AmberDawn

Being at 5 weeks post op i can 100% say it does get better. Hang in there!

I'm still having gas pains also. not terrible but annoying. like the kind where you force yourself to burp, not a real burp.

Glad to hear you're doing ok, sounds like our hospitals stays went a bit different. I've just been sipping water and broth, every time i sip even the tiniest bit i have this gas bubble try to come up, its very annoying and making it hard to get liquids down.

Hang in there.

Thanks I've been lucky and haven't had any nausea the entire time. Unfortunately gas x doesnt seem to do anything for me. I'm just trying to stay positive.

Wow sorry to hear there are those that are even more tortured lol Guess I'm lucky getting 1 meal in.

For me I had no problem telling my Parents and will probably tell the rest of my family after the fact.

But I'm completely and utterly mortified of people at my work place finding out. It's embarrassing to me.

And I think the reason is because it's admitting out loud that I'm FAT.

Before I would just pretend people ignored that about me, but actually saying to them "Hey I'm fat and can't lose weight on my own" that just makes me want to crawl under a desk and never come out.

Ironically I actually ended up telling my boss because 1) it made it easier to request that much time off and 2) I figured he would realize it eventually anyways.

It was difficult telling him but i did it via chat and that took some of the sting off.

I still don't want my other coworkers to know, but i figure after its done i'll probably end up casually mentioning it to them.

I'll still be embarrassed but i've told myself to just suck it up and move on.

I've considered buying one of those ECigarettes that have 0 nicotine just to have something to put in my mouth and preoccupy myself with.

I start a 2 week preop diet the 28th also. I'm wondering if I'm slightly mental deciding to do this around the holidays. lol And so far I've only told my husband, parents and my boss( man was that embarrassing, but had to be done). So far everyone has been pretty supportive, even if they are concerned about the risks.