I'm scheduled for surgery on Monday! It seemed so far away when this process started and now it's just days away.

Who else is having surgery Monday? How are you feeling about it? What are your pre-op instructions? What have you stocked up on for when you get home?

I'm feeling more nervous as each day passes. I think I need to commiserate with others in my same shoes.

I haven't had the sore throat issue. I did have horrible dry mouth and Biotene spray helped a lot! My son has been sick with a dry cough since I've been home and the humidifier has helped a lot. Might help for surgery recovery too. Just a thought.

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my incisions hurt but other than that my dry mouth & sore throat went away.

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Those that have received the abdominal binders did you find them useful or a pain

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I like the binder. They sent me home with 4 of them. Haven't gone without yet. I had them after having a c-section too and it was very helpful.

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I did mine Monday. Today is day 3 so I'm starting premier protein today! So sick of clear liquid. Overall feeling pretty good. Hope everyone else is as well

orelonsmom-good for u too!' mine was mon but my incisions are very painful.

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I was having trouble getting fluids in until today. I have barely any incision pain, just the far left one when I laugh or sneeze. I do get sleeve pain if I take too big a gulp of water or drink too quickly. The magic number for me is 3 sips in a row. More than that, it hurts. No sore throat but bone dry mouth for days. It is getting better now that I am getting my 64 oz. Today is the first day I was able to meet my fluids goal. Low energy and I feel like sleeping a lot. Each day I feel significantly better than the day before.

One thing I notice post op is that all my protein drinks have a slight metallic/chemical taste that I don't recall from drinking them pre-op. Anyone else experience this?

How's everyone feeling?? Just wondering how you're all doing pain/energy wise- and see if I'm doing normally lol

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hi baileymedlin24-today was ok. didnt get in a Protein shake at all. dreaming i was in pureed food by now. incisions hurt a lot. how are u? how r u making it through?

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hi baileymedlin24-today was ok. didnt get in a Protein shake at all. dreaming i was in pureed food by now. incisions hurt a lot. how are u? how r u making it through?

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By the end of the day I think I will have finished almost all of the Protein Shake. It is a struggle though, but at least I don't find them terribly disgusting. I just miss the taste of food. As far as pain, I'm doing pretty OK. My throat is still very sore, As is my stomach. It's not really just my incisions though, I feel more pain actually on the right side. When I lay down, there's no pain, it's mainly just when I transition positions. I think we are both doing pretty well for not even a week, don't you think? When do you move to pureed?

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hi baileymedlin24-today was ok. didnt get in a protein shake at all. dreaming i was in pureed food by now. incisions hurt a lot. how are u? how r u making it through?

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Have you been able to drink a lot?

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@baileymedlin24-yes! almost 1wk down. pretty exciting. but these darn tv commercials about kfc, pizza hut & mcdonalds are killing me!!! no healthy commercials n im just trying to watch football. lol. im going to do 1 more wk of liquids before pureed but already thinking of my list for the store: eggs, chicken, tuna, pudding & applesauce(unsweetened of course) yum! i can drink Water just fine but the Protein shakes are gross. i just ate Jello. i can also sip on Powerade zero. i never really paid attn to how much i rely on sugar before i had to switch to no calorie n sugarfree stuff.

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Give Crystal light a try! It's delicious and you would never know there's no sugar in it. And yeah, the commercials are killer. I think I will be starting On Thursday, already counting down the days. How's your energy been?

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Also, do you feel hungry ever?

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I'm still having pain and taking pain meds. I can tolerate the pain, except my blood pressure goes up significantly when I have pain and gives me the worst head ache. I'm going to have to request a refill.

I'm sick of Protein shakes, but still sipping a bit each day. I prefer chicken broth with unjury protein added.

Been able to get in more Water yesterday and today. Probably still not enough though. Also drinking some crystal light and G2, and having Popsicles and hello occasionally. Oh, and ate some yogurt yesterday, but I don't like yogurt much so it's hard to eat.

Can't wait to eat some stage 2 foods. Thinking of making a chicken or tuna salad in my vita mix so I can eat that. Next week. My doctor said I could try a scrambled egg on day 10 and then some fish if the egg is tolerated. Looking forward to it.

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I'm still having pain and taking pain meds. I can tolerate the pain, except my blood pressure goes up significantly when I have pain and gives me the worst head ache. I'm going to have to request a refill.

I'm sick of Protein shakes, but still sipping a bit each day. I prefer chicken broth with unjury protein added.

Been able to get in more Water yesterday and today. Probably still not enough though. Also drinking some crystal light and G2, and having Popsicles and hello occasionally. Oh, and ate some yogurt yesterday, but I don't like yogurt much so it's hard to eat.

Can't wait to eat some stage 2 foods. Thinking of making a chicken or tuna salad in my vita mix so I can eat that. Next week. My doctor said I could try a scrambled egg on day 10 and then some fish if the egg is tolerated. Looking forward to it.

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Oh I'm sorry you're still in pain! I hope it's better for you soon. And yeah, it is super hard to get liquid in. I keep worrying about dehydration. And oh my God an eggs sounds so good. When do you see your doctor next?

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