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Hi, my name is Ana I just had the gastric sleeve on March 23 I started at 230 and today I weighted 218.. Hopping to get some good tips from great people that are in my journey

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@@agalindo17 Good morning! It's morning for me, anyway.So...you are freshly sleeved! How are you doing? Check out the forums, there's lots to read, and you will see that many folks have some of the same questions you have, and the veterans have some great answers. Keep us posted on your successes!! (And congratulations on improving your quality of life!)

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Just had sleeve surgery Friday 3/27

Having a lot of trouble getting in the Protein and Water

Also I am taking 17 prescription drugs I can't see how I can get them all in

I'm putting them off for several days until the sleeve inflammation goes down

Fell horrible

Any suggestions?

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@@bbaron, I have lyme and also have to take about 20 meds per day. It was quite tough in the beginning and even now I have to do them in batches. I had gotten instructs from my Dr on what I needed to take w/out interruption and what I could put off. Also got some temporary alternatives for the ones that were horse pills. Water in the am makes me nauseated so thst is tough still. G2 Gatorade helped in the beginning to get the stuff down. BUT it does get better.

@@agalindo17 good for you. Agree, theres a lot of good info and support here. Also, have you read Alex's book?

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I haven't read the book I will look in to it...

Today I feel better no nausea is getting hard just liquids but I'm almost there ;)

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@@agalindo17 Good morning! It's morning for me, anyway.So...you are freshly sleeved! How are you doing? Check out the forums, there's lots to read, and you will see that many folks have some of the same questions you have, and the veterans have some great answers. Keep us posted on your successes!! (And congratulations on improving your quality of life!)[/quote

I'm doing better thanks for the support and yes u read a lot of great tips for my weeks ahead here!! Glad I found this forum!!

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Hi I am on my 5th day and starting to get hungry. Sorta getting tired of Jello and popsicles! Yesterday I started my Protein Shake w skim milk. So weird that my mouth wants the crunch and food tell textures. Anyone having the same thing? And no bm for three days, but I don't feel bad because of it....

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@@pattyr are you allowed chicked/beef/vegetable broth. If so, have some. I was only allowed those along with Jello & Popsicles for the first two weeks. Head hunger was getting to me, to the point where I had to cook for my family, serve dinner, then head to the bedroom cuz I just wanted to chew something so bad. One day, I actually took a bite of chicken , chewed it to smithereens, sucked out all the flavor, then spit it out! Lol

No bm is kind of normal at first since you're not consuming actually food. I actually had the worst case of Constipation the first 4 weeks. It was horrible. try to make sure you get in enough fluids, especially if you're getting in your Protein. If not, you will regret it when you're backed up. =/

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