March 12th here...

Hello all!! March 18th here.. I had 72 hours of absolute misery where I actually second guessed myself. I'm here now feeling almost 100% normal ( some soreness around surgery sites) except for the fact that a few sips of water fills me up and I'm just not hungry. Looking forward to the challenge ahead knowing the rewards are great. Thank you all for your posts as I learned a lot from them.

March 4th. I went in at 210 lbs I'm 5 ft and 1/2 inches tall .Today is March 23rd. I"m 197 lbs. 13 lbs loss in 19 days. Is this normal? I"m happy with any weight loss .I been stuck at 198 197 for 5 days. As little as i can eat and as low calories I eat ,I just feel like I should have lost more.

March 18 here

March 4th. I went in at 210 lbs I'm 5 ft and 1/2 inches tall .Today is March 23rd. I"m 197 lbs. 13 lbs loss in 19 days. Is this normal? I"m happy with any weight loss .I been stuck at 198 197 for 5 days. As little as i can eat and as low calories I eat ,I just feel like I should have lost more.

I was sleeved March 13th and have only seen a 5 pound difference on the scale. Maybe we're the unfortunate slow losers? I'm really in a regretful state right now.

I was sleeved March 13th and have only seen a 5 pound difference on the scale. Maybe we're the unfortunate slow losers? I'm really in a regretful state right now.

Hopefully so! I'm really thinking it may be because I need to up my water intake and do more walking. So I'm going to start going to the gym today and do at least 30 minutes on the treadmill. Hoping that will pick up the speed a little!

I was sleeved March 8th!!

Pros: I’ve lost twenty pounds!!

Cons: I’ve had EXTREME incision site pain...it has gone down a lot in the past two weeks, but it’s still painful. It didn’t help that my doc only sent me across the border with four pain pills and can’t prescribe in the U.S. ??‍♀️ If I do too much I’m absolutely knocked out and I can’t wear anything that isn’t loose around my incisions (pants, shorts, leggings, etc.) or I’m absolutely dying lol.

I guess I’m wondering if anyone’s had similar experiences with the pain?

March 27th here! Nervous, excited, thrilled this forum exists.

On 3/23/2019 at 1:25 PM, jb1809 said:

Hello all!! March 18th here.. I had 72 hours of absolute misery where I actually second guessed myself. I'm here now feeling almost 100% normal ( some soreness around surgery sites) except for the fact that a few sips of Water fills me up and I'm just not hungry. Looking forward to the challenge ahead knowing the rewards are great. Thank you all for your posts as I learned a lot from them.

I had my surgery on March 14th, and had a very similar experience with feeling like garbage for 72 hours. I got home the day after and for nearly 3 days I thought something was wrong with how tired I was.

Now I am back to normal. Unfortunately I seem to still be hungry. I had my 5 day post op visit with the doc and she said that perhaps as I go into the pureed stage it will go away.

I'm March 11th

March 11 th here

March 7th and i still am having bouts of extreme tiredness. I really dont remember much about the first week + after surgery. Thank God my husband kept me on my liquid schedule. He got me up and walked me.

I also had a fairly large hernia repair that was fixed during the surgery. I am so grateful to my surgeon. I found one of the best and the staff was so excellent.

On 3/24/2019 at 10:41 AM, Sunshinekn2 said:

I was sleeved March 8th!!

Pros: I’ve lost twenty pounds!!

Cons: I’ve had EXTREME incision site pain...it has gone down a lot in the past two weeks, but it’s still painful. It didn’t help that my doc only sent me across the border with four pain pills and can’t prescribe in the U.S. ??‍♀️ If I do too much I’m absolutely knocked out and I can’t wear anything that isn’t loose around my incisions (pants, shorts, leggings, etc.) or I’m absolutely dying lol.

I guess I’m wondering if anyone’s had similar experiences with the pain?

Ohhhhh yeah. My surgery was march 7th. It will still take my breath away on occasion. Only pull-ups for me. The ice bags helped take away the swelling and i use the belly band when im just too sore. I know the surgery pain is diminished but the internal swelling \incision sites are sore. This is my 8th abdomial surgery: two c sections, gall bladder, hernia etc etc so this wasnt my 1st rodeo, it didnt make any difference, healing comes with some pain. Its not just "uncomfortable", it can hurt

I howver, was given good pain meds etc etc & to help with the moods swings. No one told me about those!!I

Lost 23 lbs, but im not going to be a scale watcher. Im in for a healthy lifestyle

On 3/23/2019 at 12:56 PM, MassMan said:

Sleeve scheduled 3/28/19 …. feeling anxious, nervous and want to get on with it. Reading some of the post surgery reports.. now has me wondering how I will do. Some sound like its what they expected... some had a tough time and just wondering how I will do.

I was asked to scale down the diet with basically some pre-op meals consisting of low calorie and zero carb intake and 2 days before surgery Clear Liquids which I'm sure will be the hardest. I've been stocking up on different Protein Drinks, soups/bouillon and bought a new Water bottle... yee haw for he new water bottle... just hope I can get enough in as it seems some are having tough time getting in enough fluids.

enough rambling out of me....

Best of luck to all and hoping for a speedy recovery for those still battling the after effects.

Just checking in.. how did it go? How are you feeling?

I was sleeved March 25th! Welcome to the March Club!

I was sleeved 3.27.19 -

I also had a Hiatal hernia repaired. This was the source of an enormous amount of pain.

I had very little in the way of pain both internally and incision site otherwise.

I found that using a compression band was very helpful in terms of my mobility.

Today I continue week two of my full liquids phase - and it sucks.

I'm hungry, and must admit disappointed b/c I looked forward to the whole hormonal absence no appetite thingie. That is not the case for me.

I follow very strictly the diet/timeline provided me by my doctor and I don't find it fulfilling or satisfying for that matter. In addition I thought I would be down another ten pounds by now, but I understand there are slow losers and my time will come.