M scheduled for my surgery April 26th and I was curious to see who else would be walking in the shoes of April with me. Tell me how you feeling? What's on your mind? Any worries? Second thoughts?

Congratulations everyone! Sounds like a great bunch of April sleevers!! snoho you are amazing and thanks for posting updates. Jen soon you will be on the loser's bench!! And ladyivy, my husband had the sleeve last year which made my decision a whole lot easier. I think we've all made the right decision! Best of luck to all and hugs. My date is 4/23.

Thanks Joni and best of luck to you! I see that you are a few days after me. April sleevers rock!

Just a quick update. This is day 4 for me. I have been making progress in terms of amount of liquid. It is definitely easier to get it down now. I am feeling less nauseated; although, I didn't throw up, at times I just feel like I've been riding on a Greyhound bus all day- queezy. Went to the grocery store, and I think I will let my husband take over for the shopping for awhile. It is hard to see all the things I can't enjoy. I am not really hungry, but I have a sort of sad, cavernous feeling, if that makes sense. As my dad would probably say, "my stomach must think my neck's been slit." Anyway best of luck to all of us! Take care y'all.

Take care of yourself Carly. Please remember to take one day at a time. Soon, this will be a distant memory for you as well as all of us April sleevers! The hardest part is over.

Jen!! I'm in the Houston airport waiting for my flight to San Diego!! We will be there together with dr Garcia!! Can't wait to meet you!!

Thanks Fanny I will try to keep that in mind. Good luck Southerngirl!

Mine is scheduled for April 17 in Mexico. I'm everything everyone else is - excited, nervous, scared. Mostly I wonder what life will be like after it's over. Good luck on yours!

SURGERY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!! EEEK!!!!!!!

You'll be fine!!! Good luck!!!

5 hrs post op update.

I'm up and doing laps around the unit- have walked about 25 laps. Pain is minimal' date=' the three things that are uncomfortable are:

1) Dry throat & mouth. I am allowed icechips and water to sip, but it's not enough. My Dr won't allow me to suck on SF cough drops

2) anesthesia gas pain. It is like a consistent dull ache. It's moved put of my back and into my r shoulder.

3) saggy stomach pulling on my incisions. It's not painful per se- just kinda uncomfortable.

I have no problem getting water and ice chips down, although I am paranoid about taking tiny sips so I don't do anything to my new sleeve!

I'm praying for a thumbs up on the leak test tomorrow so I can go home. Will do my best to keep on updating.

Thanks for all the kind thoughts April sleevers

-kat[/quote']

Great news! Keep up the good work!

so I am finally home after having surgery on Monday morning. I had a hiatal hernia so they had to repair that while they were in there, I am finally able to keep water down so they let me go home. I havent had any pain meds since monday since they all make me vomit. same thing with the anti-nausea medication. I ate a popsicle today !!! tomorrow I am going to try to start working on my vitamins and protein intake. I have no hunger at all right now. Just trying to take it was and get my water in.

24 hours post surgery update.

Yay! Ive been released and am at home!

Oddly enough my surgeon does NOT do a leak test.... He says they are usually caused by improper diet the first few weeks and I shoud have no probem if i listen to my body and the amount of fluid it can handle and follow the diet to a T (my dr. Also sends home 3 weeks of "food")

Good news is the gas pain is almost gone- i walked 100 laps around the floor since my surgery and that is the major reason i could go home.... There were 2 others that got sleeved by my dr (all similr weight) and neither one of them walked last night or tried to take ice chips and were barely walking today- they will not be released today. i think the secret is to take as little of the pain meds as you can so you can be concious enough to walk every 2.5 hrs or so.

I have a bit of pain in the abdomen area- i think its a combo if the extra repairing he had to do for my hernia and the fact that I carry most of my weight in the stomach, so if i stand, it kinda pulls down. My belly itself is still numb to the touch due to the anestesia, so I dont feel the incisions much. I am taking a bit of Loritab for the pain.

I have been drinking the Healthwise protien drinks (kiwi strawberry=yum!) and have gotten 2 of them down (15g protein each) today. Going to try the Isopure Zero Carb drink (40 g protein) next- so hope fuly i can get as much of my protein and water in as possible.

I truly belive that i have been blessed with a great surgeon and was lucky enough to have a complication free procedure (so far)..... But I also think that this forum was such a wealth of knowledge that knowing what to expect made it easier to overcome them. I cant say enough thank yous to the sleevers that went a few days before and posted their experiences- plus, you will get info on this forum that your hospital staff wont tell you.

Cheers!

kat

updates, updates! Thanks for the updates! I'm going in on Tuesday and I'm loving all this good news!

Kat - thanks for all the details. I think the unknown is the worst part so thanks for spending some time letting us in on the little things that are happening. And your tips!

Lauranbob - too bad the pain meds make you sick, but it's great you don't seem to need them! Keep eating those popsicles.

Next Tuesday is my big day!!! 10 days on liquid diet!!

My surgery is scheduled for next Thursday, April 12th!

Mine is April 10th