I start my pre op liquid diet on weds...not too worried about that..I already have been doing the shakes for awhile...lost 20 lbs already..mostly from worrying! I am already preadmitted...just show up and get hooked to iv...and that's it...kind of exicted and scared at the same time!

I'm sleeved as well!..went pretty good no real nausea to speak of..leak test this morning...lunch of cyrysal light popsicle n hello..just got home from hosp...so glad to see my kids...

glad you guys are all doing well. you are lucky kaiser wont let you have nothing not even ice chips. the last thing i had was chicken broth and Jello at 1030 pm tues they didnt give me Water till 9 am thurs morning. dont seem right damn. kaiser is strict man.

im having trouble getting down anything it feels stuck in mychest if i sip to much and popsicles make me sick i take one lick or suck and my tummy cramps whats up with that. my insision hurt but i an sleep on my side yayyyyyyyyy. im feeling beter as the day go on though.

glad you guys are all doing well. you are lucky kaiser wont let you have nothing not even ice chips. the last thing i had was chicken broth and Jello at 1030 pm tues they didnt give me Water till 9 am thurs morning. dont seem right damn. kaiser is strict man.

im having trouble getting down anything it feels stuck in mychest if i sip to much and popsicles make me sick i take one lick or suck and my tummy cramps whats up with that. my insision hurt but i an sleep on my side yayyyyyyyyy. im feeling beter as the day go on though.

I hope you feel better soon, I plan on taking it easy for a while, my left side is really bruised ig, liquids are fine for me, I burp a lot..

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Surgery went well... came home yesterday. Still kind of loopy from the meds, trying to make sure I drink enough... Will check back in later

Brief update as I'm down for the count with all this gas loaded up in my cavity. Plus I keep swallowing air which makes it worse. Other than that- doctor said everyone went perfectly. I need this gas/bloating to go away. Gas x won't touch this as its in the cavity- not my intestine. Supposed to work on fluids. I'm no doing well with this. Goal is 64 ounces. I maybe do 16z. Here's to hoping I wake up gasless tomorrow.

Happy to others are doing well. Oh they took pics of my insides. Said my liver looked wonderful. They did discover cysts on my ovaries. Who knew? I'll follow up with GP on thy someday.

Night....

Brief update as I'm down for the count with all this gas loaded up in my cavity. Plus I keep swallowing air which makes it worse. Other than that- doctor said everyone went perfectly. I need this gas/bloating to go away. Gas x won't touch this as its in the cavity- not my intestine. Supposed to work on fluids. I'm no doing well with this. Goal is 64 ounces. I maybe do 16z. Here's to hoping I wake up gasless tomorrow.

Happy to others are doing well. Oh they took pics of my insides. Said my liver looked wonderful. They did discover cysts on my ovaries. Who knew? I'll follow up with GP on thy someday.

Night....

Although I can drink w/ no problems not sure anyone can get down that many oz when we 1st get home, my Dr said work up to that... They took pics for me to bring & my liver also was in very good shape but he did repair a hiatal hernia that I had... Well rest well - ik I plan to once I can find a comfortable position...

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So glad to hear you are all doing fairly well for the most part. Keep on mending!

Glad to hear evreryone is doing rater well....

Glad to hear everyone is doing well!

Really, I can't see anyone being about to get 64 oz of water in, I can barely get one bottle. Yesterday I hade 1 popcicle, 1/2 of my atkins protein shake then I had some cream brocolli and cheese soup. I felt my stomach cramp up but just a little gas came out, no BM as of yet. Today i'm having cream of wheat with evaporated milk and it went done pretty good. I'm gonna try my vitamin zero water and see if that helps me with my 64 oz of water. I find it very helpful to take my zofran (nausea med) about 15 -20 min befire I eat.

I wish all of us the continued success we are having and continue to post updates please.

Oh that's so good' date=' I should be able to go home tomorrow... How long did it take you to drink that shake?!

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Sorry @ ready4 change77, it took me about 1 hour to get it down but it was Optifast strawberry which I didn't like that's why it too so long and I only had about 1/4 cup. I like my atkins shake better.

Yes 64 ounces is the goal- not the expectation right out of surgery

Sorry @ ready4 change77' date=' it took me about 1 hour to get it down but it was Optifast strawberry which I didn't like that's why it too so long and I only had about 1/4 cup. I like my atkins shake better.[/quote']

I like Atkins Advantage chocolate milk shake, I've had 4 oz of that today & for whatever reason Water doesnt taste very good to me right now but I can barely drink a whole 16oz bottle of if... Crystal light is ok but I'm sure each day it will get easier.. I grew up on cream of wheat... I love it, I will try it soon to see how it goes down

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Hello guys, I'm finally home. I had some minor complications and had to be in the icu for a couple days but things are getting better. I think the gas pain is the worst and I've been trying to walk to help that. The gas x strips do nothing for me but over time I'm sure the walking and burping will do the trick. I'm glad to see everyone is doing good.

I am doing good can take in approx. 24oz unjury and a couple cups of tea...not much else now....