Emarie07

I am a pre-op. I have been watching all the videos, and very few say they are in a lot of pain, however, it is major surgery. Can anyone weigh in on the level of pain post op ?

Honestly it's my belief that it varies so much between people. For me, it was a walk in the park compared to c-section recovery. It just depends on your personal pain tolerance and your past experience with pain. I walked every three hours the afternoon and all night 1st day and didn't feel any pain besides the gas pain. Gas pain was the worst part for me. Everyone is different though. To someone else who has never had surgery it might have been really hard, and that's okay too. That's just IMHO.

I'm jealous . I'm on full liquids until next Tuesday, the puréed. Today I'm feeling dizzy & weak. I have been getting around 60g of Protein in, but not enough Water. First post op appt tomorrow.

Ditto to being jealous! I have to wait until next Tuesday as well! It's getting easier, not easy by any means but I'm used to the same 5 things I always alternate between eating/ drinking. Lol.

I've been feeling hungry as well. I also seem to have no problems drinking Water or Protein shakes. I'm a little worried about this. I hope this works for me! Good Luck!!

Yes I am not having problems drinking Water or my shakes but my dr said that it's due to the swelling already going down. I'm a fast healer (I've been told) so I kind of expected it. I still feel satisfied after 1/4 a cup of yogurt or cream of wheat just not over full and uncomfortably when I haven't even finished the 1/4 cup!

Ps does everyone else eat out measuring cups and use baby spoons? Lol. I do so many dishes because me and my daughter compete for the baby silverware. I thankful I have a lot of measuring cups though!

I was sleeved on the 5th. Feeling so much better than last week. Today I went for a 2 mile walk! I started on puréed foods and Protein Shakes yesterday. The 1st time it took me 45 mins to get down 2 tablespoons of food, but I can already see that improving. I just drank 5 oz. of a Protein Shake without issue. I made cauliflower mashed potatoes yesterday and that was really good. Breakfast has been yogurt and applesauce. I am sleeping through the night now and back in my own bed. I go back to work next Monday (two weeks post op). Still so amazed that I am not hungry. Has anyone tried cottage cheese yet?

Wow you're doing awesome!!! I still feel hunger from time to time but I've heard that's somewhat normal. I didn't start feeling hunger until these last few days. It's nothing like before surgery though. I don't think I can do purée yet, but I'm going to call and find out for sure because I really want to move on to purée.

I admit I am new to this site and look forward to all the advice I receive here. Being positive about upcoming surgeries, post surgery results, etc proves to be a great read and encourages me to move forward to my own surgery date. BUT I also appreciate the honestly and frankness given to topics such as this. I like to know that my "off days" and possible changes in my own personality are not inclusive only to me. Many of us have not shared our choices to have WLS with our family, friends, etc. so we do not have a large venue to discuss what we are going through during this journey. This site is our opportunity to discuss everything related to weight loss surgery, that being the good the bad and the ugly. I soooooo very much appreciate the shared experiences and advice you all provide through theses posts.

You said it perfectly. Ditto ^^^^^ Thank you!

I'm down 12 pounds since surgery! I think I had a couple pounds Water weight going into surgery though but hey, I'll take 12 pounds none the less. I was a May 6th sleever (I know thanks captain obvious....lol.)

I think educational and not at all negative. Most of us diagnosed as morbidly obese eat because it is our coping mechanism used to meet our daily problems we face in life. Yes, some of us have much bigger problems then others, but in the end we all faced them through food.< /p>

And I completely agree it's educational in nature. Yes it's also somewhat negative but this journey is real and it's not all sunshine and rainbows and that's why I'm so thankful for this thread. I had a major meltdown today and I'm only day 7 post op. Now I see this and don't feel so alone.

Um OP how did you get into my own mind and write this post for me. I mean this is my post, this is me exactly. Exactly. This forum is one of the best things to happen to me. We always think we are alone and the only one who feels that way. I'm not alone in this! Seeing my therapist regularly and sticking to my anti depressant medication is my plan. I hope that's good enough.

Called my drs office today and they said I don't need to crush my Protonix pill. And I asked her about my Lexapro too and she said if it's a small pill no. Okay, so what about other pills? Like I'm wondering what size is pushing it? I am off my heavy pains meds but felt achy tonight and am wanting to take Tylenol but don't know if I need to crush it or not! This is frustrating! :/

Oh I'm 7 days post op btw! Lol

Emarie-were your 650 calories all from Protein drinks? How much Protein did you get in then?

And I got 44 grams of protein in.

Edit-the Soup was strained to be just the broth part so the calories might be slightly lower.

I'm one week post op tomorrow too and I range between 300-400 calories normally. Today was a really good day and I got in around 650! So that was amazing. I haven't talked to my dr so I'm not sure if that's good or not but I feel fine unless I go too long without eating.

Your brain is reacting to a cocktail of hormones that were triggered by the surgery.... Mostly stress hormones, but also the hormones that promote healing and tissue regeneration. Your brain isn't used to this stuff!! Your stomach is sending out SOS calls, and your brain doesn't know what to make of it all. Night terrors are actually different - they aren't dreams at all, they happen in a different phase of sleep.... But nightmares (bad dreams) can be really unsettling!! My stress-dreams usually involve me covered in spiders/spider webs because cortisol makes my skin crawly. Lovely huh?

Very interesting! Ya the spider stress dreams sound awful! Lol. I think when I'm stressed I normally dream about killing someone and needed to find a place to hide their body. That's one dream that I have a lot ever since I was a child. I'm sure it symbolizes something, just not sure what.

Thanks everyone! Well I'm off all my pain meds now and I feel great! My dream are still very vivid and odd but the last 2 weren't as scary. Hopefully it's improving, only time will tell! Thanks for the replies, I greatly appreciate them all!

I was sleeved Tuesday as well! I feel some energy coming back from time to time, my pain meds are all gone but I don't feel like I really need them tok much so I'm okay with it. I can eat thinned down cream of wheat with Splenda, carnation instant breakfast sugar free, thinned pudding with Protein Powder, and my Premier Protein shakes. It's very slow going with everything though and I can't eat more than a 1/4 a cup of the more solid foods and 1/2 cup of my Protein Shakes at a time. I eat out of a measuring cup and with baby spoons so I don't get carried away and eat too big of bites. I have found I don't tolerate anything savory except for mashed potatoes thinned with skim milk and unflavored Protein powder added, however those taste so good I almost eat them too fast so then don't tolerate them. Tonight I found nothing would go down easy so I gave up and went to bed. It's nice to hear from other May 6th sleevers who are going through the same thing!

You will be happy. Change is hard and it's not all happy fast! But you need to knock down that wall of fat that you have been hiding behind. Become the person you know you can be. Is food in large amounts more important then your health? I was type 2 on oral meds and maxed out. I did not want to die from something stupid. So I made the change I am down 135 lbs in 9 months. And mind you I am not Ms. Workout. You can do it by not using food as your drug. It's still your friend because we all have to eat. It's just not my reward. My reward is seeing my face that I haven't seen in 10 years. The reaction of several people who I work with but where off for several months. Many did triple takes. Come to the light guys! If you can lose without WLS go for it! I couldn't I have hypothyroid work overnight, etc. I have done it and my live is better.

"Come to the light guys!" OMG I love this!!! And I needed to read your post! I struggled today. I'm only 6 days post off and am not having the best time right now. I'm committed to changing and making this work and rocking my sleeve to it's fullest advance though! I'm coming towards the light!!!!! Lol!

My grandfather was a farmer. The way he fattened cattle was to pull them off the field where they ate grass and other vegetation and walked around freely. Then he put them in a feed lot to restrict their activity for a while, and fed them corn and grain. So.....I try really hard to stay away from corn and grain products and get my exercise in. If I slack up on carb accountability (as in potatoes) or go three or four days without burning some extra calories, my weight will bounce back up a pound or two. Also, I have learned to keep those Protein and Fluid levels as high as I can stand.

That is such a good example to give! It's so simple and almost common sense but saying in those terms really just made my mind click and think about it differently! I'm only 1 week post op but I'm going to remember this when I hit foreseeable stalls!

Every single time I've slept since surgery I've had completely random and vivid nightmares. They can go from horrifying to just odd and scary. They never make any sense. At first I just dealt with it and now I'm sick of it. It's getting so old. Has anyone dealt with this too?

Glad to hear you two are doing good! I got my approval today my surgery is June 3rd! I'm excited and nervous!

Yaye!!!!! That's coming up so quick! Less than a month!!! Congrats!

I'm going home here in a few hours! Yippie!!! I hope you are too Wendi! Keep us in the loop!

Thanks ladies! Checking in with ya'll. So surgery went well! I've had horrible gas pain that hurts worse than my incisions and some major nausea that led to retching like crazy. I think I'm on max of all nausea meds. My gas pain is all in my chest and making me irritable like crazy! The only time I find comfort is walking. I've been walking every 3 hours since 3pm day of surgery (yesterday). The nurses are telling me it's amazing but it's the only time I don't hurt so bad so I need to do it! I can't wait for my hubby to bring gas x strips tomorrow, I've heard they do wonders! Hope everything is going great for you Wendi! Check in when you can!

Just 13 1/2 hours til check-in. My BP is going to be high from all the broth. Lol

Lol! I've been doing a lot of Water, Jello, and sleeping! I can't wait until bedtime, bc when I (and we...lol) wake up it will be sleeve time!!!!!

I'm 25 and I'm pre-op (surgery 6th of May), and I'm down 38lbs from my highest weight and I'm sad to admit I have a saggy vajayjay! It's awful. I don't know if it will get better or worse and sag more. Horrifying? Yes. Waaaahhhh. Let me just say it is possible, and depressing. I reached down there after my c-section and it wasn't the same at all. Maybe they messed up and that's why. I don't know.

Hey, pre-op class girls. Wendy here. Surgery is less than 3 days away now. Looking forward to it!

Yaye you found the thread!!! I can't believe it's so close to our surgery day!! It's going to be great!!

I hope I have this much luck and blessings with approval , I have just finished my required documentation and 6 month diet for insurance purposes and I will submitting everything next week. Did you go through a patient advocate or did you submit it directly to your insurance company?..

I hope you have a great experience as well. It astounds me at how much I've been blessed to have this experience go so well! My surgeons office has a nurse that works one on one with patients and she gathered all my required info and submitted to insurance. She as telling me all the staff at the surgeons office couldn't believe how fast it was approved!

Yes!!!! I was! Were you???!! Lol

EMarie were you at the pre op education class last night

Ya you were you sat behind me right? Haha that's so cool!