Sara51692

I was sleeves on May 20th and I'm 25, you're not alone! ????I was sleeved in the 26th and I'm actually 21! The whole no-alcohol thing seems to be the hardest for me right now because all of my friends are having birthdays and the bar is where we all seem to hang out now!Awesome! I'm so glad to finally find some people on here around my age. Not that everyone here hasn't been super helpful, I just feel like it's such a different experience going through this when we're young. It's a fairly new procedure for weight - loss and we're going to be living with it for a long, long time! I agree the non-alcohol thing is difficult. I pretty much told my friends I'd be going into hibernation for a couple of months since most of our activities have revolved around alcohol. I'm going to make it work though and still find ways to go out and have fun until then. We should definitely all keep in touch since we were sleeved at the same time and will be going through all the stages together. Yeah for sure! Are you on soft foods yet? I start Thursday and can't wait! I lost 12 lbs by day 5 post and haven't lost anything since I'll be 2 weeks post tomorrow, guessing my body is in survivor mode and maybe will start the scale will start moving again when I can get some actual food in ✌????️ Not yet! I think I move onto pureed/mushy at my two-week follow-up appointment next Tuesday! I'm just starting to get sick of liquids now, surprisingly. I'm so excited to get to eat some different foods soon! My weight has been fluctuating every day and there are days I don't lose, so I wouldn't worry about the scale right now! I'm actually going to try to move to weekly weighing instead of daily so I stop freaking myself out.

I was sleeved on 5/26 as well and yesterday was probably a turning point. I'm feeling a bit better today, still a fair amount of stomach pain. My gas pain has mostly gone away - but gas-ex strips and chewable gas meds helped a lot. I'm having so much trouble getting enough water and protein! I'm finally ordering unflavored protein today because I know I'm never going to be able to get all my protein in with shakes and other food alone. What's everyone else's biggest struggle right now?

I was sleeves on May 20th and I'm 25, you're not alone! ????I was sleeved in the 26th and I'm actually 21! The whole no-alcohol thing seems to be the hardest for me right now because all of my friends are having birthdays and the bar is where we all seem to hang out now! Awesome! I'm so glad to finally find some people on here around my age. Not that everyone here hasn't been super helpful, I just feel like it's such a different experience going through this when we're young. It's a fairly new procedure for weight - loss and we're going to be living with it for a long, long time! I agree the non-alcohol thing is difficult. I pretty much told my friends I'd be going into hibernation for a couple of months since most of our activities have revolved around alcohol. I'm going to make it work though and still find ways to go out and have fun until then. We should definitely all keep in touch since we were sleeved at the same time and will be going through all the stages together.

Thank you both!! I knew that dumping was an option with the sleeve (of course I had the "it won't happen to me" attitude), and I'm glad to know what it is so I'm not worried. I've had some other cream-based soups and I've been fine, so I'll keep an eye out for other things that bother me.

Hi everyone! I was sleeved on Tuesday and I'm on full liquids. I had some clam chowder today (my family went out for lunch). Obviously I only sipped the liquid and I didn't have very much, but after many sips, I felt like my face and head was very hot, I was dizzy, and my stomach didn't feel good. It wasn't nausea and it went away maybe ten minutes later. I can't tell if I just took a few too many sips and this was my sleeve's way of saying "too much!", if it had something to do with dairy/ingredients, or if it was something more serious? I'm not lactose intolerant or anything, and I've been doing fine with Greek yogurt, but the symptoms (and trip to the bathroom shortly thereafter), made me think of that. Thoughts, suggestions? Should I be worried? I feel totally fine now but I wanted to get some input do I can avoid that in the future!

I can't attest to the hearing the noise, but for the coughing, I've been so nervous too! I'm getting over a bad cold from pre-surgery still and I had a coughing fit today, and it hurt my stomach so badly! I was so afraid I was going to open an incision or cause a leak!

@@kimby1029, I feel the same way about warm liquids. Cold liquids seem to give me worse stomach cramps but warm liquids seem to do just fine! Yogurt excluded, since that seems to be OK for me too.

Thanks everyone! I'm not going to lie and say I'm not a little nervous. I've never been 100 percent confident in myself, but I've also never been this dedicated to something before so I'm doing my best to follow all the rules, and I think I've been doing pretty well so far. Thanks for all the advice! I'm really enjoying reading about everybody's progress here.

I can eat a whole thing of yogurt but it takes me almost an hour to get it down, same with a protein shake. And I haven't been getting anywhere near 64 ounces of water yet! I'm four days post-op.

I second that! My surgeon gave me liquid Tylenol with codeine and it seems to help a little. It definitely makes me drowsy though!

I'm having the same problem. I thought I was taking sips but then when I took tiny, tiny sips, I didn't feel as much cramps. I haven't even hungry at all and the MyFitnessPal app has to keep reminding me to eat! I can't wait until I can sleep on my side again! I'm a horrible back-sleeper.

I'm finally two pounds below my pre-surgery weight, since I gained SIX pounds in the hospital! Don't worry about your day to day weight. It'll start going down soon! Just be patient! I was only sleeved on Tuesday. I'm having so much trouble getting in my water. I get stomach cramps every time I drink even a couple of sips.

You're so right! I actually was freaked out be a useful I hadn't pooped since a few days before surgery and my surgeon said I could take coach and I haven't pooped yet, but I feel a lot better. I've been taking gas-ex too and it seems to help. That should say *because I hadn't pooped

Yeah, the patch definitely helped. It was mandatory for my surgeon. He's even great so far! I've called him twice since I was released because I was freaked out about two things and he was helpful and didn't care that I was bothering him. I'm feeling slightly better today. I think a lot of my pain was from constipation, not from the surgery. I think the worst part so far has been having to sleep on my back! It sucks! I'm a lifelong side sleeper. Good luck on your surgery! My advice is just to be prepared for everything! Be ready for the hospital stay, and everything post op!

Keeping hydrated has definitely been difficult. I'm uncomfortable anyway and that doesn't make me want to sip water all day.

I went home from the hospital today and got to drink water for the first time! My barium swallow didn't show any leads! I shockingly haven't really had nausea but my stomach is still bothering me a ton! Every time I sit up, sit down, lay down, more in certain areas directions, etc. And I'm having really bad cramps. I don't know if it's just gas or if it's relayed to my period, because I went to the bathroom the say after surgery, peed, and saw blood in the toilet), but I used a pad they gave me and saw no blood after that time! I'm planning on asking my surgeon if there's anything I can take for constipation. Oh! And I'm not hungry at all. So weird. Anybody else experience anything like these?

The nausea and pain were the worst right after surgery in the recovery room, but I haven't had nausea since then. The pain in my stomach on the right side is still there and it's torture whenever I get up or sit down or change positions, but otherwise not too bad

I was in horrible pain and super nauseous when i woke up in the recovery room. They have me medicine and had already put the patch on me. Luckily u fell asleep and I haven't had any nausea since then. I also haven't been hungry at all, not even a bit. I've been thirsty, but the hunger hasn't come around.

My surgery went great! And I didn't even freak out too much beforehand.

Yeah the best parts so far have been being able to walk to the bathroom but hurts like hell when I get up or sit down. My surgery went well though. I'm sad I can't drink anything until I get out of the hospital tomorrow

I have no Idea how I'm going to calm my nerves at the hospital, but I'm hoping lots of deep breathes will help...

Justme24 - awesome advice! Thank you.

Popsicles tasted like steak after surgery. LOLOLSteak Popsicles!? Wouldn't most people be excited about that? Haha

Thanks for all the advice, everyone! Can't believe I'll be sleeved tomorrow afternoon!

I'm expecting the pain but what I'm worried about is will I ever be able to eat normal again -- go to a restaurant with my husband, eat at holidays etc. I'm not talking about eating BIG. I realize that restaurant eating will mean eating a very small amount of the food. I guess I'm just nervous because right now I'm thinking of all the things that I would love to just have a bite of. (I'm on Day 8 of the Pre-op liquid diet). I have the same feelings, but that's why I didn't have any food funerals. I'm not saying bye to all of the foods I love, mostly just saying hey, see you, a LOT less of you, later and a lot less often! I know there are some things I'll lose my taste for, some things I shouldn't eat again, and some things I won't eat again, but I've made my peace with it.