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I stopped typing to talk to my husband then I look down and see 3 purple bubbles and then some random story about 2 sentences long that doesn't make sense. I wasn't touching it at all. I am going to go to the Apple store today.

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Had an Atkins shake this morning and was able to get the whole thing down! Feel so much better. When can I ad fruit to my shakes and when Dora's creamy soups come in? I do have my guide from the doctor but I'm curious as to what everyone else is doing.

I'm on my IPad and no my family isn't very tetchy.

And I totally agree with rootie3, the patch is a must!

3rd day MUCH, MUCH better and I'm so happy I did it. Yesterday (day 2) I had instant regret because of the gas and nausea. Ok now I'm done! lol I hit "post" prematurely before. Good luck with everything!

Not done yet

Welcome! I had my surgery on Wednesday. Definitely get started trying different shakes, vitamins. They aren't the same and you don't want to find out you don't like something when you get home. Also, I've seen on here that doing the diet before surgery makes it much easier after. I did not. I wasn't on any restrictions until the day before when I had to do clear liquids. WALK, WALK, WALK no really WALK! I'm a walker and I felt SOOO much better when I got home today after a very slow 1 mile walk. Surgery day will be a piece of cake, 2nd day will SUCK,

Surgery was done on Wednesday so yesterday was my first full day. No good. I had TERRIBLE gas and nausea. Was up peeing ALL night which was probably good being that it forced me out of my bed. Today was MUCH better. Nausea is gone, gas is slowly but surely starting to come out. Yesterday I said "what the f*ck did I do to myself". Had total regrets immediately. But as I said, today is so much better and I'm on my way to good health!

I just got back from a walk and feel a whole lot better (1 mile VERY SLOW). I am starving though, I had to send my family out to eat so they wouldn't eat in front of me. I'm really looking forward to full liquids, I know a shake would help me feel satisfied.

Stephen that's awesome! Sorry I'm getting back to you 3 days later but if you had your surgery yesterday I'm sure you understand why. Day after surgery was horrible however today I'm feeling pretty decent. A little advice would be to walk as much as you can. I hated walking in the hospital but as soon I got home I took a nap, had a few sips of protein and got up for a SLOW 1 mile walk. I feel so much better moving. Hope all went well for your surgery! Check in and let me know how you made out

Thank ladies! And Lori yay to us!!! Good luck to you, let's connect afterwards to see how we made out. God bless!

Welcome!!!

I'm getting "sleeved" on Wednesday in Freehold, NJ. Just wondering if anyone else on this forum would be there the same day...or if you've had it done at Centra State, how was your experience there?

Thanks Serendipity, I'm definitely going to try them. I just can't imagine chewing any vitamins after surgery yuck!

Thanks folks! Definitely returning the opurity vitamins. And will start trying out some of your suggestions. Thanks again!

I felt the same way until I started my testing. There are a lot of them so you're pretty busy from week to week with just them and you'll start to get sick of thinking about it for a while. And don't worry about the endoscopy AT ALL, it's really a piece of cake...promise! Good luck with your journey!

I'm getting done next Wednesday and provided all goes without a hitch it, my final cost will be...wait for it...$26,830! Ya I know it's ridiculous. Thankfully I have a line of credit on my house with low interest rate I'm using. I didn't feel comfortable with Mexico for many reasons but I can see from just this forum alone many people are happy. It's a lot of money but I'm worth it!!!! (I keep telling my husband that lol) Good luck to you wherever you go!

Welcome!

So sorry to here! I know sickle cell affects african-americans. There is a forum just for african-americans (search it on this site), I'm sure you'll find someone on it with some helpful knowledge of it. Again sorry to here and good luck.

I'm getting surgery next Wednesday and have to say I have no worries. I don't think I'm naive about this, I've just done a lot of work pre-surgery to get my mind straight before having the surgery done. I've gone to the support groups and have gone to therapy specifically for my post relationship to food. It's helped tremendously.

Haven't had surgery yet (4/17) but I did start therapy about 2 month ago. All of the things you listed are connected to emotions and I wanted to make sure I was strong enough emotionally to handle this. I can say that I now am. Remember, you'll be able to eat all the things you used to eat eventually but a MUCH smaller amount. It's a big decision. Good luck