Surgery yesterday, and my swallow test went perfectly this morning. My doctor says "you're maybe even a little ahead" (I've been doing laps around the nurses station).

And who knew that chicken broth would taste this good?? And who knew that I'd be in a place where I hadn't eaten in 30 hours, and a few spoonfuls of broth were good to go? Who is this person? Just...WOW. I was really worried about eating so little food with that driving, desperate hunger. I get it now, though. Bye bye, Hungry Monster!

Edited July 28, 20179 yr by kitmouse

It's a walk in the park, hey?

I felt a tremendous sense of relief and I think that was the best thing, the anxiety beforehand creeps up on you. Good luck, hope you're feeling as good as me!

Yessss! Congratulations!

I was sleeved yesterday and I'm also feeling like I'm in great shape. Up and walking around 2 hrs after waking up in recovery. Sent home 2 hrs later (no overnight stay unfortunately).

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a swallow test? Ive heard it referenced here before, but don't know if I did it or not. The nurses did make sure i was sipping on water and veggie broth without any issues. Was that a swallow test?

It's a walk in the park, hey?
I felt a tremendous sense of relief and I think that was the best thing, the anxiety beforehand creeps up on you. Good luck, hope you're feeling as good as me!

I'm ready for my walk[emoji2]

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54 minutes ago, Gabbee said:

Yessss! Congratulations!

I was sleeved yesterday and I'm also feeling like I'm in great shape. Up and walking around 2 hrs after waking up in recovery. Sent home 2 hrs later (no overnight stay unfortunately).

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a swallow test? Ive heard it referenced here before, but don't know if I did it or not. The nurses did make sure i was sipping on Water and veggie broth without any issues. Was that a swallow test?

No, that wasn't. Basically you go to X-ray and they take baseline films, then you swallow contrast and they take more films. It's so they can see if your new pouch is leaking into your abdominal cavity. Q-bic (my pouch's new name, so called because it looked square in all the films) is fine and sealed and healthy!

3 hours ago, kitmouse said:

No, that wasn't. Basically you go to X-ray and they take baseline films, then you swallow contrast and they take more films. It's so they can see if your new pouch is leaking into your abdominal cavity. Q-bic (my pouch's new name, so called because it looked square in all the films) is fine and sealed and healthy!

lol @ q-bic! Love it!

Hmm, I definitely didn't have that done. When my anesthesiologist was describing the surgery to me beforehand, she did say the dr. would do a leak test at the end to make sure everything was ok. Is a swallow test pretty common? Now Im worried I didn't do one.

And just realized Im on the bypass forum, not the sleeve forum, lol (it's hard to tell when you're using the mobile app). So maybe it's a bypass specific thing. I'll have to ask the doc!

Interesting. I have no idea! I'm sure you could call your surgeon and ask though?

I sleeved Wednesday, July 26 and I did not have a swallow test either.

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The leak test, with blue dye, is also conducted in surgery where they can immediately resolve any leaks (apparently I had one!).

3 minutes ago, TheUnrealJohn said:

The leak test, with blue dye, is also conducted in surgery where they can immediately resolve any leaks (apparently I had one!).

Interesting indeed! Mine was a whole day later. Ugh, drinking contrast...

Thanks for the clarity, friends! I'll ask the doc when I see him Wednesday. They might have told me at the hospital, I dont remember much! Lol, these meds are strong!

On 7/29/2017 at 3:45 AM, Gabbee said:

Yessss! Congratulations!

I was sleeved yesterday and I'm also feeling like I'm in great shape. Up and walking around 2 hrs after waking up in recovery. Sent home 2 hrs later (no overnight stay unfortunately).

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a swallow test? Ive heard it referenced here before, but don't know if I did it or not. The nurses did make sure i was sipping on Water and veggie broth without any issues. Was that a swallow test?

A swallow test is done by a doctor in the xray room. You swallow sips of barium contrast nd they watch it go down on the screen to see if you may have a leak.

Edited August 1, 20179 yr by SleeveDreamer