EarthyGoalie

Thanks! Will do!

Thanks. This is what they look like. Does the "bloody" one look ok to you?

I'm 3+ days post op and came home today. 2 out of my 5 wounds/scars are bleeding and I asked about this but my nurse said it's fine, and I can shower with it, and to just pat it dry. I'm a bit scared anyway though, I've never had surgery before so I don't know really what's good or suspecting for wounds after surgery. Any advice? How were your wounds?

How much walking do you consider enough walking so early post op? I do walk as well but usually down the hospital hallway and back maybe twice a day.

Me too. They took my drain out and I already feel some relief. However, I'm noticing a lot more the shoulder and back pain they warned me I was going to feel because of all the gas they filled me with. Today is the first day that I'm having something different than ice or water. I just had 4spoons of some clear broth...

Yeah, o couldn't tell you how much I HATE nausea. Ugh. I just got something for the nausea, hope it takes it away. :-(

This is my 3rd day in the hospital. I'm not feeling any better. Even if I have a dip of water, I get nauseous. They aren't giving me pain killers through my iv anymore; now it's a syrup I have to swallow, which also give me nausea, but apart from that, the syrup does help once I survive from the horrible nausea.

Yes, every couple of hours they do. But it only lasts so long before it comes back. And I need to start drinking water or ice, but every time I try, it brings back the nausea so bad.

Thanks. Today, I actually feel worse than I did yesterday. I was told that it's because I may still have had some anesthesia wearing off slowly yesterday. I might stay in the hospital a day or 2 more than anticipated... I just hate the nausea, it's one of the worst... :-(

It's great to hear your surgeries went well as well... but I wish I was feeling as good as u all :-/ I feel really sucky..

Oh and one more thing, I'm starving! Maybe it's because I haven't had anything yet in over 24hr hours, but i feel almost like my stomach is intact and asking for food! :-S

Hi guys! My surgery went very well! No complications at all. I'm still in the hospital, I got up last night to walk, I must say, it wasn't easy. I feel that the surgery went a lot better than the recovery. I'm in so much pain when i take a deep breath or when I try to get up! Ouch! And I've been getting pretty nauseous. I haven't been allowed any liquid yet apart from ice, which doesn't really help the nausea. Whatever little movement I make, I get nauseous. How are you doing CoraLD77?

Omg, I'm getting sleeved tomorrow! This is really happening!!! Good luck to everyone else who is on the 27th or after :-)!

Wow, I'm so sorry to hear that you had to go through that :-( My surgery is tomorrow and I can feel that it will probably come a few hours before or even during! I hate the thought of that. Ugh. One more thing to deal with! This might be a stupid question lol, but did you tell your Dr before going in to surgery? Do you think that having your period would change anything in the surgery?

I haven't finished pre-op yet, but only a day left! And so far, I've lost 14 lbs. I really tried to get a variety of shake so that I don't get too bored or disgusted, and it worked for a while, I had different flavors. The hardest part for me was not forcing myself to drink the shakes I got tired of, but it is watching TV and seeing some food commercial that looks SO good, or getting out of the house and driving past all the food places I like to stop at :-( I knew I'd have to give all that up and it's hard, but i'm keeping my eyes on the prize! And focusing on the end result and the reason why I'm going through with the sleeve.

I know exactly what you mean! But that has not just happened to me during pre-op. But during any diets I've ever tried, it's like my family has always influences my self - sabotaging attitude

I'm been on pre-op for about 6 days now, and the only way I made it was by going somewhere else whenever I knew food time was coming for everyone else. I'd either go to my room and light up a flower scented candle or something of the sort, or step out and run some errands, or go for a walk. Trust me I know it's hard. But keep reminding yourself of how great you are going to feel when you make it to your goal!

Thanks guys. :-). I will definitely try to apply those methods. And yes I do have a dvr. And every time I think about junk food, I keep trying to repeat to myself why I'm having the surgery and that those foods are a big part of the reasons why. It just gets hard sometimes.

Thanks! I'm counting on it!

I'm on my pre op and I've been doing good. But I was watching tv and everything that came on was about food. In the movie I was watching, some guy was eating a burger that seemed amazingly good. Then someone ate a nice big juicy hot dog. Then came the commercials. This is insane! They're driving me nuts. :-( I guess I should just turn off the tv....

Does EVERYONE get the hair loss side effect? How common is that anyway? It seems to be pretty popular online...

Thanks! I'm counting the hours :-D

Yay! :-) that's great to hear! Hope it continues to improve Do you think the lack of enough Protein might account for some of the hair loss?

Wow! You look AMAZING! Congratulations!!! I'm so happy for you. For me, it's the color black... everyone thinks I love wearing black, it's the only color I like to wear, but it really isn't true. I've been wearing mostly black the past few years because it's "slimming" and people don't notice me so much :-/ I'm having the surgery on Friday, I can't wait to lose my 100lbs and wear colors!

I think for me it's more of the "accepting that I have failed." or feeling that having the surgery means that I am a failure because I couldn't do what everyone else does". But you know what, most people regain weight with "normal" dieting, and it took a lot for me to stop thinking "maybe I can try once more" before committing to the surgery. But you know what I realized? While I'm sitting here thinking that I should try harder, my life is not on hold, it's flying by, and my health gets worse each day, and who knows what other health condition I may develop tomorrow ? So I decided to stop all that thinking while continuing to self sabotage myself and commit. And I don't need to explain to people why I'm having this surgery and how it's gonna change my life and what they think about it. So I'd rather blame my recovery if needed on something else. Because very few people know my real struggle with weight and food, so why do they need to know my recovery without even knowing the basics of my life struggle ?