Any March 2018 Sleevers?

[frust8 962]

Rest in peace tonight and may God watch over both you And your surgeon tomorrow.

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[nenes78 528]

My day is tomorrow the 7th. Good luck to the rest.

[SeattleJava 21]

My day is tomorrow the 7th. Good luck to the rest.

Me, too! Wishing you the very best! I know all will be great for all of us!

[Cjackson82 39]

4 hours ago, AskingForAFriend said:

March 12th, MONDAY! IT'S SO REAL NOW! IT'S SOOO EFFIN' REEAAAALLLLLL! *shrieks and runs off into the sunset*

Lol... I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with myself because I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed. My surgery is on Friday. #soooeffinreal

[SleeveinIL 386]

3 hours ago, Aworknprogress said:

Good luck to you all I just got sleeved yesterday

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How are you doing? I hope everything went well.

[Losingit2018 1,170]

5 hours ago, Titre281 said:

My first day of liquid diet I am soooooo hungry! Is there anything else I can drink in conjunction with the Protein Shakes? I am doing Water I think I am gonna faint literally

I am on the Optifast diet. I can have any sugar free liquid along with my shakes. So, Jello, popsicles, etc as long as SF.

I am a week and a half out. It does get easier after the first 4 days. Try and drink as much liquid as possible.

[JD3787 9]

Goodluck everyone!

I had my Surgery on the 4th of March.

[Pittcity1515 2]

I had mine in 3/5 came home today. I’m feeling pretty good.

[Apple203 1,314]

3 hours ago, JD3787 said:

Goodluck everyone!

I had my Surgery on the 4th of March.

Congrats! We want details!!!

[Titre281 3]

Thanks I will try SF items today! Blessings to all I am March 20th!

[FloridaGal1976 77]

I'm almost a week out from being sleeved, and I feel pretty good. I'm not a napper by nature, but every day since surgery I've had to take a nap, and I'm ready for bed by 8pm. I'm just so exhausted. I haven't been tracking my Water or calorie intake but I'm gonna start doing that today. I was worried about being exhausted, so I was approved for 3 weeks off of work but I'm bored out of my mind so I'm probably go back part time next week. I have very little pain, and when I do, it's more towards the end of the day. Haven't taken pain meds since day 3 and that was only to knock me out since I was still having to sleep on my back. I've been eating Cream of Wheat (3 TBS uncooked is more than enough), and creamy Soups. I usually get one Protein Shake in a day, as well. My stomach is still making all kinds of crazy sounds. Gas is almost completely gone. All in all, I'd say recovery was far easier than I anticipated it would be. My only complication is this terrible rash under my breasts and upper abdomen, which itches like crazy and doesn't seem to be getting any better. Hubby thinks it's from going braless for three days. Who knows.

HW 241
SW 238
CW 218
GW 130
Sleeved 3/1/18

[JD3787 9]

3 hours ago, Apple203 said:

Congrats! We want details!!!

I'll provide a somewhat detailed summary of how it went:

Sunday 9am: At this point I already spent the night at the hospital, they have taken two samples of my blood, gave me a Vitamin B12 injection on my butt (Which surprisingly is one of the most painful things in this whole ordeal), and taken a couple of injections to help blood flow.

I was taken down to the OT where they had me lay down on the operation table itself. They began preparing things around me (putting things under my legs and holding my hands down.. thinking about it now it felt like I was being splayed and tied on a table with a mad doctor on my head with a mask going BREATH! DEEP BREATH! BREATH!.. next thing I know that Breath yelling became WAKEY WAKEY!!!!...

Sunday 11:30am: The Nausea is unreal. That is and will be the worst thing to experience throughout the initial recovery. I was sent back to my room where I was set up with a morphine me button. Most of that day I was in an out of sleep and morphine (I only pressed the button 10 times to avoid over morphine usage)...

The discomfort was real, the back and shoulder pain was tremendous from the bed. I kept doing a breathing exercise using this device to measure how much air is filling the lungs. It really helped reduce a lot of the discomfort. You feel like you want to burp/throw up but nothing happens. Its just there and its super frustrating.

Sunday 4:00pm: I got out of bed and began walking around. this really helped finally setting some of the gasses from my stomach.

Sunday 9pm: Finally I farted.. Sounds odd to mention it here but it was a bless letting out the gas collected in my stomach from them pumping so much air into it. At this point the Nausea slowly began to reduce and the stomach feels like a bubbling monstrosity slowly calming down. Back pain from laying down too much and the bed being uncomfortable was worse than the stomach issues.

Monday 7am: At this point I felt a looot better in terms of the Nausea but stomach discomfort was still there. Overall much better than Sunday's feeling. Back still aching even though I have been walking every 2 hours for 15 minutes.

Monday 10:30 am: Gastro Graphine Xray time. I went downstairs, had to drink a yellowish liquid (unlike the chalky white one pre-op). They requested a little bit of a big gulp.. Nope couldn't handle it, threw up immediatly and wow that came out of my stomach? Erm... is this okay? yes.. all that dried blood and stuff is fine, its your body cleaning itself.

Monday 9pm: Finally began going to the bathroom regularly. This might be TMI but its something people should keep in mind as a marker when doing it. I finally managed to go to the bathroom and poop.. I won't describe how it looked but I can tell you that the release of gas and fluids was such a relief.

At this point I have thrown up total of 3 times, Once in the gastro Graphine, and twice outside. All three due to taking a little bit of a bigger gulp. I kinda did the 3rd one on purpose to test my limitation of what I can handle..

Tuesday 7am: Nausea is about 70% gone from OP day. Stomach discomfort and bubbling still there but not so bad. There are some sharp pains from the wound area but that is when I touch them or move in a way that causes them to get agitated. Doctor passed by and cleared me to leave.

Tuesday 12:30pm: Left the hospital.

Tuesday 9:30 pm: at this point I felt very weak, very tired as I didn't have any good sleep since the night before the operation. My body has gone through much. I have some mild discomfort in the stomach that comes and goes with the bubbling effect.

Wed 8:00 am: What a load of difference today feels than the previous days. Nasea is about 98% gone. Its a little there but nothing you can't ignore. Stomach bubbling calmed down a lot. It really feels like there is a worm breakdancing in there when it happens. My Fluid intake since that moment until now has been regular with no issues or any pain.

Right now its just slow recovery time. Most of the pain/issues are gone. Now its slowly understanding your stomach and the new diet.

Edited March 7, 2018 by JD3787

[frust8 962]

Thank you for your description. Very well written, and that's a compliment from someone who writes her feelings much better than speaking them out loud. May your future be blessed with only joy and sunny days.

Best wishes from the Heart of Ohio. ,xoxoxo

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[Di0705 9]

I'll provide a somewhat detailed summary of how it went:

Sunday 9am: At this point I already spent the night at the hospital, they have taken two samples of my blood, gave me a Vitamin B12 injection on my butt (Which surprisingly is one of the most painful things in this whole ordeal), and taken a couple of injections to help blood flow.
I was taken down to the OT where they had me lay down on the operation table itself. They began preparing things around me (putting things under my legs and holding my hands down.. thinking about it now it felt like I was being splayed and tied on a table with a mad doctor on my head with a mask going BREATH! DEEP BREATH! BREATH!.. next thing I know that Breath yelling became WAKEY WAKEY!!!!...

Sunday 11:30am: The Nausea is unreal. That is and will be the worst thing to experience throughout the initial recovery. I was sent back to my room where I was set up with a morphine me button. Most of that day I was in an out of sleep and morphine (I only pressed the button 10 times to avoid over morphine usage)...
The discomfort was real, the back and shoulder pain was tremendous from the bed. I kept doing a breathing exercise using this device to measure how much air is filling the lungs. It really helped reduce a lot of the discomfort. You feel like you want to burp/throw up but nothing happens. Its just there and its super frustrating.
Sunday 4:00pm: I got out of bed and began walking around. this really helped finally setting some of the gasses from my stomach.
Sunday 9pm: Finally I farted.. Sounds odd to mention it here but it was a bless letting out the gas collected in my stomach from them pumping so much air into it. At this point the Nausea slowly began to reduce and the stomach feels like a bubbling monstrosity slowly calming down. Back pain from laying down too much and the bed being uncomfortable was worse than the stomach issues.
Monday 7am: At this point I felt a looot better in terms of the Nausea but stomach discomfort was still there. Overall much better than Sunday's feeling. Back still aching even though I have been walking every 2 hours for 15 minutes.
Monday 10:30 am: Gastro Graphine Xray time. I went downstairs, had to drink a yellowish liquid (unlike the chalky white one pre-op). They requested a little bit of a big gulp.. Nope couldn't handle it, threw up immediatly and wow that came out of my stomach? Erm... is this okay? yes.. all that dried blood and stuff is fine, its your body cleaning itself.
Monday 9pm: Finally began going to the bathroom regularly. This might be TMI but its something people should keep in mind as a marker when doing it. I finally managed to go to the bathroom and poop.. I won't describe how it looked but I can tell you that the release of gas and fluids was such a relief.
At this point I have thrown up total of 3 times, Once in the gastro Graphine, and twice outside. All three due to taking a little bit of a bigger gulp. I kinda did the 3rd one on purpose to test my limitation of what I can handle..
Tuesday 7am: Nausea is about 70% gone from OP day. Stomach discomfort and bubbling still there but not so bad. There are some sharp pains from the wound area but that is when I touch them or move in a way that causes them to get agitated. Doctor passed by and cleared me to leave.
Tuesday 12:30pm: Left the hospital.
Tuesday 9:30 pm: at this point I felt very weak, very tired as I didn't have any good sleep since the night before the operation. My body has gone through much. I have some mild discomfort in the stomach that comes and goes with the bubbling effect.
Wed 8:00 am: What a load of difference today feels than the previous days. Nasea is about 98% gone. Its a little there but nothing you can't ignore. Stomach bubbling calmed down a lot. It really feels like there is a worm breakdancing in there when it happens. My Fluid intake since that moment until now has been regular with no issues or any pain.

Right now its just slow recovery time. Most of the pain/issues are gone. Now its slowly understanding your stomach and the new diet.

Thanks so much for the play-by-play! Definitely good to read how things could go.

Hope your recovery continues to go well.

[Apple203 1,314]

Great explanation of what happened to you, thanks for taking the time to post it all. Glad you are feeling better!!