March Sleevers

[Jill_Icardi 59]

Just walk and use your spirometer and you will get through it. Its not that bad...at least to me.

[heav85 123]

Gas pains are bad. That's the first thing I felt when I woke up I just walked a lot yesterday and did thst breathing thing.

[Msnursekrystal 20]

I'm going in on the 30th a little scared of the gas pains.

I had mine on monday going home today. The belly pain and gas pains are the worst. I have been taking gas x and it isnt helping much. I even had to get a suppository. Just make sure you are walking alot

[purrfctangel 239]

@@Msnursekrystal Hope you feel better soon. Can someone karate chop on your shoulders and upper back? I hear that helps.

[LaLa Lady 98]

Well it's finally here...seems a bit surreal! Off to bed and waking at 5a.m. For a 6:00 check in and surgery at 7:30! This site and all the posts have helped me greatly along my journey to this point, I'm not sure I'd be as comfortable or as knowledgeable as I am about all of this without you all. A big thanks and to all of you for sharing and I'll let you know how I'm doing in a few days....God willing and the creek don't rise! (Southernism:)

[Coco79 18]

@@La La lady Good luck! Hope all goes well xx

[Gr8estyaya 19]

Mine surgery is tomorrow bright and early 5:45...but that makes me first in, so hopefully I'll be the first to get to go home Friday????...I'll try to up date it I'm not too loopy lol...good night to you all!!

[Gr8estyaya 19]

Well it's finally here...seems a bit surreal! Off to bed and waking at 5a.m. For a 6:00 check in and surgery at 7:30! This site and all the posts have helped me greatly along my journey to this point, I'm not sure I'd be as comfortable or as knowledgeable as I am about all of this without you all. A big thanks and to all of you for sharing and I'll let you know how I'm doing in a few days....God willing and the creek don't rise! (Southernism:)

. Same day buddies ????hope we can keep each other updated...my thought and prayers are with you????

[heav85 123]

Let me warn you the worst part after the gas pains is the pain in the belly button incision. It's a stinging horrible pain.

[MaryC94 62]

So I finally got the call. I am to report to the hospital on Monday at 5:30am. I can't believe that I'm only days away from this life changing event. Now it's time to get everything ready for my hospital stay. I can't forget my liquids and Vitamins. So who all are getting their sleeve on March 30th and are you ready?

[purrfctangel 239]

@@MaryC94 Sitting in my PCP office to get final sign off for Monday. Meeting with surgeon this afternoon them get my check in info tomorrow night. Yikes!

[MaryC94 62]

@@purrfctangel, it's going to ok. If your feeling like me, I'm a ball of emotions right now but we're going to fine. I have to do a final weigh in tomorrow. Let's see how many pounds I've lost since being on this liquid diet. We have 3 days and counting.

[Chrystee 838]

It wasn't that bad to me. I was so worked up about the gas pains. Just ask for your pain meds and you'll be fine.

[stacy458 89]

Hi everyone, my surgery went great. I've been having gas pains though. I'm hoping they will go away soon! Did anyone get pains from just putting anything in their new stomach? Any time I drink or eat, my stomach cramps up and then I'm burping. If you went through this, please let me know how you got past this. Pretty uncomfortable. Thanks for any help you can give.

[Bonawanabfree 280]

@@stacy458

Yes, To me it felt like a spasm. It still happens once in a while but not as bad. I kept feeling like it was hunger. Very strange feeling. Then came the acid stomach. If you do start getting acid stomach call the nurse right away and get something for it cause it will wake you up at night.