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I got my sleeve on July 21. I was laying on the gurney, totally psyched, waiting for the second surgeon to arrive when suddenly I thought, "Oh my God, what am I doing here?" I told my sister and she asked the nurse to give me the good stuff..to relax me. Everything has been great since then. That was the only trepidatious moment I had!

I got my sleeve on July 21. I was laying on the gurney, totally psyched, waiting for the second surgeon to arrive when suddenly I thought, "Oh my God, what am I doing here?" I told my sister and she asked the nurse to give me the good stuff..to relax me. Everything has been great since then. That was the only trepidatious moment I had!

I am 2 days post op! No problems so far! So excited about this life style change!

If you get too nervous when you're waiting on the gurney, ask them to give you something to relax you. I was laying there, waiting for the assistant to show and suddenly I thought, "OMG, what am I doing here?" Even though I was excited about it. So my sister asked the nurse for the good medicine.
Post-op, I was very groggy the rest of the day. You'll get ice chips...chew and swallow them ONE AT A TIME!!! They wanted 4 little medicine cups an hour, if possible. Do not be afraid to ring the nurse for anything....that's what they're there for!
Good luck! I hope you have as wonderful an experience as I am.

My husband, too, didn't want me to have the sleeve...he felt it was an unnecessary surgery. But I did it anyway and he came to the surgical center and was with me and is very thoughtful of me. So he rose to the occasion! Yes, he was worried because it is surgery and didn't want anything untoward happening to me. He will reap the rewards of this surgery for a long time to come!!

If you get too nervous when you're waiting on the gurney, ask them to give you something to relax you. I was laying there, waiting for the assistant to show and suddenly I thought, "OMG, what am I doing here?" Even though I was excited about it. So my sister asked the nurse for the good medicine.
Post-op, I was very groggy the rest of the day. You'll get ice chips...chew and swallow them ONE AT A TIME!!! They wanted 4 little medicine cups an hour, if possible. Do not be afraid to ring the nurse for anything....that's what they're there for!
Good luck! I hope you have as wonderful an experience as I am.

If you get too nervous when you're waiting on the gurney, ask them to give you something to relax you. I was laying there, waiting for the assistant to show and suddenly I thought, "OMG, what am I doing here?" Even though I was excited about it. So my sister asked the nurse for the good medicine.
Post-op, I was very groggy the rest of the day. You'll get ice chips...chew and swallow them ONE AT A TIME!!! They wanted 4 little medicine cups an hour, if possible. Do not be afraid to ring the nurse for anything....that's what they're there for!
Good luck! I hope you have as wonderful an experience as I am.

Called don't sweat the stall stuff

What a great question! I hope you get a lot of POSITIVE feedback. Like so many other things with this process, "your results may vary."
I'm 3 years out.
For me, I did A LOT (I mean A LOT) of advance preparation, both physically and mentally/emotionally. I was well equipped with the knowledge that my poor eating habits were the exact reason I was obese, and that processed foods/fast foods and simple carbs could no longer be in my life. My new lifestyle's eating plan had to be lean Protein and veggies/fruit for the rest of my life.
I feel that many bariatric programs don't seem to prepare patients very well for the mental/emotional part of WLS. For many sleevers whose hunger eventually returns (not everyone's does), they are caught totally off guard by not knowing that the emotional work needs to be done. MOST of us will have to deal with the returning hunger and/or cravings, and I think many of us do not realize that will happen. This sets us up to go right back to eating the way we had for so long.
Even I, who DID BIG-TIME PREPARE, thought that my hunger and cravings would be MUCH less from what they were pre-surgery. I definitely still DO get hungry and I DO have cravings. I have done a lot of difficult (but so worth it) head/emotional work to learn that I must make the CHOICES, every time, that are healthy and nutritious to deal with my hunger and cravings. The personal accountability and responsibility of every bite that passes my lips is my CHOICE is still sometimes hard to reckon with, especially since I spent so many years of my life NOT being accountable. Is it worth it??? Nothing has EVER been MORE worth it!!!