momof4

Bubbles? Well welcome to the POP ROCKS phase so I've been told-lol

My sleeve was Monday too and I had (have) all the same symptoms and issues! Why a rough road! Sf Popsicles have helped get my fluids in because I can't. Seem to drink more than a teaspoon of water! Now being told only drink distiller water and warm peppermint tea, and broth. So hope that works! Having my back rubbed to get out the burps is great too! Lots to learn and go through and the silver lining is this will pass and we will feel normal again soon! Even though I cried in pain all night last night, I don't regret it!!!

I feel ya!!! Had mine Monday early evening. Best thing that helped with that horrible painful gas was having my husband rub in circles on my back. The burps come in waves!

Came home yesterday. Was in a ton of pain and could not get even a teaspoon of water down without feeling like someone was stabbing my stomach. I was ordered to not start anything but stay on water for one more day! I was hungry and thirsty and had horrible dry mouth. Chapstick helps and I finally sucked on a cough drop cause my throat was so dry I couldn't swallow. Getting up and out of bed was very hard. I have my husband helping me do that and rubbing my back while I walk so I can burp! Gotta burp it all but it really hurts so its hard not to tense up, but I know I gotta try and breath. I'm a side sleeper and that wasn't possible last night at all. I had couch pillows propping me up so I was semi sitting up an that was good but sitting up too straight was too painful on my gut! Taking the liquid pain killer was hard cause even though it was two teaspoons that little liquid hurt a whole lot. This morning I took a few small (talking half a teaspoon) of water and it still hurts pretty bad but it was better than yesterday so that is hopeful. I have kept ice bags on my stomach and that has helped a lot. When I walk I'm always holding onto my stomach with a pillow or rolled blanket or towel because some burps come out as hiccups and that hurts soooo bad! I've been doing my breathing apparatus they gave me to avoid getting liquid into my lungs and I seem to be able to burp more after that so that's good. You're supposed hold your tummy and cough after doing your breathing to expel any particles in your lungs but then I don't get that if I do that and swallow are they just back in? Haha I feel like crap no doubt about that but slightly less than yesterday and hope to tonorrow is better than today. It's a slow process and I'm able to drink my protein today but am struggling to get liquids down so little by little this will all happen.

Thanks allformy4!! I needed to hear that. Gonna try tea now since my room temp water refuses to go down nicely! I know this too shall pass from reading others journeys but until then... Boy oh boy!!!!! having someone rubbing my back when I walk so I can burp is a tremendous help! Thanks again all;-)

Update: OUCH!!!! Omg being home could mean I get to sleep but the pain says otherwise! I'm hurting so bad and the liquid pain relived I get to take 4-6 hours isn't doing much but making me sleepy, but again..the pain won't allow me to sleep!!! I'm walking as much as possible but even a teaspoon of water feels like I'm being stabbed in the stomach!!! Can't have anything but water until tomorrow and haven't had anything but water since Saturday and I'm just hungry.. And so so so sore and shaky too! I called the nurse who said its all normal! And will prob be this painful for a week!!! Oh lord get me through this week.. pleaseeeee

Home now from the sleeve yesterday! Holy hell am I in pain!!!! I'm walking as much as possible and doing my breathing aspiratus but can't get liquids down without feeling like my stomach is being stabbed!!! I'm on water only until tomorrow and it's awful! I'm hungry and hurting and thirsty and just can't wait for this phase to pass! Just getting in and outta bed is so hard!!!

Had surgery yesterday. My surgeon had pushed me back a bit cause his bypass patient had issues, so the wait gave me time to have a crying spell while talking I my kids an husband in the pre-op room.;( Once they took me back the worst thing prior was the belly shot! Hurt like hell and stung bad for a bit after too. In the OR the doctor said "ok you're gonna get your sleepy time drugs now", I remember laughing and saying "how long will it taaaaaaaa...." haha that was it! In recovery room it took me a while to open my eyes. I could hear but hard a hard time coming too. I couldn't focus cause I was very dizzy and a little nasueas. I asked for my husband and ice chips and the ice chips made me want to vomit, but I didn't. It was just any liquid for the first few hours had that effect. Ice was way easier tHan even the smallest sip of Water as The pain from water is almost unbearable. They aren't kidding when they say you'll have a hard time clearing out the gas inside you from surgery! Omg the pain was equal to contractions from childbirth! (ive had 4, so am aware). Of course the more u walk the more u burp. But i learned a few tricks. One is to be sure u have a pillow or towel folded into your tummy as u walk and burp because u will get hiccup burps and they hurt really bad. The pressure on the tummy holding it in place helpa a lot! The best trick tho was my husband would pull me up in bed to a sitting position an rub in circles my upper back and man I burped up a storm. Then when walking he would rub with both hand on both sides of my spine from middle to lower and those burps were the deep ones. They hurt but u must get them out. The more you burp the easier it is to drink a little water. The night was rough with everyone coming in and taking blood and vitals and having to disconnect I'vs and all to pee. Once they give you the iv full of Vitamins you'll pee a lot!! It's a lot of pressure so don't hold it! sleep reclined! But sitting up in the recliner was too much pressure for my tummy so I stayed in the bed and reclined to almost sitting up position. You must walk every two hours! You'll feel better each time you do. And the burping will be easier. Walk slow and rest often but do it! The next morning I was more able to drink a little bit of water evey so often. You must use the breathing apparatus they give you. Do ten breaths in evey hour then hold your stomach and cough! You have to do this to avoid getting liquid in your lungs. It feels good too and yes after u do it you can burp again!!! I had my upper GI this morning. The stuff u have to drink is gross but it really is tolerable and at least the sooner u get the GI to look for leaks the sooner you can leave. So a few hours after I did that I was released. Be sure you get a pain med at least 30min before you leave. They gave me a liquid hydrocodone so I will have an easier ride home. Once home don't forget to use your breather! It is very helpful. That's it for now... I guess time will tell the rest for me!

Thank you one and all!!!! <3

I am Feb 13th too!!!!!!!!!! so excited............. I am so looking forward to reading posts on all that happens. (before and after). I am so happy with my doctor and hospital, so that has made it a little easier on the nerves. Sadly I am self pay so it is not easy on the finances, but I AM WORTH IT! (been years since saying that-lol). GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! stay in touch.

This is so exciting!! good luck!! PLEASE KEEP POSTING! I have one week to go and am reeading daily to get tips and support and so on, so good luck and hope your progress is wonderful!

This is encouraging!!! I'll have my surgery in march.

Saw the nutritionist yesterday and had the pysch eval today. Saw the doctor afterwards and my last pre-op step was to set the endoscopy apt, which is for feb 7. I'm not nervous yet, I'm very excited! I know that may change but for now I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Yes I have looked around and unless I want to go to Mexico it is the cost give or take $500-$2,000 difference from the other 5 places I've priced. The main thing is the doctor and i clicked!!! Unlike any other i saw. Plus his history and stats are outatanding!! It's total cost though also... Which is everything! Pre-op care visits an tests, Surgery, hospital, anesthesia, post-op care and two years of medical care for all tests and blood work and any other necessary care and 5 years support group and nutritionist care. So all in all it's a lot involve vs. other places that were a bit cheaper.

I am new to this site, so am not sure how to find previous posts. Did u have the sleeve or bypass? Veronica

Congratulations. I am behind you in the fact that I am just starting my journey by starting my pre-op requirements this week. I look forward to reading your posts.

I want to start off with thoughts of what lead me here, to this point!! I have been considering weight loss surgery for some time now. I have family members and friends that have done various procedures over the years, and never thought it was just right for me, so I kept at it the "traditional way". I have four kids, from 14-24 and have always bounced back and forth with my weight. I was a size 8 when I had my first child, and at my highest a size 20. I am currently a size 16, and miserable. I go on the normal diest such as wiehgt watchers and jenny craig and slim fast, and so on and go back and forth between 10-30 pounds here and there. Being over 200 pounds is very depressing and it causes me to just give up most days. I get motivated sometimes and head to the gym and walk the dog and eat better and try harder, but am easily distracted by my daily life needs. We travel a lot (mostly camping and work related), and it throws me out of whack. I get tired easily, so it's easy to want to rest and then the snacking starts. I do not sleep well at night and there comes in the night snacks. I am just always hungry.... so there comes in the over eating during dinner or lunch. I am finally tired of it.... i need a drastic change... the final straw for me was when my long time boyfriend was going to propose (yes I had figured it out) and we were away on a romantic weekend in yosemite and he was trying to motivate me to make it to the top of the mountain, under the water fall.... ummmm obvious... yes.... however I was so winded, and my heart was pounding and i just gave up and said "i can see it from here (half way), and I had to sit and rest and it ruined the mood. (he still proposed, but not until later that night when it was far less romantic and meaningful). So we got married a few weeks later... but we got married in a civil ceremony, without telling any friends or family, with just us and the 4 kids, because I could not bare the thought of a wedding looking the way I do and feel. I talked my own self out of a wedding because of my weight!!!!!!!!!!! So the deal is this.... I told myself I will lose this weight by any means neccesary and we will have a wedding fit for showing off how happy we really are in every other way of our lives. My husband always says he loves me for me, all of me... which i know he does as he has NEVER given me a reason to feel fat, or ugly and we have sex at least once a day. (tmi I know... haha)... but with that said... of course he would feel better if I looked and feel better. that has to be natural. He is a fit, very good looking succesful man that has women throwing themselves at him all the time... so I want to look the way he makes me feel. I am not doing this for anyone but me as the main motivation, but of course I am doing it for my children as well so that they can have me for a very long time and I can enjoy my future grand children and grow old in a healthy way with my amazing husband. So that is where i am now... ready to take a major step to imrove the quality of my life! I saw doctors, and picked one I felt amazingly comfortable with. My husband has gone to the appointments, evaluations, and the seminar with me. I know this is the right docrot for me. (that has to be more imporant then anything to start right)! the downside is my insruance company does NOT pay for this type of surgery. I will be financing the $20k, yes, twenty thousand dollars,,,, it will take for me to do this! Is that a small fortune? YES! is it worth it?? YES!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow marks the first day of my pre-op requirements. I have an appointment with a nutritionist. Next a pysch eval, and an upper GI and endoscopy will follow. I am readyyyyyyyy...............