Got my surgery date: October 22, 2018....and now the wait... Would love to gather a cohort here to go through this with!!!

5 hours ago, cateckert said:

My first night home from the hospital, I’m restless and feel “full” from the constant Protein Water. I’m not sure where to sleep. Bed, recliner? Any suggestions?

I slept on my back in bed for the first week. Soon after that I was able to sleep on my side again. Good luck getting comfortable.

October 31st sleever update......My surgery went well, I had an umbilical hernia that was repaired also. The first 24 hours were terrible! I had uncontrollable nausea and gas pain until yesterday afternoon. After adjusting the meds I started feeling better. I haven’t gotten much in the way of liquids down. Hopefully I’ll be able to get a sufficient amount down so I can go home today. I have been experiencing pressure between my breastbone when I tap sips of water. Has anyone else had this experience? If so what was the solution?

I had my surgery for sleeve on wed, the 31st. I have been miserably nauseated and I can’t. Keep water down.
The nurse said she thinks perhaps my hole into the sleeve is too small. She sent the dr a message suggesting I may need a balloon surgery to widen the hole a little. Anyone had this done? I really want to go home today. :(

Hang in there Elizabeth. They will get you fixed up and you'll get to leave soon. ?

18 minutes ago, ElizabethHurlbutt said:

I had my surgery for sleeve on wed, the 31st. I have been miserably nauseated and I can’t. Keep Water down.
The nurse said she thinks perhaps my hole into the sleeve is too small. She sent the dr a message suggesting I may need a balloon surgery to widen the hole a little. Anyone had this done? I really want to go home today.

I had a rough time with nausea after the surgery. Mine was from the anesthesia and lasted until the next morning. Then I was ok. Good luck!

Hey, so I’m in my pre-op liquid diet my surgery is Nov 7. I’m starting to get really scared. My biggest fear is leaving my two little girls behind if anything happens to me, that’s the only thing that I’m constantly thinking of. How did you guys get pass his fear. ?

Wow.. that's pretty heavy.. hrmm.. two things.. one.. and probably the biggest.. not sure your current weight but at mine.. the odds are I wouldn't live another 10 years at the weight I was.. and second my surgeon informed me the surgery.. while major isnt open.. in almost all situations.. its laprascopic.. and it's as severe as a gall bladder removal surgery.. which is pretty benign.. so ya. That gave me some confidence.

The biggest thing though was the first one.. the facts say people of my weight don't make it to 60.. so being 44 I needed to do something if I wanted to live.. which I do :-) best of luck to you.

I'm a week and a half post op.

I have a 10 year old daughter and yes I worried about it . But this procedure is reall not that invasive

34 minutes ago, Yessican said:

Hey, so I’m in my pre-op liquid diet my surgery is Nov 7. I’m starting to get really scared. My biggest fear is leaving my two little girls behind if anything happens to me, that’s the only thing that I’m constantly thinking of. How did you guys get pass his fear. ?

Honestly, for the last week pre-op I desperately wanted to cancel my surgery. So, I just avoided thinking about it. When I was in pre-op, my surgeon came in and said that the last time he saw me, I'd still been unsure and asked how I was feeling. I told him, honestly, that I was still unsure. But I went through with it. And at least for now I'm glad I did. In truth, I've tried everything to lose weight. And I wasn't ever going to be able to do it without this tool. But to get myself on the table, I had to pretty much ignore the fact that it was happening.

1 hour ago, notmyname said:

Honestly, for the last week pre-op I desperately wanted to cancel my surgery. So, I just avoided thinking about it. When I was in pre-op, my surgeon came in and said that the last time he saw me, I'd still been unsure and asked how I was feeling. I told him, honestly, that I was still unsure. But I went through with it. And at least for now I'm glad I did. In truth, I've tried everything to lose weight. And I wasn't ever going to be able to do it without this tool. But to get myself on the table, I had to pretty much ignore the fact that it was happening.

1 hour ago, notmyname said:

Honestly, for the last week pre-op I desperately wanted to cancel my surgery. So, I just avoided thinking about it. When I was in pre-op, my surgeon came in and said that the last time he saw me, I'd still been unsure and asked how I was feeling. I told him, honestly, that I was still unsure. But I went through with it. And at least for now I'm glad I did. In truth, I've tried everything to lose weight. And I wasn't ever going to be able to do it without this tool. But to get myself on the table, I had to pretty much ignore the fact that it was happening.

On 11/1/2018 at 6:25 AM, Lena86 said:

Just had my sleeve done.

On 11/1/2018 at 6:25 AM, Lena86 said:

Just had my sleeve done.

I can relate. In the end I just stopped talking to people and just decided to do what was in the best interest of my health. It worked out and I'm glad I did it.

4 hours ago, Yessican said:

Hey, so I’m in my pre-op liquid diet my surgery is Nov 7. I’m starting to get really scared. My biggest fear is leaving my two little girls behind if anything happens to me, that’s the only thing that I’m constantly thinking of. How did you guys get pass his fear. ?

I completely relate to this- I’m a single mum to daughters age 2 and 4, this was a big deal but think of why we do this, I’m flying back to the UK tomorrow and can’t wait to see them, it’s been almost like an out of body experience but you made this decision and they will wholeheartedly benefit from seeing you happier at the end. You can totally do this xx

My kids are teens but I had the same fears. I didn't want to leave my husband and kids but I kept telling myself what made me consider the surgery in the first place (my son plays football and I had gotten so large that even walking up the bleachers to watch him play would wind me and leave me out of breath.) He will be a senior next fall and with the path I was on (I had gained over 20 lbs since 1/1/18) I was going to miss seeing him play his senior year. I just told myself I had to put my own fears aside and do what was best for not only myself but also my kids. Now I'm 4 days post op and it still hurts but each day is getting easier and I am convinced I made the right decision to proceed with surgery.

I'm over the liquids too! I hope I get cleared on Thursday 11/08/2018. I'm so sick of artificial flavor .... I can't wait to eat something healthy ... I crave greens, spinach, kale ... anything green... but of course protein comes first

Had my surgery on 10/31. Been horribly nauseous ever since. Please tell when that gets better because I hate being nauseous more than anything!