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I am 12 days out and shoild be starting puree on monday but have found myself rather hungry and tolerating full liquids so tonite i made my first puree. Mashed potatos with protein powder and cheese and fat free sour cream. It was amazing....i finally got to see what it felt like to be full on about 1/2 cup of food and what a great feeling. I am so satisfied! It has been An hour and i am still way full...it feels as tho i have eaten a huge meal! This was the part i was rather skeptical of because i remember with the band i would be at a stopping point with my eating but still very hungry! This surgery is the real deal! Praise the lord!

Yes me too...i can drink fluids as though i never had the sleeve. I mean i tried going slow like i was told but the fluids just go right down no problem and although it does not hurt iwant to make sure that im not damaging anythig.

I am 10 days out from my sleeve and doing good, today i felt a bit off and somewhat tired etc. But overall it has been a swift recovery. I have a question for anyone who is recently post op...how long does it take you to drink 8 ounces of fluid? The reason i am asking is that i have been slowly increasi g the amount of fluid and decreasing the time i amm drinking it and finding that clear liquids seeem to be going down pretty quickly. I tried some applesauce today and my stomach had a little twinge cramp and then started making lots of noise and i wasnt sure if this was me overdoing it or just a normal series of events for diet advancement. After that applesauce i am a bit nervous about advancing to the pureed diet stage on monday. What kind pf experience was it and should any amt of pain cause me to stop and and go back to full liquids? I havent had any nausea or vomiting but a little bit of burping.

So i ended up taking a trip to the emergency room because i could no longer handle rhe pain. The firstvthing that they did was an ultrasound of my gall bladder and it was pretty painful because they had to push really hard to see and guess what happened....well i couldnt exactley tell you but rhe pain just vanished and has shown up on rhe left side now. But much less intense. I am convinced thatvit is a gas pocket. They are making me stay overnight for observationa but i feel like a complete ass. Apparentlygas pains canbethe worstpart of the surgery. Anyway i am hoping that tomorrow will bea much better day!

I called my surgeon and he said to keep taking pain meds and that this pain is probqblly caused by irritaion from surgery. Hwsaid if itgets worse to come in burfor now just wait at home. I am applying heat and laying on my left side fortunately i have no nausea orvomiting or signs of infection, i just about feel normal except for this. Imeqn myenergylevel isdown quute a bit but iam slowly leavingthe fog of the leftover anesthesia. Rhanks for yourreplys and i will update as soon as this pain is gone!!!!

Iam really struggling with pain below my right ribcage. When i take in a deep breath it is excruciating. The pain meds are not even giving me a little relief. The only thing that helps a bit is if i stand up and bend forward to take a deep breath. I am 6 days post vsg and so this pain started on day 2 or 3 and really has had no improvement. Slast night my husband massaged my upper back and it seemed as though the pain had subsided but this morning it is back full force. No fevers dor elevated heartrate or nausea and vomiting. Ekg and bloodwork and chest xray all normal. I am just freaking out that this pain may never go away and nothing is helping it. Lap sites and stomach feel great, bowels are normal.....please please let me know if you experience any of this type of pain and what you did to help relieve it! Thank you

Am 5 days out from surgery and for the past 3 days i havebeenhaving chest painthatis brought on by deepbreathing. The dr did. A chest xray taht was normal and an ekg that was also normal, i am just really concerned because if i lay on the side that doesnt hurtby morning the chest pain is on the unaffected side and not the side of my chest that hurt. Heartand lungs are normal, has anyone else had such a weird phenom and what did you do?

O i was revised to the sleeve on monday the 27th. Thngs have been getting progressivly better with minor setbacks that have left me in the hospital until today, in fact i am going to digning my dc papers. I have been sooooo pleased with vcu health because they really put my health and safety in the forefront. I ahve a couple of issues that maybe some already sleeved can answer. I have been having pain in the center of my chest, kinda like heart pain. It is made worse when i take a deep breath. Thw doctors tested me for pulmonary embolism and heart condition and everything is perfect. I am chalking it up to gas pain but wanted to know if anyone else had experienced this. There is no leak as they have been testing. The fluid from my drain and the pain is reallyo not severe so i convinced the dr to let me go home. I can honestly say that my pain rating throughout my stay never went above 2 and thats because i was out of bed and moving within 10 hours of surgery. And had great pain control. I did have low blood sugar once and after taking so sips of juice it corrected itself. So i just got home and guess what i did....hopped on thw scale and low and behold i am 1 lb heavier than when i went in for surgery. Wtf...i wasnt expecting much but it has been 5 days since surgery and so surely i am not still retaning that much fluid.

Oh thats a tough one. I totally see what you are saying. The only problem is that the sleeve could really take you down to a much much smaller weight than is healthy t the point that you are at. One thing that i did to see if i qualify for the conversion (because i too was below the bmi standard for bariatric surgery following my lap band) i checked out my insurance co policy and it did say that a certain percentage of weightloss i.e. Less than 50 percent ebw was considred to be a failure and that i would be eligible to convert to a different surgery, however my bmi is in the mid 30s. I cannot imagine that any doctor is going to perform such a surgery if you are as small as you say. As far as your cincern for the weight gain maybe you could talk to your dr about a prescription appetite suppressant, i have taken one called phentermone before and it worked really well, i can only imagine how difficult this must be, especilly being at you goal! Hang in there!

Tammy...good luck on monday! Keep posting updates!

Am 6 ays away from my sleeve and that means 8 days into my pre-op diet. I have lost 10 lbs as of today and cannot believe it! I will NEVER se those 10 pounds again! I am getting really excited for surgery and am hoping to lose 3 more before the big day! The doctor said i can expect to lose about 60 percent of ebw with the sleeve....does that include the pre op diet loss. Do people tend to lose more in their first few weeks post surgery and anyone know where i can find info or research studies that show or prove the 60 percent Average. I need to lose 80 pounds ro fall within ibw and was really hoping to reach that. I am not going to limit myself but also dont want to be set up for disappointmebt. Has anyone lost all excess weight?

Thanks for your replies, it really helps. I feel foggy and it is good to know that this too shall soon pass!

Am finishing day 2 of the liquid diet and feel as though i may sleep for the next 2 weeks. I am exhausted. I am drinking the costco premier protein shakes...about 3.5 a day which is 105 grams of protein so i am meeting the requirement. I have had chicken broth and my husband just went to get me some jello. I have to work tomorrow...a 12 hour shift...please tell me this will pass. Surgery is still 12 days away.

So i wentto the ztore today and bought all of the liquid diet items i could have. My question is...is there any protein bar that could be substitutedfor a shake that you know of?

I am starting the protein shake diet on monday and really want to stick to it. Any tips to make it more bearable would be greatly appreciated. Im really nervous about the massive hunger pangs.