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I was sleeved on April 18, 2018 by Saurabh Khandelwal M.D. at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle WA. Dr Khandelwal is the Director of the Weight Loss Center. He explained what was happening both before and after surgery and easy to understand terms.

My surgery was April 18, 2018. I have lost approximately 27 pounds since then. I found that if I started weaning myself off of certain foods and substances such as sugar and caffeine Before I needed to, it wasn’t too bad. You can do this!

I am in Renton, but I go to a meeting on the first Wednesday of the month and one on the third Friday of the month at UW at Roosevelt. Wednesday is for pre and post surgery and Friday is for post surgery.

Good for you and taking this very important step for your life. Just remember to relax and to breathe. Good luck tomorrow

I’m doing better thank you. I’m still not able to get all of my liquids or Protein in, but I am just doing what I can. I’m not really in pain, but the nausea is still there, and last night I had dry heave‘s. It’s just going slow. I’m sorry to hear about your issues and hope you are doing well. My regular doctor just increased the amount of heartburn medication for me to take and refilled the nausea medication. Hopefully this helps

I had my surgery on April 14, 2018. I also did not to do the preop diet, only the day before. I also felt like I wanted to eat like it was the last supper, no pun intended. The surgeon had set my weight loss before surgery at 11 pounds which was 5% of my bodyweight, And I ended up losing about 30 pounds. My surgeon urge to me at my preop appointment to not do the preop diet, and to maybe try to gain a couple of pounds so I wasn’t as close to the lower end of the BMI

I came home from the hospital emergency room late last night. I was told just to try to get in as many liquids as I’m able to.

I had my sleeve surgery on April 18, 2018. Today is April 21 and I have been home since the evening of the 19th. I have a lot of gurgling in my stomach when I drink both Protein and hydrating liquids. I don’t know if I’m getting enough in my system each day. I can’t really tell if I’m full.I don’t know if I’m getting enough in my system each day. I can’t really tell if I’m full.

I still get a lot of gas building up and was told by the surgeon to take something like Gas-X

I am almost a week out of surgery and I’m still having trouble with Protein and my hydrating liquids. I ended up going to the emergency room yesterday because I felt like I wasn’t getting enough fluids and Proteins, and if I drink more than about a tablespoon or two I get really bad heartburn and gas. The gurgling in the stomach Is also annoying. After a bunch of tests, everything seems to be OK, and I received some IV fluids before coming home last night. My surgeon told me not to worry as much about meeting the full amount and just to do what I’m able to do. Everybody handles the surgery differently. I had a sleeve gastrectomy

I still get a lot of gas building up and was told by the surgeon to take something like Gas-X

I am almost a week out of surgery and I’m still having trouble with Protein and my hydrating liquids. I ended up going to the emergency room yesterday because I felt like I wasn’t getting enough fluids and Proteins, and if I drink more than about a tablespoon or two I get really bad heartburn and gas. The gurgling in the stomach Is also annoying. After a bunch of tests, everything seems to be OK, and I received some IV fluids before coming home last night. My surgeon told me not to worry as much about meeting the full amount and just to do what I’m able to do. Everybody handles the surgery differently. I had a sleeve gastrectomy

Mine was April 18… I am so tired and sore

Thank you for this information. I am finding the only thing that is doesn’t make me nauseous or cause gas pains is about 2 oz of broth. I am on my fifth day out of surgery and I’m finding it quite painful. I will call my nutritionist and registered nurse tomorrow morning and find out what they suggest