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gryffen    176

gryffen
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Holy crap I have never felt that bad before!

Throwing up blood repeatedly, shakes, cramps etc.

Now 24hrs later I'm waking about laughing and only occasionally nauseous.

Life is good

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mylighthouse    782

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Glad you are feeling better now!

I hope you let your doc know about the throwing up blood. I have never heard anyone mention that after surgery, but it doesn't sound good.

Congratulations on your surgery and I wish you a speedy recovery!

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megh02    9

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I threw up blood the first day constantly also. It was horrible. Now I am 15 days post op....16 pounds down since surgery...and cleared for mushed food. It is so nice to be feeling great and able to eat! I am glad you are feeling better.



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evesta    67

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My first day was horrible too. I've had lap band and several abdominal surgeries and this one was the worst one with tons of gas and nausea BUT at about 24 hours I felt so much better! I'm getting around very well with occasional pain and nausea. My biggest struggle is getting all my liquid and Protein in. Congrats


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kins117    104

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I'm 7 days post op and today's been my worst day yet


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tlh4life    66

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I, too, was throwing up blood immediately after surgery when I started waking up from the anesthesia. It was terrible!



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violetisle    62

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I threw up blood my first 2 days. It was the worst/scariest feeling ever and that's when I thought **** what did I do to myself.

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Off topic but question: are swear words against the rules on this site? Or are people just being considerate by putting asterisks where profanity would normally be indicated?


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jbaker5d    34

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I'm 7 days post op and today's been my worst day yet




I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. I'm 6 days out and feeling better everyday but really wanting to eat something crunchy. What's making you so miserable?


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kins117    104

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I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. I'm 6 days out and feeling better everyday but really wanting to eat something crunchy. What's making you so miserable?




The intense stinging pain from my largest incision where I have a big indent in my stomach. It's a very intense stinging/burning feeling whenever I move that just started. A lot of what I'm reading says it's normal, just sucks because I'm so ready to make some progress.


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shadowmountain    17

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I am 3 weeks out, and I had the indent behind my big incision too. It hurt, stung, felt like internal stitches were pulling. It is just now going away. I was told some surgeons place internal stitches behind the big incision to your abdominal wall. If you have the indent, you probably had that done. My experience has been if I try to do too much, that area hurts more. So take it easy and give yourself some time to heal. I also purchased an abdominal binder that helped so much! Good luck....



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jbaker5d    34

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The incisions do take a good while to completely heal. I'm speaking not only from this experience but my past experience when I had my band in 6 years ago. But they will heal and become hardly noticeable. If it gets too bad you ibuprofen helps me. Approved by my dr of course. Hang in there. We can get to the better side of this. What choice do we really have now, right? Stay positive. You will feel better soon.


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jesseforg123    11

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Off topic but question: are swear words against the rules on this site? Or are people just being considerate by putting asterisks where profanity would normally be indicated?



I didn't put the asterisks there lol

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FollowingMyPath    78

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My surgery was Monday....and the first few day have sucked! But, each day does get better. Being nauseous is the worst thing for me. Luckily....that's only occasionally now. I never vomited blood, but from the moment I woke I have had "close calls" with puking. Thankfully walking does help control it. From what I've read and researched....we are in the worst part now (first 2 weeks). We can get through it!


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gryffen    176

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Well ita day 2 post op and liquids are easier now, no more sickness and I should be able to leave hospital tomorrow if all is OK with bloods etc.

Just need my own bed!



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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. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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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

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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.

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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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