well, my big day has come and gone. got sleeved monday. i was totally out of it all day monday. more coherent on tuedsay but holy crap my belly was aching. every time i moved i was reminded of what i'd just done to my body. didn't reach that "what have i done" space but wow... i wasn't expecting it to hurt so much. i had my gallbladder out a few years ago. i don't remember it hurting as much as this did. today is wednesday and i feel alot better. less pain - almost none as long as i stay ontop of the pain meds. the heating pad really helped while i was down. walking around i have to hold my flab up on the left side so it doesn't pull on the big-hole stitch. so far im still glad i did it. kinda sucked when i weighed after surgery and had gained about 4 pounds. i guess that's normal tho'.

since i had the surgery out of town i did a little shopping today.. not far from the car. i bought me a cool sweatshirt that will fit in about 2-3 months. i have clothes stored down to 2x but that's it. nothing in xl. so.. i splurged. my treat for being brave and not crying when it hurt. (o;

to all of you about to be sleeved learn from my mistakes:

do what the doctor tells you to do even if it doesnt make sense.

stay ahead of the pain by taking the nasty tasting medicine.

stay very hydrated and walk walk walk. it actually hurts less than laying around.

Hope you are feeling better. On my list of things to do, I want to weigh after I get rid of the IV so I can see how much fluid weight they added. That way I won't be disappointed when the first weight lost is the dumb IV/pain med/gas pumped fluid weight.