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Hi! My surgery is tomorrow morning as well. I am so nervous. I am fearful that I will have a cold or something in the morning. It will be a brothathon/Powerade Zero day today!

Good luck to you! I am scheduled to be there at 9:30am

Clear Liquids tomorrow and surgery at 7:30am Tuesday morning, 11/17! Can't believe it's finally here! While I am a surgery pro at this point and know what to expect pre-op, things got very real for me this weekend and I am a little nervous to say the least. Here's to hoping everything goes as planned!

Good luck to both of you tomorrow!!

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Ok so I am 7 days sleeved as of tomorrow (Nicember17th). This is my 8 year anniversary with my best friend/hubby. ???? On another note... I. Am. Starving! No it's not head hunger. No it's not acid reflux. I am truly starving! I have little problem drinking a cup of broth. I get my Protein Shakes down no problem. I drink my Water. I don't know if it's because I'm on liquids only and they just go through my sleeve? Is anyone else hungry? Also my main incision is still hurting really bad. After a shower I want to cry. I had my first cry-free shower today. But the site is super sore. Just curious if anyone is having similar issues?

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Surgery tomorrow too 11/17 I have to be at hospital @ 6am surgery @ 9:30am say a prayer for me pls ..

Good luck to you!! You are in my thoughts and prayers.

I am right behind you on Friday.

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Ok so I am 7 days sleeved as of tomorrow (Nicember17th). This is my 8 year anniversary with my best friend/hubby. On another note... I. Am. Starving! No it's not head hunger. No it's not acid reflux. I am truly starving! I have little problem drinking a cup of broth. I get my Protein Shakes down no problem. I drink my Water. I don't know if it's because I'm on liquids only and they just go through my sleeve? Is anyone else hungry? Also my main incision is still hurting really bad. After a shower I want to cry. I had my first cry-free shower today. But the site is super sore. Just curious if anyone is having similar issues?

Hi Doggirl79,,

i will be 7days post-op tomorrow, and yes my main incision still hurts if I bend the wrong way or lay the wrong way, or laugh to hard, or cough to hard... as long as I take my pain pills it dulls it, but when I forget..whooooo does it hurt.. I have not taken a shower yet, just using the the ol'washup routine.. I can touch my incisions without pain but underneath the main one hurts..

now on hunger, do you have hunger pains (cramps) or are you thinking your hungry with no physical alert.. I noticed that in the morning when I first get up, my stomach goes bonkers (cramping, growling) I have a small fridge in the bedroom with Protein Shake pre-made and I sip that.. after about 4-8 sips my tummy is happy and I can begin my day. I also like sipping warm team if i forget to pre-make my shake for the morning.

I do have eye hunger, where I see something and want to nibble, but i hold back, I am seeing double digits losses of weight right now each day, I don't want to change that..

I have only had broth one time since post-op it did not sit well, but thank god for those nausea pills. thus so far I have only used nectar Protein Powder and crystal light.

Keep your head up and happy anniversary

~MojoCAMI

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Hi mynewlife15 and mojocami,

I'm having trouble with getting Water down as well. But I will take your advice and try crystal lite. What day were each of you sleeved? I was Nov 12th.

I was on the 11th.

also try the crystal light at different temps, (room temp, slightly warm, cold) I found that I like cold crystal light vs room temp.

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Hi doggirl79,

I was sleeved on the10th and I am still having pain especially from my main incision. I had a shower yesterday and it was painful when the Water hit the incisions. I was better once out. I have trouble with sudden movements and sleeping at night as well, but overall I am starting to feel better, with a he exceptions of the main incisition still hurting.

In terms of hunger, I can't say that I am really hungry, rather I have head hunger through out the day especially when prepping my children's food, but it is no where near as bad as it was before surgery.

I manage to get down water, Protein Shakes (I started that yesterday), Jello and of course water.

Happy anniversary! Keep at it - you've got this and I think what you are feeling in terms of pain is natural.

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I am already to go! Surgeon had been back, anesthesiology, gotten my meds. Let me know how your goes. I will write as soon as possible. Surgery should begin at 12:30 ET

Oh did I feel to mention that I m super scared.

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Ok so I am 7 days sleeved as of tomorrow (Nicember17th). This is my 8 year anniversary with my best friend/hubby. On another note... I. Am. Starving! No it's not head hunger. No it's not acid reflux. I am truly starving! I have little problem drinking a cup of broth. I get my Protein Shakes down no problem. I drink my Water. I don't know if it's because I'm on liquids only and they just go through my sleeve? Is anyone else hungry? Also my main incision is still hurting really bad. After a shower I want to cry. I had my first cry-free shower today. But the site is super sore. Just curious if anyone is having similar issues?

Hi Doggirl79,,

i will be 7days post-op tomorrow, and yes my main incision still hurts if I bend the wrong way or lay the wrong way, or laugh to hard, or cough to hard... as long as I take my pain pills it dulls it, but when I forget..whooooo does it hurt.. I have not taken a shower yet, just using the the ol'washup routine.. I can touch my incisions without pain but underneath the main one hurts..

now on hunger, do you have hunger pains (cramps) or are you thinking your hungry with no physical alert.. I noticed that in the morning when I first get up, my stomach goes bonkers (cramping, growling) I have a small fridge in the bedroom with Protein Shake pre-made and I sip that.. after about 4-8 sips my tummy is happy and I can begin my day. I also like sipping warm team if i forget to pre-make my shake for the morning.

I do have eye hunger, where I see something and want to nibble, but i hold back, I am seeing double digits losses of weight right now each day, I don't want to change that..

I have only had broth one time since post-op it did not sit well, but thank god for those nausea pills. thus so far I have only used nectar Protein powder and crystal light.

Keep your head up and happy anniversary

~MojoCAMI

My hunger is physical. I do have really bad eye hunger but throughout the day I'm definitely physically hungry. I love broth! I guess it's the salt that makes me feel like I'm having an actual meal LOL I drink 2-3 protein shakes plus Fairlife skim milk. I'm getting about 80 grams of protein in. I'm losing on average 1.4 pounds a day. For me, that's great! I read on my approved food but I could have creamy Soups and sugar-free pudding so I made some high-protein sugar-free pudding last Night I'm going to get some fat free cream soups and add some unflavored protein to those as well maybe this will help curb my hunger I also have been walking on my treadmill to alleviate some of the pain Thank you for your experience!

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I am already to go! Surgeon had been back, anesthesiology, gotten my meds. Let me know how your goes. I will write as soon as possible. Surgery should begin at 12:30 ET

Oh did I feel to mention that I m super scared.

Things will go well, i was a touch scared myself to be honest, but it was mostly about the pain part post op... Just be ready to walk when the nursing staff says so, be ready to pee like no tomorrow for the first few times :) and when they give you your first Protein Shake, don't be afraid to ask for a different flavor.. the first one they gave me did not sit well.. pain ohh the pain..

other than that, good luck and I will look forward to your first post, post procedure :)

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Ok so I am 7 days sleeved as of tomorrow (Nicember17th). This is my 8 year anniversary with my best friend/hubby. On another note... I. Am. Starving! No it's not head hunger. No it's not acid reflux. I am truly starving! I have little problem drinking a cup of broth. I get my Protein Shakes down no problem. I drink my Water. I don't know if it's because I'm on liquids only and they just go through my sleeve? Is anyone else hungry? Also my main incision is still hurting really bad. After a shower I want to cry. I had my first cry-free shower today. But the site is super sore. Just curious if anyone is having similar issues?

Hi Doggirl79,,

i will be 7days post-op tomorrow, and yes my main incision still hurts if I bend the wrong way or lay the wrong way, or laugh to hard, or cough to hard... as long as I take my pain pills it dulls it, but when I forget..whooooo does it hurt.. I have not taken a shower yet, just using the the ol'washup routine.. I can touch my incisions without pain but underneath the main one hurts..

now on hunger, do you have hunger pains (cramps) or are you thinking your hungry with no physical alert.. I noticed that in the morning when I first get up, my stomach goes bonkers (cramping, growling) I have a small fridge in the bedroom with Protein Shake pre-made and I sip that.. after about 4-8 sips my tummy is happy and I can begin my day. I also like sipping warm team if i forget to pre-make my shake for the morning.

I do have eye hunger, where I see something and want to nibble, but i hold back, I am seeing double digits losses of weight right now each day, I don't want to change that..

I have only had broth one time since post-op it did not sit well, but thank god for those nausea pills. thus so far I have only used nectar Protein powder and crystal light.

Keep your head up and happy anniversary

~MojoCAMI

My hunger is physical. I do have really bad eye hunger but throughout the day I'm definitely physically hungry. I love broth! I guess it's the salt that makes me feel like I'm having an actual meal LOL I drink 2-3 protein shakes plus Fairlife skim milk. I'm getting about 80 grams of protein in. I'm losing on average 1.4 pounds a day. For me, that's great! I read on my approved food but I could have creamy Soups and sugar-free pudding so I made some high-protein sugar-free pudding last Night I'm going to get some fat free cream soups and add some unflavored protein to those as well maybe this will help curb my hunger I also have been walking on my treadmill to alleviate some of the pain Thank you for your experience!

you are most welcome,

i have been contemplating trying fairlife milk, I use cashewmilk in my chocolate and vanilla protein shakes. The nectar protein shakes I just use water so no issue there.

I don't recall being cleared for soups after the first week, but I am going call my NUT and ask :) I like creamy soups and I am happy its working well. I also forget about sugar free pudding, I make plenty of sugar free Jello though.

thanks for sharing as well.

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Ok so I am 7 days sleeved as of tomorrow (Nicember17th). This is my 8 year anniversary with my best friend/hubby. On another note... I. Am. Starving! No it's not head hunger. No it's not acid reflux. I am truly starving! I have little problem drinking a cup of broth. I get my Protein Shakes down no problem. I drink my Water. I don't know if it's because I'm on liquids only and they just go through my sleeve? Is anyone else hungry? Also my main incision is still hurting really bad. After a shower I want to cry. I had my first cry-free shower today. But the site is super sore. Just curious if anyone is having similar issues?

Hi Doggirl79,,

i will be 7days post-op tomorrow, and yes my main incision still hurts if I bend the wrong way or lay the wrong way, or laugh to hard, or cough to hard... as long as I take my pain pills it dulls it, but when I forget..whooooo does it hurt.. I have not taken a shower yet, just using the the ol'washup routine.. I can touch my incisions without pain but underneath the main one hurts..

now on hunger, do you have hunger pains (cramps) or are you thinking your hungry with no physical alert.. I noticed that in the morning when I first get up, my stomach goes bonkers (cramping, growling) I have a small fridge in the bedroom with Protein Shake pre-made and I sip that.. after about 4-8 sips my tummy is happy and I can begin my day. I also like sipping warm team if i forget to pre-make my shake for the morning.

I do have eye hunger, where I see something and want to nibble, but i hold back, I am seeing double digits losses of weight right now each day, I don't want to change that..

I have only had broth one time since post-op it did not sit well, but thank god for those nausea pills. thus so far I have only used nectar Protein powder and crystal light.

Keep your head up and happy anniversary

~MojoCAMI

My hunger is physical. I do have really bad eye hunger but throughout the day I'm definitely physically hungry. I love broth! I guess it's the salt that makes me feel like I'm having an actual meal LOL I drink 2-3 protein shakes plus Fairlife skim milk. I'm getting about 80 grams of protein in. I'm losing on average 1.4 pounds a day. For me, that's great! I read on my approved food but I could have creamy Soups and sugar-free pudding so I made some high-protein sugar-free pudding last Night I'm going to get some fat free cream soups and add some unflavored protein to those as well maybe this will help curb my hunger I also have been walking on my treadmill to alleviate some of the pain Thank you for your experience!

you are most welcome,

i have been contemplating trying fairlife milk, I use cashewmilk in my chocolate and vanilla protein shakes. The nectar protein shakes I just use water so no issue there.

I don't recall being cleared for soups after the first week, but I am going call my NUT and ask :) I like creamy soups and I am happy its working well. I also forget about sugar free pudding, I make plenty of sugar free Jello though.

thanks for sharing as well.

My NUT told us SF pudding and creamy soups (no food or chunks and can add water to thin it). But every NUT is different. To be safe I woukd ask to make sure. I think I Mai have a sleeve of steel! Before surgery I could eat nails and be ok. Good luck to you! Keep me updated on your progress.

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