MississippiQueen

Yall keep me in your prayers! Flying to Texas today!! Ready for this!!

I've been told that I has H Polyri and it needs to be treated. They gave me a PrevPac (a combo of Prevacid, Biaxin & Amoxicillin) which I have to take twice a day for two weeks.
It is so nasty! My mouth feel like I've been sucking on a nickel. A nurse friend of mine says that its the H Polyri making my mouth taste metallic not the mess. Either way this is a drag to take. Who wants to eat anything when this stuff makes your throat feel so bad?
I'm 5 days into this 14 day treatment and right at this moment I do not see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Mind you, I have to eat yogurt each day just to ward off the yeast infection that is bound to come from taking amoxicillin (any culling will bring it on).
Hopefully this will work and my test will come back clean because I don't want to treat this again.

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Thank you! In preop now!!!!

Yall keep me in your prayers! Flying to Texas today!! Ready for this!!

Good luck. I had mine yesterday. 1st day was tougher than I thought but so much better today. Keep your spirits up - it gets better quickly.

I am about to leave for the hospital! Please keep me in your prayers and give me some inspiring or funny stories to read when I come off of the anesthesia please! I am VERY excited!!!

Just noticed you posted today for surgery tmw! I head in at 12:30 today! Best of luck & safe travels!

Good luck and safe travels Mississippi!!
And good luck today crissy!!!!

Best of luck! I'll be praying for you and all my other sleeve day buddies today as we all take this awesome journey head on!

Congrats! I bet you are so excited. My surgeon is only an hour away. I remember the drive to the hospital nearly killed me in anticipation lol I can't imagine flying like some of you guys do Best of luck to you!

Yall keep me in your prayers! Flying to Texas today!! Ready for this!!

Day 2 and 3 were the hardest for me! Good luck!!

Emathy: it can be VERY diifficult to quit. It is indeed a strong addiction.
Admonition: you must quit. Smoking greatly increases you chance of complications. My surgeon would NOT operate if he had the slightest indication of smoking still being entertained. His only complication...a near death...was smoking related.
Encouragement: you can quit, for good. Sleeving is hard as you are coming to know, it is a drastic change. Throw all your drastic changes in together. Be an all out warrior for your health. Eat well, exercise like an athlete, breath clean air. You are more powerful than burning paper and leaves. Freedom!

This is my Facebook Cover pic. Says it all.

This is totally normal. Surgery can be scary and make a person very nervous. On top of that you know you are about to say goodbye to your old friend.......food. Equate it to a smoker giving up cigarettes......they can be really testy when they are going through withdrawal. I will tell you in the beginning there are many emotional moments especially after the surgery. With that said though it is all worth it. Good luck to you!!

I am pleased to report all went well. I have been walking laps and feeling remarkably well. Hurt like crazy when I woke up but the pain meds kicked in. All good since.
Serious recommendation: INSIST ON NAUSEA MEDS! throughout the first day at least. Guy in room next to me sounds like he was not proactive and I am sitting here feeling great empathy fir him.
Best of luck to you all!!

Wow you cancelled after (most likely) so much waiting and hard work to get to that point? Are you able to reschedule?
I asked myself also what you wrote but as the post above says, sleeve is fairly new and not used hardly as much as the RNY was 5+ years ago... so that's why you won't see much if any 5+ year sleevers out there... also it's been suggested to me that people who have WLS are usually into the online forums and post about their experiences for probably the first 2-3 years, then lose interest and drop off because they've gotten used to and settled into their new life. So that could be another reason for not seeing many veteran experiences out there.
I've just gotten approved for the procedure after 5 months of process and red tape - while I am also nervous and have my concerns, I'm convinced that the outcome will surely be better than my current physical state and quality of life. I'm stoked and can't wait

If you like spices or hot sauce that will give it flavor! For dinner I had cream of chicken and put in just a bit of franks buffalo hot sauce! Gave it some flavor and made it better to eat! Lol! I know they td us after we get sleeved and if we can handle it use sauces to spice things up! The weekend will be more challenging for me but I'm gonna keep busy cleaning house ect...

I am hoping to be sleeved in early December and I am most scared about Hair loss. I have read the hair loss section in the veterans forum and it didn't make me feel any better. My hair is med length but it is very very thin. I try to use hair strengthening shampoos and not dry or flat Iron it every day to help it. It has helped but it's still extremely thin. Top, newer hair is a little thicker but not much. Don't think I can handle it if I lose what little hair I already have

Amazing that you are coherent enough to post. I was begging for water between nods, and generally being a dlck. Congratulations, get a lot of rest.

I start mine the 21st for December 6 surgery. Not looking forward to it t all, since I always look forward to thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, but ultimately I know that missing this one year will probably add 30+ years to my life.

I did end up having a muscle milk Protein Drink at work! I really want to try the Unjury chicken broth and the unflavored so I can mix it in with juices and things like that! I'm just doing one week so hopefully all goes well! The first day haven't been too bad!

I started mine Monday.. It's been hard ???? I have 3 carnation essentials shakes a day plus 1 yogurt and sugar Jello pops and broth..
I would love soup! Haha are u on it for 2 weeks?
Good luck!!!

I too am on pre-op diet. Are you getting any Protein? Protein is very important, both now and after. Can you drink Protein Shakes? My favorite is Pure Protein. 30 g protein. Everyone has their preference.

Well I started my liquid diet today! So far not too bad, had 2 cups coffee, chicken broth Soup for lunch, will have a v8 energy drink this afternoon and soup for dinner and lots of water! Now if I can just get my head around the protein!! Surgery is on the 20th! I'm super excited!