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Judybucz    7

Judybucz
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Hi , I had my sleeve done on Monday 9/22/14, was in the hospital tues and came home on wednesday, I am feeling good, they told me I would be having a lot of gas pains up in shoulder area but my gas pains are mainly in my belly, sort of like bad cramps..... no nausea.... my doctor gave me a RX for Bentyl to stop the spasm in the stomach, but I did buy Gas-X strips also haven;t used them yet. my pain level is about an 8 out of 10, have 5 holes in stomach, hurts on coughing, sneezing, walking, but all this will get better...... taking full liquid diet, including a cream Soup, I am a diabetic, and they sent me home without any insulin and my blood sugar this morning was 104. they said with removal of 3/4 of the stomach they also remove the diabetic hormone and within 2-3 months or sooner i will NOT BE A DIABETIC ANYMORE!! how great is that!!!! I lost 11 lbs going into surgery......hang in there all of you..... :) Judy Bucz 9/25/14

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Danie1114    27

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I'm allowed to go gas strip too. I haven't tried them yet though.

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braylor    21

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OMG you guys I know I am not quite at that point yet but this morning I felt so weak and so famished I scrambled an egg added a pinch of cheese and had about 3 or 4 bites.... it felt good to have texture but now I am beating myself up because I am only on pureed foods now. I wasn't supposed to eat this till friday. Will I be OK if I don't do this again? I haven't posted since I was sleeved but had my post op on the 23rd which was exactly 6 days and had lost only 10 pounds (I will take that) wish it would have been more but I have been doing great up until today. Hope you all are doing great!

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imsoglad56    402

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OMG you guys I know I am not quite at that point yet but this morning I felt so weak and so famished I scrambled an egg added a pinch of cheese and had about 3 or 4 bites.... it felt good to have texture but now I am beating myself up because I am only on pureed foods now. I wasn't supposed to eat this till friday. Will I be OK if I don't do this again? I haven't posted since I was sleeved but had my post op on the 23rd which was exactly 6 days and had lost only 10 pounds (I will take that) wish it would have been more but I have been doing great up until today. Hope you all are doing great!

The post op eating levels vary so much that some are eating eggs 2 or 3 days after surgery. As long as you didn't gorge yourself and you don't do it again, I bet you'll be fine. Of course, I'm a secretary not a surgeon. :)

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CPArnold    35

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I was sleeved on Tuesday. I came home yesterday and am feeling pretty good. Water made me nauseous at first but right now I'm sipping Decaf tea. Warm liquids feel better to me than cold ones. For Braylor, don't be discouraged at losing just 10 lbs. They pump you so full of fluids while in the hospital that my fingers looked like sausages! I'm sure it takes a while for all the liquids to find their way out of your body. I, too, feel better each day. Finally starting to lose some of the gas. Didn't feel any til yesterday but my stomach was rumbling all night!! I'm sure I'll be much more comfortable without all that added pressure on my tummy. I had a hernia that had to be repaired, as well, so I'm guessing some of my soreness is as a result of that. Just going to keep on moving and pretty soon this phase will be a distant memory.

Best of luck to all of you!!!

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pecj25    19

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You sound like you are telling my story. I do feel a lot better this morning. I am trying to get most of my meds in. I still have stomach pains but it is better today than yesterday. I am drinking my first Protein Drink, not too bad, just drinking 2oz at a time out if 11oz total per container. I hope you and all the others sleevers this week get to feeling good soon and find you are getting slim and healthy. Oh yeah and my pouch is growling up a storm!

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SleevedShannonMac    15

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Got sleeved by Dr. David Kim yesterday! It went so week I went home late that same evening. I have some left side pain from the incision where they removed the stomach. Other than that my throat is really sore from the tube. Drinking 1oz of fluids every 15 mins and walking all the time! Walking makes such a huge difference! Walk walk walk!

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mchiasson68    15

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Going home today!!! ????

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Danie1114    27

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I've officially been released from the hosoital! I fly back home tomorrow. I'm feeling all right. My belly is a little gurgly buy I'm doing awesome with my fluids. The hardest part for me is figuring out how to get up especially if I'm laying down!

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Nurselori    37

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I'm on the 29th! Anyone else scheduled for then?

I'm the 29th also!!!

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Nurselori    37

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I'm the 29th too

Awesome!! Are you as nervous as I am? I didn't sleep at all last night....

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Nurselori    37

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I'm the 30th. So I definitely will be AWAKE AWAITING ON ANY WORD FROM YOU ALL SLEEVING ON THE 29TH

Where are you getting sleeved LuckyOne53?

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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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    • KimBaxleyWilson

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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