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Two days out and feeling so much better!! I cannot speak highly enough about my surgeon, Dr Perez and the Oasis hospital in TJ. Everyone has been wonderful. First night was rough, as expected, primarily due to gas pain. So glad I brought a heating pad and abdominal binder. Not sure if the simethicone drops actually did anything, but they make my mouth taste like a day spa, which was nice :) Although my stomach is grumbling, I’m not remotely hungry. It’s going to be a challenge to remember to hydrate, I can tell. Heading home tmrw. No regrets.

I am about 7 weeks post op from the sleeve. I have lost 42 pounds since surgery and 88 pounds total. I am eating the right foods and drinking water. My struggle as been exercise. I was all about it before surgery and after I haven’t been able to have the motivation to get back to the gym. I feel like I am behind where I should be in weight loss and I feel it is the exercise portions. I am looking for any tips or advise on how to get back the motivation to exercise. Thank you for the support.

I have surgery Wednesday and have trouble drinking water now! Roll Tide

Thank you Shoelace and Frustr8 for your feedback. I will definitely be a frequent flyer to this site for the support and to see how everyone is doing in their journeys. I got a little worried the other day when I was seeing people talk about the cost of the surgery. So I called the financial people at my doctors office to check this out and was pleased to find out my cost will not be that bad. One less thing to worry about. It just amazes me how this surgery can change a persons life so drastically. This may sound a little selfish but I can't wait to go clothes shopping when I reach my goal weight. How clothes may actually fit right. Be able to find my size. Frustr8, I like that some of you call it you REbirthday. I will remember that and tell my family this. Will be posting my journey and looking forward to others that I can share

I have the same issue with plain water... I used to love it but now, I get a heaviness when drinking it. Crystal light helps a lot. I know they push fluids but early on, I had issues taking in that much. I was bloated and uncomfortable from forcing fluids, my surgeon told me not to force liquids... I felt a million times better after that. Im 6 weeks post op and still can get in all my protein. The shakes have the same effect as plain water... its too heavy. My bariatric coordinator said the first 3 months is when u are really going to lose the weight so I should enjoy not having an appetite now.

I'm on day 8 post op sleeve gastrectomy and gallbladder removal. I've been struggling with pain but now that is easing I'm finding myself having to run to the loo and somewhat explosive liquid stools. I'm barely eating, I can't stomach more than a couple of 100ml soup servings a day. Just wondering if this is pretty standard? Sent from my SM-N950F using BariatricPal mobile app

I would get diarrhea if I drank a whole shake at once. Had to do 1/2 shake at a time. When the diarrhea stopped I got constipated. I repeated the cycle daily until I was down to one bought of diarrhea per day. This stopped a little over 3 weeks out. All is well now, but I still take my benefiber just in case.

I had severe gerd before my sleeve I was on 2 PPIs and antiemetics. During my scope I wasn’t found to have a huge hernia (that somehow wasn’t missed by my GI doctor) I am 1 year post op and haven’t taken anything since.

Hi Anita, I'm a bit behind you in this process, have my first visit with the dietition and social worker in a couple of weeks. Bone density and ultrasound next week. I agree this is scary, though for me it's more the surgery and recovery from the surgery that I am concerned with. I'm also 58 so worried about that factor as well. But..with all the hoops we have to go through to even get to the surgery I'm thinking I'll be in better shape by the time the day of surgery comes than I have been in a very long time so that is a plus. I just keep thinking that the health benefits of the outcome outweigh my fears. I hope I'm right there.

Many times in the hospital they routinely administer a treatment of antibiotics to prevent wound infection. Antibiotics kill not only the bad bacteria but also the good gut bacteria. It is necessary after a treatment of antibiotics to restore these good gut bacteria. One way to do this is by taking probiotics for a few weeks. After my surgery I found that I became lactose intolerant. Anytime I drank milk or other dairy foods that contained lactose, it was a quick trip to the restroom. This condition went away after about 2 months.