My name is Amanda and I am 8 days post op vertical sleeve gastrectomy. I am located in Delaware and am excited to find a supportive app for other bariatric patients like me

Hi Amanda - i am having my sleeve on 4/3 and I live in Delaware too - How are you doing so far? Tell me everything! I started my pre-op diet today.

8 days post op vertical sleeve gastrectomy.

Amanda121279

I see you JUST joined our group at 5:00 pm TODAY

WELCOME WELCOME, and WELCOME

we're all getting "smaller and smaller"

so it can be hard to find us

read the boards as often as you can

many, many answers to questions that you might also have

vomitting, diarrhea

ahhhh the good ol' days

take care

good luck

kathy

Welcome Amanda. Glad you're here, we've been waiting on you! As proudgrammy said, this is the best place to be pre or post surgery. YOu will learn so much and everyone here has lots in common. Many nice folks here and you now have a lot more friends. Hope you are healing well.

My Story

My name is Amanda and I am 8 days post op vertical sleeve gastrectomy. I am located in Delaware and am excited to find a supportive app for other bariatric patients like me

That's it. That's not a story. I got me a nice Protein shake, turned the the A/C down a little, and settled in to read a "Story"..........Cmon, we all did VSG. That's not the whole story. Get back here and finish. I know you have one.

Today I am feeling really good, but my body isn't wired right lol! I have literally had three doctors tell me that throughout the medical clearance process lol. The first two days were difficult. I didn't tolerate the pain meds in the pump well at all. It made me nauseous, dizzy, gave me a bad headache, and just made me feel bad in general. The next day after surgery, I had to have the swallow test to make sure there were no leaks, and once that came back ok, they changed me to liquid Tylenol 3. It was smooth sailing after that! The nurses at Wilmington Hospital are fantastic, as are the surgeons. They had my IV up so high, that I was going to the bathroom every hour. My overnight nurse and I became fast friends lol! The only thing that really bothered me was the drain. It just felt like something was pulling. I did stay 3 1/2 days at the hospital, because I wasn't tolerating my clear fluids. It really was just me being a little fearful, rather than nausea or vomiting. I always have drank and ate fast, so I found that I have to slow down and sit straight up, for everything to go down right. All of my incisions are healing fine. I had all of my meds compounded, because crushing and applesauce was not working for me. I was up and walking around about three hours post op, and did fine with that. They will get you up and moving every 3 to 4 hours while you are there. It does help with moving the gas they put in your body. I did have the gas pain in my left shoulder.

Thanks for sharing!

As far as what lead me to surgery, that would be my health. I have always had female problems. Polycystic ovaries, endometriosis, wonky hormones which led me to lose 20 pounds and that was it. I was a certified nursing assistant and suffered a severe back injury about 13 years ago. It made working out impossible and even some days just walking. I, then, developed an irregular heartbeat. Have had high blood pressure since age 20. Migraine headaches. I became really sick and tired of being sick and tired. My family doc referred me for the surgery. Didn't even give me a choice. I was told by two different back docs that, and I quote, am fat, crazy and need a psychiatrist, because they couldn't find anything wrong with my back. I finally went to a specialist who found the injuries. I have herniated discs at L1-L2, L4-5, L5-S1 with nerve impingement to both the left and right of my spine. So much for being crazy! I want to move better, feel better, and have more energy

Welcome to the board, Amanda! You've found the absolute best community online for wls in my opinion. Good luck on your recovery

I am now two months post op, and down 45 pounds and 4 dress sizes! Not much back pain, and feeling great for the most part. The hard part for me was the lack of support from my family, but I know that this is well worth it. My advice for someone with unsupportive family is to keep in mind what brought you to make the surgery decision, and hold it in your heart.