Let's Check In November 2012 Sleevers!

[jcoufs 7]

How long since your surgery?

8 Days! Back to pureed tomorrow!

[jcoufs 7]

I'm two days post op still in the hospital. I Go home tomorrow. I Haven't weighed yet can hardly wait to do it. It's hard being in the hospital on Thanksgiving but probably best for me so I don't smell and want to lick spoons lol. I've been walking a lot, Definitely more pain today than Ive had in the past. Looking forward to going home tomorrow and starting My whole new life. And we're off Novembers we're done it's almost over Decembers about to come. Best of luck to all of you stay in touch please

I hope you had a great day! You'll be out soon and loving life! Good luck to you and keep us updated.

[ashley624 21]

Since I couldn't experience Thanksgiving today with my family, I took some turkey and threw it in the food processor and mixed it with some gravy and froze it for when I could have purees. I also wrapped up a piece of stuffing and a little gravy for when I hit soft foods. I figure I could put the gravy on it to make it a little mushier, and still be able to of had some thanksgiving food.

[itstimeforachange 18]

I had a good day today. I enjoyed my shake at the table with my family at my Sisters house. Happy Thanksgiving sleevers!!!!

[Kalimomof3 613]

I'm on liquid loratab...tastes horrible. And I have to take benadrylwith it cuz it makes me itch so badly. I've done a lot of walking today. I just have a lot of gas that is making it feel like a pressure in my chest. I usually just thump my chest and it comes up as a burp or just dissipates. Just muddling through for now. Which is all any of us can do since none of us know for sure how our bodies will react to the process until its our turns. One second at a time.

Liquid Lortab was horrible I was taking it when I first got home i had to . Eventually Ibwas just like forget it because I had to fight my gag reflex every time and I just did plain liquid Tylenol.

[buckeye_girl40 203]

Good Morning November sleevers! Today is the first day of my pre op diet.... so far so good, test will come after 4 cause that's when I seem to get hungry. Good luck to all being sleeved today and save me a seat on the losers bench... next Friday the 30th I'll be joining you.

[losinginNJ 92]

Hello Nov sleevers ...4 days post opt doing well...I had to stay in hospital for 2 days because my white blood cell count was up but better safe then sorry....I didn't even crave any thanksgiving stuff yesterday...my goal today is trying to get more Protein in today...probably more broth cause although I am getting it in the Isopure has a weird filmy after taste...everything is trial and error right now and I am getting better once I figured it out...my mom took me out for a drive today, I was starting to get cabin fever....

.btw warning for all pre opts the worse time of this experience for me was the the liquid you have to drink with the leak test...I have no words to describe the awfulness of this liquid...I had difficulty holding it down but I did until the test was over and it all came up...worse experience ever

[ashley624 21]

Hello Nov sleevers ...4 days post opt doing well...I had to stay in hospital for 2 days because my white blood cell count was up but better safe then sorry....I didn't even crave any thanksgiving stuff yesterday...my goal today is trying to get more Protein in today...probably more broth cause although I am getting it in the Isopure has a weird filmy after taste...everything is trial and error right now and I am getting better once I figured it out...my mom took me out for a drive today' date=' I was starting to get cabin fever....

.btw warning for all pre opts the worse time of this experience for me was the the liquid you have to drink with the leak test...I have no words to describe the awfulness of this liquid...I had difficulty holding it down but I did until the test was over and it all came up...worse experience ever[/quote']

I had the same problem with the drink. I was still in my wheel chair after the X-ray so my chest was a re

[ashley624 21]

Whoops was red orange. When they gave me something to throw up in I swear there's was a piece of red stringy tissue

[Fun size 62]

!!!!!!! The day after Thanksgiving and I am down 3 pounds! I must have been transported to an alternate reality. Where ever I am, I like it here.

My extended family never even noticed that I pushed arund food on my plate and didn't eat it. I nibbled on mashed potatoes. I was in charge of sweet potatoes so I made the regular marshmallow kind and a whipped sweet potatoe dish, very soft and mushy and oh, so good. It had 1/4 cup sugar in the whole dish, made with 6 organic potatoes, some milk and eggs(protein!). Yum.

I still have several days of liquid diet but my NUT said just go easy, small bites, slowly. Chew, chew chew. (OK, chew, chew, chew reminds me of the little engine that could.)

I am rambling, but giddy with happiness and just fine with life.

[ferraroma 22]

I'm on liquid loratab...tastes horrible. And I have to take benadrylwith it cuz it makes me itch so badly. I've done a lot of walking today. I just have a lot of gas that is making it feel like a pressure in my chest. I usually just thump my chest and it comes up as a burp or just dissipates. Just muddling through for now. Which is all any of us can do since none of us know for sure how our bodies will react to the process until its our turns. One second at a time.

Hang in there. It gets better. Day 8 for me. No pain but learning to use tool is interesting.

[tparkerc59 334]

Ugh! Tried eating half of a scrambled egg for dinner and it came right back up....ugh!

[Boston George 84]

Ugh! Tried eating half of a scrambled egg for dinner and it came right back up....ugh!

Sorry to hear that :-( Greek yogurt has been the easiest thing for me to handle. Chobani, green mountain, or trader joes brand. Their loaded with Protein and taste pretty good. I know it's probably the last thing you wanna eat after the liquid stage. Hope your able to tolerate more soon :-)

[NewKezia 20]

Lol...pardon my french...but this sh*t sucks...im grinding thru watching everyone else eat Thanksgiving dinner...im holdin out...and im surprised how easy it is actually...but everything smells great...stay tuff everybody...my surgery is this tuesday the 27th...

I had the same problem! My surgery is also the 27. I opted to work a 12 hour shift on thanksgiving thinking it would make it easier. Everyone was bringing in pies Cookies all kinds of junk. I drank my shakes and maintained, but it was HARD! Only four more days to go!!!!

[BayouTeche 13]

To all you newly sleeved hang in there! Things will get better' date=' the pain will go away. I'm 8 days out, had a rough time in the beginning but I feel awesome now! Just a little soreness left in my middle incision but I'm back to my old self and you'll get there too. It will get easier when you get to full liquids and then puréed (only a few more days for me! Yay) And when you step on the scale you'll realize this has ALL been worth it! Hang in there, we're all pulling for you![/quote']

This gives me so much hope! I am 5 days post op and still am feeling miserable. I'm up all hours of the night walking trying to make the gas pain stop. I also have gained 4 pounds???? here's to hoping day 8 is the magic day!