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I wonder if it would work without putting the sause on it? I LOVE brisket and pulled pork with spice rubs and I always order mine without sause (don't like BBQ sause)! I take a pork tenderloin and put Adobo and Sazon and Garlic Salt on it and let it cook all day in the slow cooker and the shred it and put it on french bread and make grill!!! I love that meat I would totally just eat it by itself too!!!

My gas has been OUT OF CONTROL the past two days and I'm in PAIN from it! So in my other thread it was mentioned to use Maalox Maximum Relief. Well sent DH to the store and of course he didn't come home with that He brought home Mylanta Maximum Strength. Do you think that would be okay to use?

I totally understand it being a very personal decision to make and best of luck to you!!! I choose to tell people! I am actually keeping a blog on it and putting it on Facebook and it has sparked A LOT of great Support and questions and I'm all about educating others!! A few friends contacted me in private to really talk about it because they always felt so ashmand to think about doing it but since I've been so open with them they are really considering it now!!! I have a good friend that had RNY and she didn't tell most people. When asked how she lost the weight she would tell them she stopped going out to eat, started walking more and eating right!!!

I was also just sleeved on the 15th!! My pre-op was NUT (2 appointment) Labs Psych eval EKG - internal med doc Chest X-ray (dh also had to have gallballder ultrasound, I've had mine out!) Pulmanary Test Support Group EDG

Yeah it was all good! They just took blood that morning and everything went as planned!!!

HORRIBLE gas pains and thats it!

Thanks! The only thing I could try is the Maalox Max Relief maybe instead of Gas-X! As for anything else, I'm not doing it! I'm still on clear fluids until I see the doc on Monday and I'm taking NO pills yet!

I am not passing gas regularly. Only time I go I also have a BM which today I had two and everyother day I have only had one! See that is SO crazy, I had NO gas pains from my gallbladder surgery!! Shoot, I hope its tomorrow I wake up and it's gone! LOL Okay, I can dream, I know it'll be at least a few more days if not another week or so! Since Thursday I have been doing 60cc of usually Water some tea every hour I'm awake and today I maybe took in 4-5oz all day because I'm hurting so bad and SO tight tonight!

I am only 6 days out and I can say that FEAR is what keeps me on track with the diet (and some pain still! LOL) I just know me though and the fear of it hurting, vomitting or gaining weight is going to be my motivating factor!! I did not just go through all this to gain weight again!!!!!

My drain started to leak and SOAK the gause under it just after I came home on Thursday so I gave it until Friday early afternoon and called the doc. She said that as long as it's still draining and not turning colors or smelling that it's fine. I have to change my dressing twice a day because it gets so yucky but my doc isn't worried about it! Good Luck!

I have seriously had my worst day (expect for the day of surgery) today The gas pains are SO BAD!! My lower back, lower gut and Shoulder hurt so bad! I am belching all the time and it doesn't seem to make me feel any better but I can't stop doing it! LOL I tried some broth today but it really just didn't taste all that great (I used to LOVE drinnking broth and having biscuits so I figured I would still like it?) I haven't gotten in NO WHERE near what I needed to for liquids today because the gas has been so bad and tonight I took two small sips of Water and I could tell it wasn't going down I tried being vertical and laying on my left side (what the docs had me do in the hospital) and it's been an hour and I still feel that FULL feeling! I have tried the Gas X Strips but they really dont' seem to do anything! Everytime there is a commerical I get up and walk around my house (every 15 mins or so for like 2 mins), went to WalMart and walked for at least an hour if not a little more following DH around while he grocery shopped and thought I was gonna die (exhausted)!! LOL I have also been using a heating pad on my shoulder and back (a little on the tummy but not much) I just HATE these gas pains I'm in no other pain at all (well a little muscle sore, like I can't lay down and then sit up! LOL) it's just SO ANNOYING!!!! Good thing I guess of the day is that according to the scale I'm down another 7 bls since Thursday! I'm not "counting" it yet though since I plan to have my official weigh day as Mondays (since that was when surgery was!)

I totally have the gas pains in my left shoulder! Have since day 1 It sucks! LOL I haven't taken anything for a BM, had my first one the day after surgery and have had one everyday since! I am still on Clear Liquids since my swallow study showed I was SUPER Swollen and I was draining into my banana SUPER Slow but I am doing 60cc a hour of either water, hot tea or I'll eat a popscile! I think I can handle a little bit more so I'm going to try and bump it up to 75cc a hour today and see how it goes! Once I finally fall asleep I'm OUT! But it's the getting to sleep part! It's like I have to become over exhusted first! I am not taking any Vitamins or any of my normal pills right now again because I was so swollen!

Bummer, I actally just moved from a tropical island to New York! LOL Lived in Hawaii for the last three years!! I wish I was still there! As for Wendy's chili, I don't like it I am such a pickey eater but with all the talk about taste changing I am going to keep an open mind and keep trying new foods and hopefully my taste will change!!! I do like my OWN chili though! LOL

I'm really curious as to the pain that everyone talks of? Are you talking tummy muscle sore or gas pains or something else? I haven't experienced any pain except for gas pains (which my tummy rumbles some too and I'm sure it's gas) and the gas HURTS at times! I burp A LOT because I'm not one to "pass gas"! hehe The first night in the hospital they kept telling me just wait, everyday you will feel better and of course right then I was like yeah right whatever! LOL But really it is true, each day I have felt better and better!!! Even started working again (from home of course) as soon as I was out of the hospital! LOL

I can't really say for sure because I am on clear liquids only until I go in on Monday and then hopefully I'll start full liquids but I would think that adding protein powder to soup/cream of wheat might help you stay fuller longer! As for docs being different, it is a little annoying because each person is different so I would say to just be totally open and honest with your doc and NUT and maybe you'll progress faster then others!? We all heal different! I know me and my body and I'm pretty sure I'll be the slow one and need extra time at each step (which is already shown since I'm still on clear instead of full)!!

I am dredding getting my jp out I had a breast reduction a few years ago and I had two drains and they pulled them out before I left the hospital and it hurt like no other and I was even on pain meds then!

It's so crazy the differences there are from each of us! I have no pain and haven't had expect for Gas Pains and those are a PITA!!! LOL Also, no where near constipated, actually the oppisite! How much are each of you drinking an hour? I can do 60cc of water with no problems in an hour now and think by tomorrow I might shoot for more! I was getting a headache today so I tried the liquid tylenol they sent me home with and nope, tummy doesn't like that, I got one small sip and my felt icky! LOL I can say that as everyday as gone on I have felt better and better! I too get my drain out on Monday and I can't wait! This thing is annoying!

I'm Here! Was sleeved on the 15th and am doing pretty good! Been home now for just over 24 hours! I haven't really had any actual pain but have had Gas pains! UGH! Those are killing me today! I got up and out and about today and walked around the mall a bit and went and saw Harry Potter! Sitting in the theater was a little uncomfortable and I had to move around in my seat a lot and I was trying to keep my burping quiet! LOL I am sip sip sipping my water, doing a little hot tea here and there and a SF popsicle once a day also! I am on clear fluids only since my swallow study was hard (I was VERY swollen and it was VERY slow going down into my new tummy)! I love that there are a few of us going through this at the exact same time!!!

It's really interesting to see what ya'll eat when you go out! I have thought of this a lot but I know DH and I won't be going out to eat for some time since I am 5 days out and he is 10 day pre-surgery! We might still have to grab something here and there for our daughter but I don't see either of us eating out for awhile! LOL We are traveling at Christmas and I can see me possibly stopping by Wendy's for a baked potato and at that point DH might still be on liquids so we'll stop for milk for a protein drink! LOL

WOW, sounds Awesome!! I too was sleeved on the 15th and am doing alright! Still A LOT of gas pains and this dang drain is annoying me!

Sounds like the pain I had when I drank too much on day 2! I am now 5 days post-op and I am still like "WOW, I can't believe how little I can drink and feel "full" off of!!" It really is going to be a HUGH adjustment! I am glad you figured out how to make it work for you now!!

I am also 4 days out and am feeling pretty good! My tummy muscles are sore and a lot of gas pains but feeling pretty good! I was in the hospital from Monday until this morning and I swear that first day/night I thought I might die! Day two was a little better and a little worse too, day three was even better and now day 4 is even better yet! It is true that day by day things will get better! Since being home I have been "craving" (read I believe to be head hunger) some foods I see/smell around the house but I am FULL from the water/juice/popsicle/tea I am drinking and couldn't think of putting anything else in there! I too am way to afraid to even think about anything but exactly what the doc said! I would just give it time and it will get better!!!! As for how much I am drinking I am getting in 60cc an hour! Exercise, walking around my house! LOL

WOW, you were home so fast!! I just got home today! I was also able to shower with my drain but like others have said, totally just follow what your doc says! My NUT said I could go home and be on full liquids but the doc says clears only until Monday. I'm following the Docs orders!!!

I've been anxious to hear how you were feeling!! I just got home from the hosptial about an hour ago and OMG it feels so good to be home! I posted my story (long!) just now! So, as for how I am feeling today being 4 days out I am doing pretty good! I am not wearing a compression wrap and I am having a lot of gas pains. My pains are right under my left breast and it moves into my shoulder and sometimes in a back but it doesn't prevent me from being up and moving. I did notice I just seem to tire easy when I am up and moving! Doc said I can use my heating pad while at home to help with the gas (because I know my body and that always helps me)! I also have the Gas X strips but they haven't seemed to help at all I am up to 60cc of Fluid an hour and have had two popsicles and a little hot tea over the past two days! I hope your pain subsides quickly for you!!!!!!!

I was just sleeved on Monday (15th) and I have to say, that first night the thoughts in my brain was OMFG WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MYSELF! But I was thinking that because I felt so icky at first but now that I'm a few days out, at home now and feeling A LOT better, I know that it will only get better and better as time goes on and this is exactly what I needed to do to get my life back! Good luck and hang in there!!!!!