Hi folks, looking for other folks scheduled for March...anyone?

How are you preparing for surgery? What protein sources are you planning to use?

Hello everyone! Good luck today crazyjaney, thinking about u your surgery day! I got through my first day and night beautifully. Can't wait to go home!

Congratulations! !

Welcome to the sleeved side of life!

Hi just wanted to check and see how you are doing post surgery? I have 8 days before i go in and im super excited .... how are they treating you? how is your pain level? Did you bring everything you needed? Anything you can think of that you wanted or needed that you did not bring with you? Sorry for all the questions just overly anxious :-)

Crazyjaney you are on my mind as well.... hope you are doing well post surgery... let us know how you are doing.. cant wait to hear a follow up story. Keep us posted.

Hi just wanted to check and see how you are doing post surgery? I have 8 days before i go in and im super excited .... how are they treating you? how is your pain level? Did you bring everything you needed? Anything you can think of that you wanted or needed that you did not bring with you? Sorry for all the questions just overly anxious :-)

The nurses are wonderful. Don't hesitate to ask for anything, that's what they encourage. I brought my cell phone and iPad and that was all I needed, really. The first day after surgery I was mainly sleeping off the anesthesia and then getting up to walk. I had a morphine pump, which I could push every 6 minutes. Definitely kept the pain at bay. My advice: push it every 6 minutes so that the pain doesn't have a chance to creep back up.

I personally didn't push it very often, strictly because I was one of the weird ones that when I pushed it, I could TASTE it. Same thing happened when the anesthesiologist but the anesthesia in my IV, I could taste it before I went under. Blech! Nurses said it's not too common but it happens. But I digress.

Kb88 I had my sleeve by Dr Tanaka at Scripts Mercy Hospital in San Diego. Where did you have yours???

Hi had surgery March 5th. Doing good. Follow up visit today. Down 15 lbs.

Hi had surgery March 5th. Doing good. Follow up visit today. Down 15 lbs.

Kb88 I had my sleeve by Dr Tanaka at Scripts Mercy Hospital in San Diego. Where did you have yours???

My surgeon was Dr. Chin, and it was done at St. Bernadine hospital in San Bernardino. I am extremely happy with my Kaiser experience

KB88 what kind of diet are you on? I am on another week of clear liquids, but now increases my protein intake to 70gm. One more week and I get to add soft foods to my diet!

Day after surgery. Rough night last night with pain and nausea. Better today. Much harder than gallbladder but it's doable. I just have such a hard time with narcotics. They make me so sick. Hopefully going home tonight.

I'm on the 25th. Had my EKG and blood draw today. Found out my surgery is at 12:30 which means I will go 12 hours with no food or water. I don't get that.

I know I'm going to be a crabby bitch because when I had my endoscopy I was so thirsty.

We had a preop class where she told us we basically have to get up and walk around once an hour except if we are asleep.

I'm emotionally exhausted. I start liquid diet Tuesday.

I tried Bari Advantsge and Injury and liked them

both. I might just get some of each kind to keep from getting burned out on it.

Im starting to get nervous and worry a little bit ive got 4 more days. I go in to hospital at 7:15 surgery at 9:30 tuesday the 18th. Ahhhhh im kinda scared but happy too!!

KB88 what kind of diet are you on? I am on another week of clear liquids, but now increases my protein intake to 70gm. One more week and I get to add soft foods to my diet!

I am on full liquids until next Wednesday. I can't wait to start puréed foods!

Im starting to get nervous and worry a little bit ive got 4 more days. I go in to hospital at 7:15 surgery at 9:30 tuesday the 18th. Ahhhhh im kinda scared but happy too!!

Yep the nerves suck! Instead of thinking about things that could go wrong, think about everything positive that will come out of doing this. Helped my nerves a lot pre-op. You will be fine!

Thanks kb88. I know ill do fine but these last couple days are dragggging