I couldn't find a June Sleevers forum. If there is one already please direct me!

Well anyway, I'm glad excited that I finally got a date, June 5th. I really wanted it to be sometime during the end of May but that didn't happen. My family will be going out of town, to Disney to be specific, a few days after my surgery because my cousin from Mexico will be making his fist trip here. I'm so sad I won't be joining them but my parents keep telling me I need to look at the bigger picture, or should I say smaller. Haha. I have my preop appointment May 27th. I'm curious as to what kind of diet he will put me on! I'm just excited to get this going! So who else has a June Date? Who is hoping for a June Date? Are you ready yet? Nervous? Excited?

I had my surgery Tuesday morning. I also had problems with nausea from the anesthesia. I came home yesterday afternoon. The pain from the actual surgery is very tolerable. The gas pains not so much. When I lay down to sleep they come in waves about every 45 seconds. Instead of taking the narcotics, I found that taking one gasx and then walking around for about 5 minutes does the trick. I did this three times last night and I slept pretty well. During the day I have been walking as much as possible. I hope everyone getting ready for surgery is not too scared. It really is not bad and just think about how your life is about to change ????

I am scheduled for June 24 cat wait

Hey everyone we have a board list with everyone who is having a surgery in June 2014!!! We are making a list so everyone knows who to talk to and can keep up with when their surgery is. We would love for y'all to jump on the board and add your name as well. <br><br>

June 2014 Sleevers Check In<br><br>

You will see list we are creating just copy and paste then repost but remember to add your name on the surgery date.<br><br>

Hope we can all keep in touch and maybe even have friendships form along the way.....

Not sure where the board is, but I'm June 16th

The ladies above me who has their surgeries a few days ago and had all the nausea, I felt like I was the only one. My Dr has also decided to keep me another day because I was vomiting blood quite a bit yesterday. He said that was normal. & today I am still extremely nauseous. One of you mentioned taking a sip of water & feeling like your going to throw up! I had the same experience. & it was the smallest, tiniest sip. I haven't been able to take my oral medication & my Dr says I need to be able to so that before I can be discharged. I have noticed that I have become extremely sensitive to the smell of most foods. I kicked my mom out of the room when she brought in take out! But anyway, I hope you ladies feel better & all the rest of you June Sleevers. Remember this is just MY experience as of 1 day post op.

11th... This coming wednesday .... A bit nervousd but cant wait...

11th... This coming wednesday .... A bit nervousd but cant wait...

Edited June 6, 201412 yr by aygad

11th.. This coming Wednesday.. A bit nervous but cant wait

My surgery date had been changed to July 1. Best of luck, June 2014 Sleevers!!!

Just got home today. Surgery went well, but had a hard time with liquids. Every time I drank either Water or Gatorade, I would cough up saliva or cough bad enough that I would spit up the Gatorade. Once the surgeon switched me to puréed foods, I did much better. Cough is still there some but not spitting up. It was so bad at one point, I regretted doing the surgery. I was in so much pain from the cough and thinking you can never be able to hold stuff down...it was scary. Hindsight is that I was exhausted. Had no sleep in the hospital. I would finally get a good nap in and some one would wake you up for vitals or I had a lab draw at 3am. I was so upset because I desperately needed sleep. Home so far has been good. Been eating small bits and able to drink (very slowly) a whole bottle of Vitamin water zero. Pain still an issue at one site but manageable with meds. Here's hoping to successful post op recovery!

Good luck to those having surgery this week! You'll do great!

Hello All,

My first post, and I am happy to say that my surgery has been scheduled for June 23rd and I start my 2 week liquid diet tomorrow. Yikes...I have been on the 6 month supervised diet and I am happy to say that I have lost 50 lbs. It made me question wether or not I should have this surgery. I had to remind myself I have lost weight before but put every pound back on plus more. This time it is for real. My birthday was June 2nd and I ended up in the ER that night. I found out I had gallstones and that I needed to have my gallbladder out. I called my Dr office the next day and asked if I was approved for surgery yet and if so can I have my gallbladder out at the same time. Funny enough they got the approval for the surgery the same day! Wow...timing is everything right??? Well so now I am running around getting all my approvals to have my gallbladder out too. I am so nervous and super excited for this life change, but the next two weeks I think will be the toughest. I have been very good with changing my eating habits over the last 6 months and I feel more confident than ever to be able to do the liquid diet, but this weekend I started wondering what will I never eat again. I wanted to make sure I had all the foods I won't be able to eat after surgery. Man I made myself so sick. It was an eye opener. I don't want to feel like that anymore so why am I forcing food down my throat. I just needed to share my thoughts with people that understand. My husband doesn't understand the food cravings, or the emotions attached to food, but he is my biggest cheerleader and is the most supportive person in my life.

June 19th is my day! I'm also missing out on a out of state family reunion, but can't wait to make it to the reunion next year when I'm looking and feeling much better!

Hello everyone!

I came home Friday from the hospital, sleeved! Here are a few things I've noticed. First, it was super hard for me to drink liquids I think it had to do with the funky taste in my mouth. But, thank goodness for ice chips. I've also noticed that things are much sweeter than before surgery, ex. SF Popsicles. . I do not feel any hunger. I have to set timers to remind me to eat. I'm still in the liquid stage, it's going ok, have to eat slow or it does hurt, at least me it does. Things are moving along fine, haven't taken pain meds except at night. Starting to mix in vitamins in my food. I also noticed with the I.v. I did gain water weight. I noticed today I'm back where I was before I went in. Looking forward to this journey!

Quick question: i am scheduled for the 11th ( in 3 days) and my surgeon never mentioned anything about smoking.. I smoke.. Any feed back guys?

Quick question: i am scheduled for the 11th ( in 3 days) and my surgeon never mentioned anything about smoking.. I smoke.. Any feed back guys?

According to the class I took smoking increases your risk of blood clots (dvt). The surgery already puts you at a risk. Goggle deep vein thrombosis

Quick question: i am scheduled for the 11th ( in 3 days) and my surgeon never mentioned anything about smoking.. I smoke.. Any feed back guys?

I had to quite, I had to be 6 weeks smoke free before they did my surgery.