Are there any Australian Sleevers out there, Would Love to hear from you.

Hey everyone. Scott, I hope you're recovering well. I know the hospital doesn't let you have phones, so I guess we'll have to wait until Friday when you get home to find out how it all went.

I chopped off all my hair yesterday and dyed it BRIGHT red!!! I'm like a traffic cone. New me, new do. My size 12 work pants are absolutely too big now and I really need some new ones. Don't think I'll get into 8s, but I'm looking forward to buying more 10s.

Hi all, thanks for the support. It's been pretty smooth sailing except for the damned hiccups. Been sleeping lots, surprisingly not hungry. Can't wait to be out of here. Check in tomoz

Great to here it all went well for you Scotty. We swallow a lot of air even when we are just talking so that may be why you have the hiccups. I had a similar sensation but it does pass after a few days.

Great to hear all went well Scotty. I still get the hiccups most nights after dinner!

Hi all, thanks for the support. It's been pretty smooth sailing except for the damned hiccups. Been sleeping lots, surprisingly not hungry. Can't wait to be out of here. Check in tomoz

Oh those hiccups are a nightmare! I couldn't stop vomiting first 24 hours then the hiccups had me holding a pillow tight against my stomach because they hurt!

You will get used to the non hunger, I'm in week 3 and its weird looking at how much other people eat now! Lol

I've been walking last few days, got some new Adidas shoes :-) feels good

Hope everyone is well!

Scotty: Great to hear you are doing so well Scotty!!! I hate the hiccups on any other normal day so feel for you

Can't wait to pick your brain about Post op while its still fresh in you mind.

Lila: I had a bit of a giggle at your nutri grain wobble, I'm glad the dietician was ok with it, they do get pretty soggy anyway. I'm so glad you are doing well now, being at home must be a dream!

Bella: You go girl! Give those shoes a work out...........mine have cobwebs all over them

My Psychology appointment is this Monday........when did that creep up?? I then am back to the surgeon on the 23rd November to "discuss" things, maybe a date? LOL.

Quick question...........did anyone have any nausea after surgery? How long did it last?

Hi all, spent night in my own bed cant beat it did sleep more than 2 hrs at a time so woke up a bit dry... For me there has been almost no pain and the only discomfort was hiccups. I am now getting ready for the rest of my life, I even bought a triathlon book we'll see how long that'll take lol. Talk to u all later.

Scotty

That's great Scotty that your home and your op was complication free. I will say I did keep you in my thoughts as what Lila went through and the self pay, I didn't want to hear of another unfortunate situation where no insurance to cover it. Bet your do glad you continued on with your plan to get it done b4 your health insurance kicked in as you will be way ahead and no more waiting, as you were so determined to do this life changing op weren't you. It is the absolute best decision I have done and am so privileged to be among this group with the same goal to achieve. One thing though - last week when washing my hair, started to see hair falling out OMG - so I've been upping the Protein this week.

Have a great weekend all

Sorry Mimz - no nausea or vomiting for me at any stage

Great to hear you are going so well Scotty.

Yes Shell - I am losing a bit of hair too and it is so dry. I am going to try the caffeine shampoo and change my Vitamins back to the silica herbs of gold - I don't think the hair skin and nails Suisse is as good.

Minz - I did experience nausea straight after my op but is was due to my reaction to the morphine more than the actual procedure. I stopped the morphine pump and was fine after that - pain was actually minimal and I think I was just pressing the pump more than I needed to as I was scared of the pain!

Hi Mimz,

I hesitated to respond since my situation is so different but I still struggle with nausea. I actually have to tablets still. But as I said, I am probably not the person to ask.

Cheers, Liss

Hi guy's

So my recovery continues to be slow I had a bad day yesterday and was dry reaching for about 30 minutes. Yuck. And I've been coughing and sneezing a lot the last few days. And then I had some loose mince last night and was in pain for about three hours afterwards. I am freaking out. Today, I still have pain but think that it is muscle rather than a leak. It has totally freaked me out though...I haven't really eaten anything today and when I do, it hurts. I think that it's anxiety that's doing it but damn, this journey is more of a head game than I thought.

On the upside (sorry to be a downer today) I have lost 33 kg now. I haven't been this light for over 5 years. So the surgery worked at least

Hope everyone else is going better!

Cheers, Liss

I had very bad nausea for the first 4 months after my surgery. I still have to take nexium every second day or so but that is for heartburn caused by eating spicy food. I also became lactose intolerant so now I have Zymil. My weight loss has slowed right down like my surgeon said it would but I am starting reformer pilates next week so hope to lose again soon. Recovery from this surgery for me was slow but I have no regrets.

That's great Scotty that your home and your op was complication free. I will say I did keep you in my thoughts as what Lila went through and the self pay' date=' I didn't want to hear of another unfortunate situation where no insurance to cover it. Bet your do glad you continued on with your plan to get it done b4 your health insurance kicked in as you will be way ahead and no more waiting, as you were so determined to do this life changing op weren't you. It is the absolute best decision I have done and am so privileged to be among this group with the same goal to achieve. One thing though - last week when washing my hair, started to see hair falling out OMG - so I've been upping the Protein this week.

Have a great weekend all [/quote']

Your not wrong Shell, I am glad it's done and can learn to live again. It all happened pretty quick for me which I really like

Sorry to hear bout the rough times lila, but 33kgs is awesome. Your doing great keep reading up everything it helps and writing stuff down as well.

I'm gunna do a weekly photo just for future reference n look back at my changes!!!

Didn't eat much today, had a shake for brekky, 1/2 cup miso, 1/2 drinking yoghurt ( bout 50ml) 1 1/2 cup of broth, bout 700ml Water. Tried to go shopping with the wife and had to take a chair halfway through lol. Ill wait a while b4 doing that again.

Scotty

Hi guy's

So my recovery continues to be slow I had a bad day yesterday and was dry reaching for about 30 minutes. Yuck. And I've been coughing and sneezing a lot the last few days. And then I had some loose mince last night and was in pain for about three hours afterwards. I am freaking out. Today' date=' I still have pain but think that it is muscle rather than a leak. It has totally freaked me out though...I haven't really eaten anything today and when I do, it hurts. I think that it's anxiety that's doing it but damn, this journey is more of a head game than I thought.

On the upside (sorry to be a downer today) I have lost 33 kg now. I haven't been this light for over 5 years. So the surgery worked at least

Hope everyone else is going better!

Cheers, Liss[/quote']

Hi Lila

That's great weight loss to date, but should you be eating mince this early? Haven't you just moved from liquid to puree? The pain may mean you are not yet ready for this solid food, rather than anything sinister. Maybe you should have pureed it? If you stick to the soft food and e kind to yourself I am sure you will be fine. Whatever you do, don't stop eating altogether as you need fuel. Take it easy and I hope you have a better day today.