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My 5/18 sleeve update... I was sleeve at 8am, suppose to have been noon, but I didn't get that call until 630am that morning from OR nurse that they moved my time up 4 hours...ugh, made mad dash to hosp, was in OR by 820... woke up by 10am in recovery, it took 1 hour to take my gallbladder and sleeve me... "shrunk liver 2016" really does work...my M.D. said he should YouTube my surgery for VSG , anyway up to a room by 1030am with pain pump and lidocaine Patches on my my scars to help with pain also... up walking by 2pm, hit pain pump up by 4pm, I/s every hr, up by 6pm, up by 9pm...always take a hit of pain pump when walking assisted... sleep on/off whenever the iv alarms &nursing would allow... up by 6am today, walking, 830 leak test... contrast was not bad, BUT was allowed to drink thru a straw... by 930am the start of day 1-2 of liquids only , goal 48oz along with my 1000cc bag of Water... (b4 being discharge hold on to those iv fluids until you walk outdoor) pain pump discontinued at 1100????, oh btw on 6 oz h20 by now (1-2 oz a hr) yes it's hard but I push thru... D/C from hospital by 230,got home sore, made me a Percocet and raglan cocktail with 2 oz water... setting my timer at every hour 1-2oz water with walking... I'm going to get me a t-shirt made with"i survived liquid diet 2016"... it's funny cuz I didn't even worry about a scale the whole time Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Yes, I will hopefully be discharged tomorrow and will ask for a script of miralax of allowed... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Had my surgery this morning 5/18... awesome, I worried for nothing... at times I forgot to hit pain pump. So far ok... tomorrow I will see how the liquids go... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Skip over to the Lapband forums and see what they say/post... if that's your only option w/ insurance coverage... Alex Brecher, the developer of this site also had a lapband and has kept it off for years... reach out to the experts... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Not sure if your able to talk to your bariactric staff, I would defer your concerns to them... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Awesome... I sure will. Thank you Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Are you ready for this???? I've been having micro internal anxious episodes Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App Yep me too. Anxious nervous excited Have to cal tomorrow afternoon for my time Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Same here???? Sent from my Z987 using the BariatricPal App My surg time is noon... I guess we(surgeons and staff) skipping lunch that day ...lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Lmao!!! Your fruits looks so good about now... lol, yes getting nervous but excited.... I'm ok with the surgery part, it's the post op that's overwhelming... so much to remember...I guess it's trial and error Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Maybe it's best you don't have them across the "big pond"... one less food item not to be tempted by unlike like us in the states... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

lmao Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App Hahahaha classic!! i found cookies!!!!.. they might do a better job of shutting me up lol Damn it.... they look like cookies, but turn out to be crackers!! What!! close enough lol We will call them graham crackers!!! Lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App Oh no!!! Not donuts!!! You don't play fair....lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App Laughing so hard I'm crying... I'm going to dehydrated before my surgery Wednesday. ..lmao, must be the lethargic from 600 cals...lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

lmao Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App Hahahaha classic!! i found cookies!!!!.. they might do a better job of shutting me up lol Damn it.... they look like cookies, but turn out to be crackers!! What!! close enough lol We will call them graham crackers!!! Lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App Oh no!!! Not donuts!!! You don't play fair....lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

lmao Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App Hahahaha classic!! i found cookies!!!!.. they might do a better job of shutting me up lol Damn it.... they look like cookies, but turn out to be crackers!! What!! close enough lol We will call them graham crackers!!! Lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Are you ready for this???? I've been having micro internal anxious episodes Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

lmao Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

I would seriously pay to see that.....Lol... hunger will make you go from 0 to 100 seconds. .. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

It makes you wonder the skill level of surgeons that can do fatty liver vs shrinking liver???;is it a east coast vs west coast thing???? Lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

I hope so... it's all so overwhelming... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

I'm also 5/18 in Cincinnati.... 9 more days... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App I noticed ur in Cincinnati! I am too.. Lll just saying hello? ???? Thank u Hello ... day # 12 of pre-op diet, so far I have survived thru a bday party, 2 baby showers, a wedding reception and an awards banquet with only my pre-op diet... this liver better have shrunk!!! Lol, Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

I understand the loniness... maybe looking into volunteering at community org or going to a nursing home, nursing home residents love younger folks to talk to or big bro / big sister org... writing to a pen pal... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Mine journey started 9/10/15 after goung thru 90 day diet, medical clearance hoops , f/u appts, my surgery date was made on 3/16/16 to have surgery on 5/18/16.. currently on pre op diet #8, so pls take this time to read books about your surgery and what is all entails... esp the mental part to eating... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Very creative... taking lemons to make limoncello... good for you. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

I read this and was in shock. This was a bad article all the way around. 1st it has no prove. Hardly none of these patients were autopsied. They don't know why the patients died. So right there it's a failed article. No footnotes of where they got their information. I am 43 years old. Had my first heart attack last june. If I don't lose the weight my chances of being dead within the next year are very high. Our bodies weren't met to carry a lot of weight. Be proud of your sleeve, lose the weight and be happy. Live for today. Life is too short..xoxo Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App High five!!! I had my heart attack 3 yrs@ 40 plus open heart surgery and that still was not my wake up call until I felt that squeezing sensation on my left breast again... got my heart M.D. to give clearance and I'm getting sleeved 5/18 to save my life... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

5/18@12pm surgery date, I went to a support group for some reinforcement by help, but the struggle is real...I'm day #7 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Some ppl trip me out on what comes out their mouths... I would have shoved 10 Cookies in her mouth...lol, my bad I'm on my pre-op liquid diet... kinda edgy right now... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App

Hey there... my name is Tanya, I'm married 43 yr old w 2 sons Tyler 24 and Taylor 21... work as a nurse at VA med center for 25 yrs, I love my vets ... love traveling, swimming ,cooking and just relaxing... 3 yrs ago had a heart attack with open heart surgery, IKR???... so I have a zipper which most ppl think I been "branded" on my chest...lol, that event along w/other obesity hlth probs lead me to VSG... dos 5/18... learned about this site from reading big book about VSG by alec brecher the founded of this site... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G530AZ using the BariatricPal App