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Well, I've been home since Wednesday night and am feeling some major discomfort and am trying to stay away from the liquid vicodin since its not bad pain and the medicine burns going down. I'm very sore from the staples and am having a hard time resting comfortably. No major gas but lots of stomach gurgling... I think my stomach is growling but I'm not even hungry. I can barely finish a Jello cup and get the broth in. I haven't yet drank the 64 ounces yet feel like I'm sipping all day. I walked around the grocery store yesterday and still get up and walk laps around the house every few hours. I'm feeling very tired and restless, but thankfully, not hungry and have no desire to eat. It does hurt a little when I hiccup or burp.

Thanks for listening...

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Welcome to the loser's bench! :) Yeah, the new tummy makes a lot of funny noises those first few days! Haha. It's good that you're walking & no major pain, glad to hear everything went great. Just keep sipping as much as you can. I know it's hard, but especially the first week or so your body really needs it. Keep up the awesome work!:001_smile:

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Yaaaa...you made it! Sounds like your doing great with the walking and sipping! I know it seems neverending in the beginning but it does get easier. My first two weeks were very rough, but now I'm doing great. All the pain, and being uncomfortable will pass. The liquid vicodin was nasty!! I told my doctor that I would like some regular vicodin crushed rather than the liquid, it made me gag just trying to get it down. Just keep taking in as much liquid as you can, because you really don't want to get dehydrated at this point, and soon you will be able to get in the 64oz. It is still hard for me to get that much in everyday and try to get in my Protein. All we can do is try, and hope we improve...right? Best of luck to you, it sounds like your doing great though!

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Thank you for recording your journey...I am scheduled for March and so I am preparing myself...what is your diet post op???

Who was your surgeon

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Thank you for recording your journey...I am scheduled for March and so I am preparing myself...what is your diet post op???

Who was your surgeon

Right now my diet is broth, sugar free Jello and sugar free popsicles. Next week I'll have some fat free re-fried Beans, low carb yogurt and low fat cottage and ricotta cheese and Protein drinks with lactose free milk. My surgeon was Dr. Gonzalez in San Antonio assisted by Dr. Cavazos - both are wonderful and its a wonderful bariatric center that they have.

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Congrats on getting sleeved! Some of the rumbling is strange, isn't it? Good luck and I still can't get all my Protein Drink, although it gets easier every day. I just don't want to force it down if I am not hungry.

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