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I am also finding it difficult to take small sips. I mean I'm thirsty so why can't I just drink at a rate that is comfortable to me. Clear liquids go down very easily.

My first lot are at 3 months

Great info and probably just what I need at this point

Probably more one of those annoying but cute wire haired terrier types that hangs onto your trouser leg and wont let go

Thanks Kathy, you too

Most of my mine is in the curve of my back on the right hand side and I am sure that is from laying on my back in a strange bed for 5 days. My incisions haven’t been bothering me at all, they are swollen and colourful but they don’t hurt! Other than that it’s just a bit of pain in the top left bicep , not my shoulder

Some shakes are supposed to be mixed with water , some with milk. I have never tried swapping that around

Well not quite but it certainly feels like it. I'm finally home from hospital after spending 5 nights there rather than the planned 3 - 4. Went in for surgery last Thursday. Removal of band, repair of hiatus hernia and revision to RNY. The surgery took about 3 hours and was apparently pretty standard. Came round in recovery , felt ok and was taken back to my ward. Still felt ok. No real pain or nausea which is always a bonus. Had my glass of ice to suck when I suddenly started to feel really strange. Hit the call button and when the nurse came in told him (or her can't remember now) that I thought they may need the crash cart. By this stage my monitors had started going crazy as my BP was dropping through the floor so the first Met call was placed. Most of the nurses from the floor came rushing into my room and I was convinced I was going to die. All I could think was no how stupid am I , why did I do this, what on earth will my Mum and kids and hubby etc say.They got me partially stabilised and I stopped feeling dizzy and then I started shivering like mad ( another sign of hypovolemic shock) . I kept telling the nurse I was cold which was hardly surprising since they had me mainly uncovered but she was trying to concentrate on getting a cathline in and it wasn't working as my veins had all collapsed. 2nd met call placed and a couple of ED docs came in as well. They were ultrasounding me to see if they could find some blood loss and my BP was down to 75/45 My surgeon was contacted ( I think he was still in surgery at this point) and it was arranged to take me back to theatre urgently. At some point I apparently had a CAT scan but I don't know when as by that time I was very groggy and I am sure my recollection of the true events is severely impaired.I have since heard that they went back in , looked for a leak , cleaned me up etc. I don't think they found anything significant but I don't know the full details. I recall waking up in ICU and thinking oh I'm still alive which was a relief but I still wasn't confident that things couldn't change. Friday sometime I was deemed fit enough to be transferred back to the normal ward. Again I was doing fine on clear liquids, had no pain and wasn't using my Fentanyl pump excessively but I definitely felt like I had been hit by a bus. Zero energy and like a washed out dishrag. That could be expected after major surgery except I am usually the one that is bouncing around the ward in record time amazing everyone. I felt so good after my hysterectomy that I kept getting out of bed to go somewere forgetting I had a pain pump attached! Physician ordered more blood tests to check my HB levels, apparently they were still really low even though I had been given 2 units of blood in the second surgery so Saturday evening I received another 2 units of blood. My temp spiked slightly whilst the first lot was going in but the on call Dr told them it was OK to continue. I was lying there think yep I'm not out of the woods yet and being anxious is probably not good for recovery. By Sunday I was getting a bit frustrated with food as I was still on clear fluids , I think the extended stay confused the hospital kitchens and the weekend staff.Especially as by this stage I had been told I had to do a NO 2 before I could go home and obviously that wasn't possible with what was in me. I refused to take the lactulose as last time it had me in agony for hours and wasn't going to go through that again. I did behave and take 2 doses of Movicol on consecutive days which eventually had the desired effect. I also find it annoying that as a bariatric patient the kitchen brings all your food for each meal in one go and then they don't look happy when they have to take melted jelly and sour yogurt back a couple of hours later! We won't talk about that yogurt it was vile, sour, unflavoured drinking yogurt, it wasn't even palatable when it was fresh. I finally started some Optifast yesterday and was hoping the protein would help boost my energy levels. Sadly it didn't. The best meal of the stay was some delicious cauliflower soup. On Sunday my Physician ordered a Physio check on me but when they tried to contact her she had already finished her shift!!!!@@@@###( Does make you wonder why you pay for a private hospital). Got to see her yesterday and she just checked on my breathing exercises, made sure I was walking ok and gave me tips for when I got to go home. My energy levels by then were still zero, if I managed to do the recommended walking it would wipe me out for the rest of the day. I have no idea how people walk off their gas pain so its a good job I didn't really have much. I climbed into bed to try and get some sleep and then realised I could hear voices under my pillow. Can you imagine the state of my mind by now? I concentrated on the voices and then realised it was my breathing, some of the worst wheezing you have ever heard. I called the nurse in and told her and I think she made a note but nothing else happened. They change shifts at 9.30 so it was probably 8pm ish when I raised it again and said how frustrated I was. Surely it wouldn't have been that hard to get someone to check on me. Maybe nurses dont know how to use stethoscopes, thats fine but there must have been some Drs in the hospital somewhere. Then the **** hit the fan as the person in the room adjacent to me had a seizure so they had an emergency situation to handle which meant they went home late which meant that despite their promises they didn't call and speak to a DR. I am sure if they had one would have telephonically ordered a blood test or an xray or told them to give me some salbutomol. I swear I slept for a max of an hour last night. It was so uncomfortable. I couldn't get into a position where I felt I could breath properly. The wheezing was loud enough to wake the dead and I had the sensation of popcorn popping in my throat! Half way through the night the nurse must have realised there was a problem as she came and put the O2 back on me. I was terrified. I even messaged my hubby in the early hours telling him I was scared and asking him to get there as soon as possible in the am so he could be there when the drs did their rounds. Dr this morning was lovely, he couldn't understand why someone hadn't called him. He decided it sounded like Asthma( which I haven't formerley been diagnosed with) so ordered me to be nebulised. It seemed to help so I have now been sent home with an inhaler and spacer. It still seems pretty bad when I lay down so may have to try and sleep sitting up for a few nights. I don't regret having had the surgery now it is behind me but had I known how close things were going to be I would definitely have thought about it a little bit harder. I thought that I had done my research and that the odds were good but maybe I was a little too blase.I will definitely only be having future surgery if I really have to and even then I shall be absolutely terrified. Hope I haven't bored you all with my long story and if anyone else got Asthma after surgery would love to hear from you.

That is the best comeback from a Doc. Love it

I usually tick that I have been to a farm or hiking in some remote area like Africa or Vietnam. It means I have to go through the something to declare route and generally They wave me through quicker than the nothing to declare route

If you are looking for over processed items that hardly resemble food you will find your choice a lot more limited than you are used to. If you are happy with fabulous fresh produce , artisan breads, divine yogurt etc then you will be happy. And if you like coffee apparently ours is better than in Italy

You can order all sorts of special airline meals, there should be something that will suit you. Other than that pack healthy snacks ( not liquid) but make sure you consume them all before you get off the plane in Australia. We have very strict biosecurity rules and if you try to smuggle food in the sniffer dogs will get you. If you really want protein shakes bring the kind that get mixed with water. You will be able to get that on the plane. I also suggest leaving the shake in its individual packet so it looks like what it is rather than some kind of illegal drug

I hope so although I think they will keep you in for a while

Have fat and thin pics next to the biscuit barrel?

You will soon fall into a pattern where you know what does and doesn't suit you.

Definitely not, I can't think of anything worse

Let us know what she says. I feel like this entire article could have probably been reduced to a simple doc about 1/10th its size

Long, interesting and confusing all at the same time

Not going to Tijuana but I’m also having my op on Thursday. For some weird reason I’m not really nervous, don’t know why as I usually get very stressed before any kind of GA. Hope both our trips go really smoothly

I have no words that can comfort you. What an awful nightmare.

Interesting

So you also had bloating issues?

Does anyone have severe bloating and if you do what is the cause? I have had my band for 9.5 years and lately I have noticed that my stomach blows up like a balloon. Yesterday I looked and felt about 10 months pregnant and it was very uncomfortable. I know there are some common causes:- Soda, lactose or gluten intolerance. I know it wasn't soda or gluten as I hadn't had any of those. I did have a shake for breakfast so possibly that could be the issue but I am wondering what the other possibilities are? Has anyone had similar symptoms and then gone on to find out it was caused by a slip or erosion or anything else band related? My band is coming out on Thursday so hopefully I will get some answers then but in the meantime I'm curious

There are quite a few with a VSG too, maybe not lightning strikes but definitely rumbling thunder possibly building to thunder claps! https://www.verywellhealth.com/long-term-complications-after-gastric-sleeve-surgery-4158320

Lightning strike complications, what the heck are they? I have 2 days to go to my revision to RNY and thought I was well educated and well prepared but I haven’t seen lightning strike complications in anything I have read! I still don’t understand why people fear RNY with its rerouting that technically can be reversed if it has to be but they don’t fear having most of their stomach chopped off and thrown in the bin never to be seen again! I wouldn’t have a sleeve if I had Reflux. It is fairly common knowledge now that the sleeve is not a cure for Reflux and can exacerbate it if you already have it.