Russell Porter

Don't try to be brave and skip on your meds. I felt a lot better about day six.

Hey, I was 5' 8' and 270. I think when allow for the 6" height difference, we were not that different in body shape. I had sleeve surgery 11 days ago. I have dropped almost 20 pounds already. My post op is in 2 days and I think I will probably get the okay to eat purees. My surgery was difficult because I did not respond well to the IV pain medication. I don't know if it was because I am a man and most patients seem to be women, but I really did struggle until they put me on oral Lortabs. Once I started the oral meds, the story is completely different. Pain has been managable. I am still a bit sore, but haven't had narcotics in three days. Even with the difficult first two days, I have no reservations so far.