We are a Buddy group of Sleevers having surgery in Dec 2017. We welcome other Buddies that came help us along our journey!

Hi, I didn't set up a recliner, my Doctor advised me to take it easy, rest as much as possible, sleep will be your friend. No lifting, pulling, 5lbs or more for a few weeks. Your body is healing from major surgery and it's healing from the inside, so be good to yourself, and rest, rest, rest.

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28 minutes ago, mrodz63 said:

Hello, I'm new here, had my vsg 12/11/17.

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How are you doing? Did the surgery go well?

7 minutes ago, mrodz63 said:

Hi, I didn't set up a recliner, my Doctor advised me to take it easy, rest as much as possible, sleep will be your friend. No lifting, pulling, 5lbs or more for a few weeks. Your body is healing from major surgery and it's healing from the inside, so be good to yourself, and rest, rest, rest.

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Thank you!! Appreciate your comments. How are you doing?

How are you doing? Did the surgery go well?

Yes it went well no complications. Stayed in the hospital for 3 days, the first few days where rough, lot of pain, nausea. I followed my doctor's orders took my meds and I started feeling better.

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Thank you!! Appreciate your comments. How are you doing?

I'm feeling much better, I'm trying not to be hard on myself, it took a lot of years to put this extra weight on, I can't expect it to all be gone overnight. I follow my doctor's orders to the letter, he gave me good meds to deal with all the issues like nausea and pain. It does get better, take it easy and be good to yourself, rest and sleep as much as you can.

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7 minutes ago, mrodz63 said:

Yes it went well no complications. Stayed in the hospital for 3 days, the first few days where rough, lot of pain, nausea. I followed my doctor's orders took my meds and I started feeling better.

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Well that’s good glad your feeling better.. Rough .. hmmm scary .. Why three days ? I am suppose to one .. hope no more days ?? .$$$.. so it seems a lot different than Lapband

Yes, I did have the sleeve. I went in on a Monday and left on Wednesday. I did have a lot of pain in the hospital, I was on morphine every 6 hours and anti nausea meds every 4 along with anti biotics. I had an awesome surgeon. I was vomiting the first day after I wanted to die I felt so sick. But I really wanted this and nothing was going to get in my way.

Oh also side question... what’s the deal with carbonation with sleeve long term? I hear you shouldn’t have carbonation. I like fizzy water and that’s not good after? Besides burping bloating etc what’s really wrong with it? [emoji848]

4 hours ago, SKF said:

Did anyone set a recliner up to sleep in when you got home? Can you walk dogs ,, do you sleep a lot after?

No recliner, but as long as the dogs don't pull or aren't too big I'd say you could probably walk them after a few days. I was up and doing light housework (laundry, dishes, sweeping, etc.) on post op day two and cooking for my family (that was hard mentally!) on post op day three. My surgeon gave me a 20lb weight limit for lifting. Today, I'm pretty much back to normal; I was sleeved on 12/7.

I tried really hard not to sleep too much. I didn't take any of my pain meds at home, except Tylenol, so there wasn't anything putting me to sleep. The more time you spend sleeping the less time you have for sipping liquids, which I had a hard time getting in anyway due to nausea.

I can get a lot down too. I hope it doesn't mean something's wrong! I haven't actually measured how much I can drink before feeling full, but I know I can take bigger sips than I've been told to take without discomfort.

I had surgery 12/15 and I feel the same way. I haven’t had trouble getting fluids in except the first 24 hours and I can eat more than I expected. But the nurses and the doctor all said I was recovering more quickly than most so I’m guessing that’s why.

Checking in how is everyone making out? 7 days post op down 7 lbs. Had a can of creamy chicken soup today and it was like having a giant turkey dinner and I even zonked out right after. Never thought a can of soup could taste so good. Where is everyone at food and weight wise?

6 minutes ago, MamaDarlin said:

Checking in how is everyone making out? 7 days post op down 7 lbs. Had a can of creamy chicken Soup today and it was like having a giant turkey dinner and I even zonked out right after. Never thought a can of soup could taste so good. Where is everyone at food and weight wise?

Did you feel STUFFED?

I am one week post-op today, bypass with open (not laparoscopic)] surgery. Been out of hospital two days and it is going well. Struggled with drinking too fast at first - sharp tummy pains after - but now I have slowed right down I am on track. Still only at 40oz water, but that is picking up. 40g protein yesterday - not enough hours in a day to get trough!

Each day, less pain and I feel better. Don’t weigh myself until I get home on 26th but my jeans are a little looser!

8 hours ago, MamaDarlin said:

Checking in how is everyone making out? 7 days post op down 7 lbs. Had a can of creamy chicken Soup today and it was like having a giant turkey dinner and I even zonked out right after. Never thought a can of soup could taste so good. Where is everyone at food and weight wise?

It's post op day 14 for me; I had a lap sleeve. Down about 8 pounds, on full liquids. In one week I get to go to purée! I did cheat today though and had some low fat vanilla Greek yogurt. It was delicious and I found out my sleeve holds about half a cup of yogurt before I feel full. It was great to get in some protein from a source besides shakes.

Congrats on your weight loss! And I'm glad you enjoyed the cream soup! I have a whole new appreciation for food after the pre op diet and now post op.

On 12/20/2017 at 12:19 AM, aimee jones said:

Oh also side question... what’s the deal with carbonation with sleeve long term? I hear you shouldn’t have carbonation. I like fizzy Water and that’s not good after? Besides burping bloating etc what’s really wrong with it?

I think you'll get mixed answers to this one. Some will say it stretches out the sleeve, some say it won't. I personally quit all carbonation last summer because I was sick of buying cans and bottles of the stuff and hauling it home. My acid reflux improved after I quit, too. I think it's probably just something you either tolerate or you don't.