My surgery is November 4th. Checking in at 7am. 2 days away.

My nerves are high but I'm excited at the same time. Any last minute tips or advice????

Hi All, went in Tuesday came home Friday! The first few days I was literally have second thoughts. It's Saturday and I am so happy I did it. Everyday gets so much better. I lost a lot of blood from the blood thinners they gave me, so I had to have a blood transfusion.

Congrats to the two of you with the recent surgery. Glad to hear all went well. Welcome to the good life! You will understand one you are six weeks out and over the limitations of variety. You will still have to stick to the protein, but relearning what a full meal is will be great. Stay excited and positive.

Will be so nice to be 6 weeks out and eat!

Now it's hard at 2 weeks out deciding what to drink. Going out for dinner and ordering the soup isn't to awfully bad.

Hello again everyone. Today I am 5 days post op. I have been super tired the last two days and gas pain creeped up on my yesterday even though I thought it was gone. Wasn't too bad though and drinking warm tea seemed to help. I have been on Clear liquids but today my doctor says I can start his Phase 2 which is Protein shakes, heart healthy strained cream Soups and clear liquids. I'm looking forward to getting some calories in and seeing if that helps me feel less tired.

I will say...Yesterday, I got so overwhelmed with feeling like 'OMG this isn't going to work for me. I'm not going to feel full, I'm still going to eat everything in front of me'

I think I feel this way because I really haven't had a hard time getting fluids in and so many other people did. I was able to drink a full 60 oz of Water on day 3. And my mind started say well if you can do that on day 3 you'll probably eat a whole pizza on week 3. ughghgh

Anyway since I get to start the shakes and soups today, I'm hoping I'll notice that full feeling everyone talks about.

_{I am on day 6 since sleeve and feeling much the same way about this not working. I am able to drink as much as I want without feeling any restrictions. Water makes me nauseous so I have a variety of herbal teas and am sure to drink 8 cups each day. I am afraid to drink Protein shakes since I do not feel any restriction.}

I'm feeling better today. I'm 8 days post op. Ready to get my staples out!!! I go in Friday for that.

I'm drinking Protein shakes and eating strained Soup a couple times a day. I'm getting plenty of Water but I prefer hot herbal tea, it seems to go down easier. Down 26 lbs as of yesterday!!!

Got my staples out a few days ago. Feeling great. Ive lost a total of 31 pounds since my pre op diet (11 of those since the surgery). I'm 12 days post op today so I feel great about that loss.

My abdominal pain was so much better yesterday. I can take a deep breath sleep on my stomach and stretch now!!!