I was sleeved on July 29th and am still having a hard time believing that it's finally been done. I've had a wonderful experience and feel very fortunate. My surgeon was/is great, the hospital I had the procedure at is top notch and the nurses and LNAs that took care of me were great.

If there is one thing I can recommend is to start walking as soon as you can. I started walking 8 hours after I got to my room and it helped tremendously. I didn't end up needing any pain killers but wished I would have been drugged up when my surgeon removed my drain as that was the worst pain I have ever felt.

To date I have lost 9 pounds since surgery. It's really great seeing the scale go down and I am walking about 1-1.5 hours a day. I'm having a really tough time drinking the Protein Shakes. The after taste is killing me, any suggestion on other ways to get Protein? I'm currently on phase 2.

Good for you!!! That's great that your surgery went so well and wow you are walking for 1-1.5 hours a day? that's really great!

I have surgery coming up in September, however I do know they make "tasteless" Protein Powder that many of my friends have used, they say you can put in/on anything even your Water. Maybe give that a try.

Edited August 6, 201411 yr by ren0318

Good for you!!! That's great that your surgery went so well and wow you are walking for 1-1.5 hours a day? that's really great! I have surgery coming up in September, however I do know they make "tasteless" Protein powder that many of my friends have used, they say you can put in/on anything even your Water. Maybe give that a try.

Thank you! I will look into the tasteless protein powder.

Good luck with your surgery and hopefully you'll have a speedy recovery.

I was sleeved the same day as you, and I am so excited to be on full liquids finally! I had my first non-clear thing this morning and it was AWESOME! I'm really looking forward to being able to get enough calories in to start exercising again.