sleevingbeauty321

Has anybody gotten a hernia after surgery due to too much strain? If so, how does it feel and what are the symptoms? My surgery was on 1/30 and I haven't done any core exercises yet but lately I haven't been sticking to the 20lb lifting restriction like I should. I was told to continue the lifting restriction until the end of this month. However, I got really sick of always asking others to help me with moving things or picking things up etc, so I just started doing it myself. Now, this past week I've started feeling this pain in my abdominal area. It's not severe pain but it is uncomfortable and not something I've felt before. Should I be worried?

I think 2 weeks is fine, that's what my surgeon recommends to all of his patients. It also depends on how you feel, some feel fine after one week. Unfortunately there's no way to know for sure how your body will take it. I would recommend taking the 2 weeks off, and if you're feeling better after one week, see if they can adjust your pto and get you back into work early. Better to be safe than sorry

In the months before my surgery i set money aside to cover the time off I needed because I don't get any paid time off.

I also work a desk job, I thought I would be able to go back to work after one week since my job is fairly easy. However I was very wrong, I had a very rough recovery, I was in a lot more pain than I thought I would be in and I'm lucky my boss was understanding and let me take an extra week off. Although I did take it unpaid for both weeks, my body needed that time to recover

Honestly one of the main reasons that I want to go back on the pill is because it helped with my breakouts. I'm not sure how the other birth control methods work and if they also help with breakouts

I asked about my nose ring and if I was allowed to were a plastic retainer in place during the surgery since my nose piercing would close up right away. He told me that was fine, and I took out all of my other piercings. Just about everything else they covered before I even had to ask, they were very very thorough at my pre op appt.

Thanks! I will talk to my surgeon at my next appt and see what he says, I may look into alternatives to the pill

I was sleeved on Jan 30th and I am considering going back on birth control pills. Does anyone know how soon it would be safe to do so?

Thank you! Very helpful!

What does everybody eat for the soft foods stage? I feel like I'm stuck on protein shakes and apple sauce still. What are some healthy soft foods options?

Thank you!!! This saves me so much time!

So I know that I'm not supposed to drink anything half an hour before, during, and half an hour after my meals. But do my protein shakes count as a meal in that sense? Is it important to wait the 30 minutes before and after drinking the shakes? Just plain premier protein shakes not blended with anything

Thank you. I have my one month appt on the 27th and hopefully I will get cleared to do more, in the mean time I will try walking at a faster pace to get my heart rate up and see if that helps

I had the same issue, I was taking miralax everyday but it did not work for me. I even tried drinking some diluted prune juice, which did give me the urge to go BUT i still couldn't. The only thing that helped was going off of the pain medication. About 2 days after taking no pain medication I was able to go to the bathroom again and can go regularly now

Are you still taking pain medicine?