Hello! This is my first post since becoming a member. I am going to be sleeved on the 17th of this month by Dr. Snyder in Denver. Needless to say, I am super nervous but know that this is the best option for me. What are some things you wish you knew before surgery that would have made the experience after surgery easier (recommendations, items on hand, suprises in the process, etc.)? Thank you!

I wish I hadn't purchased my Magic Bullet. I knew i needed to purée foods for a few weeks and didn't have anything else small enough. I did not find the Magic Bullet very good at pureeing. It makes a fine smoothie but I already had a blender that could do that job.

I also wish I had been more insistent that my husband help me get before photos. The weight and inches come off fast and I have no photo documentation of the journey. The pre-post photos others have listed have been very inspiring to me.

I wish I found out sooner that using a little bit of peanut butter in your protein shake will decrease the foam

I took my own 2 piece PJs and fuzzy socks with the slip nubbies on the bottom. It felt great to get in my own PJs and socks.

I only had heavy duty painkillers the day of surgery and day after. Then I switched to plain Tylenol and I had no constipation issues. In the past I've had that problem from painkillers and it was horrible. Heating pad works wonders for the pain too.

Hello! This is my first post since becoming a member. I am going to be sleeved on the 17th of this month by Dr. Snyder in Denver. Needless to say, I am super nervous but know that this is the best option for me. What are some things you wish you knew before surgery that would have made the experience after surgery easier (recommendations, items on hand, suprises in the process, etc.)? Thank you!

I'm so happy for you! I met Dr. Snyder at his seminar last May. I instantly liked him a lot. I know several people who have had their surgeries through him as well and he has a big fan base. So good luck with that! And now for the actual topic....I wish I had known about the constipation issues after surgery. Look up that topic on this forum. You'll find lots of info about it. Take slippers with a hard sole on them for walking around the hospital floor. And if you don't have a blender or something like that, I do recommend a Magic Bullet. I already had one and I use it every single day for my morning shakes. You couldn't pry that out of my cold dead hands. You'll need Gas-X strips for right after the surgery. And don't take the whole box like me and my roommate did. The doc didn't like that at all. But we didn't have any gas pains, so no harm done I guess. I wish you the very best of luck and I hope everything goes very well!

. You'll need Gas-X strips for right after the surgery. And don't take the whole box like me and my roommate did. The doc didn't like that at all. But we didn't have any gas pains' date=' so no harm done I guess. I wish you the very best of luck and I hope everything goes very well![/quote']

How many did take at one time?

I use my food scale a lot. I didn't use a blender much, or food processor at all. I used the blender for shakes preop, but post op the froth made me nauseous (even when I let the shake DIY and settle for 30 mins).

I second the don't blend the Protein shakes! I'm just two weeks post-op and still mainly shakes, I try to make them with as little Water (or almond milk) as possible so it's easier to get down. It is kind of shocking how hard it is to yak down the protein AND the fluids you need over the course of the day, so blending the shakes just makes them HUGE!