deekel8

Omgosh ive watched so many surgeries of the sleeve. Im obsessed. I asked my dr to video mine and he said ok!!!! Lol
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I dont think i will be able to sleep tonight!!!!!!!!!! Do you all think it will b ok if i take zquil tonight?
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Lol, I am so nervous and scared. But I will not watch videos on it. When I had the endoscopy, the day before I watched videos on what to expect and the day of I was so scared lmao. Not doing that with this surgery

Guyssssssss tomorrow is surgery day !!!!!!

The pre op liquid was the hardest for me. I suggest you get the sugar free Popsicles. And also the sugar free Jello. They were life savers for me. Just keep looking ahead to the big picture .thats what kept me going .i had my surgery last week and I'm on my last day of thin liquids. It's much easier afterwards .you don't have much of an appetite. Good luck
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I did the same ChaCha. I think I'm going to get a mani/pedi tonight to calm my nerves a little bit. I am feeling so anxious right now.
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I tried to stay busy this weekend to keep my mind off how nervous I am. House clean, laundry done, yard done, groceries bought, etc. I still have to pack a bag for my son and I, but I figure I will need something to do tomorrow night to occupy my mind.
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I'm so excited I can hardly wait to be headed for the losers bench. Just in case tomorrow is crazy, good luck to you guys and may you have a safe procedure.
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Omg 1 day left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wooowooooo. We are oh so close. Im so ready to clean out the fat clothes too. Instill need to pack. Washing clothes now!!!!! Btw i ate one chip with hot saice
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Ok friends, it's getting real! Milk of Magnesia tonite, then only liquids tomorrow (this week i was allowed yogurt, Jello and pudding in addition to liquids)
All packed. I'm so ready to get rid of fat clothes, lol
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Ok friends, it's getting real! Milk of Magnesia tonite, then only liquids tomorrow (this week i was allowed yogurt, Jello and pudding in addition to liquids)
All packed. I'm so ready to get rid of fat clothes, lol
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Ok friends, it's getting real! Milk of Magnesia tonite, then only liquids tomorrow (this week i was allowed yogurt, Jello and pudding in addition to liquids)
All packed. I'm so ready to get rid of fat clothes, lol
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Can it really be 5 days since I got sleeved? Well, I'm counting the days until I meet with the doctor and get cleared to eat pureed food. I must say that considering I am on liquids, I really am not hungry. I just want something to chew! Soreness is going away. No real pain. I never got my Rx filled as I decided to tough it out. Swallowing is still a chore. I certainly know when my sip is too big because my stomach retaliates. The easiest thing to go down are the sugar-free Luigi's ices since they just melt and slide down on their own. Hope everyone else is getting along well.

Was in the hospital gown the entire time, so nightgown/pjs not needed. Wouldn't let me shower, so shampoo/body wash etc, not needed. Didn't need baby spoons, they provided spoons, but believe me, you really won't want to eat. Water was my only friend. Biotene helped since I couldn't drink anything the day of surgery. Headphones/earbuds definitely helped since I had a snoring roommate. My hospital gave me a pillow with the sleeve procedure diagram on it - it was an autograph pillow, so my nurses and doctors signed it...lol.

At my puréed stage,I began to have issues with the food going down. I had an endoscopy, and they found that some of my surgical staples had migrated and caused an ulcer, ultimately causing a structure. I was only 6 weeks out, so they weren't able to dilate me. The GI doc told me to come back in a month and he would attempt to dilate me when I was more healed. I contacted my bariatric surgeon who told me to just deal with the GI doc. The GI doc told me to come back in a month. I guess no one seemed to care that I was NOT eating ANYTHING. Water was the only thing that could go down. 4 weeks later, I had another endoscopy. The ulcer was unchanged and deep so they were not able to dilate me. Now I'm 10 weeks post op and still not eating. Drinking only water and again, no doctors seemed concerned. Month 3 post op, at work I began to have chest pain and palpitations. I ended up in the emergency department later that night. My potassium was critically low, my heart rate was in the 30's, my pre albumin (determines malnutrition) was dangerously low, as were all of my Vitamins. Also abnormal was my troponin, which shows damage done to the heart). (Critically low were thiamine and b12). I had been using the vitamin patches bought through the bariatric site and my NUT told me that I, essentially was without any victim and for 3 months!! He says that there is no way that vitamins absorb through the skin!) I was in the telemetry department for 8 days. They did yet another endoscopy which showed no changes to the ulcer, so -yup-you guessed it--they could not dilate me. So I finally asked them what their plan B was since if I couldn't be dilated, then I couldn't eat and it would be a continuous cycle. They decided to place a PICC line into my arm (a semi-permanent IV line that can stay in my arm for up to a year) and to give me TPN which is nutrition that is given through the PICC line. The first time they gave me the TPN, I had an anaphylactic reaction to it, so they had to modify it. The following day, I got TPN successfully. I was to be discharged on day 8 and would be getting TPN at home. On day 9 (my first day home) I developed severe pain in the arm where my picc line was. I went to the doctor who sent me for an ultrasound of that arm. I was diagnosed with 2 DVTs (blood clots in the vessel) in my upper arm. So out came the PICC line-and therefore no TPN. Week 14, I went for yet another endoscopy. Since I had been receiving the Protein my body needed to heal, my ulcer had healed! I was able to be dilated! I was on liquids for 3 days and on day 4, I ate soft food!!! It went down!!! No pain! No vomiting! I was fixed.....or so I thought. Two days ago, I began to have pain when I ate. Then vomiting. And the nausea is severe. So now I'm faced with my 5th endoscopy next week with placement of a stent to hold the opening open for 3 weeks and then I pray that this is the end of my complications. I know they tell you complications you can have. I just didn't expect to have ALL of them at the same time. And believe it or not, throughout this whole ordeal, I still do not regret my decision to have this surgery.
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Someone post op called it the death rattle, lol. She said I'd know what she meant when I heard it, and not to let it freak me out. Sent from my VS990 using the BariatricPal App

My surgery is July 28 2016
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Ok, so here's the pep talk I give myself when I smell something good and am tempted to cheat on liquid diet. Maybe it'll help someone else.
"Hang in there! You are sooo close. When you smell something good, get up and brush your teeth. Or smell something peppermint, lemon or whatever scent you like. Drink a bunch of things to get through it, whether its mint tea, Vitamin Water Zero, broth, etc. You can do it! Remember you will be able to eat things you love again in a couple of months, just in normal portions"
WE GOT THIS!
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Great list. I went and did my shopping tonight! Super exciting. 2 DAYS!!!!!!!!!
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Here's a list I've started, although I've heard alot of peeps say to pack next to nothing. Like, am I REALLY gonna want to put makeup on? *Gas X strips (although my surgeon said dont, the nurses will be mad if you self medicate)
*toothpaste
*toothbrush
*biotene spray
*listerene strips
*those little disposable toothbrushes with paste on (colgate maybe?)
*hair ties
*Makeup?
*Shampoo
*Conditioner
*Body wash
*Magazines
(Some said we wouldnt be able to focus on a book on pain meds)
*Ipad/charger
*Cell/charger
*Ear buds
(If u dont have a long charger cord bring extension cord)
*Eye mask
*Ear plugs
*Chapstick
*Lotion
*Pads
*Brush
*Driver's license
*Insurance card
*Glasses
*Cpap
*Slippers
*Nightgown?
*Robe?
*Pillow (for ride home)
*Baby spoons
*Go home comfy outfit
*Undies
*Flip flops
*Heating pad?
*Medications (bariatric folder says to bring)
*Bariatric folder
This is what I've come up with. If you have any opinions or ideas let me know!
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It's funny I had my surgery Monday, I wore a comfy outfit there, which I then used to come home, the rest of the time I was in a hospital gown. I wasn't allowed to shower until I got home, so no Shampoo or body wash for me. I don't think you'd need the baby spoons because all I was allowed was liquid while in there. Definitely didn't care about makeup..lol. I was fine with no heading pad or gas x till I got home. They have you on pain meds and at least for me the gas wasn't too bad until I got home anyways. I brought my license and insurance card, but they never asked for them, so my husband took them home. All I really brought was a small bag with my toothbrush, biotene, hair brush, cell and charger, and a spare pair of undies(you never know..lol) and pads because my lovely friend showed up that morning.
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You did @@deekel8
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@@FrankiesGirl is right, weight loss is 80-90% diet related. @ Gave you the right tips about getting back to basics.
If you are eating carbs and sugar, and snacking, a 3rd surgery is useless for you. You can do all of that with bypass too.
I'm not even sure you can revise from the sleeve to bypass, the revision from the sleeve is DS and no reputable surgeon would do that surgery on you with so little to lose.
Work on your diet, if you gave up carbs/sugar/snacking you could lose. A surgery can't do all the work for you, you have to contribute.
@@deekel8 The sleeve is the first step of the DS, not bypass. The sleeve was used for people that were too heavy for the long surgery that bypass requires.

Let it go in one ear and out the other. I have told very few people for that very reason. But some have been questioning. I just pretend to listen and fantasize about all the amazing clothes my small body will be wearing. Keep your eye on the prize. A new healthy and happy you!!!! So glad we are all in this together. Nobody NOBODY understands like we all do. So excited you are a day before us so as soon as you are up and about check in on MONDAY!!!! we will all be eagerly waiting. Prayers for you girl!!!! We got this!!!!!!!
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