Post Op Octosleevers 2012. Welcome To The Losers Bench!

[tqmeri30 17]

Welcome to the other side everyone. It's tough at first but it gets easier i promise! I had my surgery last Tuesday and I go for my 1 week pre op today. Sipping on my muscle milk as we speak' date=' things look and feel good![/quote']

Im glad your doing great. Up until yesterday i felt great, no pain, no soreness, but yesterday i got hurt just getting off bed. Make sure you still take it easy until four weeks.

[ThinnerTiff 172]

Congrats Tanya and Tiffany. Each day gets better. (Couldn't imagine throwing up..ouch) get up and walk when you can' date=' it made a huge difference for me.[/quote']

Walking makes it worse for me!! Nauseated and dizzy is just the beginning :/

[imworthit 156]

Walking makes it worse for me!! Nauseated and dizzy is just the beginning :/

Feel better!!

[chubbymom 10]

Just got back from post op appt. Down 23 lbs since release day (thurs) and was moved to pureed food thank god. Don't have a follow up for a month.

[NDN_RN 527]

Just got back from post op appt. Down 23 lbs since release day (thurs) and was moved to pureed food thank god. Don't have a follow up for a month.

23 pounds on 6 days????? OMG you are the queen! Congratulations.

They did not weigh me post op.

Done Did It!

[chubbymom 10]

23 pounds on 6 days????? OMG you are the queen! Congratulations.

They did not weigh me post op.

Done Did It!

I was in shock. I am curious if it will keep up with pureed food in the mix now. I've been on just fluids and talking all the time. First time in 5 years I'm below 300 lbs

[cherrybombknits 184]

Just got back from post op appt. Down 23 lbs since release day (thurs) and was moved to pureed food thank god. Don't have a follow up for a month.

No fair, I've lost maybe 2 lbs since pre-op. Good job!

[Tanya~101 19]

Walking makes it worse for me!! Nauseated and dizzy is just the beginning :/

Do they have u on iv morphine? I was and them they switch me to liquid loritab I felt so much better the morphine did everting u just said.. I couldn't focus at all definitely couldn't walk very well I also had them put my binder on in recovery it helps keep everything in place

[ThinnerTiff 172]

They have me on dalatid(sp?) and liquid loratab they don't want me addicted to the dalatid.

[NDN_RN 527]

They have me on dalatid(sp?) and liquid loratab they don't want me addicted to the dalatid.

Preposterous (not meant for you, but whoever told you about the addiction thing). The standard of care is, don't ignore the pain, get ahead of it and use of high dose narcotics for post surgical pain in the short run, results in less need ,if any in the long run. If it is poorly treated pain, with minimal narcotics, that often cause long term addiction. Lortab is vicodan, probably a more abused drug that Dilaudid

Done Did It!

[ThinnerTiff 172]

Preposterous (not meant for you' date=' but whoever told you about the addiction thing). The standard of care is, don't ignore the pain, get ahead of it and use of high dose narcotics for post surgical pain in the short run, results in less need ,if any in the long run. If it is poorly treated pain, with minimal narcotics, that often cause long term addiction. Lortab is vicodan, probably a more abused drug that Dilaudid

Done Did It![/quote']

Thank you!!! Loratab barly does anything to me n that was there reason for rotating me...

[Banned member 320]

I'm finding it easier to get in my fluids and it's not taking me hours to drink drink 1 cup of Water. All the glue in my belly button is starting to get flaky and I'm hoping next week the surgeon will remove it but I'm pretty sure it will fall out on its own before then. I've lost about 12 lbs from my highest but unfortunately I don't have a home scale and have to go by what the doc scale says.

[Scottishlassie 35]

One week post op!

So pleased- I have lost 7lbs since surgery date (on the 4th) and 9lbs from the 10 day pre op diet so in total that's 16lbs in almost as many days!!! Crazy!

Im also down 25lbs from my heaviest weight and feeling so pleased that I know I'll NEVER get that big again.

Healing fine, I have 5 incisions and they all look good, managing to sleep on my side and pain is minimal. My only question is how long will we keep burping gas? It's very off putting that I have to burp after every sip I swallow and gurgle like crazy- surely this settles down?

#onedayiwillbeslim SD - October 4th 2012

[ThinnerTiff 172]

5am- got really uncomfortable!!the gas seems to be trapped in my belly and won't come out, it's actually bothering me to drink. I tried to walk again and nothing! Gonna lay back down and get pain meds!

[auggie 12]

I was sleeved on 10/8 and am feeling pretty well. I have found it easy to keep the gas pains away by taking two Prevacids a day -one early in the morning around 5 am and the second in the evening after dinner around 7 pm. I have five incisions on my stomach and still have a drain. I think the drain is coming out today (Thursday), I hope so because it is really inconvenient to have that thing swinging around when I walk or am in bed.

I am having no problem drinking. The trick is to take tiny minuscule sips. I drink like my pet cat does -barely wetting my tongue. I made the mistake of taking a regular sip and won't do that again-it felt like I swallowed a golf ball and for about five minutes afterwards I could feel that sip as it worked its way through my narrow sleeve. I can handle drinking Water okay, but seem to do better with flavored waters for some reason. Propel zeros are good but I love the crystal light peach ice tea! I have a 32 bougie, it has a diameter that is roughly the size of a "fine point sharpie marker."

I haven't eaten anything other than chicken broth and can only handle about 5Tbs of broth every five minutes or so. I feel zero hunger. None. It's kind of strange especially since I did magnesium citrate last Saturday, which completely cleaned me out. I fasted last Sunday in preparation for my surgery this past Monday and have been only taking in fluids and broth since surgery. I am taking in less than 300 calories per day and really feel none the less for wear. My Doctor wants me on clears for a full week before I get to start in on my full fluids. At that time I'll introduce some Protein shakes into my diet.

I look like I was the loser in a boxing match - my stomach is bruised and the incision scabs are black... But everything is healing up nicely. I stopped taking all pain medication on Tuesday, the day after my surgery, and don't need them at all.

My recommendations are to sip, sip, sip and walk, walk, walk.... And definitely get on top of and stay on top of the stomach acid. The pressure and gurgling that some people are attributing to gas pains could really be the result of your stomach being full of acid.