This is a very scary journey....keep telling myself it seems like the first few weeks are the hardest.

I agree with you. I am 17 days post op. I can tell the first week was rough, mentally mostly but it got easier.I got the hang of it now. First post op visit today so hopefully my doc will be happy. Good luck with your journey it will be worth it.

I'm a month post-op and I'd say week 2 / 3 are the hardest. I still struggle as I have no appetite and nothing sounds good. I've come to the point where I really don't like to eat. It is hard to prepare food when nothing sounds good. When I do eat it tastes good, but of course, 2-3 bites and I'm done. It is the learning to listen to your body / stomach that I think is the hardest. Knowing what it is trying to tell me

I agree with u Terri. I'm a month post op and one day too. The most difficult thing it's listening too ur body. There are a few things that have help me:

A) grab very small bites ( the size of the tip of my small finger, I would say).

Chew my food a lot. Sometimes I swallow 2-3 times in one bite.

C) wait about 1 min between bites.

D) I stop eating when I start to burp or hip cup. This is the way my stomach tells me "no more food please"

Eating take me about 1/2 an hour.

Good luck in your journey

Good luck on your journey remember our bodies are all different....i was band to sleeved on 4/9/2014 and im thanking God it has been very easy for me my hardest part was getting over the 7 day pre op diet my head hurt and i had severe migraines, Im so thankful that has past!! Hope everyone has great success

first few weeks hardest time and then it gets better?

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frequent saying on the board is..............

the one thing we have in common is that wer'e all different

some people (me too) have a great recovery , no issues

some/many people have a little pain post op

normal side effects like gas, little vomitting and being tired

these issues need to run their course and "usually" improve daily

walk alot right after surgery to deal with the gas

sip your Water carefully/slowly

if/when you are tired - take a nap

if you have kids............

tell them to walk a few miles around the neighborhood til you call them back

problems can exist the first few weeks, but hopefully it should get better sooner than later

good luck with surgery

speedy recovery

kathy

Edited April 17, 201412 yr by proudgrammy

Thanks everyone