Looking for a buddy... I'm pre-op for the sleeve, due to get it done in September. Anybody? There doesn't seem to be a NJ Sleeve Support group

1 hour ago, KB said:

Nice!!! Good luck to you!!! Who's doing your surgery? Where? Please keep us posted! I'm doing well, taking it one day at a time. I'm in my pureed stage right now, looking forward to starting my soft food stage next week.

Dr. Chau in Princeton. I'm really on edge about starting the pre-op liquid diet tomorrow.

South Jersey here. I'm waiting to be discharged. Had my sleeve yesterday. I have zero pain. Not taking anything but tylenol. I've asked if the pain is waiting til i get home. They say if it was going to it would've happened. I did everything they told me. The liquids were ok. The broth from wonton soup helped. Don't watch food commercials! Lol

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South Jersey here. I'm waiting to be discharged. Had my sleeve yesterday. I have zero pain. Not taking anything but tylenol. I've asked if the pain is waiting til i get home. They say if it was going to it would've happened. I did everything they told me. The liquids were ok. The broth from wonton soup helped. Don't watch food commercials! Lol

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Yay!!! Congratulations. Awesome that there's no pain. It's hopefully all uphill from here


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South Jersey here. I'm waiting to be discharged. Had my sleeve yesterday. I have zero pain. Not taking anything but tylenol. I've asked if the pain is waiting til i get home. They say if it was going to it would've happened. I did everything they told me. The liquids were ok. The broth from wonton soup helped. Don't watch food commercials! Lol

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I'm in south jersey too! Getting sleeved aug 1st.

Good luck! You'll be fine!
Keep positive thoughts. I am excited. I did exactly what i was told. Changed my routine as much as i could so i wasn't sitting around. When do you start liquids?

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Hi ! I'm from South Jersey as well. Turnersville. I was sleeved on the 25th. Post surgery 1week as of yesterday ! Going on full liquids today! Had some mild pain and a lot of gas. But overall doing great! Dr. Balsama did mine.

13 hours ago, ajpK1200R said:

Hi ! I'm from South Jersey as well. Turnersville. I was sleeved on the 25th. Post surgery 1week as of yesterday ! Going on full liquids today! Had some mild pain and a lot of gas. But overall doing great! Dr. Balsama did mine.
Whoohoo! You made it.. any words of wisdom for us pre-ops? I hope you're doing alright.

Congratulations! I was sleeved July 12. Three weeks today. I've done really well. Controlling my head more than anything. Miss a cup of tea with a cookie. Rye toast with eggs. But I coach myself through those moments. I got through a lot of the liquids requirements with the broth from the wonton soup atTokyo Mandarin! So good! Take care of yourself. I found I ran out of energy for longer than I expected. Keep in touch.

Ajpk...

hows the full liquids? Every time I advanced to the next stage of food I thought "Just in time before I lost my mind!"

How are you doing? Hope you're doing great!

Ajpk...
hows the full liquids? Every time I advanced to the next stage of food I thought "Just in time before I lost my mind!"
How are you doing? Hope you're doing great!

Full Liquids are delicious! I had to make sure that I didn't try to eat it all at once! LoL! I almost over did it though but recognized another spoonful would have not been pretty.

So far so good. No problems so far except it's hard to keep up on all my other liquids. Still don't want to get dehydrated.

How are you making out ?

All liquids count. Not just water and protein. So I imagine you're doing good. When can you have sf pudding? I bought French vanilla protein in Trader Joe's.I'm a recovering late night bowl of ice cream person. But now I take the pudding. Put it in a nice bowl. Mix in a scoop...20 grams!...of protein and enjoy! I don't eat/drink anything out of a plastic container! Time to use my better dishes and glasses and pretend it's all gourmet! LOL

I can tell you what I went through and the little things I did to make my life more comfortable

What helped you? I have my surgery Aug 14

I'm from Fort Lee! I'm 9 days post op

Who did yours?

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16 hours ago, herewegoJ said:

Who did yours?

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Dr Schmidt from Advanced Laparoscopic Associates in Paramus, NJ - done in Hackensack Hospital

Would love to find a nj sleeve buddy - surgery date is nov 2nd- getting kind of nervous!