Hello. I am having my sleeve on July 14th, or so it is scheduled. Hope to have some buddies to go through it with. Any July Sleevers out there?

My surgery is first thing in the morning tomorrow. I have to be there at 5:30am! Nervous and exited! I've been told to expect at least 1 night probably 2 in the hospital.

How funny I had the 5:30 check in too

Me too!!!

Hi,

My name is Haley I am 27 years old, and I decided to make the life changing decision to have the Sleeve Gastrectomy. My surgery is on July 28th 2015, I thought I would create a facebook group, for others to join. Having a group on facebook, I have found is more active than, bariatric pal. I wanted to create a group that is versatile and inclusive to everyone. I want people to feel welcomed and feel like they can really get some on going support. Facebook these days is so popular, that I can only assume 90% of bariatric pal members have one. With all that being said, I would love for you to join the facebook group I created. The group is for all bariatric people, anyone can join. I will say a lot of people are having surgery this summer, and it seems July is the month. So there will be a lot of Pre-op patients in this group. If you have already had bariatric surgery, the group would love to hear about your experience. All you have to do, to join is ad me as a friend on facebook, I will ad you to the group. It’s a private group on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/S.E.T.B.ME

Can you add me too to the group? Surgery is Tuesday..

Just sent you a friend request.... If you could add me that would be great....

Hi, im in Tally also. I was sleeved on june 20th...no issues so far.

Just sleeved on July 8th. 1st week of postop is almost over. Looking forward to advancing my

diet to soft/pureed foods. Just feel like I wanna chew something..struggling with boredom from sitting around recovering. Next week will be better and the one after that. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and see how things unfold.

Just got sleeved this morning! Everything went great and I feel great! Really tired but not in much pain at all I don't know what everyone was talking about. But coughing and walking to bathroom almost killed me. No nausea no drain tube no catheter and no gas pain!

Hello all, my name is Carroll and I was newly sleeved July 2nd. I hope some of you can share your experiences with me as we journey together. My biggest fear is that I will stretch my stomach but my nutritionist says there is no way right now because I'm on pureed food for a month. Other than that I feel fine. I am disappointed that I feel hunger and its kinda painful. I also am having a hard time with water. It doesn't taste as good as it used to. Any ideas would be appreciated and I'm happy to share what I know so far also.

Have you tried infusing your Water at all? Lemon or cucumber or both? That can give it a little flavor without anything fake. Just add lemon and/or cucumber slices to a your water at night let it sit in the fridge, then you have something crisp and delicious to sip on all day the next day.

I love doing lemon, cucumber, and mint in my water - it changes flavor with each sip you take and it is so refreshing!

Hello all, my name is Carroll and I was newly sleeved July 2nd. I hope some of you can share your experiences with me as we journey together. My biggest fear is that I will stretch my stomach but my nutritionist says there is no way right now because I'm on pureed food for a month. Other than that I feel fine. I am disappointed that I feel hunger and its kinda painful. I also am having a hard time with Water. It doesn't taste as good as it used to. Any ideas would be appreciated and I'm happy to share what I know so far also.

Hello! Was it very painful? I'm so sorry you are hungry- I was hoping that would stop as well!! I love drinking infused water.... Watermelon slices - with our without cucumber. Oranges slices w blueberries. Lemon, limes, oranges. Strawberries and basil (I know crazy). Blackberries and lime. There are so many to do! Look on Pinterest on infused water. That's where I get my ideas. I get sleeved the 29th (hopefully if insurance gives me final approval). It's so hard to get 64 oz h20 in w my big old stomach now I bet it's soooo hard! Good luck! And let me know what your daily meals are so I can get some ideas. Thanks

The first couple of days i was in pain and thankfully they hooked me up to a PCA pump (patient controlled administration). Every 8 minutes I could press the button without waiting on the nurse. Unfortunately the next day they put me on crushed oral pain pills. I then felt all the pain even from laying on the operating table so long. Once I got home I felt better. Hospital beds are not comfortable. I haven't threw up but have had nausea. I'm going to try the infused water.

I started a SECRET FaceBook Group (closed, nobody can see you are there) For July 2015 people only. I hope this can expand as a individualized community so we can help each other out through the same stages of this journey. I hope you can join. (1) The only way to join is to send email invites, not a link. You will need to private-message me your email address, the one linked to your FaceBook profile. An email invitation for the FaceBook group will be sent to you.

I hope you are doing well, and hope to see you soon!

Edited July 15, 201511 yr by latido

The first couple of days i was in pain and thankfully they hooked me up to a PCA pump (patient controlled administration). Every 8 minutes I could press the button without waiting on the nurse. Unfortunately the next day they put me on crushed oral pain pills. I then felt all the pain even from laying on the operating table so long. Once I got home I felt better. Hospital beds are not comfortable. I haven't threw up but have had nausea. I'm going to try the infused water.

How many days were you in hospital? Were you in or a long time?

My apologies. It looks like the only way to join is to send email invites, not a link.

You will need to message me your email address, the one linked to their FaceBook profile.

I started a SECRET FaceBook Group (closed, nobody can see you are there) For July 2015 people only. I hope this can expand as a individualized community so we can help each other out through the same stages of this journey. I hope you can join. (1) Click the group link page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/June2015WLS/ (2) Request to Join. Membership needs to be approved. (3) The only way to approve is if you reply to this message and tell me what your FaceBook name is, so I can match up your request and approve you right away.

I hope you are doing well, and hope to see you soon!

Today is my day. I do not have to be at the hospital until later in the morning. I expected to wake up dying of thirst since I usually drink 16-24oz of Water as soon as I wake but so far today I am good.

I'm not excited or nervous right now, just kind of numb. Slow starving over a 10 day period will do that