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One Day Til My Sleeve!

My sleeve is Monday morning at 7:30am! It's Saturday night and I am feeling a mixture of emotions...excitement, relief, anxiety...I have read all the posts and I feeling that I have my eyes wide open. I am prepared for the worst, but praying for the best. :)

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I had my sleeve Monday @ 7:30am! Piece of cake! After reading all the posts, I was sooo worried about pain, tubes, etc...all of which were comPletely unfounded! Maybe since I've had 2 c-sections, but the tube has been easy breezy! I'm following my Dr's directions to the letter and I'm enjoying this life experience! :)

Congrats, glad t hear it went really well...I should find out my surgery date on March 6th....can't wait to hear more about your journey

That's awesome that you're in/out of surgery & doing great!!!! Congrats!!! I'm 9 days post-op & feeling SO MUCH better every day!!! Even enjoying a diff mushy food every day and loving it!! It's not much, maybe 1-2 TBSP every couple hrs, but hey, it's food!! Congrats! Keep doing well!

That's awesome!!!! Congrats,you're halfway through your first week,it only gets better from here!!!

:) Yay for us!!!!! I'm right there with y'all. My surgery is Tuesday and I am finally more excited than nervous. I went shopping for supplies, etc. today and now every sales clerk in a 10 mile radius knows about my surgery. lol Sending good wishes to everyone.

Best wishes SmilinGal! Keep that positive attitude...you're gonna do great!! :)

its day 4 im feeling alot better today,still need to get more fluids today,had 2 cups of milk yesterday,and maybe 2 cups of water.i have to drink water.

Smilingal-best wishes for a speedy recovery!!! U will do fantastic!! Keep a diary on the journey (or post to us & let us know how u r!! ). Jerry - u r almost past the first week and wil feel so much better every single day!!! Lots of water and moving and resting!! I went to the gym for the first time yesterday post op and it was SO awesome!! Not quite 2 weeks post op so had to take it easy and didn't stay long but it was fun just to be back and do some stretching/walking.

I was worried to terri no problems at all no pain nothing this was a breeze Dr Garcia rocks my stomach not even sore. Was scared to swallow at first but sipping helps.

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