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Mine is Dec 3rd

Mine is Dec 3rd

Scheduled for Dec. 3rd, pending insurance. Nervous and Excited!

One thing that helped me was I began taking liquid silica added to my Water. Then I started taking a powdered marine collagen added to my water. My Hair loss has slowed way down and some days I don't have any loss at all!!
Also, my hair is shinier and softer.
Everyone is different, but that's what worked for me.

Thank you so much for this post Homecie, I really needed it. Just the other day, I spent the morning crying after washing my hair and realizing how much has fallin out. Being over weight my whole life, made me feel like all I had was my long hair so this side effect of the surgery was very hard on me. I'm hopeful now tho

My surgeon requires a two week Protein liquid diet, her explanation was that it reduces the size of the stomach and liver making it easier for surgery. I am halfway (week 1) into my two week preop diet and from my experience I think that it helps your mindset, kind of like practicing before you have no choice. For me, the right thing to do is the high protein liquid diet. The first two days are the most difficult, but if you drink lots of Water and eat the recommended protein amount you quickly learn that your not hungry, you just crave certain foods. I bought my protein from Unjury online and bought the sample pack (variety) and a PB2 ( which is Peanut Butter flavored protein) so good! Good luck!

Only preop I had was 6 days of lean cuisine (1 LC/day-yuck) and Protein drinks (3/day). Day before was bowel prep and Clear liquids. This was a liver shrink diet a lot of doctors want and of course the bowel prep and Clear Liquids was to make sure my system was pretty cleaned out.

I had pain and nausea in recovery. They quickly fixed that. That same night I had very little pain. The next day I was agitated. I wasn't taking pain medication. The doctor told me to take it. So he gave me an IV medication. Then a few hours later sleeping medication. I sleep like a baby and woke up feeling great. I took the Vicodin before having the drain removed. I am 5 days post op and not in pain at all.

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Yes the pain in your shoulder is from surgery. I used gas x strips. They melt in your mouth. And try to walk more.

I had almost no pain at all except for some very sore abs for the first few days. I used very little morphine in my pump at the hospital (and then only because the nurse wanted me to because of my sore abs - she wanted me to walk as much as possible). The codeine or whatever it was they sent me home with sat unopened. I had RNY, btw.

While in the hospital on strong pain meds - very very minor. Maybe a 2. When I first woke up in recovery, probably a 5 or 6 but they quickly got it controlled. Day 3 was not good for me but I was also passing a kidney stone at the same time AND Day 3 seems to be tough following any surgery (not just WLS). After Day 5, more just an annoying pain. Have you had other surgeries? I have had 4 shoulder surgeries, 4 lithotripsies (with stents for kidney stones) and hysterectomy. Bilateral ureter stents were by far the WORST! The rotator cuff surgery not great but manageable. WLS easiest of them all actually. Now I had bypass. I understand sleeve is a little more uncomfortable, but if you are afraid of the pain, don't be. It is absolutely manageable. Getting the fluids and Protein in is WAY harder than the pain. Oh, and I used heating pad a lot and even an ice pack some.
Hope that helps!