I had my sleeve done Tuesday. This is now Thursday and I'm not going to lie....I'm miserable. ALREADY sick of the sweet Protein drinks every 15 minutes. The pain in my abdomen is aweful and the Ultram he prescribed for pain is useless. ...I have cried all morning. ....any suggestions?

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Be strong and courageous

Be syrong

Be strong or did you want her to wear a sarong?

just stick with it, before long you will be over this worst part of it.

I mean this in the nicest possible way...

All you can do right now is suck it up and deal with it.

If you pain is unbearable, call your surgeon but most likely, it's just gas. Walk it out.
If you don't like sweet drinks, you are in for a long few weeks. I hate sweet drinks, but I can do anything for two weeks, I just had to keep telling myself that.
Things get better after day three and then you will hit a brick wall around week three, or at least, I did, and then things got MUCH better. I was exhausted and because of a stricture, stuck in purees for about 6 weeks. It sucks, but it's so worth it.

It's sort of like childbirth. It's horrible while you are going through it, but once you're healed, you forget all the bad stuff and enjoy every minute of the good.

You'll be ok.

As the others have said, you just have to live minute-to-minute and hour-to-hour for this first little stretch. It will feel like eternity, but then a couple weeks from now you will look back and think it went so fast! Hang in there.

It sucks, doesn't it?

One thing to remember: You do NOT have to be in unmanageable pain. Call your surgeon's office. Don't assume that you know what the pain is and there is nothing to be done. That is for your surgeon to determine. That's why he got the big bucks. Not every pain killer works on every person. Perhaps you need a different one. Maybe you pain is coming from left over abdominal gas. If so, your surgeon's office will advise you. The old saying, "the squeaky hinge gets the grease", is true. If you don't speak up, your surgeon's office will have no idea that you are suffering. Call them.

Now about the sweet stuff. Yuck, yuck, yuck. I, too hated the all of the sweet goop.

Call your Nutritionist. He/she should be able to have some ideas on how to get through this stage--a sweetness break may be in order. Talk it over with your Nut.. It can be done, but only with your surgeon's OK.

Ask. Ya neva know. Sometimes we need to travel a more creative path to reach the end of OUR personal rainbow.

Good luck, feel better, and Please let us know what's going on with you, girlfriend.

Thanks so much. Glad I found this site. I did get some different pain medication and used it a couple of times but hesitant just because of the constipation factor. I finally pooped and was feeling better until this evening. My surgery was Tuesday and it is now Saturday and I'm having pretty decent pain between my shoulder blades...could it still be gas this many days out?

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My surgeon considers yogurt a liquid. Anything that is pain related is a call to your surgeon. You are too early out for anyone here to guess with you or reassure you.

Keep posting. You're doing great!