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EmmyJ    184

EmmyJ
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Hi guys! I'm new. I'm just a week post-op and I think all things considered, I'm doing pretty well! The thing I've noticed is by the afternoon every day, my belly above my navel becomes swollen and sore. This always reduces overnight and comes back. I was just wondering if that's okay and how long it will last Thanks!

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Diva T    62

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For myself the problem is gas build up. My belly above my belly button and below my boobs swells every day and I'm 4 weeks out today. GAS-GAS-GAS! LOL. This can be painful. Talk with your doctor/nurse about protonics and or simethicone for relief. You may also find you're constipated. I was recommended to use milk of mag and Miralax (daily on the miralax). Hope this helps.

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Baxter14    6

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I'm one week post op today. This just started happening to me yesterday. I never had any gas after surgery, so this baffles me. Last night I took gas-x and slept with a heating pad. Woke up this morning fine, but by 1:00 I felt it happening again. I did go back to work on Day 4 post op, so maybe I'm overdoing it. Other than that, I feel great!


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EmmyJ    184

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Thanks for the responses guys! I think I will consult with doc re: gas and Constipation and pick up some gas-x. I also went back to work Day 4 post-op, so I'm glad I'm not the only crazy one :P

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Baxter14    6

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Let me know what your dr says. The gas-x doesn't do anything for me honestly. I just read about sipping on warm ginger tea. I also remember when I had my c-sections they gave me warm prune juice. Gross...but worked!

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CocoNina    210

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Gas-X worked for me, the next step is making a bowel movement. My nurse said miralax will work. I'm still swollen since I'm only 4 days post-op but my boobs are sore too.


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Weight for WLS consultation: 216 lbs.
Surgery date: 2/13/17
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EmmyJ    184

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Warm prune juice sounds like torture ;) but worth a try.

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LIA-70    136

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Something that worked wonders for myself and a friend that also got sleeve is fiber1 cheesecake bars. They just melt in ur mouth. Like the everready bunny, you'll be going n going. Good luck.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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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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        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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

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