*****UPDATE****** feb 2nd, 2012

i now have a leak & a stent was placed in. feeling horrible!!! the below post is the least of my worries now!

im going crazy..

i was sleeved dec 20th. everything was ok until maybe a week after coming home from the hospital. i realized that i was extremely exhausted and always felt faint. it didnt really start hitting me hard until last week. everyone keeps telling me that it will get better but it feels like its getting worse! i keep trying to "stay positive" but how much more of this can i take? i want to feel normal again!!!!

i noticed that when i walk, im like dragging my feet. im so weak and faint. almost like my thighs might just give out.

i also have excessive gas which i think is making me really nauseous. the burps are just crazy. i cant eat or sip without burping.. then it wont stop until i take some gas x chewables. i live off those chewables.

as far as shakes, i cant tolerate them. ive tried so many different ones & i throw them up. they absolutely repulse me!

i do eat but i have to be "in the mood" to eat whatever is in front of me or i will just throw it up. my stomach is extremely weak! i cant even tolerate Soups. they turn my stomach too.

i called my surgeon & told him how im feeling & he told me im dehydrated. told me to get on gatorade for a week & see how i feel then. im going in thursday morning to see the nurse practioner.

the gas & the gatorade mixed is making me very nauseous.

i take 20mg of prilosec in the morning, 2- Multivitamins & 1- B12.

im so so so so so so tired of this! i truly regret surgery. i never thought id feel like this but i do.

If they would have given you a TPN and PICC line, I don't think you would be going through this!

I agree..I would've demanded it by now.

im not sure i wouldve wanted one. my friend who i spoke of before that is having complications and has been in the hospital for the last 6-8weeks... she had a picc line & became even more sick! then the picc line got infected & that landed her in the icu for aweek or so. seeing what shes going thru makes me want to stay far away from that. i wouldve prefered being NPO & just on iv.

thankfully & hopefully, im almost reaching the end of this journey! the stent should be coming out in 5 days! if i can just hold on for 5 more days & recover from the removal, i should be back on track!

at first i thought WLS would answer all my prayers & improve my life. instead, its done the complete opposite. i miss my life pre-op. i know i cant go back so i need to look fwd but these are just my thoughts.

I agree..I would've demanded it by now.

i wouldnt be able to follow any rules except stay hydrated anyway. i cant eat or tolerate anything to eat & i def cant force anything i dont like down because i will throw it back up. i cant even smell food without gaggin :/

only thing i really want all the time is juice.

I dont' think it would've mattered what my doctor told me, I had to get better so I pushed myself to do what I knew I needed to do.

(VENTING)

in june 2011, i had began my research on WLS. i googled & searched for hours and hours! i mean like thousands of hours leading up until the day i had surgery & even after! nothing in the world couldve prepared me for this experience. i wouldve been better off jumping head first into surgery without researching than to have done theresearch & been knocked down like this.

i get so angry thinking about how this happened to me! i had read others stories. i had read how ppl regretted surgery because of their complications but the majority of ppl said if they had to do it again, they would!!!!

i just wish i had contact with someone who was actually going thru something like this! i thought by now that i wouldve been on cloud 9, healed, enjoying life, happy, eating, exercising, shopping & feeling young! dont get me wrong... im 23! i wanted to feel 23! i was tired of feeling 40&50! now i feel like im 50&60!

life is so hard & i pray that the man upstairs blesses me with health soon.

do u know i look at my mom who can drink Water with no problem & i get jealous? i say to myself, "damn.. i dont even feel human. i cant eat, i cant drink... what can i do?"

my mom at times complains of a migraine. i dont want to minimize her health issues or stress level because i know shes stressed but at the sametime, i look at her & chuckle. i look at her & really want to say, "i wish my only issue was a migraine!!!!"

i feel selfish at times. its hard. i think the fact that i am young has a lot to do with it. maybe if i were older, more experienced with life, more wisdom & such, id feel differently or view things differently. i dont know. these are just my thoughts & im just speaking whats on my mind.

thanks for reading!!

i promise you will feel better, my stent was removed before 2 days, now i dont vomit and i dont feel stomach pain!!!!!!, just hang in there u will be better, and i definitely regret surgery too, i miss food, food is killing me really!!

how long did you keep yours in for? i miss food too since i havent been eating!

i promise you will feel better, my stent was removed before 2 days, now i dont vomit and i dont feel stomach pain!!!!!!, just hang in there u will be better, and i definitely regret surgery too, i miss food, food is killing me really!!

how long did you keep yours in for? i miss food too since i havent been eating!

they kept mine for 2 months, i wish i didnt do the surgery

2 MONTHS???????? omg!!!!

mine will be one month on the 26th & i want it out on the 20th!

they kept mine for 2 months, i wish i didnt do the surgery

2 MONTHS???????? omg!!!!

mine will be one month on the 26th & i want it out on the 20th!

i still cant eat i wanna f**king eat everything!

why cant u eat? when did they remove it?

i still cant eat i wanna f**king eat everything!

why cant u eat? when did they remove it?

before 1 day and a half or 2 they want to be sure 100% that there's no leak so i cant drink or eat right now, but i will drink tomorrow after the x-ray, they just want to make sure that the leak is gone. after its gone i can drink and 2 weeks later i start on mushes again.

Edited February 15, 201214 yr by joseph

wow... a nightmare!!!

before 1 day and a half or 2 they want to be sure 100% that theres no leak so i cant drink or eat right now, but i will drink tomorrow after the x-ray, they just want to make sure that the leak is gone. after its gone i can drink and 2 weeks later i start on mushies again.

wow... a nightmare!!!

can we eat like before? i wish ;(

i mean, portion wise no. food wise, as long as your stomach can handle it. i cant believe the left your stent in for so long!!!! i cant. i refuse.

can we eat like before? i wish ;(

i mean, portion wise no. food wise, as long as your stomach can handle it. i cant believe the left your stent in for so long!!!! i cant. i refuse.

ye it was very hard my stomach used to hurt me every minute and i kept vomitting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! couldnt stop.