Officially A Sleever!

[VSG AJH 499]

Hooray! I was finally officially sleeved today around noon. I've been in my room now for about three hours, and I've already taken in a good bit of liquids, used the toilet, and been out for a couple of laps around the wing.

I had a bit of pain coming out of anesthesia because my surgeon uses a tap block instead of a pain pump. It takes a while to kick in evidently, but in spite of that, he didn't put me on a PCA pump with pain meds in it (I have a sensitivity to morphine). Instead, I've been given some other pain medication through the IV, and that's decreased the pain significantly. Feeling a little tender, and have a bit of gas pain, but nothing unmanageable.

I had a bit of nausea (no vomiting) in recovery, but I think it was related to the unmanaged pain. As my pain quickly came under control, so did the nausea. I have also felt the discomfort of restriction. Water, ice chips, Decaf tea, and broth have gone down in good quantities and without discomfort, but sugar-free Popsicles and sugar-free Jello haven't been fun. Still no vomiting, but certainly not a pleasurable intake. Not sure if the discomfort is related to swelling, volume, taste, texture, etc. I'll try again later on after I haven't had broth or water also.

[luckyme2g 35]

Congrats! I hope you heal quickly and without complications.

[joatsaint 2,814]

Congrats on having such a good recovery. Now start Pimpin' that Sleeve! :-)

[Madam Reverie 2,958]

You look great!

Welcome to the madness and have a very quick recovery. Keep us posted

[L-in-NJ 136]

Congrats!! Glad to hear you're doing well. My day is tomorrow.!! I'm super excited!!

[Carlotta1 401]

Good for u that u r feeling well and the surgery was successful.

[DirtyHarriett 94]

Wishing you a speedy and uneventful recovery!

[VSG AJH 499]

Thanks to you all! Up at 3:00 A.M. for a couple more laps around the nurse station and a redose of liquid Lortab. All in all, doing pretty well!

[marfar7 1,528]

Wow. Im impressed at ur ability to post. I couldn't even read my keyboard straight cuz of the pain meds. All the letters looked the same. Couldn't text till the next day.

Congrats. Hope to see ur success soon...