Shalon

So jealous that so many people get to eat fruit, mix it with their yogurt, etc. My post op plan says no veggies or fruit for six months.

I was sleeved on the 12th also and I have lost 9 pounds. I can't seem to get enough Water down, and am assuming if I could get more water down I might be more successful. Slow and steady is how we gained, and that's how we should lose too.

I was sleeved on the 12th and had a breakdown this morning. I am so over liquids, and since I don't like cottage cheese, I will be on a week of nothing but yogurt and water. The two weeks until I can have tuna can't pass fast enough.

So, not only am I not able to stand up because I am instantly lightheaded and dizzy, but now my skin hurts. My whole body hurts like it is covered in a giant bruise!!!!!!!!! My calves, my thighs, my arms, my butt, everything, Ironically, I have zero pain in my incisions or my surgery site, I can even sleep on my tummy. I understand that the first few weeks are hard, but I seriously cannot live like this. I have three kids under 8, my house is gone to hell and I had to beg someone to drive my kids to school this morning because I can't even walk to the bathroom, let alone drive them to school. To answer anyone's questions, I am one week post op, I am drinking one Protein shake per day and approximately 50 to 55 oz of liquids. I searched the boards for someone else having skin pain, but alas nothing. However, I swear I am not crazy! It is like I am one giant bruise and anything that touches my body hurts like hell.

I have been wondering the same thing. How do I know if I am getting enough fluids? I am not near 64 oz, but I am drinking and peeing constantly (TMI) I'm jealous you are able to consume all that. I am only allowed one Protein shake per day and as many liquids as I want. I don't feel like I am getting enough calories as my shake is 30g of protein but only 160 calories. This morning my husband bought me a sweet tea from McDonalds not realizing I couldn't drink it, he was trying to be helpful. I filled a 32 oz glass 3/4 with Water and the rest with tea and so far so good. I'm hoping this will make fluids a little easier and give me some additional calories. I'll be following your thread to see what the more experienced sleevers have to say.

Thank you all for the advice and comments, I really appreciate it. I guess I have to be patient the next week or so until I can try some mushies, which scares me to death! I broke down last night and was crying asking my husband what have I done? Hopefully this is just a phase

I am actually. Prescription Prilosec. And the shake I am drinking is the Premeir with 30g of protein and 160 calories.

I just wrote a blog about this today! Just a few of my weight loss dreams if you are bored and care to read. http://smrisme.wordpress.com

I had a similar situation in that my husband wanted no part of any of this. I was sleeved on Monday and my husband wasn't even there. He worked saying he couldn't get off of work. Now that I am home, he some how found a way to be off and be home with me for the rest of the week. He is not waiting on me hand and foot, but he is here. A lot of these behaviors are either insecurity or jealousy. My husband is heavy and has been very uncomfortable with being heavy for several years, but won't make any type of changes as far as food consumption, portions, exercise, etc. I figured that he is either jealous, or thinks I will become some hotty skinny chick that will leave him. This surgery was NOT about him in any way. I have three children under eight, all adopted, and have spent 18 years being his wife, and the last seven years being a mother to these kids. I have a demanding husband, demanding children and an extremely demanding job. This decision was about ME, putting myself first for the first time in my entire life. Support or not, I HAD to get healthier and was doing it for ME. I found comfort in that decision.

I also was sleeved on 9/12 and I was amazed at how great I felt in the hospital. Then they gave me some Jello and it was freaking horrible! It sat inside for the entire next day and I was completely miserable. Today I feel much better and am staying the hell away from Jello. Yesterday I stuck with only Water and was able to get down a bottle and a half, about 24 ounces. So far today I have gotten down an entire Protein shake over the course of about five hours and it seems to be sitting okay for now. I am now working on getting in some more water for the rest of the evening. I do notice gas with every single swallow of anything. I feel it bubble and try to come back up, and then it is gone. It's like a cramp that lasts for a few seconds and then it is gone. Yesterday I was completely exhausted and slept most of the day. Today I took one two hour nap and although I am still a little tired, I definitely feel worlds better today. I gained eight pounds in the hospital from all of the fluids, so I am looking forward to all of those pounds coming off soon. I'm thinking of you. Keep your head up.

HI DallasMom. I also am three days post op. I gained eight pounds in the hospital from all the fluids, so I am interested to see how fast those come off. I was able to get down an entire Protein shake today over the course of about five hours. I do feel a little air each and every time I swallow but so far so good. Hang in there my surgery sister.

No iv because I am home already. I just finished a 16.9 oz bottle of water and I'm not done yet for today. Not bad for my first day home I guess?

I am on day two and everytime I sip it's like I am swallowing bubbles. I just have to take it very slow. It's 530 pm and I am almost finished with the first bottle of water, not great nut at least I am getting some down between naps

I was sleeved this morning and am in the hospital now. I have a question regarding pain levels and peaks. I woke up with only a slight discomfort and seven hours after surgery I just have a slight pain at the very top middle of my abdomen which kinda feels like a gas bubble. Am I completely drugged to feel so decent? Im a complete WUSS when it comes to pain and when I had my laproscopic hysterectomy in January I was MISERABLE. Am I going to get worse from here? Truthfully,I am struggling more with shaking off the anesthesia Thani am with any sort of pain. What should I expect over the next couple of days?

Now that I am home I am feeling much worse. It just feels like there is a huge brick sitting just under my breasts. I don't even want to drink anything because it hurts so bad. I felt so great this morning too. :/

Truthfully my back pain from lying here is worse than the surgery pain. The surgery pain is more of a constant annoyance. They gave me a pump with Dilaudid bit I'm not sure it makes a difference. I pushed it eleven times since 1pm yesterday and not in the past five hours

I don't know if it is my mind playing tricks on me or what. I did the pre-op diet for 10 days, mixing food with shakes and staying under 800 calories per day. I was hungry every day, but usually if I had a piece of beef Jerky, it was heavy enough to make me feel full for a few hours. Tomorrow is my surgery and so I am on Clear liquids until 6pm. It's almost 1pm now and I am starving. My stomach won't stop growling, and I'm getting a headache. I can't wait to get this over with because I am starting to freak out.

Thanks. This headache has been persisting for three days now, but couple with the hunger I am one grouchy bear! Rawwwr! Tomorrow... 10:50 a.m.... it's go time! *if I don't back out*

My paperwork says liquid, but my doctor said he doesn't care what I eat as long as I stay under 800 calories each day. And the day before I can't consume anything but Water.

My paperwork says liquid, but my doctor said he doesn't care what you eat as long as you stay under 800 total calories. So today I had a shake for Breakfast, three steak strips for lunch, and salmon and veggies for dinner and ended at 780. All liquid would be hard.

Sounds like what happened to my friend who had RNY. They made her pouch too small and her swelling engulfed it and she had NO stomach. They had to re-do her surgery so she actually didn't consume anything for almost a month. Crazy things happened. Glad you are back on the mend and feeling better!

I look at it like this... if you have a feeling or an annoyance, that could be your gut telling you something. You could go to the second surgeon and hate him even more, you never know. I'm a big believer that the service you receive from the front office staff is likely to mirror the service you will receive from that physician. I would never give my "business" to a place that treated me poorly, there is just no reason for that.

After a wonderful family dinner last night at Cheesecake Factory, where I ate anything and everything I wanted for the very last time, I went to bed happy and joyful, and woke up with the Grouchies. I think the closer my September 12th surgery date gets, the more reality and questions start to creep in. I read on here how commonplace the feelings are, but I just cannot help it. I worry about having food issues, being in pain, being tired, regret, and the forbidden thought of NOT losing weight. I see people who after three months have only lost 20 pounds and that scares the crap out of me. This is a whole lot of work to "only" lose 20 pounds! I keep questioning whether I could "get real" about weight loss and do this on my own, albeit very slowly. I lost the 20 pounds they required to get scheduled with surgery, so why can't I just continue on that path? My bestie had RNY a year ago next week and says she has "buyer's remorse" almost every single day. There are no foods she enjoys anymore, she can only eat during certain hours of the day, and she is EXHAUSTED all the time. I have three kids under nine, including a 16 month old, and I work full time in a very stressful law firm. I can't really "afford" to be tired all the time. On the other hand, I also know I cant "afford" to die of a heart attack either. Although she has lost 93 pounds and looks amazing, her sense of regret sticks with me and I can't seem to shake it. I have even avoided seeing and talking to her in the last month because I am trying to focus on ME and MY decision for the first time in my life. I don't know what to think anymore, but I do know that I don't want to be scared any longer and I don't want to be grouchy! Maybe it's just because today is the first day of my pre-ope diet? Who knows.