Sassygirl06

congrats, and i will be cheering you on for a safe and speedy recovery! i'm hoping they let me out of the hospital today. i have been having a little problem with peeing, and swallowing hurts too. they are going to do a dye test this morning and i think if its clear i will be hitten the pavement fast!

thanks ladies!

well folks, i'm finally getten my sleeve! will keep you posted on the result, and tty on the other side! i should be home from the hospital on thursday, but i will take my laptop just in case the hospital has wifi....send me some prayers!

hi indy; i am 2 weeks shy of 35, i have no health problems related to my weight, i do have mitral valve prolapse and hearth palpitations. i just had my surgery last night at 5pm. it only took them 45 minutes and they were done. i had some pain, it felt like the begining of the stomach flu. take full advantage of the pain killers that they will give you. i have 3 kids and i know how you are feeling and the worries that are going through your head. you said that you are going to a good hospital, which is great, and im sure that you trust your surgeon or you wouldnt have picked him. remember that you are doing this to be healthier for your kids and around longer for them. my only regret at less then 24 hours out is that i didnt do it sooner so all my children would have had a skinny mom running and playing with them, going on theme park ride, all sorts of stuff. im confident you will be just fine, so put your worries out of your head because worrying about something that you cannot fix with worry is a waist of time and energry that could be spent through possitive thinking instead. there is a power to possitive thinking. you heal faster and have less pain. keep busy today so that the clock doesnt stop for you and before you know it your surgery will be done. oh and after surgery get up and walk as soon as they will let you. it relieves the pressure of the weight on your tummy and helps you feel better instantly as well as get rid of the gas. i couldnt even count how many times i have walked around the hospital so far. it really does help! i'l keep you in my thoughts and prayers, see you on the other side on the losers bench real soon

thank you very much! my nurse just told me that i can have clear liquids now! shes gonna bring them any minute....im so happy so unbelievably thirsty!

thank you again. thanks for telling me about the size, i havent been able to find anything about the bougie sizes. as a matter of fact i didnt even know what it was until i found out about it on this web site! obviously by the way i still cant sleep. i wish the good drugs would knock me out instead of making me want to go dance! lol

congrats sleeve sister!!!! i wouldnt worry about the pee thing, i have been having the same problem. i have been able to pee, but i have to sit there forever to get it going, plus it is really dark and i have to push it out. i didnt get a tube. i am wondering why some people get it and others dont? mabye just some people have more Fluid build up? they wouldnt give me anything to take away the dry mouth so i had my daughter get some paper towels wet and stick them in a baggy to wet my mouth because it is all dried out. they said it was from the anti nausea med that they put into my iv. i have been able to walk around the hospital (inside) doing laps. i have taken 3 different walks since the surgery going around 4 times each, it really helps me feel better. it relieves the pressure on my stomach. well congrats again keep me posted on your recovery as well

they never gave me a foley, or at least thats what they said. thank you peeps for all the support! i usually have the reverse reactions to medications, so when they give me something that causes people to be drowsy, it wires me. i havent slept at all since they woke me up after the surgery. the nurse just came in and gave me another shot of demerol because the morphine is just dulling the pain a little bit. i have learned so much about health care in these past few years and one of those things is to be your own advocate. if you dont speak up and let then know whats going on with your pain youre only hurting yourself. i used to tough it out when i was younger because i didnt want to look week, but now i know it doesnt make you look weak, it helps you heal faster. anyhow, the demerol is doing its job now. pain is gone. the pain feels like i am really constipated, or kinda like the stomach flu before you know its the stomach flu. does that make sence? basically what im trying to say is its like when you start yo feel like you are coming down with a stomach virus, but you arent quite sure its that or just having to really poop. anyhow before my surgery i asked the doctor what gauge bougie he was going to use, because i didnt know there were different sizes that doctors make the sleeve into until i read it on this site. so he said he was using a 32 gauge. my question is, is that on the small side of stomachs after vsg or is it bigger, or even the norm?

thank you ladies. i am in my room now. i am in pain but they are trying to keep on top of it so that im not hurting. the feeling is kinda like haveing the stomach flu. i hate that feeling, but it is better then i expected. i already peed and walked 4 laps around the hospital floor, and it was only 2 hours after my surgery! my surgery was over before 6pm, and it is only 815pm now! i hope my recovery goes well. ttyl

thank you! he will be happy to hear that! he was worried that i was gonna be down for the count for a month!

welcome here.

i did the same thing at first when i was just thinking about the surgery. i figured i would get it out of the system while i could so that i wouldnt feel bad for missing food. it didnt really do anything for me but pack on the pounds. i still miss the food, but i have been really good at making really good choices now. i have my surgery tomarrow, and i cant wait now.

thank you, i love this place!

3.5 days and counting down fast! cant wait!!!!!

im scared to death and mine is in the us. i have 3 kids that i have to be here for. the only thing that keeps me going through this is that i want to be there for them when they grow up and get married and have kids of their own. i dont see me in the picture in the future without this surgery, thats why i need to do this now, to be healthy for them, and myself in the future instead of in the ground.

i have felt the same way in the past, even not telling people of my diet for fear of failure, which was inevitable before. i wouldnt worry about the numbers right now.soon enough people will start noticing on their own how successful you are.

oh, mine is in bakersfield on tuesday. but i will look to see your update on here.

i'm on tuesday as well. think its normal to freak out a little before any surgery. this is a life changing event, and if you wernt nervous at all about it then THAT wouldnt be normal. try to do things to keep yourself busy until then, so you think less about it. im taking my kids camping this weekend to keep my mind off of it. take care, and talk to you on the other side

hope everyone who just got sleeved are doing well, feeling better.