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Hello everyone! Been watching this forum for a while but this is my first post. Had my VSG on June 28,2018 and had a terrible ordeal (enlarged liver, surgeon found a hernia and had to repair it, extreme vomiting for 2.5 days straight in the hospital, and severe dehydration because I was too afraid to swallow anything but my own saliva). But I made it through! 7days post-op today and I've been on nothing but broth, Jello, ice chips and popsicles and I'm sick of it! I also have a lot of the air/gas they put in me for the procedure and it's like a every 10-20mins painful surge that goes thru your stomach and chest, like contractions or something, and I just have to brace myself until it passes. Can't wait till all the gas is out. Other than that I don't have much major pain, but if I do, codine is right there next to me to lend its druggy hand.. But! As you know it was July 4th yesterday and they were BQQing on my block, so my friends and BF came over. And the way my mouth drooled over those ribs, hot dogs, burgers, and MAC AND cheese, you would've thought I was a rabid animal lmao. But nonetheless, I just rolled my eyes at each scrumptious plate passing my face and drank my dinner and followed up with my strawberry and lemon jello to make me feel better. And I all kept saying in my head was "You're gonna look better than all of them one day, so don't worry and keep going." Lmao! That leads me to the bright side of all these pain and struggles-- 17lbs downs as of today!!! Whoop whoop!!! ((HAPPY DANCE)) Now I'm sure it's mostly due to the clear liquid diet I've been on, but still what a difference a week makes! My current struggle is getting all this water (64oz) down in one day, i barely finish a 16 oz bottle in one day, but I'm trying because dehydration is SCARY!!.. Keep going guys we can do this!!! [emoji4]

Hopefully the OP is taking vitamins. I stared as soon as I left the hospital. I didn’t know that people waited to start?

Hi everyone! I just joined and I'm wondering if any of you have trouble eating slowly? I'm having a really hard time knowing how long to take between bites. I'm chewing my food well, but I always finish quickly. How do you pace yourself?

First of all, I am sorry this happened to you....But man that was the funniest thing I have seen here in a long time. From the title to the post.....You put a smile on my face.

@JessieGrace319 @Matt Z hey, thanks! I agree, it’s weird but yes! They had me do all the testing, then scheduled surgery at my follow up. I also had to schedule all of my pre op & post op appointments for the next 9 months. It will all be submitted to insurance one month before the surgery date ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My surgeon said from very beginning to start sipping. Just keep on sipping. No rule as to how much and how fast. Just sip all day and goal is 64 ounces per day. Sent from my Z970 using Tapatalk

Baritastic app has a timer for chewing. I used it for 2 weeks, and never had to again. Muscle has memory, and you just get used to eating slower after it becomes a habit.

You can call your insurance and speak with them about if they would cover it or not, sure it'll need to be reviewed, but they can tell you up front if it's even possible. This will give you all the information you need to decide, but I agree, any doctor/surgeon requesting up front payment... very sketchy.

I don't think it's that uncommon for an insurance company not to cover the DS. Mine wouldn't - just RNY or VSG. I can also see why the surgeon would want the money upfront if he does a DS - because if insurance doesn't cover it, and you don't pay him after he's already done the surgery, then he's screwed. I have plastic surgery coming up (self-pay) and I have to pay in advance. I don't think that's all that uncommon...

I'm 16 days post OP and feeling weak. Thoughts of food make me nauseous but I try to eat what my plan allows anyhow. I am getting my protein in and most my liquid but still feel like poo. Any suggestions? I feel a as though I'm starving myself and not meaning to Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BariatricPal mobile app