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My surgery was at 3 pm yesterday and I was awakened at about 4:30. I spent the night at the surgery center and husband picked me up first thing this am. My incisions aren't sore..the only pain I'm having is from gas!

I'm having no trouble with liquids, just have to remember to sip slowly or I end up with what feels like a big air bubble in my throat. I ate some Jello for Breakfast and got painful hiccups afterwards. Is that my body's cue that my new tiny tummy is FULL?

It's going to be hard to wrap my head around how very little I'll be eating now. Many people on these boards say that had no appetite, had trouble drinking Water and even the smell of food cooking made them ill. I'm not finding that at all. I'm thirsty and am sipping water constantly. My head feels hungry and my family's eggs and bacon this am looked and smelled delicious as I slurped my Jello. Is this normal? How are other Dec. 21st sleevers doing?

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Congratulations I'm happy everything went well. : )

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Not everyone has trouble with liquids immediately post-op. Those issues are usually related to swelling and people have varying amounts of swelling. You are just one of the lucky ones with minimal internal swelling, so yay for you! Your recovery should be much easier for that.

Head hunger will be STRONG immediately post-op if you aren't experiencing nausea, which, again, lucky you! It's somewhat common to hiccup as a sign of fullness. Just make sure you are weighing and measuring out ALL of your foods and liquids and ingesting them on a schedule. You can't rely on signals from your healing stomach yet.

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I'm a 12/21 sleever but I'm still in the hospital. I won't go home until 12/24. I'm feeling really good but I'm also being taken care of. I have seen it smelled food since Monday night. I have done the hiccups thing a few times (ouch) I think I drank too fast. I'm thirsty but I'm sipping out of literal 1 oz plastic cups with the instructions being to take tiny sips and about 10 mins to do that. I didn't have any trouble drinking yesterday either. My ice chips went right down. Basically I'm being trained to use my sleeve as I recover. So far I'm glad I got to stay a few days and I'm happy with my decision to go for it.

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Total disconnection between the head and tummy. And totally had issues with any type of liquid for 2/3 weeks. Today is my 1 month anni! I can drink normal. And I lived on yogurt for full liquids. I just took milk and watered it down and made freezy pops. Worked well with gas issues. I did the same thing with Jello.

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I was sleeved 12/21 too! I go home from the hospital tomorrow. I have definitely had some hiccups, which I think was from drinking too quickly. I haven't really had an appetite for Jello or broth, but I'm getting water/crystal light in a lot easier than I thought! I think most of my pain is from gas, but I've been trying to walk as much as possible which has helped so much!

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I was on 12/19 I'm trying to get my Water in and eat have not expected any hiccups but have been experiencing nausea. How long does it take for the swelling to go away? Also what does it mean when your stomach makes gurgling noises? is it hungry?

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K2- don't be alarmed by the gurling noise it will setting down. Its not hunger. They took 80 percent of my stomach and it did not know what to so with itself so all things are strange down there. I did not experience nausea. I also did not have swelling just bloated because of IV Fluid.

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I'm an October 25 baby but have felt GREAT since immediately post op. Just be happy you feel good. I'm down 27 lbs since surgery and loving it!

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I was sleeved 12/21 as well n I was running a fever yesterday... my incisions hurt so bad... the medicine knocks me down... n then I wake up attempting to catch up on sips... only eating ice chips n popsicles for now.., broth tastes very bad smh

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I was sleeved on 12/19/16 and thankfully didn't have any issues except nausea a couple times. I feel like I'm starving to death. My stomach is constantly growling. I'm looking forward to oatmeal or something normal. When did everyone start using oatmeal? Second week?

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@vs I just started oatmeal this week. You have to watch it with the Fiber. Also its in the head you not really starving. That part will calm down. Its a complete discount. Your stomach can only handle 3 or 4 bites of food. Your stomach is no bigger than a gulf ball.

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I was sleeved on 12/19/16 and thankfully didn't have any issues except nausea a couple times. I feel like I'm starving to death. My stomach is constantly growling. I'm looking forward to oatmeal or something normal. When did everyone start using oatmeal? Second week?

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Growling stomach has nothing to do with hunger. Most likely gas and acid. Are you on a PPI?

I wasn't allowed oatmeal at all. You should check with your nutritionist or surgeon for a list of what foods you can eat and when.

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I was sleeved on 12/19/16 and thankfully didn't have any issues except nausea a couple times. I feel like I'm starving to death. My stomach is constantly growling. I'm looking forward to oatmeal or something normal. When did everyone start using oatmeal? Second week?

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thats not hunger...that's the gas moving around in your abdomen

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