I was brave enough. Last I remember saying before being put out was "Dear Lord, Please let me live to see my babies". It's about 28 hours later and I'm home now. Not so much into cold drinks more like room temperature. I got to meet a buddy off here who was sleeved yesterday as well and I hope you are doing good girl!

Congrats!

Welcome to the "other" side...bwhahahaha....

Well done Carrie!!!!!!

Glad to hear you are home Carrie ! ! ! I think you'll love the sleeve, and really be grateful to have a much improved quality of life vs. what you've been dealing with the band.

Congratulations!!!!

I was the same with cold drinks - didn't really do well. In the next day or two, you might want to try warm. I loved warm liquids on my healing tummy.

Yay Carrie, congratulations!!

How do you feel? Is your tummy tighter already?

I'm so glad you went through with it and that you're already home! Keep us posted on how you're feeling. My first week was the toughest, but here I am 9 days later and I already took myself to the dentist and went to the grocery store by myself today.

AniO

Apparently my Lap Band was place incorrectly. It was really close to my heart and major blood vessels and my surgeon had to use a great deal of patience and skill to get around what Dr. Powell did to me. I am now terrified to see what my husband's stomach and heart looks like.

I'm just workin on liquids and getting my medications in. I have at least 7 RX meds I must take daily. So I take on every couple hours. So I'm constantly popping pills, THANK GOD they are all tiny because I don't have to worry about crushing them Dr. Castro looked all of them up to make sure they are all okay and not too large. He's definately a keeper. I just have to space them out and not take them at once like I did before. I gained over 10 pounds in the hospital. My hands looked like little sausages. lol

YEAH I'm happy for you!!!

Congratulations Carrie!! I will keep you and your husband in my thoughts. I am glad you on recovering well.

Glad your recovering well and that the doctor was able to get the band out for you. I too was praying aloud for the same thing right before I went under. The first thing I remember when I came to was thinking of my kids and saying THANK YOU GOD!

Continued well wishes.

Congrats! You will be so happy you did :w00t:

i am soooo glad for you,i remember you were worried,now look at you!i haven't had mine yet,sept 15th is my day.hope it goes as smooth as yours.

Is Gastric sleeve a painful procedure? What was the pain, on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being very painful)

Congrats! I was boohooing that I left the hospital 1lb more than when I went in, I don't feel so bad now /wink. 10lbs of water weight from the IV and laying around will come off pretty fast. Again congrats, and welcome to this side of the fence.