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New to forum , my vertical sleeve surgery was 6/10/13
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Hi everyone!
I am new to the site but I have been scanning for a while. I want to give a little info about my self.
I am a 40 yr old woman I am a nurse but have been home with my 2 small children for the last 5 yrs as a homemaker. I am extremely blessed that my wonderful husband is able to afford this for our family.
I will try to give stats then my story
First md visit for sleeve consult was April 27ish 2013. Weight 385
Followed south beach diet and some exercise regime for a month
2 nd md visit was may 25 Weight 370
Surgery scheduled on July 10. 2013 my date choice
Week before surgery had pre surgery testing and had to go back to phase 1 south beach very strict no carbs and for the day before surgery only Clear liquids and nothing after midnight night before surgery
SURGERY DATE: July 10 2013 Weight: 360
Surgery day operation was approx 1 1/2 hours long my surgeon informed my husband after surgery everything went very well I did great listening to instructions of shrinking down my liver no bleeding inside and I needed no drains it was completed laparoscopy I have 5 small incisions he also fixed my small hiatal hernia.
Post op surgery. Ok this is we're everyone's experience I am sure is different the surgey I felt was harder then I thought it would be that night and the next day I was feeling just the worst mostly nausea and pain I really started to wonder what the hell did I just do? But the following day I felt a million times better!
On day 3 I went home and I don't feel near as bad as I did day one .
So day one I barely eat a ice chip
Day 2 small sips of clear Water
Day 3 discharged home drinking sips do clear liquids about 1 tablespoon at a time trying to do about 2 oz a hour.
Here I am the morning of the 4 th day predawn hours writing this blog sipping some pain medicine with some liquids feeling ok some soreness and tired so glad I don't feel as bad as day one just thinking about a more exciting and hopefully a better quality of life for me and my family!
Signing off for now I am going to try to keep up on this blog ...never blogged before but I love everyone else's stories so I thought I would throw mine in in case any one wanted to comment or ask questions.
Well good luck everyone out their and god bless!