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asifitsthelast    31

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Omg today has been rough. Even with the morphine and tylenol iv I still have a lot of pain. I had bad nausea and threw up Water from my ice chips. That hurt!

Surgery was just about an hour. Everyone here at the hospital has been awesome. I'm supposed to go home tomorrow. With all this pain I'm surprised. At each incision I have a bruise the size of a softball.

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asifitsthelast    31

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Still hurting the swelling has gone down but bruising still is horrible. Nausea went away bc I stopped taking my pain meds. What I would love is a full nights sleep in my bed. I've been living on the couch bc its too hard to get up and down. I only sleep about 2-3 hours at a time.

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lmedalsy    76

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Had my surgery same day as you.. I have no bruisng at all.. I didnt need any pain meds.. Just for nausea the first night, thankfully i didnt throw up, cant imagine the pain!! Im able to do everything on my own, just very tired. How are you doing with food/liquid intake?

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asifitsthelast    31

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I'm ok on liquid. Sleepy time tea has been great on my stomach. I'm still in a lot of pain. Today I'm getting up and off the couch kinda on my own. My incisions burn. Mainly one hurts the most. I just wish I could move easier.

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lmedalsy    76

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Itll get easier! Do you have staples on your incisions?

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asifitsthelast    31

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No. They glued me.

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Misty_eyes    79

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Omg today has been rough. Even with the morphine and tylenol iv I still have a lot of pain. I had bad nausea and threw up Water from my ice chips. That hurt!

Surgery was just about an hour. Everyone here at the hospital has been awesome. I'm supposed to go home tomorrow. With all this pain I'm surprised. At each incision I have a bruise the size of a softball.

Hi there! We have the same surgery date 16th. How are you? Im still having gas pain, and hard to take in liquids. I feel so full and I have the weird feeling as it goes down my stomach-- and then gas pain! Which is painful!

I'm lucky if I can finish 32 oz ( 2 Water bottle) liquids today but I will try. Yesterday I only finished one. Gas x, hot compress, abdominal binder, walking- I did all that ;(

Hope you are better... Keep us posted!

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asifitsthelast    31

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Hi there! We have the same surgery date 16th. How are you? Im still having gas pain' date=' and hard to take in liquids. I feel so full and I have the weird feeling as it goes down my stomach-- and then gas pain! Which is painful!

I'm lucky if I can finish 32 oz ( 2 Water bottle) liquids today but I will try. Yesterday I only finished one. Gas x, hot compress, abdominal binder, walking- I did all that ;(

Hope you are better... Keep us posted![/quote']

I walked down the street today. The gas pain is ridiculous. Some say it takes 2 weeks to feel normal again. My gas is stuck in my chest. When j swallow liquid it makes my stomach tighten up. The worse of it all would be my incisions.

Hope you feel better soon as well :)

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Tawnie    99

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I had same. I had sleeve 14th. Feel pretty good today. Have that same weird feeling when drinking. Almost like you can feel it go down. Very odd. Friday was first day I met my 48oz req. do not worry....soon enough it will get there. I do miss ice Water !!!! To cold make my sleeve spasm. :(

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asifitsthelast    31

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Well here's what some of my incisions look like today. Those are the ones that bother me the most.

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NVTammy    12

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Also surgery on Jan 16th. Had tough time coming out of surgery, on oxygen 24 hrs but went home. I feel too good in some ways, wanting food like a saltine! I also have that yucky feeling as liquids go down or if something is cold.

Except s/f Popsicles!!! Yummy! And warm, not hot Soup. My gas got better after heating pad on tummy, laying on side with knees up toward my chest. Sorry to hear of anyone in pain!! Thought and prayers for y'all -

Tammy

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katie2686    5

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Well here's what some of my incisions look like today. Those are the ones that bother me the most.

I had my sleeve a month ago on December 17- the incision that hurt the worst was the large right bc that is where he pulled my stomach out, it will get better within 2-3 more days but the soreness from that incision may last for another week. After my second week, I was a lot better. Very tired so take it easy!!

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Imabeskinny    31

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Well here's what some of my incisions look like today. Those are the ones that bother me the most.

Those look very similar to mine. I put a heating pad on the sore parts and it helped a lot!

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Wiseguy    4

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Hi, I also had same surgery date and I'm not complaining but I think the weight may be coming off too fast. I've lost 43 lbs and it kinda worries me. Does this amount this quick sound to much to anyone else? I've started eating scrabled eggs and drinking my shakes and keeping hydrated and the only problem I've had is Peanut Butter, which I'm definitely stayin away from. Sorry to ramble I just left the gym and was down 6 lbs from yesterday and it was worrying me.

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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