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You may have less to lose than the average sleever. Even if it comes off slowly stay encouraged its happening. I was sleeved the same day as you SW 182' date=' CW 171 talk about slow! We can do this! Hope when I'm able to exercise these pounds will come off faster.[/quote']

Thanks tina ... I know its just hard when you read "50 lbs in 3 weeks" ..lol i literally just read it and wanted some french fries lol but its all a process

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I hat to say it' date=' because I know it's gross....but maybe it's time for a suppository?[/quote']

My hubby had to give me an emema after 10-11 days ... Talk about love hehehehe

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Maybe you're making yourself crazy by getting on the scale at all right now? :)

As hard as it might be' date=' why not put it out of reach for a week or two...think you might be pleasantly surprised when you do weigh in.[/quote']

Good idea ... Yes im def becoming a slave to the dam thing ;)

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Maybe you're making yourself crazy by getting on the scale at all right now? :)

As hard as it might be' date=' why not put it out of reach for a week or two...think you might be pleasantly surprised when you do weigh in.[/quote']

Good idea ... Yes im def becoming a slave to the dam thing ;)

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Has anyone had a really hard first 2-3wks. I have been so miserable. The first 2wks I had the runs 3x a day. Then since my doc switched me to stage 3 I haven't had a BM in 8 days. My doc doesn't want me to take anything right now but I'm so uncomfortable. I did take gasx but it doesn't seem to be helping.

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Yes I have, the runs 3-4 x a day. I am now in the hospital with dehydration watch out for this 2 nod trip to hospital since surgery. I try to eat and I run.

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Has anyone had a really hard first 2-3wks. I have been so miserable. The first 2wks I had the runs 3x a day. Then since my doc switched me to stage 3 I haven't had a BM in 8 days. My doc doesn't want me to take anything right now but I'm so uncomfortable. I did take gasx but it doesn't seem to be helping.

Prune juice helped me and its natural so no side effects etc. someone else suggested apple juice but that didn't work for me. Good luck!

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Yes I have' date=' the runs 3-4 x a day. I am now in the hospital with dehydration watch out for this 2 nod trip to hospital since surgery. I try to eat and I run.[/quote']

That's what I'm afraid of. I went from the runs to Constipation. They checked me for infection and it was negative but they want me to do another test to make sure it wasn't a false negative but now I can't go. I think I'm only at about 20oz of Water today. I just feel so bloated and swollen that when I drink its worse and starts to hurt cause I feels like I'm forcing water into a place that's full......if that makes sense.

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Prune juice helped me and its natural so no side effects etc. someone else suggested apple juice but that didn't work for me. Good luck!

Thanks I will try that. My RN suggested the tea Smooth Move so I'm going to try that tonight.

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Has anyone had a really hard first 2-3wks. I have been so miserable. The first 2wks I had the runs 3x a day. Then since my doc switched me to stage 3 I haven't had a BM in 8 days. My doc doesn't want me to take anything right now but I'm so uncomfortable. I did take gasx but it doesn't seem to be helping.

Try diluted apple juice. It works for me every time.

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Has anyone had the BIG stitch finally popped? I can't wait until mine does. How long is the average wait?

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Has anyone had the BIG stitch finally popped? I can't wait until mine does. How long is the average wait?

I can't wait either. It has really been stinging/pain this past week! Hoping it will pop SOON!!!

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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. 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.

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