Camella

Is anyone else dreaming about food? It's so strange, every time I go to sleep I dream about eating.

I'm a pharmacist and we are pretty crappy patients too! Lol. Know just enough to be dangerous

Is anyone else dreaming about food? It's so strange, every time I go to sleep I dream about eating.

I was told to not take any Vitamins until my 2 week post op visit. I too am worried I'm not getting enough fluids. Anything I drink feels like its getting stuck in my chest. It even takes me 10 minutes to get my 15 ml of pain meds down.
I am also having horrible gas pains that keep me from sleeping more than an hour at a time.
I just keep telling myself this is only day 4...this WILL get better soon!

I ended up in hospital for two nights due to some complications, but arrived home today. I look like I'm 9 months pregnant as I'm so bloated. I really hope the gas starts to subside as it is causing me a lot of pain.

Hi Cookie
Congrats on your weight loss - I'm yet to be sleeved (had my first appointment with the doc yesterday) but I know a lot about anxiety and depression and have a balanced diet is REALLY important to your mental health - so going to dietician may help with your mood. When you are trying to recover from depression its often best to come at it from a few angles. Sunshine, balanced food intake & exercise (even if you just force yourself to walk for 10 mins) has really helped me, plus meds. I hope it passes soon and that your medication kicks in.

Hi Vixynne
As you know I was sleeved the same day as you and I feel exactly the same thing. My doctor has told me that within a week I shouldn't have any problems with Fluid going down. Right now it goes in, hits a spot does a u-turn, I bring up gas and then it painfully travels down into my stomach. I'm sure it will get easier.

Alright July Sleevers, here it comes!!! Good luck and God bless to all of the July 1st people. Let's get this thing started!!

I need to be at the hospital at 6 and am scheduled for 7:30. I'm a bit nervous, but I think lots of my nerves were about the 14 day liquid preop diet and now that that is almost over, I know that I can exercise restraint and willpower and will hopefully be in good stead for the lifestyle changes that come with this surgery. At this point, I just want to be on the other side of this. Of course, I also expect this to kind of be like the last week of pregnancy when you're sick of being pregnant already, just want to have the baby, but don't realize until afterwards how much easier it was to take care of the baby in than out.

Good luck everyone! I will be thinking of all my fellow July 1st sleevers! I need to be at the hospital in 14 hours. My son has has just come down with scarlet fever (not as bad as it sounds) so thankfully I have already been on antibiotics for something else. So bad news is that my husband will have to stay at home with him so I will be facing this on my own. It's not what I imagined, but I keep thinking of all the brave people that travel to a different state or country alone! So at least I will have him by my side post-op. I can't wait to hear of everyone's post op experiences in a few days

You might want to take some zinc to head the possible cold off at the pass. Zicam works pretty good. I hope you feel better. Wishing cold vibes away from you. (O:

Fingers crossed for you that you fight this off!

I had the stomach flu all earlier this week! I was soooo sick and miserable. Thank goodness I pushed through it and I'm feeling much better now.

I started having serious second thoughts today, but I've had a really long chat with my husband and i'm back on track

How's all my July 1st sleeve buddies doing? We're almost there! This is what I've being doing a lot of:

It's all an illusion of being organized, LOL...I have to start way in advance, because I'm so neurotic about forgetting something!! I'm actually not a very naturally well-organized person, so I have to force myself to start things early, or it won't get done well at ALL. When I have a vacation planned, I usually start the packing process about a month ahead of time. I actually haven't started packing my hospital bag yet--I need to get on that!

I can relate to your husband not completely understanding, mine wasn't at first either. However when I took him to the appointments with me and he had a chance to here why the doctor thought the surgery was a good idea he did a 180 degree turn. He is nervous about the surgery, but now excited and on board. Maybe involving your hubby (if he is willing) in your appointments may help him understand. Good luck!

Thank you Camella. Right now I feel like I am doing something for me...I'm reading all these posts and they help me realize I am never alone....even when I can't slepo!

Thanks Mooregirl! You are absolutely right. I had a neighbour take my son to an activity this afternoon with her son (they are both 4) as I was exhausted and didn't feel up to it. I look forward to having more physical and emotional energy for him!

All I can say is WOW! I started this journey back in September 2012 and when I planned surgery for June 25th 2013, it seemed SO far away! Now it is just 2 days away and it feels very real. I have lost 40lbs on my pre-surgery journey and have 100 more to go post op. I keep hoping I am making the right choice, sometimes thinking " maybe I can do this on my own". The truth of the matter is I have tried this "on my own" many times with varying degrees of success which ultimately lead to regaining it all back, with some. I have also come to the realization that having the sleeve and losing the weight with "its" help IS doing it on my own. I am the one who will make the decisions every meal of every day to make the right choices, I am still in control of the outcome. My HW was 340 and my goal was to be under 300 by surgery time. I am proud to say this morning I was 296, and it feels good. As I made bfast for the family this morning and at a plate full of eggs and 5-6 slices of bacon, I couldn't help but think I am ready to be satisfied on less food so I can have more life. That's the trade off, and for me that's the mantra that will see me through this new chapter.... Less food, More Living! Here's to all my June 25th sleeve buddies. Good luck and God bless!
Jen

July 1st