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I have my sleeve surgery tomorrow

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We are sleeve buddies! Good luck.

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    It is normal to be nervous. I was a wreck for a few days before. Know that the next few days will suck, but you will bounce back quickly. I started feeling better on day 3 post-op, and now at day 8, I'm feeling pretty good.

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    They'll wheel you in, get you on the operating table, they'll start getting you situated...and then you'll wake up in the recovery room with people saying your name, asking you to wake up. It's over before you even know what happened. And then you'll have drugs that ensure you don't feel much (if any) pain. Use 'em!

    It won't be fun, but once you're not groggy anymore and you're clear-headed, start walking. Take it slow, but just take a lap around your ward, then lay back down. Take sips of Water as they instruct. An hour or so later, get back up and take another lap. Keep up the walking, and keep adding to your laps each time out. It's CRUCIAL to working all the surgical gas out of your system and you will heal much more quickly. You're not going to want to. Do it anyway.

    And when you're tired, sleep. Sleep is when your body rebuilds itself, it's important. But when you're awake, sip water and WALK. By the time they discharge you, you should be getting around without much trouble and ready to start adjusting to the "new normal." And when you're out, KEEP WALKING. It may take 4-5 days to get all that gas out. But the adjustment behaviorally and mentally is the REAL battle...the physical recovery is the easy part :)

    This is my third abdominal surgery and it pales in comparison to the gauntlet I had to run through with my gall bladder, several years ago. I had some pretty bad complications on that one. VSG was a cakewalk, by comparison.

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    Praying that all goes well & for a speedy recovery! Keep us posted!

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    Thank you! I'm so scared!

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    Me too. We got this ????
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