Jump to content
×
Are you looking for the BariatricPal Store? Go now!

Calling all October sleevers!!



Recommended Posts

Hello everyone, first time poster here, did the deal on 10-16 everything went pretty smooth and went home following morning. Stayed on pain meds a few days so no real pain, Water going down very easy, looking foward to getting some food in a few weeks to see how this little tune up works. SW309 curently 293.

Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

It continues to surprise how differently everyone reacts. Makes me wonder if we all have different tolerance levels for pain, if it is about your surgeon, how well prepared you are? Wish there was a clear answer but doubtful one exists. My 6 day jitters grow. Am I the only person to have doubts and think what the F am I doing? Get your **** together, work harder and in spite of all your continuous failures at weight loss you got this?
I thought that 24/7, but always came back you haven't done it 54 years so try something new, i went with a doctor who has been doing it a long time and felt pretty secure on a solid procedure and it has been.

Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I am on day 12 of clear liquid and Protein Shakes surgery is set for 10/25. I am doing a conversion they are taking my lap band out and doing the sleeve
Good luck

Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

"Courage is the resistence to fear, the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear." Mark Twain

That's my mind set right now, at least that is what I keep telling myself!!

T-34.5 hours and counting

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

There's alot of people with surgery scheduled this week in here !!! Good Luck everybody. I'm on Day 16 post-op. Half pureed Foods half liquids... The 1st week sucks but it rapidly gets better. It's just a constant climb from the minute you wake up from anaesthesia. Go into surgery as healthy as possible. Right now my numbers are SW=280 CW=230 GW=180.. I've lost 15 lbs since surgery Oct 5th. So there's something too look forward too. Only weight yourself once a week tho... It's too many emotions to deal with if you do it everyday...

Sent from my SM-G935T using BariatricPal mobile app

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

I am so glad to see so many posts in this thread - my husband and I are scheduled for 10/31. How is everyone doing?

My surgery was rescheduled to 10/31. So nervous and excited at the same time. Can’t think of anything else!!!


Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

On 22/10/2017 at 10:32 AM, sug7768 said:

Rainbow, the way you talk, you come off very angry.

I am not angry.

There was no intended tone to my printed words.

I don't know how you gleaned that.

I actually went back and reviewed my last eight posts (before this one) in this thread and decided, probably because of the SIX thank yous and the 15+ like votes that maybe other people were able to read the information re my dietitian's advice and my post-op experiences in a much more positive light.

If you can pin-point what you think is 'angry', please say so. I am generally quite the optimist and (before I retired mid-2016) was told by employees and colleagues from 25-60 years of age that I was helpful and positive almost constantly.

Edited by Rainbow_Warrior
Update after review

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

16 minutes ago, MissT_SR said:

My surgery was rescheduled to 10/31.

I'm guessing you engineered this to get hospital gowns for your Halloween zombie costume. :D

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, boatnam1 said:

Hello everyone, first time poster here, did the deal on 10-16 everything went pretty smooth and went home following morning. Stayed on pain meds a few days so no real pain, Water going down very easy, looking foward to getting some food in a few weeks to see how this little tune up works. SW309 curently 293.

Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk

Congratulations, that sounds awesome! Wish I could say the same after this friday, am pretty nervous. Question, if I may, how many incisions did you end up with? Was it all done via your belly button or were additional incisions made? Were you able to be on your own when you got home? I don't have anyone to help out and I worry I may need help. Thanks again for posting and looking forward to hearing how you keep doing.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, StartingFreshNana said:

10/26 no pre-op diet just liquids the day before and nothing after midnight. I've decided to eat lite. One small meal and the rest shakes, yogurt and Water.

I go in on 10/27 and my Dr told me the same as yours. I however decided, with my Dr's blessing, to do a juice/vegan detox to rid as many toxins as I can out of my body and cleanse my liver. I hope this makes the operation smoother and makes it easier on the tough first weeks on the other side, the day I wake up from surgery with a new beginning. Best of luck to you, keep us posted.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, BuffaloBill said:

There's alot of people with surgery scheduled this week in here !!! Good Luck everybody. I'm on Day 16 post-op. Half pureed Foods half liquids... The 1st week sucks but it rapidly gets better. It's just a constant climb from the minute you wake up from anaesthesia. Go into surgery as healthy as possible. Right now my numbers are SW=280 CW=230 GW=180.. I've lost 15 lbs since surgery Oct 5th. So there's something too look forward too. Only weight yourself once a week tho... It's too many emotions to deal with if you do it everyday...

Sent from my SM-G935T using BariatricPal mobile app

Thanks for posting Bill, with surgery coming up this Friday this really helps. Can I ask you how your level of activity progressed after surgery? How soon did you start walking? how often and for how long? Where are you at now? Have you started doing any exercise at all? are you able to? These are all things that are on my mind so any guidance you can offer would be awesome. Thanks again and best of luck.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

On 10/17/2017 at 4:33 PM, CrissCriss said:

October 31st

Have you picked out a costume yet? I go in on 10/27, best of luck!

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks for posting Bill, with surgery coming up this Friday this really helps. Can I ask you how your level of activity progressed after surgery? How soon did you start walking? how often and for how long? Where are you at now? Have you started doing any exercise at all? are you able to? These are all things that are on my mind so any guidance you can offer would be awesome. Thanks again and best of luck.


I know this was directed at Bill, but I thought I’d throw my experience out there as well. I was sleeved 10/11, so currently 12 days post-op. They had me up and walking within a few hours of surgery. It was just a down and back in one halls of the hospital, but it helped a lot with getting the gas moving. They then continued to have me walk every couple of hours in the hospital until I went home. After coming home I started by kind of doing laps in my house until I felt strong enough to go for a longer walk which was a couple days later. I then progressed to walking about a mile around the lake that is by my house. Now twelve days post op I am walking about 3 Miles at a time and feeling stronger and stronger each day. The walking is the only exercise I have been doing as my doctor has not cleared me for anymore, and I don’t expect he will anytime in the near future either.


Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, walleyecrazy said:

They had me up and walking within a few hours of surgery.

Ditto that. A couple of 4-5 minute "ambles" around the upstairs wards. Several more on the 2nd day and 5-6 on the 3rd day ... until I was sent home late that day ... 56 hours in hospital for ten walks altogether, as I recall.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

  • Trending Products

  • Trending Topics

  • Recent Status Updates

    • LeighaTR

      I am new here today... and only two weeks out from my sleeve surgery on the 23rd. I am amazed I have kept my calories down to 467 today so far... that leaves me almost 750 left for dinner and maybe a snack. This is going to be tough for two weeks... but I have to believe I can do it!
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
    • Doughgurl

      Hey everyone. I'm new here so I thought I should introduce myself. I am 53y/o and am scheduled for Gastric Bypass on June 25th, 2025. I'm located in San Antonio, Texas. I will be having my surgery in Tiajuana Mexico. I've wanted this for years, but I always had insurance where bariatric procedures were excluded. Finally I am able to afford to pay out of pocket.  I can't wait to get started, and I hope I'm prepared for the initial period of "hell". I know what I have signed up for, but I'm sure the good to come will out way the temporary period of discomfort and feelings of regret. I'd love to find people to talk to who have been through the same procedure or experience before. So I look forward to meeting you all. Hope you have a great week!
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
    • Alisa_S

      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.
      · 1 reply
      1. LeighaTR

        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!

    • Alisa_S

      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.
      · 1 reply
      1. summerseeker

        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.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

    • CaseyP1011

      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
      · 0 replies
      1. This update has no replies.
  • Recent Topics

  • Hot Products

  • Sign Up For
    Our Newsletter

    Follow us for the latest news
    and special product offers!
  • Together, we have lost...
      lbs

    PatchAid Vitamin Patches

    ×