Hello all!

I am very excited to say that I am just over a week away from my surgery date of January 16th. I am very excited and feel like I have everything planned out and bought for after my surgery. I was just wondering if anyone could provide any tips or wisdom they had learned the first few weeks after surgery that could be helpful for me. I also would love to hear anything about things you wish you would've known or things that you experienced that people don't talk much about.

Thanks in advance! I look forward to hearing from all of you!

Edited January 7, 20197 yr by Olive22

Thanks for the advice. This weekend is the last time I will enjoy three solid meals and snacks I like.

On 01/10/2019 at 06:21, Rockhardbear said:

Had my surgery on Monday took seven hours to do my sleeve! Doing ok so far! It’s hard to get four oz in but I’m doing it takes a little longer though

Did they say why it took so long for your surgery??!?

On 01/12/2019 at 13:25, Rockhardbear said:

Had my sleeve on jan , 7 2019 felt pretty good but surgery took 7. 1/2 hours due to me having a acid reflux surgery in the past and I had developed another hernia and that was repaired! Was a little concerned about not going to the bathroom it seemed like I was full of food but I wasn’t getting rid of it but today things started moving and I feel better!

Oh I see

Yes they had to remove a lot of scar tissue from the acid reflux wrap! My stomach was up in my chest and when he pulled to down it fell apart so they had to remove the scar tissue and repair the hyena and then decided to do the sleeve instead of the rny

Water has been easy for me but I struggle with getting enough protein in on only 1000 cal per day. I’m 90 days out and 40 down. I had vgs and I’m 68. Maybe a little older than most.

Gas is the worst. I bought gasX chewable tabs. I saw somewhere they were life savers. They were. I used at home. Not at hospital.
Oh yeah take saline nose spray and a good lip balm with you. It is super dry in the hospitals.

I’m 66 I’ve been using the chewable gasx but it’s still taken me four days to pass the gas! I’m finally using the bathroom now but not much

21 minutes ago, Rockhardbear said:

Yes they had to remove a lot of scar tissue from the acid reflux wrap! My stomach was up in my chest and when he pulled to down it fell apart so they had to remove the scar tissue and repair the hyena and then decided to do the sleeve instead of the rny

Did the hyena survive the surgery? ?

Sorry, I couldn't resist!

No it didn't, poor thing , it wasn't a laughing matter after all. I suspect we were really discussing a HIATAL hernia repair but then I could be wrong!

1 minute ago, Frustr8 said:

No it didn't, poor thing , it wasn't a laughing matter after all. I suspect we were really discussing a HIATAL hernia repair but then I could be wrong!

Yes, I'm sure you are right. I was just being sarcastic. ?

Yes it was a hiatal hernia, I guess I still have my fat fingers but only got a short time! Lol my phone has a mind of its own! But joking aside it was pretty scary to wake up and see how long I was under! Sugar shot to 300 and they had to give me insulin and my blood pressure was so high they gave me two shots for that! What was crazy was they did it with me standing and my feet hurt worse than the surgery!

Thank Jehovah he got me they it!

Thru it

Amen Rockhardbear!??

I greatly appreciate everyone reply to my topic. Everyone's advice has been extremely helpful and I feel it will better me after surgery!

Surgery is on Wednesday (Jan 16th) so I am hoping for the best and that the first couple weeks aren't too bad. I will keep updating on my progress/adding any questions I may have.

To all others with future surgery dates, I hope all goes well!

Again, thank you everyone!