Hi I'm Crystal. I'm new on here. I had my sleeve surgery done 11/15/19. But I feel so alone in my experience. The first night in the hospital was traumatizing, I experienced pain like no other. The pain I had was almost like my entire stomach contracted and it was horrific to feel!!! So I was kept there for the whole weekend. I've been home now and I've been okay. Turning at night and finding a "comfortable"position is nearly possible. Has anyone else had a hellish recovery process ?!?! Or is mine abnormal?! And the whole "days 3 to the 6th day are the worst", is no joke! Ahhh please tell me I'm not the only one in this painfulness

4 minutes ago, Rolltide87 said:

Im 2 weeks out as well and occasionally get a slight hunger feeling but it never lasts long. pizza sounds amazing but the calories etc do not lol that was one of my favorite foods! ?

One of my surgeon's patients lost her mind (his words) & scarfed down TWO SLICES of pizzas less than 2 weeks after her surgery! She ended up in the ER. As far as I know, she's OK, but learned a painful lesson!

3 minutes ago, NancyLF said:

One of my surgeon's patients lost her mind (his words) & scarfed down TWO SLICES of pizzas less than 2 weeks after her surgery! She ended up in the ER. As far as I know, she's OK, but learned a painful lesson!

Ahhh why?! I'm terrified to even take a bigger gulp of water than I was told to in fear something will happen ? bless her heart. I love pizza but I'm not willing to burst because of food. My surgery was painful as is and left me terrified to end up in the hospital again.. no thanks !

I wouldn’t bless her heart. That was plain stupid & sabotaging surgery. Why go thru this & not follow plan. Hope she learned lesson or she is doomed for failure and/or do real damage to herself. And I’m 2 months out & my nutritionist says I can try cauliflower crusted vegetable pizza. And I’m nervous to do that!

Edited November 30, 20196 yr by Meadow76

18 minutes ago, Meadow76 said:

I wouldn’t bless her heart. That was plain stupid & sabotaging surgery. Why go thru this & not follow plan. Hope she learned lesson or she is doomed for failure and/or do real damage to herself. And I’m 2 months out & my nutritionist says I can try cauliflower crusted vegetable pizza. And I’m nervous to do that!

I'm from the south lol so when we say "bless your/her heart" means they were not so smart and made a dumb decision so I hope she learned. My friend said she had a friend that decided to have chili after surgery and it busted his stomach and he had to have surgery again .. ugh Cauliflower pizza is actually really good! I've had it and I like it .

I’m a northerner so gotcha! I’ve had chili several times with no issue. But not until at least 5-6 weeks after surgery. I’m very careful what I eat- how I eat & when I eat. I’m real fearful of getting sick.

Crystal, I had my surgery done Wednesday and I am having some tenderness and I think it’s because I’m scared to move to much. I definitely don’t want to wind up in the hospital again that was awful!!! We are basically a week apart! I’m craving food and I have thought several times what the hell did I do?? What food are you on now?? I cannot stomach the shakes. Let’s do this together!!!!

Hi Crystal
I am 6 days post op and having horrific cramping....I feel like I'm gonna lose my mind

7 minutes ago, CubaRican73 said:

Hi Crystal
I am 6 days post op and having horrific cramping....I feel like I'm gonna lose my mind

Talk to your surgeon. They ended up prescribing me muscle relaxers. It was hell for me especially after surgery! Worst pain I've ever felt before !! It'll get better with time as well I promise. My post op was a nightmare and I thought I was going to lose my mind also. Hang in there and try not to use your muscles to get in and out of bed or sitting. I did that and I cramped up so bad it was awful

Thank you...I have an appt with him today....I pray for some relief soon

1 hour ago, CubaRican73 said:

Thank you...I have an appt with him today....I pray for some relief soon

I had to spend the whole weekend in the hospital after surgery because of the intense pain I was experiencing with the cramping up. None of the staff helped me in or out of bed at all. I was in a lot of pain especially on the 6th day. The 3rd to 6th day are the worst pain days. Hang in there and let them know all the pain you're feeling. Hope you get relief!

On 11/24/2019 at 9:12 PM, Rolltide87 said:

Hi I'm Crystal. I'm new on here. I had my sleeve surgery done 11/15/19. But I feel so alone in my experience. The first night in the hospital was traumatizing, I experienced pain like no other. The pain I had was almost like my entire stomach contracted and it was horrific to feel!!! So I was kept there for the whole weekend. I've been home now and I've been okay. Turning at night and finding a "comfortable"position is nearly possible. Has anyone else had a hellish recovery process ?!?! Or is mine abnormal?! And the whole "days 3 to the 6th day are the worst", is no joke! Ahhh please tell me I'm not the only one in this painfulness

I had a horrendous time in August but my stomach completely twisted itself right after my sleeve so I was in the hospital for 2 weeks then had an emergency bypass. The odd person here has a tough time.

As a nurse, I shall remind you to take your pain relief regularly NOT just when the pain is worse because you need to keep on top of moderate pain not wait until you are in agony ok? Always have 1 dose at bedtime too.

Also, don't forget this IS major surgery even if it was key-hole, give your body time to heal gently, take it easy and remember 6 weeks until your innards are healed.

You will get there and you aren't alone xx

On 11/30/2019 at 3:28 AM, ms.sss said:

Hi @Sunshine Diggity, this may be the cause of your recent back pain (and some of your abdominal pain)

15 days without a BM is too long. You may want to take some immediate measures to get the literal sh*t out of you! Can you call your PCP for some guidance?

P.S. All the pain meds are also most likely contributing to your constipation ?

15 days isn't too long post op if you aren't eating but if you are getting constipation cramps and fullness then yes some stool softeners are required.

Not going is not the same as being constipated, constipation is when it is uncomfortable/heavy/painful and you need to go. Where as post-op some people just have nothing much going in so there is nothing to come out

2 hours ago, CubaRican73 said:

Hi Crystal
I am 6 days post op and having horrific cramping....I feel like I'm gonna lose my mind

you shouldn't be in so much pain still, hope the Dr helps asap, let us know how you go?

On ‎11‎/‎24‎/‎2019 at 4:12 PM, Rolltide87 said:

Hi I'm Crystal. I'm new on here. I had my sleeve surgery done 11/15/19. But I feel so alone in my experience. The first night in the hospital was traumatizing, I experienced pain like no other. The pain I had was almost like my entire stomach contracted and it was horrific to feel!!! So I was kept there for the whole weekend. I've been home now and I've been okay. Turning at night and finding a "comfortable"position is nearly possible. Has anyone else had a hellish recovery process ?!?! Or is mine abnormal?! And the whole "days 3 to the 6th day are the worst", is no joke! Ahhh please tell me I'm not the only one in this painfulness

you had your surgery around the same time as I did.. Just wondering how are you progressing ?

2 hours ago, november11 said:

you had your surgery around the same time as I did.. Just wondering how are you progressing ?

Hi! Well it seems I've hit a stall in losing weight at the moment. I'm not sore anymore but I'm believed to have become hypoglycemic ? which is awful so I've had to really be careful with anything I try and eat or drink. Other than that I've been doing pretty well since surgery. I have one spot on my stomach that is still really tender (not sure why.. maybe my nerves are still repairing). But keeping my head up and having hope I'll get off this stall I'm on. You ??