Anyone else going to have their sleeve in May? I'm excited and now the nervousness has set in. I am reading a few posts that people are in the hospital for like 3 days. My dr said I would only be in the hospital one day. And that I would walk the same day as my surgery.... Is this something they tell everyone or should I plan on more than one day there? Either way, my life changes May 16th and I'm excited

Congrats....sounds like you are doing great.... Yes' date=' maybe chicken broth instead of onion.... [/quote']

Chicken broth was a success! But blech...the low sodium was tasteless. I then did a Rapunzel veggie broth cube in two cups of water. It has sea salt in it and had the flavor I was seeking! Sorry, French onion, you're out for a while!

Yea! glad you found something that hits the spot....keep up the good work...

Hi to all the May sleevers - I had mine done on May 22nd and today, 3 days later, I'm feeling pretty great. I had a pedi and a hair cut today, went shopping at the grocery, and ate some (about 1/3 cup) chicken chile (healthy request) blended and strained tonight for dinner while the boys had wings and pizza. Didn't even miss that pizza! At first when I came home, I didn't feel so great, gas pains and couldn't keep down h2o. But every hour I got better and happily, I'm feeling great. Walking my dogs, and sipping the smallest amounts of h2o and for some reason, I like the COLD better - lots of ice chips for me. I guess we are all different, since I read that alot of people liked the warm better. For me, cold is better. I feel like the next part of my life is opening before me! Yeah!!

Omg I need it because I just did the surgery three days ago I'm down to 9 pouds already. But I needed more recipes...

Sorry but I realize how you feel. Even though I didn't eat McDonald's hamburgers before' date=' someone was at my house eating one when I was on the liquid pre-op and I thought to myself "I could so lick that".....so you're not alone in the licking impulse, hopefully once we eat solid food, we can add flavor etc so we aren't quite so compelled.[/quote']

Shoot I'm so excited for may 31st lol. It's soup day!! I can't start the mushie phase then. Potato and broccoli soup here I come. Too bad they don't make pizza soup. I've had a hankering for pizza past few days. McDonalds anything sounds great. But I think well that's part of the reason I'm here. And pizza etc. blahhh I say

Shoot I'm so excited for may 31st lol. It's soup day!! I can't start the mushie phase then. Potato and broccoli soup here I come. Too bad they don't make pizza soup. I've had a hankering for pizza past few days. McDonalds anything sounds great. But I think well that's part of the reason I'm here. And pizza etc. blahhh I say

Pizza soup.....now maybe a tomato based soup with some pizza spice and sprinkled shredded pizza cheese on top might work. I've bought some cream soups, potato leek and butternut squash there are a few out there premade and they are in my cupboard waiting.

Pizza soup.....now maybe a tomato based soup with some pizza spice and sprinkled shredded pizza cheese on top might work. I've bought some cream soups' date=' potato leek and butternut squash there are a few out there premade and they are in my cupboard waiting.[/quote']

Ha ha. I did the same thing with cream soups! I can't have until the 31st but gave me some pleasure to pick them out as something to look forward to, lol

Pizza soup.....now maybe a tomato based soup with some pizza spice and sprinkled shredded pizza cheese on top might work. I've bought some cream soups' date=' potato leek and butternut squash there are a few out there premade and they are in my cupboard waiting.[/quote']

Oh me too. They are sitting in the cabinet staring back at me waiting for me. 4 more days my friends, for more days.

Judy, may I ask which surgeon in Houston your husband is using? I had my sleeve done in Houston this week by Dr Marvin.

His doctor is Dr. Alanis. How are you doing?

Hi. I was sleeved on May 21st. I am unsure of my exact weight prior to surgery. I know it was probably around 264 lbs. I did do the last meal thing.....i hate to say it and i also do not encourage this. As others have stated, it may sabotage future efforts and the ones before the surgery. This is going to be a life long commitment for me, so i did do the last meal syndrome, but i did not get carried away. I had some last time meals that i knew i would probably never have again, so for me it was worth it. Just after surgery I was very out of it. I felt quite nauseated that day afterwaards, so i could not start my water trials to see if i could tolerate liquids til the next day. I was fine the next day as far as nausea. I had some pain in my right side and that was made me the most uncomfortable. It was tolerable with the meds and it became easier and easir to move around, which the hospital highly encourages. It was a two day hospital stay for myself.i got there on Monday and was discharged on Wednesday morning. When i got home i was able to be up and around pretty easily. I could go up stairs without any discomfort much to my surprise! Anyways, at this time i am 6 days post-op and today i started purreed consisitency. I seem to be doing quite well as far as i can see. I am down 19.6lbs!!! Yay!!! I also want to add i thank God for the wonderful surgeon Dr. Simon in Syracuse, NY and for such a speedy recvovery! Without God, none of this would have been possible! I am looking forward to all of my future successes and rewards!

Oh me too. They are sitting in the cabinet staring back at me waiting for me. 4 more days my friends' date=' for more days.[/quote']

3 more days! Lol. I. Can. Do. This.

3 more days! Lol. I. Can. Do. This.

Let me know how you tolerate the mushies! Our heaven sent mushies.

I am on Full Liquids for two weeks and then, on to the pureed stage for another 2 weeks. I don't get mushies until sometime next month. I guess my surgeon is more restrictive than others. But , for me, it's working great. My tummy is a complete unknown. I'm just starting to understand about the need for a gas-x strip before bed...and what happens if I don't eat every 3 hours (super light headed). How do you long termers deal with the mornings? I can't even talk I'm so in need of protein? Do you eat before bed time? Or is this something I'll get used to? I am eating my 60 grams of protein a day and drinking my 48 oz of h2o, but dang!

oh, but the good news is - in less than one week, I lost over 15 lbs!

I'm the same way. I'm almost 3 weeks out & must have protein as soon as I wake in the morning. I usually cook a scrambled egg, followed by yogurt If I don't have protein right away, I will begin to get so fatigued by 10am. At work, this is not the optimal feeling I need. I've even had to go out to my car to take a nap. I hope this is temporary and will go away as soon as I can eat more.