Ed_NW

I hope all that tightness goes away soon for you. I know the sooner we can get moving around the quicker we progress.

These taste like the packets in Top Ramon and are way better.

I can get around without much problem. I think it's because they didn't have to do the hiatal hernia repair. That causes the tight feeling when getting up. Did you have that?

I'm doing better as the days progress. I keep forgetting to sip then get the chest pain. I'm selling a simi truck at work and I've been doing some running around getting it prepared but don't feel like I'm overdoing it. How are you doing?

I think you should stay at least one night. Hopefully they have a good pre-op liver shrinking diet.

The duodenum is the section of intestine connected to the bottom of the stomach that mixes the digestive juices from the pancreas (insulin) and the gallbladder (bile) and it along with the remaining part of the stomach is reconnected further down stream.

It's not much of a revision. The sleeve was first done as a pre surgery for the super obese to loose enough weight to get the RNY safely. Just picture the anatomy of an RNY with part of the stomach already removed.

I used sparkling water when I weened off the Diet Cokes. After a few weeks of smart water sparkling I no longer liked Diet Coke. Then after the surgery, no carbonated beverages. Use Excedrin before surgery if you want a slow taper from caffeine but stop those before surgery too.

A lot of people use the grabber.

We have Cheech and Chong here in the USA so we are familiar with the water pipe AKA Bong. LOL

They say no smoking but you can probably switch to another method. Just watch the sugar.

It's normal, I felt the same way. I'm at day 4 post op and water makes me full. The feeling in your gut just keeps changing.

I was told I didn't have to wait to drink until stage 2

Hi, It went well. It was a strange experience to say the least. I was totally in control until I met the anesthesiologist . It seemed like after she started talking to me, it was no time and I was waking up in recovery. It took awhile to figure out what was going on. It seemed like a lot of people wanted to start giving me instructions right away. LOL First major surgery for me. I hope everything went well for you.

Yes it seems to be. It all seems to get better day by day. On day 4 post op, water makes me full. Crazy stuff... LOL

I had surgery on Monday and all of the sudden broth is repulsive to me as well. I like the SF pop cycles on this stage. My clear liquid stage is pretty strict too.

I had my RNY on Monday and they told me to take 3000 mg of Acetaminophen per day and it works great. They gave me some Oxycodone too and that just makes me feel loopy.

Support from your loved ones is everything. Good luck!

Hi all, I just had my surgery on Monday. After surgery, I kept drinking too much water because I was walking through the desert thirsty. My brain said keep drinking but my new plumbing said slow down! I think i'm finally getting the hang of sipping out of the one ounce cups. That's a tough lesson to learn.

That's a good app for keeping track of your water and vitamins. You can set your protein to 80+ grams as a goal. If it gets boring down the road like things get for me, just do high protein low carb.

Try Poweraid zero. Most of the time it's related to electrolytes. Low blood pressure would be the other thing.

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That's just some product endorsement going on there. I usually don't suggest going against what your Dr. says but there's no reason why you can't try a different brand that will go down better as long as it does the same thing. Premiere is probably the #1 premixed protein drink purchased by WLS patients in the U.S.

I live real close to Canada in NW Washington and we use duct tape for everything. Just sayin...

Me too, I check in at 9:20. Good luck!