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Feedback for how you feel day 1-2 immediately after sleeve surgery

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dannyrich89    0

dannyrich89
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Hello,

I just had my sleeve surgery Jan 14th, 2016 and I feel fine. The only thing I'm feeling is a vomiting feeling. When I do it it's only Water will this feeling go away?

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nysweetest1    51

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Well, I had my surgery on 12/21/16. It was a breeze & I am truly blessed. I didn't use any med while in hospital overnight. My only discomfort was gas and they said walking would helped so I walked a lot as soon as I could. I left the next day and recuperated at a hotel for one night. And the chest spasms started the next day. Found out later it was normal. I tried the prescription pain meds twice but didn't like feeling like that. And I wasn't in any real pain. The spasms, although uncomfortable, lasted a week. I just leaned to breathe thru those. The stitches are healing nicely. Recovery was a really easy. I did stuff around the house to keep busy. .

My only issue, almost a month later, is Constipation. I go see my surgeon 1/22 and will seek his help on that. I've always had issues but they were tolerable. Now it's gotten downright scary. Between the high Protein, the Iron, calcium citrate and the benefiber (I stupidly thought would help but I'm not drinking enough water), I ended up in the hospital. All these are bulking agents. And I just can't seem to drink enough. What terrible pain!

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kimmie399    0

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The day of surgery you barely remember then the next morning you are brought to drink this barium liquid sickly sweet to check you stomach ...which I threw up omg terrible. Then the rest of the day I was nauseous . Which is the worst feeling in the world . So....day 3 ready to go home they pull the drain....omg I screamed! So I want everyone just recognize all this stuff but literally the day I went home I'm fine!!!!

Showered, slept, barely any pain, no more nausea and no hunger that a Protien shake can't fix. I'm relieved and thrilled with my decision.

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Adtrx3    13

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I was over night in the hospital 2 nights, 3 days.

Had the pain pump the first day and a half, then they took it off mid second day and gave me extra strength Tylenol.

My main struggle was sleeping at night, and on and off fevers. I felt weak too, but they make you walk around which is actually really helpful.

And you pee every two hours because of the IV. now THAT was a pain in the butt.

but overall-- looking back it wasn't too bad. I thought it would be a lot worse.

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songsmith    334

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I felt really good day of surgery and all that night. I was pretty happy with myself. Then the next morning I had a bout of dry heaves that really did for me. My drain flooded and overflowed a couple of times (gross) and I managed to do something to my shoulder. I felt like crap the second day. Came home third day after surgery and have felt great since then (other than typical soreness and a slowly mending shoulder).

The CNA sat me in a chair in the AM and I think maybe I wasn't ready for it yet, or maybe the gas just attacked at that time. Dry heaves. Ugh.

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rubia72    200

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The first two days I moved slowly. This is my 4th day post op and I'd have to say that the gas pains are the worst. I've been walking to the end of the street and back and it takes everything I have. I'm very tired when I get back so I lay down and rest and I'm also keeping up with my meds every 4 hours. Take it easy and do what you can however a nurse that I know told me that I need to walk because it helps deter blood clots. I've been walking 4 times a day and hope to either increase the length of the walk or just add another walk :)

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LMSWNYC    119

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Rubia take G2 (low calorie gatorade) it will help keep you hydrated and give you energy. Also try gas-x tablet extra strength. This will help with the gas. I also found that drinking warm tea helped move the gas.

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rubia72    200

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Thank you for the advice I'm going to make some tea right now and grab a gas x strip too????I'll have my son bring me some Gatorade.

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LMSWNYC    119

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Gatorade really helps. I was dizzy almost every day after surgery and no energy and once i started drinking it i felt immediately better. The electrolytes really help to hydrate our bodies. I Am 5 weeks out and take at least 8-12 ounces a day. I mix it with my Water throughout the day,

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GSleeve822    394

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most people can and should walk around right away. I was really naseaus the first few hours. it's uncomfortable with the gas and bloating, as well as the staples and drain that are still in.

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    • Alisa_S

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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