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@@FancyCakes, I, too, have a script of Omeprazole that I take faithfully daily and I still feel hungry but I am sticking to my liquids. Thank you for the tip just the same though. @@meganmom, have you started regular foods yet? I'm wondering if the energy is coming from the protein in food rather than our shakes... Thanks for the responses guys, I can use all the help I can get!! I will say, that I am feeling a whole lot better than I have been! Hope y'all are doing well!!

Yes, I had my surgery on the 28th. The first couple of days was horrendous but now all is well just some soreness and itchiness around my incisions but I'm coping well and feeling positive . Thank you for asking. Hope all is well with you!

Me!!! I had my surgery on the 28th and have yet to get a full night's sleep! Tonight has been the worst of them all (hence the reason I searched this topic out to see if I'm alone). I usually go to bed at 9 and get up at 6. Well, I got up at 3 yesterday morning and I'm nowhere near sleepy to go to bed tonight and its almost 3 hours past my normal bedtime. I hope this is temporary because when I go back to work I have for to have my sleep in order to function!! Good luck to the rest of you!!

Oh to be able to get around with much less pain in my back and knees!! Definitely looking forward to that benefit. Thank you for your detailed response, it helps ease my mind a lot!! I must be doing something right during this first stage of madness because I'm already down 5 pounds since the 28th . Woo hoo!! Pre surgery, I would fight tooth and nail to drop 5 pounds so I'm happy with my progress so far even though this has been tough!! I really think I might get violent if anyone tells me I took the easy way out!! Again, thank you for your input! Helps a lot

I had my sleeve on the 28th. I have been very compliant with walking, choking down my crushed meds, and sip sip sipping all day long but I feel so out of my zone!! My stomach feels hungry but I'm not hungry at all. I still have gas but was able to finally pass some last night which felt wonderful. I'm just wondering how long it will be until I am back up and at it like before or better than before. Oh!! And the lethargy!! I am extremely tired all day but I still make my self get up and walk. Any advice from those of you who are newly sleeved and hadn't forgot about what you went through in the beginning but been sleeved long enough to say when you started feeling like your old self again. TIA!!

@@Craig Wildi - how are you doing? Everything OK with you?

Yes. I had my surgery on the 28th too and everything you have described sounds like what I have gone through and going through now. I'm still waiting to be discharged. But yeah, I have walked, walked, and walked and the gas pain isn't going anywhere!! I am burping though so that gives me relief in my shoulders but the other end is about to get the best if me. I just continue to walk through!! Good luck to you all and hopefully it will all get better Soon!!

Ok, I had my surgery yesterday and I am doing OK this morning. I will say after I woke up from recovery, I was in the worst pain ever!!! After they got it under control though, I was fine. They also said as soon as I woke up my very first words was "I need to walk, they told me the gas pain would not be as bad if I walked", they thought that was funny since I was subconsciously talking and I got a laugh out of it when they told me. They told me as long as I keep doing good like I am, I could go home around noon . Hope all is well with everyone else, please update as soon as you can, I would love to know!!

It's ony 5 here and I still got some things to get together but then its off to dreamland (I hope). I pray all goes well with you and as soon as you can update, please do! I will do the same. Good night!

Let's see... I was blessed (or maybe not) with only having to do a 1 day liquid diet before surgery. I thought,,, one day, that's no big deal!! A whole lot better than 2 weeks like some are having to do from what I've read on here. Boy, was I wrong!! Every Sunday after church our family always goes to dinner together as a tradition. Well, today being my liquid day, we decided it best to let them get something and bring it home so I didn't have to sit and smell the food or watch everyone eat. Well,,, my nose must be that of a hound dog today because I can still smell it!! I'm happy they thought enough of me to break our tradition and I'm doing my best to keep a positive attitude but this is hard y'all!! I hope it's true that it's not this hard after surgery but I will cross that bridge when I get to it!! I've made it this far and I'm not giving in now!! Ok, I put my feelings out there and I kind of feel better #NotBlowingMySecondChance

I would like that very much!! Thank you! Will do!!

I'm on the 28th too! I'm trying to have a positive attitude about it all but its just human nature to worry a little but I know Jesus has my back and will see me through Good luck everyone and merry Christmas!!

Awesome!! Happy to hear things are going well! Good luck at your appt. tomorrow

You're on my mind so I will wanted to check in to see how everything is going with you. How's it going?

Y'all are so awesome!! Thank you for the encouragement!!