BrooklynSleeved

Hello everyone! Been watching this forum for a while but this is my first post. Had my VSG on June 28,2018 and had a terrible ordeal (enlarged liver, surgeon found a hernia and had to repair it, extreme vomiting for 2.5 days straight in the hospital, and severe dehydration because I was too afraid to swallow anything but my own saliva). But I made it through! 8 days post-op today and I've been on nothing but broth, Jello, ice chips and popsicles and I'm sick of it! I also have a lot of the air/gas they put in me for the procedure and it's like a every 10-20mins painful surge that goes thru your stomach and chest, like contractions or something, and I just have to brace myself until it passes. Can't wait till all the gas is out. Other than that I don't have much major pain, but if I do, codine is right there next to me to lend its druggy hand.. Moderately of course [emoji57].. But!! As you all know it was July 4th was this week and they were BQQing on my block, so my friends and BF came over. And the way my mouth drooled over those ribs, hot dogs, burgers, and MAC AND cheese, you would've thought I was a rabid animal lmao. But nonetheless, I just rolled my eyes at each scrumptious plate passing my face and drank my dinner and followed up with my strawberry and lemon Jello to make me feel better. And I all kept saying in my head was "You're gonna look better than all of them one day, so don't worry and keep going." [emoji18] That leads me to the bright side of all these pain and struggles-- 19lbs downs as of today!!! Whoop whoop!!! ((HAPPY DANCE)) Now I'm sure it's mostly due to the clear liquid diet I've been on, but still what a difference a week makes! My current struggle is getting all this Water (64oz) down in one day, i barely finish a 16 oz bottle in one day, but I'm trying because dehydration is SCARY!!.. Keep going guys we can do this!!! [emoji4] STATS: VSG 6/28/18 ... HW 265lbs, SW 257lbs, CW 241lbs !!!! ------> Follow me @ -----> BrooklynSleeved (all Bariatric forums, IG, Snapchat, and YT) [emoji8][emoji173]

@libbyleeb Wow hello fellow Brooklynite! And congrats on your new surgery. Its sucks that broth is not only our enemy, but it's also our best friend lol[emoji17][emoji17] @BrooklynSleeved (all Bariatric forums, IG, Snapchat, and YT) VSG 6/28/18.. HW 265lbs, SW 257lbs, CW 243lbs !!!!

@bluebutterfly Thank you! @BrooklynSleeved (all Bariatric forums, IG, Snapchat, and YT) VSG 6/28/18.. HW 265lbs, SW 257lbs, CW 243lbs !!!!

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Don't over pack. I did the same and only pulled out my phone charger, lip balm, lotion and comb. I literally had no desire to read or watch anything. I walked in the gown they gave me because I was too sick to change, but if you do want to change bring something easy to slip on like a really loose house dress. Nothing fancy. And I walked in the socks they gave me and threw them out when I was leaving. I did not want to use you much of my own stuff and bring it home with anything from the hospital. BrooklynSleeved (IG, Snapchat, YT)

Congrats on your recent surgery !!!

Hello everyone! Been watching this forum for a while but this is my first post. Had my VSG on June 28,2018 and had a terrible ordeal (enlarged liver, surgeon found a hernia and had to repair it, extreme vomiting for 2.5 days straight in the hospital, and severe dehydration because I was too afraid to swallow anything but my own saliva). But I made it through! 7days post-op today and I've been on nothing but broth, Jello, ice chips and popsicles and I'm sick of it! I also have a lot of the air/gas they put in me for the procedure and it's like a every 10-20mins painful surge that goes thru your stomach and chest, like contractions or something, and I just have to brace myself until it passes. Can't wait till all the gas is out. Other than that I don't have much major pain, but if I do, codine is right there next to me to lend its druggy hand.. But! As you know it was July 4th yesterday and they were BQQing on my block, so my friends and BF came over. And the way my mouth drooled over those ribs, hot dogs, burgers, and MAC AND cheese, you would've thought I was a rabid animal lmao. But nonetheless, I just rolled my eyes at each scrumptious plate passing my face and drank my dinner and followed up with my strawberry and lemon jello to make me feel better. And I all kept saying in my head was "You're gonna look better than all of them one day, so don't worry and keep going." Lmao! That leads me to the bright side of all these pain and struggles-- 17lbs downs as of today!!! Whoop whoop!!! ((HAPPY DANCE)) Now I'm sure it's mostly due to the clear liquid diet I've been on, but still what a difference a week makes! My current struggle is getting all this water (64oz) down in one day, i barely finish a 16 oz bottle in one day, but I'm trying because dehydration is SCARY!!.. Keep going guys we can do this!!! [emoji4]