OMG! OMG!.... i am booked in for the gastric sleeve and i am totally freaking out!.. im feeling every emotion i know..... happiness, mourning food.. worried, stressed, Hopeful.. you name it.. im feeling it.

Strange... as an ex bander.. i thought i would be more prepared.

How were you feeling emotionally prior to your surgery?

Well lucky me then.

I am assuming that once i start solids i will have more restriction?

Right now i am comfortable with 1/4 cup....

Definitely lucky @

I was similarly fortunate...

Take full advantage of the situation...

And enjoy the restriction!!!

I still struggle with more than half to 3/4 of a cup at 14 months out (on Monday)...

Ok... as long as i am not the only abnormal one with such a simple pain free recovery. .. i started wondering if he cut me up n forgot to do the rest!! Lol

I'm not saying you're not abmormal...

But your current experiences are not unheard of...

Hey!!! Im normal... yeah i am.. im sure i am... or am i?? Lol

Hi Guys Im from Melbourne i have been sleeved on the 12/4/16

G'day @@sylvi

Hi Guys Im from Melbourne i have been sleeved on the 12/4/16

How has your recovery been?

G'day to you

Good Im doing well but feeling hunger i dont know if its normal I started pureed food today so hope it will stop the hunger.

Hey Aussiegirl, did you say you are 2 DAYS post op and eating pureed food? My Dr had me on liquid only for 2 weeks, pureed for two weeks (which is where I am now) then I have mashed for 2 weeks prior to soft solids. All this so the stomach has time to heal. I also have had a fairly smooth run. Good luck to you but confirm with your medical team that you can have pureed 2 days out please?

Hey Slyvie, i had the hunger and puree definately helps. I am surprised at how much i can eat but it is still tiny compared to what i am used to.

Does the feeling go away after you eat or is it still there?

I had an uncomfortable 'empty' feeling for the first month which I thought could be hunger, but I realised eating wasn't helping it much either. Later I realised it was reflux and started medication. I don't have that feeling anymore.

Edited April 23, 201610 yr by BCs 1000

Hi Finally free thanks for that, what is in the back of my head is stretching my sleeve and thats the last thing i want to do.

Absolutely. Feeling of hunger goes away when i eat, no reflux and not taking the meds. Got off the drugs asap out of hospital. Detoxing from them was the worst.

Re sleeve stretching, apparently it relaxes so increases marginally in size but it cannot be stretched, HOWEVER if you put the wrong food in it, you will gain weight. Yesterday i found i could eat soft chees triangles so i ate 4 during the day and put on 500grams. So lesson is have 1 or 2 triangles and no more. I was eating cheese because at the moment my protein is medium as i am a vegetarian and have a post op aversion to protein shakes, powder, anything artificual. ATM i am eating hummus with some avocado blended in. And thinking of the glass of wine I am not having, lol.