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Anyone else getting sleeved in August?

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mummytolewis    21

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Whoa! pureed after one day? That seems a bit risky to me...... Are you sure that's what they said? Worried about you....

Lol I meant pureed after day 3 and pureed on this diet is Soup consistancy, it was liquids 1 st 3 days pureed tomorrow, i, ve had broths and smoothys yesterday and today, tomoz I can start trying different foods like chicken and potatoes but its all got to be smooth consistancy :-D

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nyorker    67

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Mine were glued with no stitches. That looks painful.

Only one is painfull and i think its the one where they pulled out the stomach. Morphine is doing its job. The sleeve was staples only. Tomorrow i get a cat scan i think for leaks.

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mummytolewis    21

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I, m glued too and the most painful incision is where they pulled my stomach out too, thats the one they must stretch the most, hope your making a good recovery. Painrelief is helping me but i, m gonna lower dose tommorow to just paracetamol.

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chrissythemoo    34

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I' date=' m glued too and the most painful incision is where they pulled my stomach out too, thats the one they must stretch the most, hope your making a good recovery. Painrelief is helping me but i, m gonna lower dose tommorow to just paracetamol.[/quote']

As I only had one incision everything was done through it and I was warned it would hurt more but I want expecting just how much!

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mummytolewis    21

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I had these strange inflatable boot things put on my legs when on the operating table' date=' I remember asking them what the hell was going on with my legs just before I passed out. Don't you're surgeons use those? I've not heard of being measured for the stockings to have them made. My calves were measured but just to determine what size they gave me. They had many different sizes on the ward. I'm assuming that not many sleeves are done in Germany?[/quote']

We have those too in the uk its to stop you getting bloodclots in your legs, they inflate and deflate while your immobile to keep circulation going.

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aTXtumbleweed    7

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I had my surgery on Aug 12. I'm feeling pretty good. Still struggling to get all my Protein. I'm gettting about 50gr a day. Just haven't found a supplement I "enjoy" yet. Any suggestions?

They told us to "practice" with the different Protein Drinks before the surgery so we would know which ones we liked. Trouble is my taste changed after the procedure not sure if it is the pain med or what. My RN told me monday to go get some Isopure clear - Each bottle is 40 grams protein. It does have a flavor that I still don't like but I mix it half and half with something else fruity - right now it is V8 juice (banana and veggs) with is a stronger taste than the ISOPURE so I'm able to drink that down just fine. It is 12 bottles for 49.00 at the Vitamin store. A little high, but I had to do something because every thing else was making me gag. And I have all this other protein stuff around now that I just wasted my money on.

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Teep_P12    1

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I had my surgery on Aug 12. I'm feeling pretty good. Still struggling to get all my Protein. I'm gettting about 50gr a day. Just haven't found a supplement I "enjoy" yet. Any suggestions?

I didn't like the same protein products after surgery. I had been hoping to just continue the New Direction shakes but now I hate them. I've switched to Roadside Lemonade nectar from Syntrax. It's not too bad. You just mix the powder with Water. Not quite a lemonade drink. More like milk slightly curdled with lemon juice. But it goes down better than anything else I've had. :)

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gia24    85

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Got home yesterday, while in the hospital walked around and used the restroom by myself, and sat up for awhile. Worst pain is the incision where they pulled the stomach out of, it's on my left side. It's the only real pain I have which sucks. I just wish it didn't hurt so bad. In the hospital I ate pudding, and cream of wheat which I tolerated well. I didn't sleep well in the hospital so when I came home I crashed. Been up walking around, and sitting up.. Got maybe 40g of Protein, and 20 or so oz of Water, and a few bites of pudding. So I'm trying. I can wait to feel like myself again. But I'm alive ave can't wait to feel better and start losing weight!

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italian-girl    152

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On my way to the Hospital as today is the day! Please send out your prayers' date=' excited but not nervous. Will post pre-op.[/quote']

Good luck!!!

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rehabrajab    3

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On my way to the Hospital as today is the day! Please send out your prayers' date=' excited but not nervous. Will post pre-op.[/quote']

All the best

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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Oh yeah, something I wanted to rant about, a billing dispute that cropped up 3 months ago.
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    • ChunkCat

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      Thank you everyone for your well wishes! I totally forgot I wrote an update here... I'm one week post op today. I gained 15 lbs in water weight overnight because they had to give me tons of fluids to bring my BP up after surgery! I stayed one night in the hospital. Everything has been fine except I seem to have picked up a bug while I was there and I've been running a low grade fever, coughing, and a sore throat. So I've been hydrating well and sleeping a ton. So far the Covid tests are negative.
      I haven't been able to advance my diet past purees. Everything I eat other than tofu makes me choke and feels like trying to swallow rocks. They warned me it would get worse before it gets better, so lets hope this is all normal. I have my follow up on Monday so we'll see. Living on shakes and soup again is not fun. I had enough of them the first time!! LOL 
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    • BeanitoDiego

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      Still purging all of the larger clothing. This morning, a shirt that I ADORED wearing ended up on top. Hard to let it go, but it was also hard to let go of those habits that also no longer serve my highest good. Onward and upward!
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