mandyboo

I'm due to start my pre op, it's the part I am dreading the most! It sounds bloody hard. My fingers are crossed for you :-) I'll look back for updates :-)

The sleeve was so easy, I wasn't in any pain at all. I had 2 c sections ... They were horrible.

I'm due to start my pre op, it's the part I am dreading the most! It sounds bloody hard. My fingers are crossed for you :-) I'll look back for updates :-)

I think you are judgemental and very condescending and saying you hope i have a better understanding? For somebody who is on liquids for over a week I thought i would lose more but reading responses for everyone else which was the objective of my post it seems this is the norm for most.
I wish you well on your journey and as suggested by you i will try to re-educate myself so i have the same level of understanding as you.
I wont be posting anymore on the matter and i will definitely think twice before i put my thinking out loud thoughts on here again

Im on day five and by far my hardest day as far as incision pain. It feels like a pulled muscle. I hope you start feeling better soon.
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I felt so good in the hospital and then I came home and felt so much worse too! I could believe the amount of pain I was having and how uncomfortable I felt. I was told.its expected. Days 3 through 5 post op were my worst. Today is day 9 post op for me and I am starting to feel much better and so much more like myself. It still hurts to bend and I get tired easily but it's definitely starting to get better. Good luck on your journey!

yup, it's dumping. i am still an avid milk drinker post surgery, because it is one of the only liquids besides Water and tea that i can tolerate (that is ALL that i drink).
i find that fat free milk prevents dumping, while if i sip on 2% milk, i will be dumping within minutes.
go down to fat free milk and try to drink a bit less each day...it should alleviate some of your symptoms!

The most important thing with any WLS is to eat and drink slowly. Milk can and does become a problem for many patients. Also maybe don't heat up the milk. I have had a band and sleeve and only use Water or soy milk. My doctors have said not to use almond milk because it had hardly any nutritional value and very little Protein

Every surgeon has their own recommendations, i just know that I could not handle milk in the early months. Even now, I am intolerant of it to some extent which was the best thing that could have happened to me. I was an ice cream junkie and now IF I have it, it is tiny quantities and makes me feel kinda icky so it is no longer a temptation. I also have a personal belief that adult humans are not really designed to consume alot of milk. It is very high carb. A doctor once told me that cows milk is designed to turn a little calf into a big ole steer really fast... and it does the same thing to some humans..ha!
Anyway, I still suspect it is the lactose. I have no idea what Protein is available in the UK, but we have premixed ones that are lactose free and taste fairly decent for a Protein Drink. I think whey Protein source is a good choice.

How many if you didn't tell your friends or other mums at school? The only person I've told is my mum. I floated the idea with a skinny friend and she got really funny and negative... Told me I would die. I've not spoke to her since or told anyone else.... :-( I'm 229 lbs and 5'3 - surgery 27th feb :-)

I'm in the uk, sleeved 27th feb at spire Solihull. 4 days post op at the mo. :-)

Thanks everyone... This time next week I'll be at the hospital. I paid my money yesterday so no going back now! :-) I'm definatley going to keep it to myself. :-)

It's 1:45 am here in the uk. I had to get to hospital at 7am Friday 27th feb, they finally took me for the op at 3pm, and I came round about 6:45 pm - I thought that was a long time?
So it's 6 hours since I woke up, I feel ok, pain is manageable. I've vomited blood 3 times, I have a drain which is the sorest bit. I've just walked to have a big wee :-) so far I'm drinking Water with no issues. Just drifting in and out of sleep now.
I thought I'd do an update as it happens so newbies had an idea what to expect.
I'd lost 8lbs on my 9 day pre op diet, and my liver was nice he said.
I just wanna see my kids now :-(

Walking was ok ... It was just difficult with the drain and the drip. But I think they come out tomorrow.
It wasn't loads of blood I threw up, it was thick gooey blobs, but not like when you are normally sick. The docs didn't even comment so it must be normal....
I suffer with Migraines and I came round with a bad one... Prob from the morphine. So that may be why I was ill.
My tummy feels heavy, like I have someone sat on me.
But I'm not in agony ... Just uncomfortable. Although I'm probably still drugged up to the eyeballs! :-)

It's 1:45 am here in the uk. I had to get to hospital at 7am Friday 27th feb, they finally took me for the op at 3pm, and I came round about 6:45 pm - I thought that was a long time?
So it's 6 hours since I woke up, I feel ok, pain is manageable. I've vomited blood 3 times, I have a drain which is the sorest bit. I've just walked to have a big wee :-) so far I'm drinking Water with no issues. Just drifting in and out of sleep now.
I thought I'd do an update as it happens so newbies had an idea what to expect.
I'd lost 8lbs on my 9 day pre op diet, and my liver was nice he said.
I just wanna see my kids now :-(

It's 1:45 am here in the uk. I had to get to hospital at 7am Friday 27th feb, they finally took me for the op at 3pm, and I came round about 6:45 pm - I thought that was a long time?
So it's 6 hours since I woke up, I feel ok, pain is manageable. I've vomited blood 3 times, I have a drain which is the sorest bit. I've just walked to have a big wee :-) so far I'm drinking Water with no issues. Just drifting in and out of sleep now.
I thought I'd do an update as it happens so newbies had an idea what to expect.
I'd lost 8lbs on my 9 day pre op diet, and my liver was nice he said.
I just wanna see my kids now :-(

I had that post op. I brushed and gargled frequently. I also will suck on a Ice Breaker SF mint. I use Cinnamon or Wintergreen. I only suck on half of it and throw away the second half so I don't risk it breaking and me swallowing it. They are pretty strong so sometimes I don't even make it to halfway before I get rid of it.
Once I moved to the soft foods stage the icky mouth largely went away. I only get it occassionally now.

If it's whitish yellow. Kind of velvety. It could be thrush. I got it post op. If you can have yogurt that helps and I also rinsed with diluted hydrogen peroxide a couple times for a few days and then it went away.

Halitosis is a side-effect of sending your body into ketosis, as happens when you initially go on a high protein/low carb diet. That may be the cause of your current situation. If so, it is only temporary and will stop as your body stops releasing ketones.

If it is a thick film, then it may be thrush. I don't know why you would develop thrush pre-op, but I developed it post-op because of the liquid antibiotics I was on. Thrush is a yeast infection in your mouth and can be treated with various home remedies as well as prescription anti-fungal medications.

I had the same problem post op. It went away. I don't know what it is but I don't have it now.

I'm Friday 27th too!!! I'm in the uk tho... But I'll be a buddy :-)

I'm 4 weeks tomorrow and down 23 lbs. Did not have 3 week stall but I'm sure it'll catch up with me. Lol.

My best friend was horrible - told me I'd die if I have it done :-( I've not spoke to her since. And I've not told anyone else. My surgery is Friday :-)

Oh no allyray, that's terrible for you! That's my biggest worry, the other mothers at school finding out. I've been the subject of school gate gossip for the last 12 months and it's horrible, I don't want the same mean people to talk about me for this too.
My dad is a real gossip and can never keep a secret... And he often collects my kids for me. I may have to tell him a little fib.....

Sorry if this has been posted before. It's my first time on this journey so I'll probably be wondering lots of things that others have wondered many times before.
Thanks for the other replies tho... I'll probably keep quiet about it as I have zero supportive friends.
I'll keep lurking and reading other peoples posts :-)