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I'm having a terrible time....all my medicines taste like crap. I've not been able to take my liquid pain med, nausea med that dissolves in your mouth is terrible too...even GasX is bad....brushing my teeth....Popsicles....protein drinks....it's just all gross!.....I had some strained cream of chicken Soup earlier and it was ok .....but my question is do normally good tasting things start tasting normal again?

Chewable gas x may help... It helped me. It gets better in a matter of days! Hang in there... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App Thank you! I sure hope so! I've been using Gasx strips and nothing is touching this discomfort yet.....

I emailed my surgeon's nurse and she said this early out to not really worry about a number of oz of water.....she suggested just keeping an eye on the color of my urine......and she said don't worry about Protein at all for now.....just keep focused on liquids for now and don't let my urine get dark...I was able to go take a nap for a couple of hours and that has helped a lot as I didn't sleep hardly any last night. I had a very positive attitude going in to this, so how I'm feeling right now has knocked me for a loop.....it hurts when I lay down, when I stand up, when I walk. I can't drink enough to even measure......my whole body just feels like I've been run over by a truck! I'm still trying to stay positive but man this all sucks!!!

I'm home now and the abdominal pain is pretty extreme.....I have a hard time standing up straight. I also have a lot of gas pain in my chest.....I'm having an awful time getting in my water and protein.....We got home yesterday about 3:00 and while I was home I was only able to drink about 10 oz of water and only 4 oz of a protein drink.....the heartburn is what kept be from being able to drink more. I hope today will be better.......they gave me Omeprazole to take but the instructions say to open the capsule and sprinkle it over pudding or yogurt........I'm on clear liquids until tomorrow! But I did take a small spoon ful of yogurt and sprinkled the pill over it and took it like that......also having a hard time sleeping, hense me posting on here before 3 am EST/

They just did the leak test....told me it looked good....but the official results have to be sent up here Sent from my SM-G920V using the BariatricPal App

I made it through surgery and all is good now......when they first brought me to my room from recovery they didnt have my pain pump ready and no one seemed to know who my nurse was.....I can honestly say it was the worse pain I've ever experienced!!!....Wade (my hubby) got them in shape pretty fast but he had to talk to them like they were inmates!.(he's a corrections officer in a prison).lol.....they are all doing a really job now!....I've already been up and made 3 laps around the ward....so much much better now!....forgive any misspellings I'm very drugged.....Dilloten (sp).....is my BFF right now!!! Sent from my SM-G920V using the BariatricPal App

I'm all checked in and getting pumped full of fluids right now..._ready for them to start giving the good stuff!! Sent from my SM-G920V using the BariatricPal App

Good luck to all my May 16th buddies today!!! I'll be leaving for the hospital a little later. I have to check in at 8:30 AM and scheduled for surgery at 11:30. Let's all check back in here afterwards as soon as we can and share stories and progress. See you all on the other side!!! Good luck everybody!!!

Good luck to you too!!! I check in at 8:30....but I'm EST so I'll be finished by the time you start! Good luck!!! good luck to you tomorrow!!!

@@silverthreads That's great to hear!!!! If mind over matter has anything to do with then I will not have any nausea.....I am determined I will not have it!!! hahaha

Thank you @kimnsc. It's getting very REAL!!!

@@Cathy48 Good luck it looks like you're going to be the first of this group with the time difference with you being in Australia......You'll do great! Save us all a space on the bench!

Wow! You're doing great!! I hadn't looked at your ticker before. That's impressive! and you haven't even had surgery yet! You're a ROCKSTAR!!!

I think it worked that time!!! :-)

@drandy.... I'm not sure why it's not working......send me a friend request. Here's my facebook. I know I can add you from there https://www.facebook.com/KathyMorris9011

@@drandy I just sent you the invite to join. Let me know if you don't get it.

Same to you Maggie!! We're all going to do great!!! See you on the other side!

Tomorrow is my day! I can't believe the day has finally got here!! I'm excited, not really afraid......I guess my only fear is nausea......I hate nausea and sure hope I don't have it! If I do hopefully the medication will stop it,....... I"ll check in as soon as I'm able to.

Send me your email address and I can send you an invite to join.

@ I check in at 8:30 and surgery is scheduled for 11:30. I'm Eastern time as well.

Yes like @@KristenLe said my first question is what phase of your diet are you on? Are you on full liquids yet? If so try some strained creamed Soup or yogurt........if you're still on clear liquid if Crystal Light is too sweet like @@Valentina said Water it down............or better yet, there is always just plan old water. I also like the Mio water enhancers I don't have a favorite I like a bunch of different ones. Hang in there and follow your plan.......

Good morning all you soon to be sleevers!!! Tomorrow the wait will finally be over and we'll all be on our way to a much healthier and happier life. I'm on clear liquids all day today. My pre-op diet was basically just a low carb diet so I was able to have actual food.......This will be quite a change, but I think I'm too excited to eat anyway...I weighed this morning and I've lost 12 lbs so far on my pre-op diet and another 13.6 prior to that, so I've lost a total of 25.6 lbs since I started! I'm sure all these liquids today will cause me to drop another pound or two.....we shall see!!! How much has everyone else lost?

There was no "coping".....you just do what you have to do. If you find a good bariatric center with a good coordinator they do a lot of the work for you. I never had to call and make one appointment, she did everything for me. She made all my appointments and then emailed the schedule to me....all I had to do is show up!.....The "coping" is needed for all the WAITING!!! For most this is a long process. Use the time to educate yourself and learn as much about the surgery and life after surgery as you can. I was lucky and my insurance didn't require a 6 month supervised diet so I didn't haven't to wait near as long as most. I had my initial consult on March 15th and my surgery is scheduled for Monday May 16th. Good luck to you!!!

My guess would be that the authorization request that the doctor submitted didn't document any conditions that warranted having a sleep study......there are specific medical requirements necessary (that are determined by sleep disorder specialist) for an insurance company to pay for a sleep study......if your doctor believes a sleep study is medically necessary then they need to ensure the medical condition that warrants the sleep study is documented in their auth request. .....I worked with BCBS for 29 years. The medical policy that insurance companies follow is not something they just make up in order to not pay claims.....These policies are developed by doctors that specialize in whatever the policy covers.....When something is denied when it is actually medically necessary most often it's because the patients condition is not properly documented in the records provided to the insurance company by the doctor.... I am in no way saying insurance companies don't make mistakes because Lord knows they do!!! But insurance companies don't just deny medically necessary covered services for no reason.

OMGosh!!! Look at my surgery countdown ticker below!!! One day to go!!! geeeeeeezzzzzzzz!! (it always changes late in the evening).............This is really going to happen!!!