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Smye

By Smye, in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

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Smye    695

Smye
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I'm finally over the panic of possible DVT (totally wasn't) enough to realize that I'm not getting near enough fluids in here on day 2 (or three, depending on whether Sx itself counts as day 1). I sip whenever I can, but as soon as I sip I hard mega-belching for 10-20 minutes. Seems they left more air in there than they thought it it's still seeping back into my digestive tract for expulsion. It makes it near impossible to drink though and is incredibly uncomfortable.

Anybody have any tips or tricks for dealing with this? I'm super thirsty, have a great fuzzy-naval Syntrax Protein I'm eager to sip on constantly, but so far every sip is near debilitating with all the gas. Or is this another "just wait it out" thing?

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bruni    38

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i'm only 4 days out myself, but i think you need to keep moving to get that gas out and keep sipping...slow slow slow...but keep at it

hope you feel better soon!

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paegynn    2

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Walk walk walk. That will help get that air out. I am 3 days post-op and walking has really helped with the painful pressure I was feeling.

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katkinsmu    27

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I agree with the walking...I'm 2 days post op. But the more walking you do the better. For me the hardest part is getting up and down off the couch. But once I'm up I try to walk around as much as I can. Good luck!

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samuelsmom    670

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Day of surgery is not counted, so it sounds like you are 2 days post-op. Not only walk, but walk frequently. In the hospital I was the last case and did not get to my room until around 6 pm. I walked at 10p, 2a, and 6a. Then I walked every hour starting at 8am until discharge. I think it is one of the reasons my recovery has been uneventful. In the recovery room, the gas pain was so severe that I remember waking up crying out loud. So, keep walking! Glad you're on this side of surgery and good luck on your recovery.

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suitechicguy    105

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Walking and Gas x strips helped me. Until I got it all out the same was happening to me. Sip and 10 minutes of burping. It does go away though.

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Smye    695

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Thank you all so much. I have ready responses to others' dilemmas matching mine, so I felt silly posting this myself. But your responses and caring support is invaluable. Today I'm doing FAR better.

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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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        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.

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