I’m excited and nervous!!!! Tomorrow is the big day! Any last minute advice, tips, things to bring to the hospital that I may not of thought of would be appreciated!!!!

Gas pain was worst for me too. I feel human again today and should be going home soon. Yay!!!

Congratulations on getting to the other side! Mine went pretty smoothly yesterday but I agree, the gas was worst part. Feeling a little too god after pain meds I also ended up drinking too much broth and water and now I know they mean by filling up your sleeve too fast! Very painful. I found walking while circling or flapping your arms helped the gas too.

Hang in there everybody it should keep getting better from here

Congratulations on getting to the other side! Mine went pretty smoothly yesterday but I agree, the gas was worst part. Feeling a little too god after pain meds I also ended up drinking too much broth and water and now I know they mean by filling up your sleeve too fast! Very painful. I found walking while circling or flapping your arms helped the gas too.

Hang in there everybody it should keep getting better from here

The gas pain lasted about 2 weeks for me and I walked a ton (miles a day even in the hospital). The problem with it is that it's in your abdomen and chest, not in your digestive system so GasX won't help with that type of gas. I used a heating pad as well and that did help a little. Luckily the worst is over in a couple days and then the rest will slowly dissipate and you'll feel better and less swollen.

Glad everyone seems to be doing well. The first couple of weeks are tough, but it does get better and starting to see some weight loss helps with that (due to surgery fluids, swelling, etc you may not notice much of a change on the scale at first).

6 hours ago, Norcal said:

I found walking while circling or flapping your arms helped

As long as no-one threw birdseed. :-) :-) :-)

15 hours ago, Losebig said:

The gas pain lasted about 2 weeks for me and I walked a ton (miles a day even in the hospital). The problem with it is that it's in your abdomen and chest, not in your digestive system so GasX won't help with that type of gas. I used a heating pad as well and that did help a little. Luckily the worst is over in a couple days and then the rest will slowly dissipate and you'll feel better and less swollen.

Glad everyone seems to be doing well. The first couple of weeks are tough, but it does get better and starting to see some weight loss helps with that (due to surgery fluids, swelling, etc you may not notice much of a change on the scale at first).

I'm so glad this has been noted many times. It's good to understand going in that results won't show for a bit and to not lose hope.