cfbarre

I'm doing so much better and I am really hoping to leave the hospital today! I wanna go home!

I just caught up onall posts and am so sorry to hear several of you are having such troubles with pain and pain meds. I hope it is resolving by now.
CFBarre, I am so sorry to hear about your ordeal! I hope you are home and on the road to recovery now.
I'm surprised to hear about the differences in post-op diets...I have a very specific one to follow. The first week was all liquid, then 4 weeks of purees. No crackers or anything like that. I've been doing fine with fluids and Protein. Luckily Water still tastes good to me. I've been having 3 carnation shakes a day with added Protein Powder and half a bottle of Isopure to hitmy 75 g. of protein.
I felt like crap earlier this week....dizzy and exhausted. My primary doc took me off my blood pressure meds already!! Woo, woo!

I'm doing so much better and I am really hoping to leave the hospital today! I wanna go home!

Thank you me as we'll. my surgeon just came to check me and he told me that I had been bleeding internally and I had to have two blood infusions but he could not locate where I was bleeding. The hospital staff has been great and I being closely watched and feeling so much better.

I take nutrametrix powder multivitamin and Calcium that dissolves in Water. It is an isotonic multivitamin that is a highly absorbable form, and recommended by my NUT. Both can be mixed together, and taken only once a day, minimizing cals and carbs. The taste is a sour citrus drink - which I prefer to the too sweet. Must follow directions regarding amount of water for the mixture to be isotonic. I recommend that you use very cold water for best taste.

I hated my chewables, I switched to liquid and the sleeve loves them. Wellesse makes a great line of products, their Calcium tastes like an orange creamcicle. Ingot that from Walmart.< /p>

On my way to the hospital.....SLEEVE DAY!!! yaaaay!!!

Sitting here waiting for them to take me back to get undressed. So calm with just my mom and I here. Very nice. Wigging out on the inside but it is more relaxing that she isn't wigging out too....good luck, Sleev Buddies! See ya in the sleeved side!!!!

I am still in pain and i am a week out. How u feeling. Is everything good now

I have my surgery tomorrow at 950 am I'm so excited!!!

Well I'm still in the hospital 5 days later and getting two more rounds of blood. I hoping to get home tomorrow and I know that emergency surgery has put me back but how long did it take most everyone else to not be in so much pain? I haven't really been up and walking just lots of sleeping and sitting up. This new full feeling is a strange one!

still cant with these cold drinks, and there is lingering gas. i pray every night for it to go. imma get my mom to burp me like a baby lol

I didn't have tons of pain, but that's b/cI took my pain meds! I also needed a nap a lot! At 2 days out I was still in the hospital. Even now, 9 days out, I needed a nap after folding laundry and straightening the toys in the toy room.

I thought I was the oddball, being in more than moderate pain afterwards. I read so many people here don't have hardly any pain, and then there's me. Not really a big baby, but this surgery HURT. I'm 2 weeks out now and just now am not taking the liquid Vicodin they gave me. I can finally sleep on my side (with a pillow). Not really tired, I'm not a napper anyway. Can never fall asleep during the day. Spent 2 nites in the hospital with my IV Dilaudid and went home on liquid Vicodin. Was surprised there was no nausea (except right after my swallow test, I had to have Zofran for that). Usually I get nausea after surgery.
But yes, it was painful. My lapband 4 yrs ago was a piece of cake (did I just say cake? I meant Protein shake!). I'm just starting to get hungry as well. Never noticed how many burger commercials were on tv till the other nite!
Good luck. Hope you start feeling better soon. It does get better. Every morning when I woke up, felt like I was hit by a train. Liquid Vicodin is really good stuff!

The only real pain I had was the gas pain in my shoulder. But tired...oh my. I needed a nap after taking a shower. Just drying off was like running a marathon. By day 3 or 4 I could see it getting better. By day 8 I started to feel human again. But then the head hunger started and I was wishing for the gas pain back....so there's that to look forward too.

I was not in pain due in part to the morphine and the Lortab. I was not tired because I was not doing much, sleeping as much as possible and occasional walking. I took my time for recovery, never one to waste an opportunity to goldbrick and get sympathy.

Everyone is different. I didn't really have pain, but I did have a whole lot of nausea the first 24hrs. That was a little rough. And I really didn't have a whole lot of energy until week 2 (when I started Protein & vitamins).
Hope you feel better soon!!!

My 2nd day was hell. After that I started feeling better, slowly. I was tired and napping for a while. I am 2 weeks out and yesterday was the first day I haven't napped, though I did zone out for a while in the evening before my son would go to sleep. It does get better.

I am 4 days out. I was in so much pain after surgery from the leftover gass and air. It is subsiding now and comes and goes less frequently than before. I am exhausted but I'm not sleeping well. Partly because I was a tummy sleeper and well, that's obviously not an option right now. I get gas pockets in my upper chest sometimes which keep me up. I have been trying to walk as much as possible to release the gas and it has been helping some. Also the heating pad is working wonders!! Good luck!

Once I was in my room' date=' I used a heating pad on my back then on my tummy. Non-stop the first week. I never had any gas pains in my shoulders like others claim. I took my meds every 4 hours the first 5 days then 5 hours the next 5 days the 6 hours 3 days. I also took Gas-X strips (2 at a time).
Iam now 4 weeks out and still have a hard time getting my liquids & Protein in. Still very weak but working full time and I have a husband and six year old.
Iam 45yr. Old
5'3" tall
HW-301
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SW- 286
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Weight as of July 27th- 252
Top pic is at 286 &
Bottom pic is at 255

Yes I'm doing a lot better, I'm just in so much pain. I haven't really been able to get up to walk but I'm hoping I will tonight.

Cfbarre- how are u doing today? Pray u are recovering .