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I feel much better than I thought I would! My surgeon said I helped make it easier on my body by losing 46lbs prior to surgery. I would have gone home after just one day but they want to keep a close eye on my blood sugars for an extra day.

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great - and it will only get better from here - don't overdo it the first two weeks - allow your body to heal - follow your doctor's instructions on exercise, etc. Walk, walk, walk - sip, sip, sip

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Congratulations and let us know if we can be of any help.

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I feel much better than I thought I would! My surgeon said I helped make it easier on my body by losing 46lbs prior to surgery. I would have gone home after just one day but they want to keep a close eye on my blood sugars for an extra day.

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im with you girl had surgery same day as you i hope to go home today the cheap hospital robe rubbed my incision so its irritated but all is good glad to hear you are ok

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I feel much better than I thought I would! My surgeon said I helped make it easier on my body by losing 46lbs prior to surgery. I would have gone home after just one day but they want to keep a close eye on my blood sugars for an extra day.

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im with you girl had surgery same day as you i hope to go home today the cheap hospital robe rubbed my incision so its irritated but all is good glad to hear you are ok

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I had surgery the same day but my gas pain is no joke. I have a very low tolerance for pain and my people think I'm being to dramatic. was released this morning

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I had surgery the same day and other than gas i feel pretty good. I am having trouble getting Water down but I will keep trying. Glad you are doing well.

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I feel much better than I thought I would! My surgeon said I helped make it easier on my body by losing 46lbs prior to surgery. I would have gone home after just one day but they want to keep a close eye on my blood sugars for an extra day.

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im with you girl had surgery same day as you i hope to go home today the cheap hospital robe rubbed my incision so its irritated but all is good glad to hear you are ok

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I had surgery the same day but my gas pain is no joke. I have a very low tolerance for pain and my people think I'm being to dramatic. was released this morning

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Pa ha ha I kid you not they ran an EKG on my because I thought was having a heart attack... It was that gas... It hurt...

Oh and I had a 9lbs kid no epidural just fine lmao...

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I feel much better than I thought I would! My surgeon said I helped make it easier on my body by losing 46lbs prior to surgery. I would have gone home after just one day but they want to keep a close eye on my blood sugars for an extra day.

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im with you girl had surgery same day as you i hope to go home today the cheap hospital robe rubbed my incision so its irritated but all is good glad to hear you are ok

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I had surgery the same day but my gas pain is no joke. I have a very low tolerance for pain and my people think I'm being to dramatic. was released this morning

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Pa ha ha I kid you not they ran an EKG on my because I thought was having a heart attack... It was that gas... It hurt...

Oh and I had a 9lbs kid no epidural just fine lmao...

omg lol same here i thought it was my heart it was gas it hurts so bad smh

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Glad you all are doing well and thanks for the heads up on the gas pains! My surgery is August 23rd so I'm taking in as much advice as I can. Looking forward to reading more about your journeys!

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Bornthisway622, good to know all is well. How bad is the pain? I had a few laparscopic surgeries and Im wondering if the pain is similar to that. I also had a c-section so I'm trying to see where this lies on the pain scale. Btw, I'm buying a good supply of Gas X today, no lie!! LOL

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Bornthisway622, good to know all is well. How bad is the pain? I had a few laparscopic surgeries and Im wondering if the pain is similar to that. I also had a c-section so I'm trying to see where this lies on the pain scale. Btw, I'm buying a good supply of Gas X today, no lie!! LOL

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ok so here it goes the cuts do not hurt only the one thats a lil bigger to remove stomach from the gas pain is the worst walk walk walk walk you will have to be your biggest support it will hurt but walking helps soooo much other wise that im 4 days post op and eating a lemon sugar free ice pop i do better drinking cold things then hot .sip sip sip is the key i know you will be fine first 2 days hard but it does get easier believe .

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the pain is real girl first day but its gas pain so walk n gas x cold Water you got this or do what i did i went in thinking this gunna be the worst pain ever but when it was show time i was like ok its bad but nothing i could not handle

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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

        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.

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

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