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suzbredo    35

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Well I just wanted to give everyone an update. I was sleeved at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. When I woke up in recovery at 445 I was in a lot of pain that took awhile to get that under control unfortunately. I also started to walk around and do laps so I'm hoping that will help a little with the pain some. i'm pretty groggy from anesthesia as well as pain meds but hoping tomorrow be a better day! Hope everyone else is hanging in there and has a good night.

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tigerbelle    328

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thanks for the update....seems like things went fairly well, and I am glad your pain is under control...I am thinking you will feel even better tomorrow...hope your night is restful--at least as restful as it can be in the hospital...if you get the chance, check back in with us tomorrow

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ChristineR    128

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Congrats! It will get easier :D

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DonRodolfo    1,416

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Well I just wanted to give everyone an update. I was sleeved at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. When I woke up in recovery at 445 I was in a lot of pain that took awhile to get that under control unfortunately. I also started to walk around and do laps so I'm hoping that will help a little with the pain some. i'm pretty groggy from anesthesia as well as pain meds but hoping tomorrow be a better day! Hope everyone else is hanging in there and has a good night.

Congrats and welcome! :D

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mirrim58    33

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Glad it went well. The laps will definitely help with the pain. Congratulations and hope it goes smoothly.

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suzbredo    35

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Thanks everybody! I go for my 2nd leak test (they did the first in the OR I believe) at around 630 this morning. If all goes well with that I can start some Clear Liquids and take a nice shower and put on my pajamas from home which is bound to help me feel better :) I truly appreciate all the kind words and encouragement - thank you all!!!

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taurabird    142

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Hi Suz, I was sleeved at 8am yesterday (June 5th) I have been in some pain but it does mostly resolve. My blue dye leak test will be given around 7am (real soon). Shout out to all the nurses and techs in surgery and on the bariatric unit on the 11th floor that have taken such great care of me at ORMC, Orlando Health system. I couldnt ask for any better!

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taurabird    142

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Good luck today on your speedy recovery!

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suzbredo    35

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Thanks everybody! Day 2 and most of Day 3 were challenging for me as I had a nasty Migraine that we couldn't get control of - making the belly pain considerably worse since I had dry heaves from the migraine and related nausea. So happy it's day 4 and the migraine is gone! I'm still quite sore but doing MUCH better - I even slept for 5 hours straight last night. Got all of my liquids in yesterday but it was a challenge so that's my main goal for today as well...

Hope all the other June sleevers are hanging in there :)

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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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    • 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

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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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