This is my story and I'm sticking to it

[Smiley_Girl 27]

im back from having surgery on May 3...omg surgery was the easy part,,,I feel like I've been kicked in the ribs and it's hard to take real deep breaths,,,my throat hurts,,,it's hell getting up and down from the bed toilet and in and out of the car, I pee constantly...I can barely drink 4oz of water..a Protein drink...and a Jello in one day....I'm glad I did it but I'm ready to feel better I just had it yesterday at 730a and I was home at 130p...I know it'll get better in time just wanted to share with you all...btw I was only nauseated yesterday ...this is my story:)

[Takingcontrol 467]

It will get better! I too had mine early one morning & was home by noon the next day...but I was fine, no trouble getting around. But I have had other surgeries & was sore...it gets a little better every day! Good luck on your new journey!

[Smiley_Girl 27]

Ohhhh annd my Anesthesiologist was hot hot hot...damnnn

[debk21 17]

It will get better every day. Congratulations! Sending healing vibes youryour way!

Deb

[melodymouse 196]

Nice! A hot anesthesiologist! All the more reason to get skinny! = D Congratulations to you!!

[Lisha73 97]

Congrats....on the post op. I sure hope you begin to feel better real soon...I am looking forward to my surgery in just 20 days....I cant wait to be in your position...Good luck and I know the future will be extremely bright for you.

[Sydney Susan 333]

I was sleeved 29th April - in hospital Monday to Friday, with intravenous pain and anti-nausea meds + potassium + fluids till Thursday night (was supposed to me till Fri morning but problems with the cannula of my drip meant it was removed early. On day 2 I felt rubbish even with all that intravenous support. I was still on half hourly obs too... and I was doing well, certainly no worse than other sleevers in my ward. Not even clear fluids allowed till Friday morning.

What I'm trying to say is that I think the way you feel is related to your post op treatment, rather than something specifically wrong. No doubt you'll come through this ok, but it seems like a tough way to do the sleeve. It shouldn't have to be a trial by fire.

Go see your GP and get checked out, and see if they can offer some medical support for a few days: pain killers, fluids, essential elements like potassium. It could make you feel heaps better.

Where are you based? Perhaps someone local can recommend a good supportive service.

Good luck. I hope you're feeling even a bit better by now... It's a trend that should continue.

[Pixie Dust 526]

Hope you feel better soon Smiley_Girl! I get all excited thinking about having my surgery but then reality sets in & I get nervous thinking how I'm going to feel afterward. I just don't bounce back like I used to when I was in my 20's or 30's or in my 40's! Good luck to you & hope by Monday, you'll be feeling wonderful & this will just be a distant memory!

[Pixie Dust 526]

I was sleeved 29th April - in hospital Monday to Friday, with intravenous pain and anti-nausea meds + potassium + fluids till Thursday night (was supposed to me till Fri morning but problems with the cannula of my drip meant it was removed early. On day 2 I felt rubbish even with all that intravenous support. I was still on half hourly obs too... and I was doing well, certainly no worse than other sleevers in my ward. Not even clear fluids allowed till Friday morning.

What I'm trying to say is that I think the way you feel is related to your post op treatment, rather than something specifically wrong. No doubt you'll come through this ok, but it seems like a tough way to do the sleeve. It shouldn't have to be a trial by fire.

Go see your GP and get checked out, and see if they can offer some medical support for a few days: pain killers, fluids, essential elements like potassium. It could make you feel heaps better.

Where are you based? Perhaps someone local can recommend a good supportive service.

Good luck. I hope you're feeling even a bit better by now... It's a trend that should continue.

Lucky you! In the U.S., they throw you out of the hospital, as long as you wake up alive!

[magpie30 187]

I was sleeved 29th April - in hospital Monday to Friday, with intravenous pain and anti-nausea meds + potassium + fluids till Thursday night (was supposed to me till Fri morning but problems with the cannula of my drip meant it was removed early. On day 2 I felt rubbish even with all that intravenous support. I was still on half hourly obs too... and I was doing well, certainly no worse than other sleevers in my ward. Not even clear fluids allowed till Friday morning.

What I'm trying to say is that I think the way you feel is related to your post op treatment, rather than something specifically wrong. No doubt you'll come through this ok, but it seems like a tough way to do the sleeve. It shouldn't have to be a trial by fire.

Go see your GP and get checked out, and see if they can offer some medical support for a few days: pain killers, fluids, essential elements like potassium. It could make you feel heaps better.

Where are you based? Perhaps someone local can recommend a good supportive service.

Good luck. I hope you're feeling even a bit better by now... It's a trend that should continue.

How the op is feeling is pretty normal for most of us. I go to stay in the hospital for 2 days, Surgery Wed morning, and was home Friday morning, and most people, at least in the US, don't even get that long. It is hard, and the first week is the absolute worst, all you can do is sleep and pop pain pills lol. Would have been nice to have been cared for a little bit longer, i think it would definitely help with the recovery smoothness. Feel fortunate that you got that extra care, for you truly are lucky!

[newat52 1,612]

Ohhhh annd my Anesthesiologist was hot hot hot...damnnn

Dang! And you slept through the whole thing? What a waste of eye candy! :P

[Sydney Susan 333]

Magpie and Pixie, I am feeling lucky... I've noticed the US trend to get you "up and out". Seems amazing to me after my experience, but it seems I'm in the minority. I had thought it was something to do with Australian health care standards setting min requirements for certain types of surgery, but when I posted in another thread that "in Aus it's like this...", 2 other Aussies quickly came back and said they'd only been in 2 (or was it 3) nights.... So it seems specific to the doctor you choose.

Have to say my doctor is very experienced (I was his 720th VGS) and his fees were the same as everyone else I approached. Part of our costs are paid by Medicare (national health) and part by private medical insurance, and I had to pay $4850. This includes the surgery, hospital stay in a private hospital, anaesthetist, and every drs, psych and dietician appt before and after surgery. Is that the sort of out-of-pocket cost in other countries?

This stuff intrigues me - I'm a great believer in quality health care for all and truly don't understand such "suffering" (and yes, I did think twice about using that word... suffering is every bit what it sounds like) in this day and age in very very civilised parts of the world. Aren't the doctors worried about getting sued if something goes wrong in those early days? Who's pushing for such early discharges?

I had cancer 6 years ago and have had a considerable number of surgeries since, one huge and the others more like the VSG, with 4 different surgeons in total. I've never been released from hospital until I was in pretty good shape and after a period on intravenous support and anti clotting agents.

I'm not meaning to offend anyone with this post and truly hope I don't. But it's not often we get to compare our different "global" experiences of exactly the same surgery. And then to be able to consider what's driving those experiences.

Perhaps deep philosophical thought is going to be my food replacement. Ah, from one obsession to another... oh so easily ; ).

[aquitenonnymouse 206]

I had a hard time with liquid at the beginning too. I purchased sugar free popsicles, and Protein powders, and borrowed a juicer for veggie/fruit juice. I set a timer to go off every hour. I had to have 1/2c liquid or popsicle every hour. That helped me get my liquids and protein in.

[Smiley_Girl 27]

Sydney Susan I really don't know which way is right or wrong. I do know my surgeon has been doing these for 15 years. Every Surgeon is different. I was worried at first but then I realized my surgeon was at my finger tips. Everytime I called him he answered immeadiately...I have never had a dr care and give so much attention.