Hey gang! It's the day after surgery.. How is everyone doing? I'm waiting for an upper GI screening to make sure everything is okay, then I can finally have broth or a Popsicle. Walked about 20 laps total around the unit floor yesterday, today 8 so far. Feeling okay, mi or pain, a little nausea and one huge gas bubble on my left side that won't go away.

Holy cow! That is impressive. You go girl.

I was sleeved yesterday. I'm doing really well getting enough fluids in and taking my walks. Was discharged this morning and got to take my first walk of the day out in the sunshine. I have that same darned gas bubble but the more I walk it does seen to be improving. I'm still really sore in the abdomen but nothing that I can't control with my pain meds. Glad you are doing so well too!

Had a bad turn of events on day 2. After they did the upper GI, I got extremely nauseated. I started throwing up and felt crappy all day. Ended up spending another night in the hospital. The good news is that today I was discharged and I'm home now and feeling much, much better! The nausea is gone, most of my gas pains are gone, and I've been able to keep a popsicle down (yesterday, I couldn't!) I feel like the worst is over.

I'm still in the hospital. All I want to do is sleep and my roommates machines are going off like a car alarm. Seriously going crazy!

I'm still in the hospital, should be released tomorrow. I don't feel like I'm getting enough fluid in but they keep talking about what a great job I'm doing. I'm just ready to go home and sleep in my own bed. Haven't had gas pains since the first day but abdomen is still sore especially where the drain is.

I am home now, feels like I am not getting in the fluids and protein that i should. My stomach is very soar, still have lots of gas pains.

My doctor has me on clear liquids for two days before I start on protein shakes. The main thing is to stay hydrated, so be sure to drink as much water as you can. The nutritionist told me that the second and third day are the worst because your new tiny tummy is so swollen from the trauma that the inside is only about at big as a pencil. Obviously, that will take more time for stuff to flow thru. She suggested setting up 6 "shot" glasses and every 5 minutes, try to get one of those down and in an hour you will have gotten a significant amount of water down.

Thank you for the tip Melhendy

Loving new life

Transformation Tuesday! July 8 2013