Hollyhock

I am right there with you. My surgery is tomorrow too and I also feel anxious. I've managed to keep myself pretty busy doing things like pureeing chicken, making frozen Protein Shakes out of chicken Soup, and other preparations. Also, we are putting in my a wood stove. Activity keeps me from getting too anxious.

My surgery is tomorrow and I'm getting really nervous. So I guess I will be weighing in, so to speak, in a few days. I am six days behind you. Eek!
My husband has been very supportive. We just bought a wood stove and it will be fully connected while I am in the hospital. So I can sit by a nice warm fire to ease my misery.
I made myself a bunch of trays of chicken broth, turkey broth and miso broth blended with unflavored Protein powder, and pureed the chicken from the Soup and put it up in ice cube trays in the freezer. I labelled it for the hubby. He doesn't cook so I don't have to worry about bizarre barbecuing behavior. You ladies have my empathy. I think he'll express himself by starting fires in the stove which is fine by me.
I would like to have some sleeve buddies too.

My sleeve was 01/23/17. My husbands BD was 1/26. He barbecued. It didn't bother me as much as I thought it would , (sorry to burst his bubble...not!). Thankfully I still don't have an appetite. I gotta make myself remember to drink the shakes and eat the broth which I hate with a passion.
Still grateful for the surgery though!
Wishing weeks away to get back to chewing real food... (in moderation).
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I had mine on 1/11/17. Yes that feeling will go away. Just drink those liquids slowly. You need to heal. It's a challenge. And I'm sick of liquid. Just moved on to next stage. And it's good to be chewing again. But just can't get it all down. Key words are chew chew chew. And slow slow slow.
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I had gastric bypass Jan 17 so far I'm doing pretty well getting in 64 oz of Fluid and 80-90 grams of Protein. I started walking 1 hour a day on my treadmill. I have a little pain still. And tire easy. Emotions run wild and sometimes I just wake up crying my eyes out but I am going through a divorce so that's that.
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Jan 19th for me. One ly twice have I been able to get 3 Protein shakes in. Seriously a full time job.
My only problem has been finding the right amount of benefiber. Frustrating.
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I was january 19 i would love to have sleeve buddies
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Good morning!
OK, so I did not meet my goals yesterday for liquids, Protein or Calcium. But I did better. Herbal tea for Breakfast, probably 12 oz of a 16 Oz Water bottle mixed with crystal light and 30 g. Protein powder and an entire container of vanilla triple zero yogurt. Took me an hour to finish it the yogurt, one teaspoon every 5 mins. Also took some stool softeners which, happily, are starting to work!
This morning I made a shake with vanilla Premier Protein, 1/2 frozen ripe banana, 2 T PB2 (Peanut Butter powder), ice and addition Protein Powder. This should be a whopping 66 g of protein! And it's yummy. But my tummy still prefers warm to cold.
I find my body running cold. I have been wearing my favorite Beach dresses with a sweater and socks (homeless fashionista) and staying under blankets when I'm not up and doing stuff.
A frying vacationing in Barbados keeps sending me food pictures (yes she knows about the surgery.) DH keeps bringing more food into the house and parading it by me. Then he decides to become chef-boy-r-d and starts cooking all kinds of things. Then comes out and starts describing the meal he has just made for himself. I almost stared to cry. He looked at me and said "oh I guess you don't want to hear about it?" Arrgh.
He then made some homemade chicken broth which he offered up. I told him it had to be strained. Which he did. When I saw the container he had I asked if that was a layer of fat on top that needed to come off. He got insulted and snapped that it was just Soup. He poured me a bowl, very proud of himself. I felt sick as I looked at the glistening fat on the broth. I ate 2 spoonfuls. Then got rid of it as discretely as I could. Sigh.
Also braved the scale. The first read out was LO which I assumed meant Laughing Out Loud. Sigh.
Smells are getting easier to tolerate, but feelings may be getting more sensitive.
How is everyone else doing?
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Hey misty yeah on purred food at the moment and find eating with a teaspoon really helps, slowing down the speed which I eat due to go back to work on Monday but I have an office job so should be fine, but literally the day after surgery I was fine with no pain
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Me too! My swelling is so bad! I went in the hospital at 239. And came out of the hospital at 251. Thats how much fluids and swelling I had. I hope it goes away soon for for the both of us. Misty

Hey Misty, I had my op on the 14th January in Glasgow in Scotland, i started off at 131kg pre op diet and at the moment I am 118kg as of this morning scales.
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Hi! Im looking for a partner. I had my surgery done on the 24th
I think it would be great to share our lows and our highs. Share our journey together. So, if you're a female, (nothing againist you men) its just women I can talk with
Please send me a message. Thank you!
Misty

I agree with MrsPenguin, call your doctor. You don't want to get dehydrated.
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I had to laugh at your aliens comment! Such a good description...and accurate for me at 7 weeks.

@@Brianajubert I had my surgery on 1/24. I threw up immediately after surgery and that night. I haven't thrown up since, which I'm SO happy about. My gas pains have been the hardest part and I feel it in my stomach, chest, shoulders and back. The more I stand up and walk they go away. Today has been surprisingly easy. I too had a runny nose and itchy throat plus the tube they put down your throat has to irritate it. There were a few times today that I had a tickle in my throats and holy hell coughing hurts! I hear some days are better than others but what's really helped are the following:
1) Gas-x strips. These have been a HUGE life saver. (I usually take two every four hours)
2) Walk, walk, walk
3) Sit up straight when you're laying down or in bed. (The nurse told me this helps alleviate the gas pains and she was right!)
4) I took my first shower today and immediately felt refreshed and less uncomfortable.
5) I hug my pillow against my stomach even when I'm asleep. It helps SO much with pain from moving, coughing and sneezing.
6) Ask someone to burp you like a baby. Sounds weird but I had my mom pat on my back while I was sitting up and I burped at least twice and WOW did that give me immediate relief!!
For me, my anxiety can psyche me out and make me feel worse so waking up today and feeling good really made my anxiety go away. Watching funny shows or movies is distracting as well. Just not too funny because laughing is no fun this soon!
Just hang in there! I've been getting so many words of encouragement from people on this app and that keeps my mind at ease. Stay strong and like @@LittleLizzieLilliput said, we had a major surgery so we're already badasses for making this change!!! I have 6 incisions and the nurses said it's the equivalent of basically being stabbed 6 times. That makes the process and our choice sound pretty badass!
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It took me about 8 weeks to feel fairly "normal", it took 12 weeks to find my New Normal. Some people go MUCH more quickly.
But remember, you just had something MASSIVE done to your body. Having 80% of your stomach removed is no minor or small thing. It is MAJOR and you need to treat yourself like a trauma victim, be kind, be loving, be patient.
Swallowing was bizarre and didn't feel "normal" for 6 weeks at least. Eating didn't feel "normal" for 12 weeks.
Are you on a Proto-Pump Inhibitor (anti-acid)? That can also add to the odd sensations.
But for reals, it took about 3 months until I didn't feel like my esophagus, stomach and tastebuds were being run by aliens.
Also, your other symptoms sound like you might be coming down with a cold. You might want to call your surgeon's office and let them know. I don't' think those are signs of infections but any time you feel something not right or great amounts of discomfort, you should call them.

I had vsg on 1/23 and first couple of days were rough. I voimitted the first night, bad gas pain, & i was just miserable. Now on day 3, im not in pain but to the fluids i need is hard cause im full. I also have a runny nose, sneezing, diarrhea, and muscles feel like i just worked out. I dont feel like myself which is causing doubt. Did anyone else felt like this and if so how long did it last
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I've been wrestling with a similar dilemma. There was no medical reason compelling one surgery over another since I don't have diabetes or binge eat sweets. The doctor recommended sleeve because there are fewer potential complications. Also, he feels I have a higher than average risk for ulcers due to a previous ulcer.
Earlier this week I was panicking because I felt like my diet was deteriorating and maybe I needed dumping syndrome as a tool. I called and spoke to the dietician. She had me read my food diaries to her and told me she thought I was actually making reasonable decisions, and that I would do well with the sleeve.
I feel relieved. I think anxiety just increases as surgery approaches. Also, it's hard to make a decision because I don't have any experience of not feeling too much hunger for my body. So I don't know what life will be like if I don't feel that degree of hunger.
I can really empathize with your agonizing over which one, especially if two different docs are telling you two different things. My doc's reasoning was: bypass is better for diabetics, people with severe sweet cravings leading to binging, and people with serious GERD. Sleeve is the better option without those indicators, and for people with a history of ulcers. I really trust him a lot.

It's sort of like having babies. Your baby isn't better if you had it without a cesarian or without anesthesia. It's just delivered differently. I never understood getting "macho" about how babies are born. The most important thing about the baby is that it is born!

I've been wrestling with a similar dilemma. There was no medical reason compelling one surgery over another since I don't have diabetes or binge eat sweets. The doctor recommended sleeve because there are fewer potential complications. Also, he feels I have a higher than average risk for ulcers due to a previous ulcer.
Earlier this week I was panicking because I felt like my diet was deteriorating and maybe I needed dumping syndrome as a tool. I called and spoke to the dietician. She had me read my food diaries to her and told me she thought I was actually making reasonable decisions, and that I would do well with the sleeve.
I feel relieved. I think anxiety just increases as surgery approaches. Also, it's hard to make a decision because I don't have any experience of not feeling too much hunger for my body. So I don't know what life will be like if I don't feel that degree of hunger.
I can really empathize with your agonizing over which one, especially if two different docs are telling you two different things. My doc's reasoning was: bypass is better for diabetics, people with severe sweet cravings leading to binging, and people with serious GERD. Sleeve is the better option without those indicators, and for people with a history of ulcers. I really trust him a lot.

Was just watching GMA (Good Morning America) they had two girls who lost a lot of weight and were half their size. I guess they're featured in People's Magazine because they had the editor on there and they asked why they choose those particular girls. Her response was because they lost weight the hard way no surgery no gimmicks. It really upset me to hear that because it feeds into the idea that surgery is the easy way to lose weight, but if only they knew the dedication and hard work we put in as well. I wish people would educate more before opening their mouths about anything. I don't know why it has to be a competition anyways as to who lost weight "naturally" and who got surgery. Either way you lost the weight, you're getting healthy, no way is better than the other. Okay rant over lol
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And even more importantly, who is the idiot who thought it would be a good idea to buy? I was canvassing the house looking for a small cooler. I need to be able to transport a couple of meals of refrigerated items from time to time, and I knew we had something somewhere. I queried Mrs. LittleBill through the modern miracle of texting. She replied that she was pretty sure we had a soft sided one down in the laundry room. I found it. It was some sort of corporate gift, as evidenced by the company name proudly emblazoned on the top. And, it looked like it would probably be a serviceable, if not ideal cooler. But then I pulled it off the shelf.
Some mental giant designed the thing with two CUP HOLDERS in the top. Now, on the face of it, that might seem like a great idea. Cup holders on your cooler. It evokes images of happy people sitting around on the ground, or even a bench somewhere, quaffing their drinks, which are ready to hand at a convenient location, because their soft sided cooler has cup holders in the top! But let's think about this for just a moment.
Soft sided coolers, by definition, are SOFT! They have no real structural rigidity of their own. While they may be very good at containing items, they really aren't designed to HOLD THINGS UP. They can't even hold THEMSELVES up! You have to stuff them FULL of something to get that. But wait! When you stuff your soft sided cooler FULL, where are the cup holders going to go!?!?! Do you make two little holes in your food, ice, and extra drinks? How do you close the thing up? Maybe you wiggle your cup slowly and gently every time you push it into the holder, so whatever is inside is pushed to the sides as the holder extends itself into the interior of the cooler. One thing is for sure. You ain't a gonna put an opened drink into that cup holder while the flap of a lid is open, and then slam it down to close it. :P
In the whole scheme of things, this really isn't that important. But I am sitting here with not a whole lot to do at the moment, and I felt like venting my spleen where it concerns the wiz bang brain trusts of the corporate world. On the plus side, I found a rigid Little Playmate that cleaned up real nice. It has no cup holders, but I can make do. What it DOES have, is a bullet hole decal someone put on it years ago. At the least, it will help me establish my redneck credentials without any effort on my part. And the way things are around here, this is as close as I am getting to anything that is described by the term Playmate.

I was all set for the sleeve then they said with the GERD I should go bypass. I then talked to surgeons partner he thinks sleeve since I live about 2 hours from major medical facility? He asked if I had a hiatal hernia I told him I had EGD and they did not mention it?? I now have read signs and symptoms of GERD and hiatal hernia I have s/s of both ?? Help I need advice!! So nervous worried about everything.
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I initially asked for a gastric bypass. However, due to previous surgeries my Doc was concerned about scar tissue. Asked me if there was to much scar tissue would I settle for a sleeve? I told my Doc I was concern about my gerd getting worst do to a sleeve. He assured me that it would not because they've basically figured out why the sleeve was causing the gerd. So I awaken with the sleeve and no gerd. I'm happy I ended up with the sleeve. Statistic has it that the sleeve is the safest and least complicated than all other weight loss surgeries. That is probably why your surgeons friend said sleeve given your distance away.
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I am right there with you. I was recently scheduled for the end of this month. Ever since I got my date, my diet has deteriorated. I think it's because I'm so worried about it. Tomorrow morning my husband is going grocery shopping and getting the food I should be eating to help me out. (Usually I do it.). I think what I'm going to do is to go back to the intensive outpatient counseling program I was a part of last year for people with eating disorders. The extra support will be very helpful until I am really sure I can do it on my own.