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How do you feel 5 days after surgery?

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newMEin2013    4

newMEin2013
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Well' date=' guys, I had surgery yesterday and I feel like crap. Didn't quite expect to be in this much pain. Drinking is very difficult. I just need someone to tell me that it gets better and soon.[/quote']

I am 1 week out today and I had to smile when I read your post because I thought the same thing when I was at your stage. It gets a little easier each day. Still some discomfort to remind me it's in there, but otherwise I'm feeling more & more like myself (minus some steady diarrhea)

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Giovy    29

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I'm 6 days post op, very minimal pain but decided to go shopping with my mum. Four hours later and I'm exhausted...off for a nap :)

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PRIMADONA    8

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Hi Everyone, I was banded on Friday Jan 11,2013. Stomach is still so swollen, anyone else feeling this way? Also I feel very winded, is this normal???

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LeslieW    92

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Hi Everyone, I was banded on Friday Jan 11,2013. Stomach is still so swollen, anyone else feeling this way? Also I feel very winded, is this normal???

yes. I was banded same day. I am still very swollen and feel really weak.

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newMEin2013    4

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yes. I was banded same day. I am still very swollen and feel really weak.

That's normal. I am on day 8 and feel more energized and not swollen. Every day is a little better than the last!

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SnowgirlnTX    9

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Hope,

I had a similar circumstance. We had a birthday party 4 days after my surgery. We went but left about an hour later. I was just so uncomfortable. The incisions were not the issue, it was the bloating that made me so uncomfortable. I could hardly stand to have my jeans and bra on that long.

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Flowering man    28

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It's day 5 and I still feel crap. I ate some mushroom Soup on day 4 that badly agreed with me. I'm back to just liquids now.

Still really swollen and bloated. Haven't moved out of bed all day.

The good news is I've lost 24lbs since I started the pre-op diet on the 1st Jan

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Giovy    29

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It's day 5 and I still feel crap. I ate some mushroom Soup on day 4 that badly agreed with me. I'm back to just liquids now.

Still really swollen and bloated. Haven't moved out of bed all day.

The good news is I've lost 24lbs since I started the pre-op diet on the 1st Jan

Sorry to hear your not feeling well. Try to drink Water and keep hydrated! It will pass! Congrats on your weight loss though!

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KAATNS    1,473

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I was banded on the 11th also and I'm still swollen and have some pain at the port site.

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Sai    785

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It's been awhile but I remember my main discomfort was feeling very bloated. I had read back then to take some GasX strips and that really really helped.

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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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