will feel a lot better about things. I included my husband in the planning process and explained everything to him. He was basically of the thought that if it makes me happy and will help me live then he will support me. He was at the hospital with me and has been nothing but loving and supportive. I think your husband will get on board once you explain how important it is to you. Just be gentle with him, the way you would want him to be gentle with you on such an important decision.

I am on my 6th day pre-op and was wondering how you guys know when you're hungry. For the first few days I didn't feel anything at all, so sipping was automatic. Yesterday I had some yogurt in the evening and that was okay. But this morning I felt this horrible feeling that felt like it was coming from the base of my stomach, like a twisting, knotting, want to throw up feeling. It was quasi-painful and made me double over. Is this how I'm going to know I'm hungry from now on? I'm assuming it's hunger because there is nothing else wrong with me and the feeling is going away as I eat my egg. Just curious on the thoughts of others. Thanks.

Hi there, I'm 29 and was just sleeved on Monday. I think that telling a few trusted people wouldn't be such a bad thing. I have kind of kept it as an ask and I will tell thing. People know that I've had surgery, and anyone who wants any more information is welcome to ask me. People have been very supportive. Most important has been my family. If I didn't tell anyone at all, it would have been really hard to get around to all the appointments and leave my mom with my son. Anyway, sorry for the rambling. Just wanted to say hello.