angie_is_losing_it

Yes I did. Totally normal. But it will be your last night of good sleep for a few weeks so try and get some rest!

Thank you so much for the tips!!!

Hello all...so I was sleeved March 11. I will be going to England on May 28th for 10 days. Can anyone give me some ideas of how am going to travel so far and still eat what I need? Btw I live in Idaho. So like a 12 hour flight from start to finish.

That's wonderful!!

Thank you for your encouraging words. I an trying really hard to not think so negatively.

My experience has been quite the opposite of what I was thinking would happen. I was sleeved March 11 and as of this moment in time I am feeling very regretful of my decision to do this. The pain was absolutely horrible. I have slightly managed to get my pain under control, but I only sleep like 2 hours at a time because I am so uncomfortable. Drinking my meals when I am starving is so hard. Compared to most other people on this site, I have a lot of negative feelings about this surgery.

I was sleeved March 11. Still in the very regretful stage. I'm so hungry all the time. I'm sick of shakes and water and sf jello and sf popsicles. I sleep terrible, inscision pain... I sincerely hope you all who haven't had it truly know what you are getting into. I felt like I did, but I couldn't have been more wrong.

Good luck to everyone. I was sleeved March 11 and it's been a pretty awful experience. I wish you all speedy healing!

I understand you 100%. I have two kids and a husband who obviously can eat whatever and its been very hard.

Is 2oz milk of magnesia okay to take?

I am still pretty confined to my bed. I get up to walk and pee and that's pretty much it. I started vitamins 4 days after surgery. They are chewable and I hate them. At this point I feel like I will never be able to be the person I was before surgery. I have serious "buyers remorse "... I am so hungry all the time. I drink two protein shakes a day. Plus lots of water. Broth tastes disgusting to me. I'm so sick of sugar free jello and popsicles. At the rate I am healing it will be summer before I drive. If you cant tell, I'm just super down about this while dang thing. Sorry to vent. I hope you are having an easier time.

I had surgery the same day. I've been eating protein shakes, sf jello, sf popsicles, sf pudding and water. I havent had a BM since March 9th. I dont feel like I have go go at all. So I'm the exact opposite as you. I'm sorry to hear you are having these troubles. I currently don't have very many positive things to say about this surgery.

I hear you! My surgery was March 11 and I get really bad hunger pains. This whole thing has been so much harder than I imagined.

I'm the same out as you and I have this exact issue. I try to sit up straight a lot and walk when I can. I am still have horrible inscision pain... but the sitting up straight seems to help.

So little update.. had to go to emergency room. Inscision pain was unbearable. They prescribed different medicine and more often. I was pretty scared there for awhile. I understand this was surgery, but I was absolutely fooling myself that it wouldn't be hard. I know lots of people here have these great stories about how effortless it all was, but in my case, that couldn't be farther from the truth.

I had gastric sleeve done at noon on Monday. The surgery itself went fine, but recovery has been god awful. I can barely stand without having horrible pain and I am lightheaded most of the time. I have been able to burp, but no farts. I have to be oxygen a lot as well. Can anyone out there relate to a slow healer?? I feel so discouraged.

My surgery is in 6 hours!!!! I'm pretty freakin nervous.

I truly understand you. I have surgery in 6 hours and I was on my all liquid diet all yesterday. I took my kids to my parents and my mom was making homemade cinnamon rolls. Talk about a test!!!! It does 100%, feel lonely. I cried before I went to bed last night. I haven't cried at all during this whole process. I haven't even had surgery yet and I'm already feeling like I cant do this. But mind over matter right?? We can do this!!!

Good luck to you as well!!!

Good luck!!

Hey there, congratulations!! I live in idaho. I hope everything goes well for you!

I had my first appointment with the surgeon on January 8th and I will be having surgery March 11.

Sorry to hear of your troubles. But better to take care of serious issues before surgery so you can be 100%! Good luck!!

Congratulations on getting started!! I am having VSG on March 11. I'm still a noob myself, but a couple things I would suggest... if you're a soda drinker, give it up now! Will be so much easier the sooner you do it. And take the remaining months you have educating yourself as much as you can about this complete life change. You got this!!

Thank you so much!! This totally helps!!!