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Did anyone's doc tell them how long it takes for their incision and staples to scar over on their new pouch?

My doctor told me 2 months :(

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My surgery was Monday, strips and clear tape was taken off today by doctor.

2013 is my year....Sleeved 11/19 Methodist Hosp in NY

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Where are you getting sleeved? I am in SA too:)

I am getting sleeved at Texsan Hospital at 3pm

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Hi Y'all,

I was sleeved on Tuesday and have been in the hospital. I will be released today, the only real problems were that I was nauseated and had the dry heaves. My blood count was low and I had to get blood. I feel great today but it was rough.

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Glad you are doing better Missy :)

2013 is my year....Sleeved 11/19 Methodist Hosp in NY

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Hi Y'all' date='

I was sleeved on Tuesday and have been in the hospital. I will be released today, the only real problems were that I was nauseated and had the dry heaves. My blood count was low and I had to get blood. I feel great today but it was rough.[/quote']

Glad your feeling better and got to go home! It will get easier each day now :-)

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My surgeon told me that the staple line (new stomach) is about 80-90% healed over at this point (11days post op) I still have steri strips on my incisions and he said to let them fall off naturally. They are so itchy though - I can't stand it

My hospital told me not to remove the strips but sometimes they just start getting gross and wont come off... After 10 days we can remove them ourselves. :)

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Hello' date='

I am relatively new to the site do there may have already been this thread prior so I apologize.

Just wondering of the planned/anticipated novembers?[/quote']

Well today is day three from my postop on the 20th I didn't do too bad in the hospital but after getting home last night today has been awful! I'm nauseous my pain is horrible I've been walking around my complex trying to make sure that I'm getting rid of gas in case that's the pain. I've tried some small small bites of mashed potatoes with gravy and a little bit of stuffing very moistened. Delicious but I don't think it's good For me right now. I got up this morning it made a Protein Drink and have been sipping on it all day. A little boring but I can't wait to see how much I weigh soon. My postop appointment is Monday at 10 AM hopefully by then I've lost some weight. As much pain as I'm in I'm having a hard time with the commitment I made for next weekend babysitting my grandkids. I really want to be well by then because they were so disappointed when I wasn't at the Thanksgiving table. I can see this will get better I hope we all have really good luck I'm so excited to lose the weight just wanted to check in to let you know how today was going check back and let me know how your day is going. I love reading all your stories

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My surgeon told me that the staple line (new stomach) is about 80-90% healed over at this point (11days post op) I still have steri strips on my incisions and he said to let them fall off naturally. They are so itchy though - I can't stand it

They told me the same about the steri strips but they had blood caked behind them and looked dirty to me so I took them off after 9 days and put a clean bandaid on the largest. The others looks ok.

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They told me the same about the steri strips but they had blood caked behind them and looked dirty to me so I took them off after 9 days and put a clean bandaid on the largest. The others looks ok.

I had glue closure and it started to look black because of lint from all of my black clothing.... I peeled the rest that hadn't fallen off this morning and my incisions are healing well@ 16 days out :)

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They told me the same about the steri strips but they had blood caked behind them and looked dirty to me so I took them off after 9 days and put a clean bandaid on the largest. The others looks ok.

Mine are 10 days old and look gross, but im afraid to pull them off , like you said blood is under them . My doc told me to let them fall off , I go to see him on Thursday if they are still there i'll let him pull them off haha

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Has anyone tried fruit in their Protein Shake? I forgot to ask my doctor if I could start

2013 is my year....Sleeved 11/19 Methodist Hosp in NY

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November 29th in TJ Mexico

Congratulations! I just got back today from being sleeved in TJ on 11/19....my surgeons were awesome! Not sure who is performing yours, but much success to you; you''ll do fine! Just remember to sip alot and walk away the gas pains! Take some gasx and Tylenol with you just in case!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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