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I don't want to cause you to worry, but my surgeon said a persistent fever of 101 call him immediately and head to the hospital as that is an indicator of a leak, may have them check at your one week appointment just to be sure...

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I'm with Snufflegus. I ran fever my first week because I was trying to get pneumonia. I had to wait the whole weekend before office would X-ray me & order antibiotics because my fever never stayed at or over 101. The nurse on call just kept saying "it's very normal to run a low grade fever, call back if it gets over 101". Do you have any other symptoms? A cough? Does your pain increase or decrease everyday since surgery?

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I seriously drink a protien shake last two days and my temp gets to 101 or almost 101. Im done drinking it and take Tylenol and it goes away. temp... I use my breath exerciser religiously..not sure when we stop that..

No coughing. I had coughed two slim balls up from anthesisa the first two days. The main pain I have is on the left side of my body, where my biggest incision was. I'm told that's normal. one week out checkup tommorw will see what the doc says.

Thank you all for the replies!

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Hello im five days out almost from surgery. July 31 was my date I had vsg. I had a fever yesterday of 101. Took tylonel and got it down. I'm noticing a trend' date=' my temp goes up after eating protien shakes, even different brands. Is thier a connection? Nurse said it was regular to get temps in the first week. Any advice?[/quote']

Gina, I was sleeved 7.31.13 as well and I kid you not, I'm sitting here with a cold warsh rag on my neck and one on my fore head. (I'm from Texas, y'all) I have been BURNIN' up! Since they put me in my room! I have not really ever felt fevery enough to check my temp though... And otherwise I have done super well! I actually went to work for a few hours today.

But I am constantly checking the thermostat, holding a cold rag to my head, worrying about dehydrating, and the only one hot in the room...wonder if the Protein does something funny to our metabolism?

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Girl it happened again to me today..( only while drinking protien) ....After I was done temp went back down.. No joke! I'm in Texas too..it's hot as hell out lol.

I actually feel strange as hell..my sense of smell is crazy too. I can smell things 10 times stronger now..maybe all this will disappear. yeehaw!

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My advice for 5 days po or any day post op is Keep yourself busy and dont be afraid to ask for help. This forum has helped me so much I go on here and I cried cause I was 5 days po and miserable I am 3 weeks out now and I no longer crave things like I did. If I miss something and really want it. I take a bite. Most times I dont like it anymore. Things are always tooooo sweet Just keep your head up. It does get better.

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I have the two sweet thing too. Glad I'm not alone...thanks for the positive reinforcement!! , this board has been a great source of help and entertainment. We are all in this together!

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Nicole congrats on your sleeve!! And going to work...that's a quick recovery

Ty! So how are you doing?

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Girl it happened again to me today..( only while drinking protien) ....After I was done temp went back down.. No joke! I'm in Texas too..it's hot as hell out lol.

I actually feel strange as hell..my sense of smell is crazy too. I can smell things 10 times stronger now..maybe all this will disappear. yeehaw!

No joke, and tomorrows going to be super hot! Where you from?

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No joke' date=' and tomorrows going to be super hot! Where you from?[/quote']

I'm in Dallas area...it's hot out in the metroplex. How about u

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Don't want to scare you but I was sleeved on July 29 2013 and spiked a fever at 2 days post op. it reached 101.4 and I went to the ER.

CT scan revealed I have a hematoma in my abdominal cavity with a healthy infection. Was in the hospital for three days and just had my follow up CT scan today. Meet with my surgeon tomorrow to determine how to remove the mass of blood that has accumulated.

My post op instructions said if its over 101 head to ER, and I'm glad I did.

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I've sure never heard of that! Hmmmm' date=' if it goes up... or if it stays... or if you get ANY pain, call them again. Fever could be a sign of a leak... not likely, but possible![/quote']

I'm 6 days out vsg 8/1 still having pain here & there. Is this normal?

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Don't want to scare you but I was sleeved on July 29 2013 and spiked a fever at 2 days post op. it reached 101.4 and I went to the ER.

CT scan revealed I have a hematoma in my abdominal cavity with a healthy infection. Was in the hospital for three days and just had my follow up CT scan today. Meet with my surgeon tomorrow to determine how to remove the mass of blood that has accumulated.

My post op instructions said if its over 101 head to ER' date=' and I'm glad I did.[/quote']

Did your fever stay at 101 awhile?

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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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      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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        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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