When will I begin to feel somewhat like myself again.n the pain while sipping and taking meds. or getting up and down.. when will the stomach go down so I can at least have applesauce smoothly

All I can say is that it gets a little bit better every day. The first week is by far the hardest. Your body is in shock, recovering, coming off pain meds, the CO2 - it's overwhelming. Just be focused on liquids and what Protein you can get in right now, walk when you can, take long showers, sleep, just take care of you. The week will be gone before you know it and your energy will start coming back in the second week. I broke down around day 7-8, if it happens to you, just let it happen and then move on. By the end of the second week you're feeling so much more like yourself and things like applesauce will happen. A few more weeks of getting full really fast and some incision sensitivity, and by the end of the first month you'll feel quite normal.

Congratulations! You're on the best journey of your LIFE!

for me the end of the 3 weeks post op I started to feel almost 100%. I would have to say energy wise I am still not there and I am almost 7 weeks out. I find I have to eat at least 5 small "meals" a day to keep my energy up.

I felt semi-normal on day 6, and a lot better by two weeks post op. I am now 7 weeks post op and I feel great. You'll get there! Try to relax and not to speed things along. Stay the course!

I was miserable the first few days, then followed by a couple of weeks of low energy and generally not up to sorts. The third week was a major turnaround and now, at 4 weeks post op, I can truthfully say that I really feel great. And by great, I mean better than I have in years! Get through the first couple of weeks and then it's all a breeze after that as long as you stick with your nutrition / fluid intake plan.

About week 4 I started to feel "normal" again. Still kinda tired through week 6 when I tried to act "normal" but now at week 8 all is well!