It was a long wait to get started. Fell asleep around 330pm for surgery and I woke up at 7 pm. Very painful wake up with gas, incisions, etc. My Dr fixed 2 hernias while he was doing the surgery too.

I have a morphine pump, did a swallow test and I am walking. The gas pain is similar to a hernia repair. I am able to sip water and keep it down. Also, I am not hungry at all.

Congrats on your new adventure! I had my VSG on May 16th so a few days away from a month still. Honestly I wasn't hungry for the first week or so, even now I have to remind myself to eat and not just drink all day. It will get easier but the gas pain is no joke. I have found a lot of puree recipes on pinterest. I am sticking to my surgeon and nutritionists diet plan for me, I don't want to cheat and since my surgery I have lost 19 pounds.

Thanks for the tips. I don't want to cheat either. All this pain and expense-- it would be foolish to cheat.