Hi,

Where are all the March sleevers, I've seen a few but not any post recently. I am almost finished with all my the required medical approvals and classes but don't have an exact date yet.

Well going to bed have to be in the hospital at 5:30AM I'm so nervous !!!!!!!!

Praying for you right now.

Praying for you right now.

Thank you so much !! The first 24 hours were pure hell !!!

Yes it is. But did they give you morphine at the hospital? I didn't feel any pain until I got home. I just felt sore a little. Hang in there girlie.

Thank you so much !! The first 24 hours were pure hell !!!

It does get better and thankfully pretty quickly! Day 5 was the turning point for me. Hang In there

I am on my 3rd day post op and feel horrible!! Trapped gas is horrible! I am also feeling hungry! Is this normal??

Yes its normal. Get up and walk when you feel that gas bubble and drink your protein shake that will take you're hunger away or your chicken broth.

I can't have protein shakes until I go back for my week follow up!!!

What really?? That's weird but I guess every doctor is different. The protein shakes are to help the stomach heal from what they told me and to give me energy because if not you will feel really tired.

So what can you drink other than water??

So what can you drink other than water??

Broth vitamin water zero are what i drink or add propel zero to my water

So what can you drink other than water??

Powerade zero, unsweetened tea, crystal lite, jello, Popsicles!

I discovered this am diet cranberry juice taste refreshing

That's awesome! I am 10 days post op! First 4 days were the hardest' date=' i kept thinking why did i do this to myself? What was I thinking??? I took no pain meds after 2:00 pm on the day of my surgery, once I was awake to tell my nurses to stop pushing it!!! Had nausea for first 4 days, but had meds that took it away!! No gas pains as I was up and walking a.s.a.p. ice chips and water are all I really drank in the hospital, a little decaf tea! I have lost 25 pounds!! 9 pre-op on my 6 day liquid diet and 19 post op! So I'm super excited about the results so far from 250 down to 225! Yay![/quote']

Great job!!!

Does anyone (besides me) have no interest AT ALL in eating? I can barely get all my fluids in (I been getting about 1/2 in). I told my nut this at my post op visit she said,"concentrate on hydration" and instead of eating 6 small meals I could put a teaspoon of something in my mouth every hr (which I don't do). I can't be the only one, can I?