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Post op day 5

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rndani85    10

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Gloryyyy glory hallelujah!! This has been my best day thus far. I can't imagine how great I'll feel a month out. I'm definitely excited about the future. More so now than ever. My steri strips were so loose, I took them off. Not bad, Dr. Scott :) I'm all scabbed up and itchy. That's a good thing. I did a much better job of getting my Water in. Not all the way, but 75% there. I'll grab tomorrow by the horns!

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sue8925    17

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Congrats!

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rndani85    10

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Congrats!

Thanks, Sue! :)

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Congrats on having such a good recovery. It only gets better.

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MegN    5

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Congrats rndani! I was sleeved 4 days ago and am starting to feel "normal" again, I'm still having air bubbles/stomach cramps when I drink at times, but each day is better. I'm 5'6 and started at 264 with 1 week of liquid diet, today I weighed and was suprised to see 245!! Luckily, I haven't had any nausea or vomiting and would like to keep it that way. I see my doctor on Monday and am excited to get my diet advanced, hopefully, it would be fantastic to have some texture/substance again.

Just curious, with the title rndani...are you a nurse? I'm an ED RN and am nervous about going back to work. Naturally, I work in a busy chatoic environment and am worried about fatigue. It would be nice to know how other nurses deal with the sleeve and work. :)

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rndani85    10

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Congrats rndani! I was sleeved 4 days ago and am starting to feel "normal" again, I'm still having air bubbles/stomach cramps when I drink at times, but each day is better. I'm 5'6 and started at 264 with 1 week of liquid diet, today I weighed and was suprised to see 245!! Luckily, I haven't had any nausea or vomiting and would like to keep it that way. I see my doctor on Monday and am excited to get my diet advanced, hopefully, it would be fantastic to have some texture/substance again.

Just curious, with the title rndani...are you a nurse? I'm an ED RN and am nervous about going back to work. Naturally, I work in a busy chatoic environment and am worried about fatigue. It would be nice to know how other nurses deal with the sleeve and work. :)

Wow! You are totally rocking recovery! It feels so good to get back to normal. I am a registered nurse :) I'm a floor nurse on a surgical specialty unit. It too is absolute madness. I am really sad that this is my last week off work. I was definitely wondering the same thing you are. I may double up on my B12, haha! I do know that I will not be lifting over 15 lbs for a month. I'm thankful to be on that weight restriction, because as you know our jobs require lots of lifting and pulling. I return to work Feb. 25th. I'll keep you posted on how things go. :)

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MegN    5

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Wow! You are totally rocking recovery! It feels so good to get back to normal. I am a registered nurse I'm a floor nurse on a surgical specialty unit. It too is absolute madness. I am really sad that this is my last week off work. I was definitely wondering the same thing you are. I may double up on my B12, haha! I do know that I will not be lifting over 15 lbs for a month. I'm thankful to be on that weight restriction, because as you know our jobs require lots of lifting and pulling. I return to work Feb. 25th. I'll keep you posted on how things go. :)

I'm glad I have 1 more week off, I go back March 7th...so happy I have a great boss! I too am so glad that we have a weight restriction, with having such a less caloric intake I don't think I can do the lifting and pulling like you said. I'm sure you are going to do great, I'm kind of glad when we can get back into our routine and start burning more calories. Good luck!! :D

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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.

        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.

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