jasleeve

ive only been drinking Water. sipping & doing laps around my livingroom! & i been taking pain meds but tryna manage it on my own. i do have the medicine cups but been drinking out of a plastic bottle so that i dont have to keep refilling over & over but i do put Jello in there & when i do chicken broth, ill put it in the cups.

i cant wait til my pain goes away!

i just cant wait til it goes away.

i knocked out at 8:10ish... & woke up in recovery at like 10ish. i think its like 1.5hrs. good luck to you! itsdef not easy & while going thru the healing process, i can find a billion & 1 things to complain about but im sure a lot is off of emotions as well. i think a support syatem is highly needed & im not talking about someone to call or text.. im talking about face to face. my support system is small so i think it has an emotional toll.

i havent drank any protein at all

man oh man.. i knew there would be pain. i knew it would be like my gall bladder but worse (since gall bladder is only 3 incisions) but last time i was with my ex who catered to me... & i was able to eat whatever i wanted! i think thats the biggest struggle. not only are you in so much from the surgery but you cant even turn to food for some comfort. although I DO NOT regret surgery but it does make me emotional. :'(

my first soft meal that i want is mashed potatos!

really? im scared to taste test! too much money!

i am on pain meds that do work but it does ease off after awhile.

thanks! i got home yesterday! i was having trouble wiping especially because the top of my hand is bruised & it grazes the toilet when pulling my hand out. :/ the pain after throwing up is crazy!! im laying in bed, hurting. i cant wait til after the pain is gone or atleast almost gone! sheesh!

my only issue on my first day home was coughing up phlegm. today it was throwing up from the antibiotics which caused a lot of pain. i had been having some pain from one of my incisions that was irritated which is why i was put on antibiotics. i guess we will see!

yeah... it was on the right side of my mouth both top & bottom lip was busted on the inside. my roommate too! but a friend who was also there for the sleeve didnt get her lip busted. it wasnt nothing major or an issue. it didnt hurt & wasnt noticable but it was some what swollen.

so i was sleeved on dec 20th. yay! i am doing ok.. BUT.... one of my incisions are red and irritated. it was red & irritated in the hospital & i was put on antibiotics. the redness went away before being discharged but after getting out of bed on my own 2x, its redder than before! i will start on the antibiotics again tomorrow! also, im coughing up phlegm. i do the respiratory breathing but i cough up phlegm without it. is that normal? it was only green one time. the other 4-5 were white. and i noticed that when i take my pain meds, my knees get a numbing sensation. is it just me? lol

i was sleeved on tuesday dec 20th. i had a sore throat & mouth was soooooo dry! now that im drinking Water, im ok. i had a lil nausea with my 1st time drinking liquids. the leak test was HORRIBLE! they asked me to drink more... i REFUSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im convinced that its rat poison! it was gross and the worse part. i was belching like crazy was good because gas was coming up! i didnt baby myself & i pushed hard to do what needed to be done.

my experience was good. no gas pains, no crazy pains. just a little incision pain, and one incision is irritated & it hurts when i cough up ohlegm but other than that, im good!

i talked to him today before getting discharged.

omg! our stories are identical but no vomitting. i was sleeved on the 20th. i dont have a problem getting in fluids. everything was ok til i got home & got out of bed alone. my lower stomach incision was red & irritated. it went away before being discharged. now its redder! i have antibiotics that i will start tomorrow.

hey guys.. hopefully im leaving the hospital today! i cant believe i had surgery. i will be updating you guyswith more info soon as i get home.

hey guys!!!! so here are the details so far of day 1. grab some Water & get ready. (not popcorn lol). ok so, surgery was set for 8am today. i had to be here at 6am. i was like 4 minutes late so the desk lady was calling me! geez im on the elevator! lol. anyway, she takes me into this room & gives me a bag, a robe & a pair of socks & tells me to get undressed & change. i do so. she comes back & tells me to lay down in bed. she starts asking mequestions about medical history & stuff like that. then she started me on IVs and had me laying there. she also gave me a bloood thinner shot in my tummy. i thought it would hurt but didnt. then she had me sign a paper stating that im giving consent for my surgeon to do laproscopic gastrectomy sleeve, "possible open gastrectomy sleeve." i protested. i told them no open surgery! so i was told to speak to my surgeon. cool. shortly after, a guy named lou cane and got me. he wheeled me to the elevator where my mom came. once off the elevator, we walked a little until we stopped and my mom couldnt go any farther so she kissed me goodbye! after that is when i got really nervous. lou kept asking me how i feel & kept telling him REALLYYY nervous. then he stopped in the hall way where i closed my eyes & kept praying. a few nurses introduced themselves & put a shower lookin cap on me. my anesthesiologist came to me & asked questions and i mentioned that my acid reflux was acting up. he gave me some meds to drink that helped it! finally my surgeon came and i told him about the possibly open & he explained that in case of emergency i might needa be opened up, so ok cool. they wheeled me back & got me prepped. i asked for the time & they said 8:05 so im assuming i was knocked out by 8:10. i woke up in recoverry and was groaning. they kept telling me i did great. they left me in recovery til like 3pm because the previous patient that was in my room refused to leave. finally, they told me i was going i was on my way to my room and mommy was already there waiting for me. so i get there & im exhausted & couldnt keep my eyes open. the right side of my upper & bottom lip were busted. my mouth is sooooo dry! they gave me these sponge thingies to wet my mouth. they are LIFE SAVERS! i been burping. i have very little pain. they removed the catheter. my throat is sore. im waiting for them to take me to my leak test so that i can start sippin!!!

hey guys! im getting sleeved on tuesday & i decided to pack very little because i doubt ill use a lot of things while im at the hospital. so heres my list of things im bringing.. 1. laptop, charger & dvds (because u have to pay for the tv and i dont want to pay when i can just bring my entertaining dvds) 2. extension cord (my phone charger is short so i want it to reach the bed) 3. gas x & listerine strips. 4. toothbrush, face wash, face lotion. 5. chapstick. im going to leave in the clothes i came in which will be a huge pair of stretchie pants & a big tshirt & a sports bra & new panties, of course. i will straighten my hair since its down to my butt & a lot easier to manage when its straight & then ill just put it in a messy bun at the top of my head and leave it like that. lol. QUESTION: what did you take that you ended up not using?

my surgery is scheduled for tomorrow & i just saw that my pcp put on my medical clearance that im having the lap gastric banding! IM PRAYING THIS DOESNT MESS UP MY SURGERY TOMORROW!!!! HE LEFT TO INDIA TODAY AND WILL BE GONE FOR A MONTH!!! im starting to freak out!

thank you!!

just talked to my nurse practioner & she said not to worry.... :/

i went with my bestfriend shopping today. she has an amazing body!!! we went to a store that I CANT FRIGGIN WAIT TO SHOP IN!!!! as i helped her try on a million and one sexy dresses for her birthday party tomorrow at a club, i couldnt help but be sooooooooo jealous! i kept looking in the mirror at myself & i swear, i saw flaws that ive never noticed before. i mean damn, the things i was saying about myself in my head were so mean & cruel. id knock someones head off their shoulders if they ever said to me what i was saying to myself! im more worst critic. at this point, tuesday isnt coming fast enough! i just want to be sleeved & begin my journey in going back to a size where i felt sexy! tomorrows my bestfriends birthday party & shes so upset that im not going but the truth is, i cant wear heels because im too big to balance myself on a heel & it kills my feet & back! & i wouldnt dare put on a sexy dress & i only have 1 pair of jeans that fit me! while shes all cute & thin but curvy, im big, round & just not cute. i could never tell her this because she would just roll her eyes to the back of her head & say "soooooo what!" or "no your not!" but i know i am & its not so what! theres nothing that i hate more than when i express my feelings to someone & they dismiss them! smh! what pisses me off also is she always ALWAYS calls herself fat. if youre fat, WDF AM I??? i literally threatened her today & cursed her out and told her to STFU!!! my insecurities were sitting up on mars some where. smh! thanks for reading my story, i needed to get that out!

thank youu! i appreciate it!!