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Got sleeved yesterday! Feel awful

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PatliPriya    13

PatliPriya
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Wow, thank you everyone, what a wealth of information, I'm going for a walk now and keeping the Water with me... I can't thank you guys enough for helping me, my eyes are actually welling up typing about it, I'm really really thankful... This is really difficult but really empowering at the same time...

Thank you for helping me through this all of you..

Right, I have work to do!!

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Butterfly66    63

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I had surgery on Tuesday morning, 26 Mar, released Wednesday after lunch, 27 Mar. Went back to work 1/2 day today, Thursday 28 Mar. I drank Crystal Light with unflavored Protein Powder this morning for Breakfast and sipped Water the rest of the day. I got almost 30 oz of water down which includes the Crystal Light. I drank a chocolate whey Protein Drink with water this afternoon. I had a massive hiatal hernia my surgeon fixed while he was performing the sleeve. I think that is why heavier liquids aren't going down very well for me just yet. Tried a homemade Rootbeer float recipe from the full liquid recipe suggestions, but it didn't go down very well. I didn't gag or throw up, but the liquid did get stuck and I had to walk and take deep breaths. The gas pains across my shoulders are gone and I am actually passing gas today (yeah!) Still some stomach cramps when drinking water and I tried pre-packaged sugar free Jello that made my stomach cramp, but tolerable. Going to get some more unflavored Protein powder. It's the best with Raspberry Crystal Light. The hospital gave me a velcro girdle to wear home...what a great device to keep everything tight and stable. Only took pain meds once today. Got on the scale yesterday and was up 9 pounds. Haven't weighed today, but still gassy. Maybe this weekend. Incisions are healing nicely, no leaking. Started a gummi multi Vitamin and chewable Calcium. Thanks Dr. Cottam and the nurses at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah for taking such good care of me. More to follow! Christi

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Decembersleever    154

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Every day gets a little better. Hang in there!

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Colemon70    87

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Did anyone retain a ton of Water? My legs are really swollen as well as my iv hand. One legs is more swollen. It doesn't hurt and isn't red but I'm just concerned. I have a call into the doc. I might just head to er to be safe

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JROD    22

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Yikes colemon70, better to have it checked out.

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HOLLAND    3

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Coleman70 ~ I haven't had my surgery yet but I did have surgery once where the iv needle poked through my vein. Which caused a lot of swelling because all that Fluid went into my body and not into my vein. I'd still call and ask though!

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Colemon70    87

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Coleman70 ~ I haven't had my surgery yet but I did have surgery once where the iv needle poked through my vein. Which caused a lot of swelling because all that Fluid went into my body and not into my vein. I'd still call and ask though!

Omg that. Sounds horrible. When are you due to have sleeve?

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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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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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

        summerseeker

        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.

    • CaseyP1011

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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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