Creekimp13

White Rice, Sugar, Corn Syrup. This is kinda like eating candy. A tiny bit once in a while won't kill ya, but it's not doing you any favors. The chips are a much better choice:)

I went in for my first consult in May, had my surgery in December. My insurance required 6 months of medically supervised weight loss, psychiatrist, upper GI (which ended up requiring an endoscopy due to what they found), chest X-ray, EKG, and labs.
Everyone kept the ball rolling and kept me on target...went very fast and worked out great:)

White Rice, Sugar, Corn Syrup. This is kinda like eating candy. A tiny bit once in a while won't kill ya, but it's not doing you any favors. The chips are a much better choice:)

I'd be doing a happy dance over 5 pounds a month. You didn't put it all on in a few months....takes time to lose it safely:) Be patient and stay healthy.

I'd be doing a happy dance over 5 pounds a month. You didn't put it all on in a few months....takes time to lose it safely:) Be patient and stay healthy.

I'm an oldschool Fitbit user. I like that it measures my calories burned, because that's my real goal everyday. I eat healthy and exercise until I have left a 1000 calorie deficit each day. If I want to eat more, I have to exercise more. If I want to take it easy, I go easier on the calories. Most days I burn 3000 calories. (now that I've been sleeved and have a calorie intake goal of around 1200 calories, this might change)

I like that the Fitbit (I use a Charger 2) keeps track of my sleep and heartrate and how my cardiovascular fitness is doing. I also like the challenges with other friends who use it.

I was the first surgery on Tuesday with my group, so with an arrival time of 5:30, I was up at 4am.
Got there and it all went very smoothly. They wanted a little last minute blood, they wanted a pregnancy pee test, then on to pre-surgery where I got a couple of shots and an IV catheter in my forearm. Everyone wants to know your name and birthdate...lol.
Had already taken the Emend pill for anti-nausea. Was given an antinausea patch behind my ear, and a motion sickness med. Also, a med for preventing blood clots.
Surgery went well. Woke up and learned that I'd had a small hiatal hernia that my doc tightened up to help prevent acid reflux.
Surgery was 7:30-9:30. I spent 9:30-12:30 in recovery. Was ready to leave at around 11, but there was a little delay getting my room ready. Got a few ice chips in recovery.
Around 12:30, I was wheeled up to my room. The pain from the surgical sites wasn't bad. The trapped gas, particularly in my shoulders, hurt like the dickens, though. Miserable feeling, but tolerable.
As soon as I got to my room, I asked to go to the bathroom. Got up without any problem, took myself to the toilet. (nurse did stand outside the door at first). Got out and said that standing upright made my gas pain feel much better, so asked if I could walk. Nurses seemed very enthusiastic about my willingness to walk and took me for a walk. I did a couple laps of the ward and wanted to sit down again.
So, then, I was given a little one ounce cup of Water to drink slow. Got some pain meds, some more anti nausea meds, some meds to encourage my guts to keep moving.
I drank my little one ounce cup without any issues for a couple hours in a row and they advanced me to drinking FOUR little one ounce cups per hour, and sucking on this plastic breathing thing ten times an hour. After a bit, they helped me put an order in to food service for some broth, Jello, and other Clear Liquids.
But here's the routine I had to follow (and am still following today)
10 sucks on the breathing thingy per hour, One or two small walks per hour. Four ounces of clear liquid per hour....drinking one ounce every 15 minutes in 10 little sips.
Yesterday at 6pm, they sent me home, and I've been doing the same schedule. Tomorrow, I'll alternate hours, and do 4 ounces of Protein Drink, then four ounces of clear fluid...alternating like this for at least 10 hours of the day. The goal is at least 40 ounces of Fluid per day.
I'll remain on Protein drink and clear fluids until my recheck a week from surgery. At that point, if all is well, I get cream of wheat, yogurt, pudding, and oat meal back in the rotation.
The toughest thing for me has been getting comfortable in bed. I'm a side sleeper and it's kinda painful...but wedging enough pillows around me helps. Also, I have a little narcotic medication in liquid form for home, that so far, I have only had to take at night.
Am feeling pretty good today! Still pooped, but getting my walks in.
One funny thing....they loaded me up so much with IV fluids that I actually gained about four pounds while away having surgery! All those swollen tissues must be holding a lot of Water. I was told this is very common and not to worry about it. Could also be a function of them taking me off my diuretic for a while until fluids get easier to swallow in bigger volumes.
Anyway...I'm doing great and wanted everyone to know the sleeve isn't that bad. The hardest part for me is all the meticulous measuring and making sure all my little recovery jobs are getting done. Walk, sip, suck. Rinse, repeat.
Good luck to everyone on a safe and effective outcome!

When I went on my pre surgery diet and now post op I started bringing drinks to potlucks—diet and regular coke to be exact people usually forget about drinks assuming people will bring their own, but on my team at least, people forget that a lot!

Walk every chance you can. It will help you bounce back so fast! Congrats!

Hi everyone,
I decided to have surgery after a small amount of time (one week after first seminar with extremely diligent research of various medical journals and studies ) and from my first meeting with the surgeon to surgery date was only five months. I feel like the brevity of the experience was an advantage for me not to talk myself out of it. Anyone else have a fairly quick experience?

Nop... Creekimp13, my doctor never talked to me about it, and when I told her about the surgery she was not too happy.
Also, when I come back to give her the sample letter for medical necessities, she told me that she would write the letter but I wouldn’t qualify for the surgery.
So, for her I am wasting my time...

I feel better today than yesterday.a little sore in my shoulders and stomach but other than that starting drinking chicken broth seems to go down pretty good..
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Yes, my doc wanted me to lose 10% of my body weight prior to surgery which was approximately 24lbs. I didn’t make it, I lost 16 but he was happy with that. He had me on the sandwich diet which is such a cruel name. Basically I was alternating a week of low carb and two weeks of liquid diet. It was hell and I was a cheater.

You can do it!

Wow! Your doc never mentioned it, Gretsada? My general practitioner has been begging me to consider weight loss surgery for 15 years. He's convinced it's going to vastly improve my life....and I think he might be right:)

It'll be over before you know it. You'll have a couple of rough days, then on to your new life!
This wasn't a random decision...you put a LOT of thought into this and jumped through a lot of hoops.
Trust your saner self....who isn't freaking out over the immediate circumstances.
You got this. It'll be ok!

Wow! Your doc never mentioned it, Gretsada? My general practitioner has been begging me to consider weight loss surgery for 15 years. He's convinced it's going to vastly improve my life....and I think he might be right:)

I'm with you. Providing a little education for those who sincerely are interested is worth the gossip. I told the town gossip about my surgery purely because it's always so much fun to find out things about myself that I never knew! LOL.

If you're someone who takes stupidity to heart and feels crushed when people are wrong about you....don't do it. If you have a thick skin and a good attitude...the world needs more advocates of truth and education. Desperately.

Also....what your friend would choose...isn't always what's best for you. You are two different people. And that's ok:)

I'm with you. Providing a little education for those who sincerely are interested is worth the gossip. I told the town gossip about my surgery purely because it's always so much fun to find out things about myself that I never knew! LOL.

If you're someone who takes stupidity to heart and feels crushed when people are wrong about you....don't do it. If you have a thick skin and a good attitude...the world needs more advocates of truth and education. Desperately.

Also....what your friend would choose...isn't always what's best for you. You are two different people. And that's ok:)

It'll be over before you know it. You'll have a couple of rough days, then on to your new life!
This wasn't a random decision...you put a LOT of thought into this and jumped through a lot of hoops.
Trust your saner self....who isn't freaking out over the immediate circumstances.
You got this. It'll be ok!

I just wanted to say I'm really sorry you're hurting and that I'm sending good thoughts. Sure hope you feel better soon.

Happened to me too but I wasn't blessed with thick hair to begin with. But the ray of hope is it WILL stop falling out and it will grow back. I know it sucks right now, but it will be okay in a few months! Mine started going around 6 months and it's starting to grow back at 10 months.

Are you still having an issue? I still have a spot the size of my fist on my upper right quad. I could literally draw a circle around it. I had surgery on 11/10/17. I am told it is something like subcutaneous nerve damage from being on the surgery table so long...but it is on the top of my quad, not the back or bottom. What I have been reading is that it is just like when your legs fall asleep after sitting in a position for too long, you normally adjust and it goes away, but in surgery you can't adjust so you can develop some nerve damage.
My surgeon told me that this should resolve itself in 4-6 weeks. This Friday will be 6 weeks and it is still just as numb as the day after. I just was reading some other medical blogs that were saying that sometimes nerve damage can take 6 months or more to recover, and sometimes never go away.
I find that my spot drives me nuts more at night with itching - mainly right before bed.

Oh really! I'm hvng some broth tomorrow then :-)

I had that 2... I thought my legs were gonna go out turns out I needed more sodium... all better now

Wheeew! He said since its in a certain spot (forget which nerve he said) that it's probably just from the positioning when they did surgery so it's ok. Should get the feeling back any time or within a couple weeks. No big deal cuz its above my knee I guess :-)