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I'm in constant pain. Still can't get rid of the gas. Haven't really slept since the surgery. Nauseous all the time and having trouble drinking fluids. Please tell me this gets better :(

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It does....I am 6 days post op and have been feeling better every day. Use your pilow to support your tummy. Sip, sip, sip....tiny amounts but frequently. I still have not reached the daily Fluid or Protein goal that they set for me. Still trying though. Good luck.

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I'm 9 days post op and yes it does get better. I'm still struggling with my Fluid and Protein requirements but I'm getting better everyday. Hang in there!

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I am 6 days post op I am getting better I feel good and all I can say is sip sip sip .Good Luck to you

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I'm 10 days post op , no more pain , dropped 16 pounds! Starting to exercise waking 45 minutes ! Good luck remember keep walking for the gas pains ! I would get up every 30 minutes and walk helps ALOT!!!!!!

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I'm in constant pain. Still can't get rid of the gas. Haven't really slept since the surgery. Nauseous all the time and having trouble drinking fluids. Please tell me this gets better :(

I am 4 days post op and yes, it gets better.

WALK! - I came out of recovery and I walked every hour. I measured by the tv programs, lol. One ended, I walked. Laps around the floor at the hospital. It really does help to alleviate the gas in there. Gas x strips, I hear, are great in assisting with relief. I've seen on other posts where people used a heating pad to alleviate some of the pain/gas.

I had mild nausea, but got it under control pretty quick. The nurses were great to give me something for it. By the time I would begin to feel nausea coming on, I would maybe have an episode, and they were there putting stuff in my I.v. again. :)

It will get better!

Good luck!

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3 days post op here . No major pain issues but gas is still there. I can feel a bubble forming in the lower abdomen and rising to my stomach and then it gets painful. I need to take a big breath in and out to aleviate the pain. I feel like a big air bubble where i just want to somehow deflate myself with a needle :). I wish i could at least pass gas but thats been a challenge as well.

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3 days here also. Gas has starred to go (walked a lot). Also little sleep. Taking pills is anxiety for me. I feel it go down and sit there then some strange pain and I think pill drops in??? Keep thinking I am a mess. Trying to finish first Protein beverage today. Hubby went and got me sippie cup to help slow down how much went down. Seems to help. Most of it is anxiety :(

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I'm in constant pain. Still can't get rid of the gas. Haven't really slept since the surgery. Nauseous all the time and having trouble drinking fluids. Please tell me this gets better :(

It gets much better, just take it day by day.

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Thanks everyone. My surgeon upped my pain Meds and gave me anti nausea pills which have at least stopped me from dry heaving. I'm now thinking I should have taken the option to stay in the hospital for the extra night!

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I used a heating pad on my stomach and would hold it when i moved it seemed to work real well.I am 6 days and I just walk and walk it seems to be helping my Fluid intake is good and I have hardly any pain .I used a pill cup or a shot glass to sip my fluid intake so I did not go to fast .I sipped a 1 onuce every 15 to 20 minutes and now it is so much better .I did not have a hospital stay at all I satayed the first night at a motel then went back for fluid and then came home .

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3 days here also. Gas has starred to go (walked a lot). Also little sleep. Taking pills is anxiety for me. I feel it go down and sit there then some strange pain and I think pill drops in??? Keep thinking I am a mess. Trying to finish first Protein beverage today. Hubby went and got me sippie cup to help slow down how much went down. Seems to help. Most of it is anxiety :(

Just walk it will get better .Good luck to you

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I'm in constant pain. Still can't get rid of the gas. Haven't really slept since the surgery. Nauseous all the time and having trouble drinking fluids. Please tell me this gets better <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />

I was in same predicament last week the only thing you can do is walk walk walk and gas will pass ... It's 8th day and I just had Decaf latte from Starbucks I had the worst 3 days I was in the hospital for first 3 days cause I couldn't take anything but then it got better :)

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I see all of yous are about week or less post-op.. Congrats to all!!! I'm 14 weeks post-op almost 4 months :) my first week was the roughest! But it does get better everyday...I started to feel better too once I got to purée foods.. The liquid stage I was hungry all the time! But it does get better. I was sleeved 10/9/12..since October 1 I've lost 49 lbs but with pre op. diet I've lost a total of 82lbs... And as much pain I was in that first week was totally worth it!!! I started at 300 and I'm 218 this morning!! But think positive and welcome to the losers bench!!!! Happy loosing! :D

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Thank u tiff. Makes day 4 easier. ;). Looking forward to Monday and possibility of sharing a meal with hubby. Even if baby food. Awesome job on weightloss!'

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