Thursday!! Today is Sunday. OMG! It has been a long, hard road with many hoops to jump through, and now, "suddenly", it's here! I am nearly there. I am nearly sleeved. I'm nearly having a difficult time with pain from a drain, and not able to drink a bottle of Water at one sitting. I'm nearly barely able to eat a tablespoon of greek yogurt at a sitting. My life is nearly changed for the better. One day soon I will be searching my closets for smaller clothes which I saved back from when I was smaller. I'm so excited to begin this journey to health and happiness, I am nearly able to polish my own toenails, to lace up my shoes. Nearly able to run up a flight of stairs and not be winded and keep up with my grand kids. It's Sunday...I'm nearly there!

I survived the surgery! I am home now, but feel like crap. I have heard that it will pass, and I will feel really good in a few days. I'll be happy to see that day when I don;t feel like crap..Not sure how peeps actually go back to work in a week.

@@wannaBthinsoon One day at a time. I will be 3 weeks out Tuesday and I am still exhausted, not very thirsty for much of anything, but still sip on something the majority of the day. I am happy you are home. I have been thinking about you and how everything went. :-)

Edited April 24, 201511 yr by faith19evans

I survived the surgery! I am home now, but feel like crap. I have heard that it will pass, and I will feel really good in a few days. I'll be happy to see that day when I don;t feel like crap..Not sure how peeps actually go back to work in a week.

Girrrlllllll the gas JUST started moving up and man, I keep checking my O2 and doing my spirometer bc it truly feels like there is an elephant on my chest. I don't get it either because just walking around the house is exhausting.

I have that same elephant! @@erose321

I woke up super early this morning,(I fell asleep at 7:30pm last night) I got up at around midnight and took some liquid hydracodone, and right now I am not in pain. YAY!! I took off the nausea patch they put behind my ear.....I kept touching. They stress..."DON'T TOUCH IT!!" but I did, so I removed it, Still trying to figure out how to take an omeprazole capsule. I broke one open last night, and that was nasty.

I woke up super early this morning,(I fell asleep at 7:30pm last night) I got up at around midnight and took some liquid hydracodone, and right now I am not in pain. YAY!! I took off the nausea patch they put behind my ear.....I kept touching. They stress..."DON'T TOUCH IT!!" but I did, so I removed it, Still trying to figure out how to take an omeprazole capsule. I broke one open last night, and that was nasty.

No nausea meds for me but thankfully I've not had to deal with that too much. I was up at 2 and 6 for pain meds but at 6 I passed SO MUCH gas, I'm feeling a bunch better too. Yay us!!!

Wow thanks! I've had wicked nausea for the past week from my stupid lyme antibiotics. Gonna try the alcohol pads.

I stayed home 2 weeks and went pack part time on week three. You will feel better and less tired but it does take a bit. Congrats on arriving at the other side.

Awesome progress reports ladies. Very informative. Hopefully you will feel no pain soon. Getting excited to join this side.

Let's talk about our vitamins. I went with the nascobol (sp?) they are billed through my insurance, $25 bucks a month no fuss, but the calc and multi are making me sick. Like I took them for the first time today and today was the first time I threw up. They aren't hard to take, they don't taste bad and I don't throw up when I take my crushed regular meds. Any ideas or recommendations. Also I've moved past the post op constipation phase into the never trust a fart phase. Day 2 = rough.

Sending prayers for speedy recovery for everyone...????????

@@erose321 I heard that about those Vitamins. I use the ones from the bariatric center I go to. But I don't even start those till my week anniversary.

So exciting! Almost here!

I am now at 4 day postop too. I am still very nauseous and sore! I'm struggling badly getting liquids down. Every sip just makes my tummy gurgle and dry heave. I'm on Tylenol3, Phenergan, Carafate, and my reg other meds.

Looking forward to some relief soon.

@@FlabbyNat I am so sorry you are not feeling great. I have been lucky I guess. No nausea, getting my fluids in fine. I have taken the liquid hydrocodone for pain, it helps me sleep (I am not a back sleeper...but I have to be for now). I haven't slimed or dry heaved, or anything. My tummy does talk to me all the time, though. That's something I have heard we will be dealing with forever. I hate it that we all can't come out of this and instantly feel great. But I feel pretty great. I do have to nap throughout the day. I have been doing 20 minutes on the treadmill, and that wears me out a little. Hang in there....it won't be long before you will be ready to get up and go.

@@Joz31 I haven't heard from you...how you doing? I didn't see anyone in recovery. I had ladies on both sides of me writhing in pain, and I just wanted to wake up enough to move on over to my room, those ladies were making me so sad...like they were already regretting what they had done, and they hadn't even woke up yet. Holler!!