Any May Sleevers Yet?

[ChristinaRose 26]

My doc leaves the drain in for 2 weeks. He wants to be absolute sure there are 0 leaks and likes to monitor his patients closely. He actually makes his patients drink 2 oz. of "Blue powerade" every hour (that way if there were a leak, the blue liquid would travel into the drain and we would go immediately to hospital. Basically blue is the only color our body doesn't "excrete" so it helps keep an eye on our insides while healing) At the 2 week point the drain will be removed and then he moves us into the pureed stage. Will be on liquids until then to make sure transitions go as smoothly as possible. Sticking to doctor's orders makes the process SO much better.

[vsg30815 99]

Wow I wish I could do as well as you are doing? I can barely eat and my body is hurting

Hope you get to feeling better soon! I'm up to 24 oz since 8am this morning it's 1:40 eastern time now. ALOT of walking, sipping 2 oz at a time.

[D1NOnlySexyLady 70]

Hope you get to feeling better soon! I'm up to 24 oz since 8am this morning it's 1:40 eastern time now. ALOT of walking' date=' sipping 2 oz at a time.[/quote']

How much are you walking? How long? What are you sipping?

[vsg30815 99]

Vsg03... Glad your doing good. Why did you have a drain? I thought only bypass got the drain

Not sure why the drain was added, I did see a lot of blood/fluid drained. But i feel good! I have no complaints!

[vsg30815 99]

How much are you walking? How long? What are you sipping?

I walk from my garage to my mail box 2 times (will count the steps next time) I walk my hall from one end of the house to the other about 5 times. I try to walk every hour. I'm sipping Water in a 1 oz medicine cup. The most I've got down consecutively is 3 oz. not pushing it at all. Since 8 am this morning i have consumed 27 oz of water and ensure high Protein Shake and one oz of Jello. It's 3:40 eastern time. I've surpassed the minimum requirement so if i get 48 oz in today, I'm happy. Check out my vlog on YouTube: I'm jmcbribe - I just posted a post op day 4 video. I try to sip every 15 to 20 minutes. Don't hesitate to ask questions, I'll do the best i can to answer!!

[vsg30815 99]

My doc leaves the drain in for 2 weeks. He wants to be absolute sure there are 0 leaks and likes to monitor his patients closely. He actually makes his patients drink 2 oz. of "Blue powerade" every hour (that way if there were a leak' date=' the blue liquid would travel into the drain and we would go immediately to hospital. Basically blue is the only color our body doesn't "excrete" so it helps keep an eye on our insides while healing) At the 2 week point the drain will be removed and then he moves us into the pureed stage. Will be on liquids until then to make sure transitions go as smoothly as possible. Sticking to doctor's orders makes the process SO much better.[/quote']

Congrats to you!!! Speedy recovery!!!

[D1NOnlySexyLady 70]

I walk from my garage to my mail box 2 times (will count the steps next time) I walk my hall from one end of the house to the other about 5 times. I try to walk every hour. I'm sipping Water in a 1 oz medicine cup. The most I've got down consecutively is 3 oz. not pushing it at all. Since 8 am this morning i have consumed 27 oz of water and ensure high Protein Shake and one oz of Jello. It's 3:40 eastern time. I've surpassed the minimum requirement so if i get 48 oz in today' date=' I'm happy. Check out my vlog on YouTube: I'm jmcbribe - I just posted a post op day 4 video. I try to sip every 15 to 20 minutes. Don't hesitate to ask questions, I'll do the best i can to answer!![/quote']

Wow thank you so much for your help. How are you keeping track of everything. You are so much better than me. I will definitely check out your video now aswell

[vsg30815 99]

Wow thank you so much for your help. How are you keeping track of everything. You are so much better than me. I will definitely check out your video now aswell

I have a notepad next to me and i jot down the time and how much I consume. I'll try and snap a photo and see if it will upload.

[vsg30815 99]

Hope it uploaded!

[D1NOnlySexyLady 70]

Thank you for this

[geebee 2]

Great advice vsg30815! I go the 18th and will definitely keep this in mind.

[vsg30815 99]

Great advice vsg30815! I go the 18th and will definitely keep this in mind.

Best wishes to you!!

[lsereno 2,525]

Agree totally with vsg30815. I used a little notepad for the first few months to track all fluids and foods. It's helpful to keep you on track throughout each day, identify how to do better (after I progressed to being able to drink more at once, i realized I need to get a certain amount in by each meal to get enough fluids by the end of the day and I was careful to keep up with my schedule) and as a way to look back on how I've progressed throughout the first few months. Finally, it allows me to answer questions about what I ate and drank early out. Without that notebook, it would be easy to forget.

Lynda

[shortypants 26]

Thanks for all the advice! The hospital called a little while age to tell me I need to be there by 5:45 am monday morning!! cant wait! I was talking to a friend of mine who had GBP, and she said I BETTER walk every hour and a half!!! lol! I'm going to do all liquids for the next 2 days!

[vsg30815 99]

Thanks for all the advice! The hospital called a little while age to tell me I need to be there by 5:45 am monday morning!! cant wait! I was talking to a friend of mine who had GBP' date=' and she said I BETTER walk every hour and a half!!! lol! I'm going to do all liquids for the next 2 days![/quote']

Best wishes to you! You'll be in my prayers and wishing you a speedy recovery!

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