Surgery went well yesterday. Only nausea was in the recovery room. Morphine PCA made it a lot easier. Had leak test this am, tasted like how lemon pledge smells. Not gritty though. Thinking of all the great ppl here getting sleeved today and this month. This is our season of hope. Feels like an early Christmas present. Best of luck. Jello for lunch, yeah!

Welcome home! Just keep moving and sipping liquids!

interesting how all of us have such different things our doctors do/give us. chad i thought it was weird u got a leak test after you were awake. also for drinks all they gave me was water,broth,and diet snapple. been 12 days since surgery, dont fall behind on fluids cause u cant catch up. sip sip sip

interesting how all of us have such different things our doctors do/give us. chad i thought it was weird u got a leak test after you were awake. also for drinks all they gave me was water' date='broth,and diet snapple. been 12 days since surgery, dont fall behind on fluids cause u cant catch up. sip sip sip[/quote']

I have been drinking out of a 3 oz plastic cup starting today I hope it helps because I was afraid I may of too much last night at once from a Water bottle. Having problems determining gas pain, post surgery pain and full or not. It all hurts...

Going for a walk this am when I wake up more.

So if I drink 3 oz over a few minutes, how long before I can safely do it again?

Thanks Chad

interesting how all of us have such different things our doctors do/give us. chad i thought it was weird u got a leak test after you were awake. also for drinks all they gave me was water' date='broth,and diet snapple. been 12 days since surgery, dont fall behind on fluids cause u cant catch up. sip sip sip[/quote']

I got a leak test in surgery and then the next day....

Thanks everyone! Home tonight!

Wow, you are bionic, man! Congratulations Chad. Super happy for you!

Done Did It!

I am walking, walking but this gas pain is killing me. Atleast I can tolerate some crystal light. I am not gonna lie. I know it will pass, but it is miserable today. Dang.

Just keep up the good work, take a little pain medication if you need and keep moving! Walking will really help get rid of the gas pains.

3ozs? i was told to have 1oz every 15 minutes. the most i have is 1.5 oz in a sitting because thats how much a sugarfree popcicle is.

3ozs? i was told to have 1oz every 15 minutes. the most i have is 1.5 oz in a sitting because thats how much a sugarfree popcicle is.

I have also cut way back... About an ounce then break

How are you feeling today?

I'm officially post op today. Surgery was 8:00am, was up and walking by 2:30pm. Yay! No pain, just a little sore and mild nausea. Getting meds for nausea, just dealing with the soreness, hate pain meds. So far so good

How are you feeling today?

Thank you for asking. This is my second day at home after surgery on Monday. The gas pains yesterday were terrible, but I took two 45 min or so walks outside as well as some inside and I feel much, much better today. The bloated feeling is down. I have started drinking in 3 oz plastic mouthwash cups which helps me remember to slow down with sips. Harder than I thought. Pain wise much improved. Took one dose of liquid lortab and a gas x strip today. I am not very tired yet. Glad I have two weeks off. Today I swallowed my meds slowly. I do have to take prevacid, another capsule and two b/p pills. My surgeon said ok, but I am still worried. Prevacid meltaways are 600 a month. So, no thank you.

I am attracted to some foods post op that I have no business thinking about. Starting to see what head hunger post op is all about.

At this point, I am looking at Fluid intake, some exercise and a lot of rest.

Happy to be on the other side.

I am 5 lbs down since Monday.

Great to see you progressing so well Chad, seems all your time here is paying off. You are so aware of everything that is happening. I only wish we were all as well informed as you are.

Congrats!!! Welcome to the WLS family. Glad to hear you're doing well. I will be keeping you in my thoughts & prayers. Wishing you a speedy recovery

Congratulations! Looks like we both had surgery on Monday (8th). I came home yesterday. So far, I would say yesterday was my worst day. I was in a lot of pain from the gas and was extremely tired. I am also having a hard time drinking all my 60oz of liquids too. It's 8pm now, and I'm only at 29oz. I am going to try to hit 40oz before I go to bed.

How has your liquid intake been so far? What are you tolerating the best? I've been enjoying SF popsicles the most. Water is pretty good to me too, although I girgle and burp after every sip. Jello gets me full and bloated too quickly.

Well, best of luck. I am curious to see if we run into similar experiences.