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Discharged a few hours ago. Coming home to three excited dogs and a family that really wasn't sure how to handle things was rough.

A few pot holes later, some liquid Tylenol and a nice long nap I'm doing much better. Trying some minestrone broth and one oz Isopure non flavored Protein.

I take it thought he Tylenol counts as fluids!!! Didn't feel the restriction after surgery. Am a bit today. Wish the sent the pain meds home. No so lucky. But if I'm slow and careful it nothing I can't manage.

Good luck. Talk soon.

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@@Zzzombrie That is why when they go down the list of meds when they are inquiring you have to tell them what works with you or not. Honesly, Percocet does nothing but relax me. Makes me feel like it is doing nothing. The good thing is I only needed it the first 2 days. After that, it is sitting there, a whole bottle of it. At the hospital they gave me liquid tylenol and I think my face turned green. It made me nauseas. So, they gave me Loratab instead. That knocked me out. But I am glad the prescribed Pepcid. I guess they anticipate that you will have heartburn because your stomach is adapting to food again. There will be things you can't eat that you did before. So far I noticed today that ham did not agree with me. I put so little of it in my eggs, but my stomach noticed right away. Ain't that weird?!

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HI this is my first post! So glad I found you. I was sleeved 1/15/15. So far doing well. I'm on clear liquid diet till Thursday when I see my doc and graduate to puree for 4 weeks I think. Having trouble getting 64 oz liquids in and hardly no Protein. I bought Isopure and it was disgusting. Only problem I had really was not being able to take pain and nausea pills he gave me, so I toughed it out but it's been tolerable. EXCEPT I can't sleep. Maybe 3 hrs a night--like from 7-10 am...I can't get comfortable anywhere. I'm a side, tummy sleeper and that's a no go. I cheated today and sucked on 5 cheerios. OMG it was sooo good. I'm starving! I'm weak and tire easily but get around a bit, do dishes, shower, etc. The w8 is coming off so fast I feel strange when I touch my face or arm and feel a bone that was never there. I feel my body changing so fast and it's kind of unnerving, but in a good way. :) Anyway thanks for listening. Hugs and good luck to all.

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FIRST Day back to work! It started off rocky but ended well....to my surprise alot of support! Also find out alot of my co workers are 5 yrs post op

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@@Pac-woman I'm glad you know what works for you. I sure as Hell don't, lol. Frankly I think ibuprofen is the best at killing my pain. I must be a light weight. Percocet makes me crazy. Like body sleepy and mind racing. So discombobulating to me. I don't think I can take any opiates anymore since I had a bad reaction to a morphine shot. My whole body cramped up. It was super painful. They had to give me 2 benadryl shots before it settled down.

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Ibuprofen is going to hurt the lining of your tummy. Did they give you a list of drugs to stay away from?

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I only really the it when I get Migraines. Haven't had one since before surgery, but thanks for letting me know. Smart girl ;)

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Pm me your email address, i will give the docs i got so you can read if u like.

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I was sleeved yesterday. Was painful most of yesterday. Today with walking I'm feeling much better.

My surgeon was Dr. Weaver with Rose Medical in Denver, CO.

My stats:

Hw-342

Sw-319

Thanks for all the good vibes and support you all give. So glad to be on the sleeved side????

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Pepcid

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I hit my first stall :(( down 38lbs since 1/1 preop diet sleeved 1/7 I hear its normal but still stinks

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Did anyone else get internal stitching with their procedure? It makes one of your incisions look like a dimple. I did and it's the only thing I'm struggling with after surgery. A lot of pain and discomfort from time to time.

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In pureed stage and heartburn is killing me. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Your doc should've suggested an acid blocker. Either Prilosec or similar. My doc gave me a 2 month supply.

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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
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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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      1. summerseeker

        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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