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The Kellz    1

The Kellz
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Hello Sleevers! So, last night, I was finally not too sore to try to sleep in my bed (instead of the recliner). I got all comfy cozy on my left side, had a pillow propped under my belly and thought all was well...until...the broth that I'd sipped on about 45 minutes before going to bed decided to make an appearance. No, no vomiting, just a serious case of burps/reflux. I turned over to the other side and VOILA - no more burpies!!!

Note to self: do not sip anything other than Water an hour before bed unless you want it to revisit you. Also, try to fall asleep on the right side.

Otherwise, I am feeling better every day. For some reason, taking a shower is still a bit tiring, but I am getting around a lot better than I was even a couple days ago. The only thing that is driving me NUTS is the itching of the incision sites. But I will take itching over pain any day. :P

I have my one week follow up on next Thursday and don't have a scale, so I don't know how much I've lost but I'm looking forward to finding out.

Take care Sleevers!

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lsereno    2,525

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You are doing great! Sounds like you are well on your way to a healthy, quick recovery. I think you will find a little more energy every day. Thanks for sharing your progress with us. I'm sending healing thoughts your way!

Lynda

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KELLIBEAR    0

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HOW LONG AGO WAS YOUR SURGERY?

Hello Sleevers! So, last night, I was finally not too sore to try to sleep in my bed (instead of the recliner). I got all comfy cozy on my left side, had a pillow propped under my belly and thought all was well...until...the broth that I'd sipped on about 45 minutes before going to bed decided to make an appearance. No, no vomiting, just a serious case of burps/reflux. I turned over to the other side and VOILA - no more burpies!!!

Note to self: do not sip anything other than Water an hour before bed unless you want it to revisit you. Also, try to fall asleep on the right side.

Otherwise, I am feeling better every day. For some reason, taking a shower is still a bit tiring, but I am getting around a lot better than I was even a couple days ago. The only thing that is driving me NUTS is the itching of the incision sites. But I will take itching over pain any day. :P

I have my one week follow up on next Thursday and don't have a scale, so I don't know how much I've lost but I'm looking forward to finding out.

Take care Sleevers!

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The Kellz    1

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Thank you Lynda! I wish you continued success as well!

You are doing great! Sounds like you are well on your way to a healthy, quick recovery. I think you will find a little more energy every day. Thanks for sharing your progress with us. I'm sending healing thoughts your way!

Lynda

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2sweetnsugarland    9

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Kellz!!! You sound like you are doing great!! Keep up the good work!! Remember the first few days are the hardest but it will get easier. I got sleeved on 5/13 and I feel like my old self only lighter!!;) I go back to work on 5/31. I'm eating soft scrambled eggs, soft broccoli cheese Soup, soft stewed chicken. I'm eating about 1/2 cup at each meal along with a glass of fat free/lactose free milk [trying to get in my protein!!] I just started getting in all of my Vitamins and so far so good!! Please keep us posted on your progress. Take real good care of yourself!!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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.

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