Cherrybomb

Try not to gain, surgeons hate that! You only have to lose if he/she specifically told you to. They would have made the amount you need to lose very clear. Like the above poster said, try to be at least one pound down when you go back just so you don't get in any trouble.

This is my view on it exactly. Pre-surgery I had given much thought to the fact that I will probably now show wrinkles and sag like my skinny sister. I finally decided that looking young is not my goal. My goal is to be healthy and live to see my grandchildren grow up. I do my turkey neck exercises because they are easy and quick, but if they don't work I won't be unhappy.

I tilt my head back and pull my bottom lip over my top lip until I feel the muscles in my throat tighten. I hold to the count of ten and repeat ten times. I do this twice a day. I read it somewhere and it "feels" like it works.

I'm 48 and just had surgery a week ago so don't know what I will look like yet. I lost 52 pounds pre-op and that's made no difference. I am most afraid of turkey neck and have been doing exercises to prevent it twice a day for months. Not sure if it will do any good or not, but it's easy to do so worth a try.

Absolutely amazing! You are so pretty!

I'm only a week out so haven't had to deal with this yet. Still, it worries me since I really think I will have a hard time sticking to it. I have searched on here and the only reason I have come up with is that is washes food through faster and so you get hungry again sooner. Is that the only reason?

I'll be a week out tomorrow and haven't had any Protein drinks yet either. I just can't tolerate them without vomiting. To try to get in some protein, a couple of days ago I started eating cottage cheese. I chew it completely. I also made chili and and ate the broth from that for a couple of days. I separated out kidney Beans and sucked out the insides of them. I was afraid the skins would be too hard to digest this early. I went shopping today and got some fat free refried beans that I am going to try in small amounts.

This sounds like something I would tell me daughters if they were trying to have surgery in Mexico. Paula, i will be praying for you. I'm sure you will do just fine. It helps that you have done this before and are going to a familiar location. The worst pain is while you are in the hospital, by Day 3 for me it was mostly just a matter of getting my energy back and some gas pains. As you probably already know, pack some Gas-X strips for that. They have really helped me. Since you're not taking your laptop, at least you can use your Kindle to get on the forum for some support. The browser is slow and clumsy on all but the Kindle Fire, but I still use mine in a pinch for text based things. Treat yourself to some new books for the trip.

I was surrounded by my own negativity right up until they put me to sleep. I was literally still second guessing myself in the OR. I have asthma and have never had any kind of surgery before so the anesthesia scared me. A cardiac arrhythmia was discovered during the pre-op tests and I was nervous about that also. I did it. I woke up. I'm happy to be starting a new life. Glad I didn't let negativity stop me.

I had fairly severe nausea in recovery, coming out of surgery. The doctor had to order them to double up on my nausea meds. After I got to my room, I felt fine. On Day 2 I had a rush of nausea that lasted under a minute then went away. I have had no more incidents yet and am five days out. I have a very weak stomach and so this was a concern for me. Glad it turned into a non problem.

Thanks for the quick answer!

I was scheduled to have a gastric bypass on 4/3, but came out of surgery with a sleeve. This was due to my intestine not reaching to it's attachment point for a bypass. I didn't really think it would ever happen since I was 8 BMI points below the risk of this happening, so all my pre-op education and research was based on having a bypass. So, today I just realized that I may be open to other types of Protein that I couldn't have with bypass. I was always told that the only kind of protein I would absorb was whey protein isolates. Since my intestines are still intact, I'm assuming that's no longer true. Could anyone please tell me if all types of protein are acceptable for sleeve patients? I feel as if I have kind of come into this blind since I had prepared for a bypass. After the little research that I've done since I've been home, I am so thankful for things turning out this way. The sleeve seems much safer long term and and every bit as effective.