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January 2013 Sleevers?

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Jessi_Rae    21

Jessi_Rae
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Me. Along with my band scar tissue clean up' date=' my surgery took almost 5 hours! It was supposed to take 1.5 hours! But...thankfully I havent been having the heartburn I was having pre-sleeve! :)[/quote']

Omg.....I dont know how you made it through 5 hours. Are you still sore?

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ashiashley    42

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Was wondering' date=' how many people had hernias that needed to be repairded?[/quote']

I had a small one repaired as well. That surprised me for some reason!

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crystal525    26

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Omg.....I dont know how you made it through 5 hours. Are you still sore?

Not at all! I was sleeved Jan. 14. Stayed 2 nights and by day 5 I was feeling much better. I had my drain out after 1 week and that was the last of my discomfort, thankfully. My incisions were all glued shut so I think that helped my incisions from ever being too sore! I'm just ready for my mushy stage to start on Monday!!!

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ashiashley    42

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Not at all! I was sleeved Jan. 14. Stayed 2 nights and by day 5 I was feeling much better. I had my drain out after 1 week and that was the last of my discomfort' date=' thankfully. My incisions were all glued shut so I think that helped my incisions from ever being too sore! I'm just ready for my mushy stage to start on Monday!!![/quote']

I think everyone should have glued incisions! Mine are glued too and I am having no issues at all. I've seen some stapled that make me cringe because they look so painful. :-(

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Stef    264

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I've been stapled, sutured and glued at different points of my life and they all feel about the same. Besides, you have sutures under your glue anyway ;)

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Jessi_Rae    21

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Not at all! I was sleeved Jan. 14. Stayed 2 nights and by day 5 I was feeling much better. I had my drain out after 1 week and that was the last of my discomfort' date=' thankfully. My incisions were all glued shut so I think that helped my incisions from ever being too sore! I'm just ready for my mushy stage to start on Monday!!![/quote']

Wow, you are like my hero...I am 3 days post op and I don't feel good at all. I'm still short of breathe and can't lay down at all, its so painful. I can't wait until I hit day 5 and hopefully feel better.

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moregoodtimes    331

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Sleeved on Jan 30th. Home today and doing well. Thanks to all those who posted the past few months who taught me what to do to be prepared for pre op, surgery and now coming home and learning my new way of life. Yes i had a great surgeon and yes his team was awesome but reading nearly every new post here on vst for about 4 months gave me such a wealth of knowledge from which to pull that i felt ready to meet each challenge. I still waaaay over-packed for the hospital though! :]

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shortsleevedkay    28

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Hey everyone..I wish I could've gone back to the hospital but I live 3 hours away and I was on the way back home when I dry heeved two times. I made it home..I jus took a few sips of Jello in between me sleeping...I am holding it in but I did get the wet mouth as if I was gonna throw up again but I didn't. I didn't have gas as an issue so I am thankful for that. Wish me luck everyone, I am having a hard time right now. Ughhhh

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ashiashley    42

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Hey everyone..I wish I could've gone back to the hospital but I live 3 hours away and I was on the way back home when I dry heeved two times. I made it home..I jus took a few sips of Jello in between me sleeping...I am holding it in but I did get the wet mouth as if I was gonna throw up again but I didn't. I didn't have gas as an issue so I am thankful for that. Wish me luck everyone' date=' I am having a hard time right now. Ughhhh[/quote']

Awe I hope you feel better soon! You had a three hour drive after being released? That's awful.

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TxBritt    32

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I'm home! Whats really weird is that I didn't have a drain and they did my leak test while I was still under anesthesia. I already feel a ton better than yesteday. I've kept all my liquids down today and am looking forward to trying some Soup tomorrow! I have a headache but they said that its pretty common since I've had zero calories for three days. I think as soon as I get something in me I'll feel better.

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Stef    264

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Whats really weird is that I didn't have a drain and they did my leak test while I was still under anesthesia.

Both are pretty common. My surgeon doesn't use drains unless he's performing the RNY and many docs do the leak test while you're still on the table and forego the standing contrast test. Double win for us :)

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Fair2bslimLady    72

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What happens to the stables they use to make sleeve?

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Stef    264

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Nothing happens to them. The staples stay there forever.

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Fair2bslimLady    72

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when I went to the hospital monday I was 248 and I was braved enough tonight and the scale said__> 239, I am dreaming zzz

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