Hi everyone!

well, had my sleeve yesterday.... i told my aneshtesiologist that i tend to get nauseous after general anesthesia. she pre-medicated me for nausea before she put me out. when i woke up, i moved in the bed and got really nauseous again - my anesthesiologist was standing right there and she gave me meds again (zofran), and i never had nausea again after that. yay!

i had to pee a lot when i woke up, and had a hard time using the bedpan (tried about 5 times and could only have partial success). after about 3 hours after my surgery, they let me walk to the bathroom and i was able to go well - that felt a lot better.

i didnt need any pain meds in the post-anesthesia recovery area, or when i first got to my room.

i went for a walk, and then i needed something. i had 15 mg of Toradol IV every 6 hours since then and that was all i needed (am trying to avoid then strong narcotics if possible). the pain is not too bad and is definitely tolerable.

i alternated between sleeping in bed, sitting in chair, going to the bathroom to pee, and taking walks all afternoon and evening. after another dose of toradol at about 10 pm, was able to sleep almost five hours.

this morning, i got up, washed up, walked again and then had my leg vein ultrasound (to look for blood clots) and then my swallow test. that was a little rough - the gastrograffin is gross. my surgeon told me to just take little sips, so i ended up taking in about an ounce of the stuff total. that was enough for them to see everything. thankfully, i had no issues and no leak! luckily i had no nausea aft the test, but i did have some burning and fullness. relieved with toradol and pepcid.

when i came back, i passed gas and actually was able to have a small bowel movement... i think the walking really helped that move along...

i am now starting my Clear liquids - if i can tolerate them ok, then i will be able to go home later tonight. keeping my fingers crossed!

thanks again to all of you for the supoport and good wishes! everyone here has been so supportive!

good luck to everyone having their surgeries soon - looking forward to hearing your stories too....

- Sarah

Welcome to the other side Sarah! I'm glad to hear everything is going well for you and that you hopefully get to go home this evening. Good luck on your journey to a healthier and skinnier you!

Congrats! Hope all continues smoothly. Welcome to the start of a new you! : )

Thank you so much for sharing your post-op story. I am really nervous about the first 24 hours post op and reading your story helped a lot. Hope you get to go home tonight. Please continue to update.