Hi everyone! I am scheduled for my gastric sleeve for August 17th. I am 5'3" and 230 lbs so the doctor said I need to lose 100 lbs. Honestly I am super nervous and keep having thoughts of excitement but then I think well maybe I will just cancel it. Is it normal to feel this way? I would love to meet other people that are scheduled on the same month or around so we can somewhat do this process together.

Anything ending in "itol" will send me straight to the bathroom. Those are sugar alcohols and have a laxative effect. Any other artificial sweeteners taste like metal to me but I can tolerate them if necessary. I won't eat jello, though, as it's not vegetarian.

On 08/15/2022 at 19:57, AliceFD said:

Anything ending in "itol" will send me straight to the bathroom. Those are sugar alcohols and have a laxative effect. Any other artificial sweeteners taste like metal to me but I can tolerate them if necessary. I won't eat Jello, though, as it's not vegetarian.

I’ve only had built bars and the simply delish (in very limited amounts) and so far neither bothered me … but I imagine if I had enough of either it might bother me like aspartame and sucralose do.

I will probably end up skipping sugar free and waiting for the purée stage. I know those popsicles won’t upset my digestive system.

6 hours ago, SuziDavis said:

My date is similar, and I know that I am not going to be able to do pureed meats... so Protein Shakes it is. Luckily I found a company with some really different flavors.

So, why exactly will you be doing the puree stage for so long?

The hospital I went to has the general rule of a liquid diet for two weeks and one week pureed food. If that goes well, you can start eating regular food, but in small amounts. I wonder why it's so different.

7 hours ago, karakent said:

Oh my goodness! November?! Ugh. I hope its not so far ahead for me. I have a wedding at the end of October. I want to at least be eating a little normally.

I have a wedding two weeks after my surgery! Hopefully I can bring my own blended soup of some sort. LOL

7 hours ago, SuziDavis said:

My date is similar, and I know that I am not going to be able to do pureed meats... so Protein Shakes it is. Luckily I found a company with some really different flavors.

Right!! LOLLL pureed meats, reminds me of canned dog/cat food. Applesauce for me!

29 minutes ago, Sunnyer said:

So, why exactly will you be doing the puree stage for so long?

The hospital I went to has the general rule of a liquid diet for two weeks and one week pureed food. If that goes well, you can start eating regular food, but in small amounts. I wonder why it's so different.

It is different because of the types of surgery and because I am getting mine done at Mayo most of it comes from research. I know I almost cried reading that "soft food stage/phase 3" is 6 weeks!

I am getting a revision done..maybe longer recovery?

On 08/15/2022 at 22:16, jenuinelygenuinely said:

It is different because of the types of surgery and because I am getting mine done at mayo most of it comes from research. I know I almost cried reading that "soft food stage/phase 3" is 6 weeks!

I am getting a revision done..maybe longer recovery?

What are you revising from? You may be right about the revision. I know my doctor told me that he would not do my lap-band removal and revision to sleeve in one operation because its more traumatic to the body. And had a greater percentage of some kind of complication or another. Including when healing. He said it can be done and many successfully do it, including himself when medically necessary, its just that he doesn’t like doing it. So I had to wait almost ten weeks in between.

I feel like revisions are the least spoken about of all these surgeries. We speak of each as if they are individual and never of what it means to put them together in one body.

1 hour ago, karakent said:

What are you revising from? You may be right about the revision. I know my doctor told me that he would not do my lap-band removal and revision to sleeve in one operation because its more traumatic to the body. And had a greater percentage of some kind of complication or another. Including when healing. He said it can be done and many successfully do it, including himself when medically necessary, its just that he doesn’t like doing it. So I had to wait almost ten weeks in between.

I feel like revisions are the least spoken about of all these surgeries. We speak of each as if they are individual and never of what it means to put them together in one body.

The gastric sleeve, I remember the phases for that was short and the post-op education fell short. So happy I switched surgeons/hospital.

On 08/16/2022 at 09:38, jenuinelygenuinely said:

The gastric sleeve, I remember the phases for that was short and the post-op education fell short. So happy I switched surgeons/hospital.

Me too! I also switched surgeons/hospitals and I am so much happier with my decision.

I’m here at the hospital. Surgery and recovery have been a breeze so far. Almost no surgical pain except for hunger pain!

13 hours ago, Sunnyer said:

So, why exactly will you be doing the puree stage for so long?

The hospital I went to has the general rule of a liquid diet for two weeks and one week pureed food. If that goes well, you can start eating regular food, but in small amounts. I wonder why it's so different.

My doctor recommends it, I am doing what I was instructed.

12 hours ago, jenuinelygenuinely said:

Right!! LOLLL pureed meats, reminds me of canned dog/cat food. Applesauce for me!

Yeah, I can't even think about eating that.

30 minutes ago, Doodles603 said:

I’m here at the hospital. Surgery and recovery have been a breeze so far. Almost no surgical pain except for hunger pain!

Congrats! ?. I hope it stays that way for you!!!!

On 8/12/2022 at 4:23 PM, Sunnyer said:

I completely agree that I think the Protein Shakes I've tried so far have been pretty disgusting. I have been drinking chicken broth for the three days, and that goes down the best. Water on its own makes a bit nauseous at times. I'm having fantasies of greek yoghurt and oats that I will (hopefullyI be allowed to have next week.

I've never been so excited to have yogurt or pudding in my life!!!

16 hours ago, Sunnyer said:

If I was feeling really poorly, I could just give them my doctor's note and take the whole four weeks off, and nobody could say a thing,

But, since I'm not doing that bad, and I'm asking for reduced in-person hours this year due to going to school as well as working full time, I stand a much better chance if I'm there from day one and showing the department head that I'm willing to work.

That's a great solution! Taking care of you is the most important thing you can do