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I am experiencing this myself. I never had symptoms of GERD, but I was told prior to surgery that my UGI showed minor Acid Reflux. Now, after surgery, I am experiencing symptoms. Today was the worse, so I picked up a pack of Prevacid. I hope it works or else I will be calling my surgeons office.

Sorry, thought u said orange juice. Still, I was told all Juices are a no go for two weeks because of the high level of sugar.

Orange juice? I am shocked u can have that. I was told its not good for us to have it during the first few weeks due to the sugar levels. High levels of sugar will give us dirahea, but of course I had to test it one time. I sipped on some juice and to the bathroom I ran! lol So now I am staying within compliance! No carbonated, high sugar, liquids!

I can honestly say I dont regret. I had extreme pain the first day, but that subsided. Yes it does suck because I am still on a restrictied diet but its only temporary. I made the decesion to have this sugery to improve my health and if it means I am going to have some battles along the way, so be it!!!

Congrats and get rest!!!

Congrats!!!

Thank you!

Sorry for the delay in posting my update, but this is the first day (3rd day post-op) where I felt well enough to be online, and up and about. My surgery was May 16th and let me be honest, it was ruff. I woke up in extreme pain from the incisions and gas. Thanks to the good nurses at Sentara Potomac, they helped to alleviate a lot of the pain by keeping me full of pain meds and acid medicine. But still, the first day and night was ruff...I was constantly sleep deprived and receiving pain meds every two hours. On the second day, Thursday, the soreness was gone but the gas almost knocked my socks off! I mean, literally, it brought tears to my eyes. I was constantly burping but it didn’t help too much. I then started walking the halls and that helped TREMENDOULSY!!! By that night, the gas had subsided. On Friday morning, I woke up and was feeling about 80% myself. A little internal pain but it was manageable. I was discharged and sent home. Once I started the pain meds and other medicines at home, the level of pain dropped. This morning I woke up and felt SOO MUCH BETTER! I even went outside and drove to the post office. Today my goal is to sip, sip, sip...and walk, walk, walk. I want to personally thank EVERYONE on this forum. If it wasn’t for you, I would have nothing to read to know what to expect. It feels a lot better to know what to expect than to walk into a situation with no clue! Through it all, I can say I do not regret the procedure at all. Overall, it was what I expected! Please keep me in your prayers and I can only hope I see a fraction of the success I have read about on this forum!!!

So I am 6 days post-op and I decided to weigh myself yesterday. The scale said 259. Well this morning, I weighed 256! I know I just had sugery and all, but I am not even bloated nor do I have gas. Is this normal? I have not started back to the gym yet.

Thanks everyone! I know there will be stalls along the way, so I guess i better enjoy the losses while I can!!

Whew!! Glad I am not the only one! I am preparing myself for some gains here and there along the way also!

Good Luck and Blessings!!!

Looking Great!!!!

Thanks everyone!!! I am feeling alot better...but I am full pretty quick! I am learning my new sleeve a little each day, its kind hard but I am sure it will get better. Wednesday, I will start back in the gym...I am ready now but I am going to wait 1 week post op just to be safe!!

No my docotor dose'nt let me drive, I chose to drive..lol. When I drove that morning, I did not take the pain meds until I returned. I had to get to the post office, so I planned accordingly As for my protein, the first day I only got in about 30grams...but yesterday, I got in my whole 50g! I was pretty happy about that .

So I am supposed to have 50 grams of protein and 64 oz of liquid. I finally drank a small 16 oz shake (25 grams of protein), and now I am FULL. The small drink took me over 4 hrs to drink and to at least to meet my other protein requirements, I have to drink another 8oz, but my sleeve is saying "NO"! I have no idea what to do since this is my first full day home. Should I continue to sip even though I feel full or should I wait until later on and begin sipping again??

Thanks for the recommendations. I could had mixed it with 8 ozs. of water but it was too strong, so I mixed it with some more water to thin it out.

So tomorrow at 12:30, I will be sleeved by Dr. Nain of BluePoint Sugerical Group. I started this journey excited and determined to be successful in getting approved. To my surprise, it was not hard at all. Now I am right at the door of surgery, and am thinking about not showing up. I have no clue why I am scared, I have a strong belief in God and I already prayed about this surgery so deep down I know it will be okay. I guess I am just nervous about being put to sleep and being sick afterwards. Then there is also the burden that my mind plays on me, which keeps telling me that this will be like all the other diets: Not Successful. I have no one really to talk to about this, because I chose to only tell 3 people about it, with one only being a close family member. I just pray that I get some rest tonight and that everything goes smoothly tomorrow morning when it’s time to leave for the hospital....

Well I just got my IV...and now I am waiting for my surgeon to arrive! Thank goodness they let me have my computer until he comes, I am going crazy! Please pray for me and I will keep you all posted!!!

Well I just got my IV...and now I am waiting for my surgeon to arrive! Thank goodness they let me have my computer until he comes, I am going crazy! Please pray for me and I will keep you all posted!!!

Welcome! And thanks for sharing your story!!!

Thanks everyone for the prayers, thoughts, reassurances, and thoughtful words! I am so glad I found this site....it truly is a heaven sent! I will keep you all posted after my surgery, please continue to keep me in your prayers and thoughts!

Thanks for the inspiration...my surgery is tommorow and my nerves are shot...

Thanks for posting this..my new life starts on Wednesday at 12:30. I am starting to doubt my decesion, as i have become a little frightened. I am sure this will past though..I know this is what I want and everything will be fine with God by my side.

Well I am scheduled to be sleeved on May 16th (Wednesday) and yet, I have not prepared myself. For some reason, it has not hit me that this surgery is about to happen! I had my last surgeon visit on yesterday and Dr. Halmi asked me again was I excited, and once again I said "I guess I will be on that day." I really don't know what’s wrong with me. I thought at first it was because it was Mothers Day weekend (My Mom is deceased), but I really think thats only part of my nonchalant, don’t care attitude. I have been feeling like this for over a week and half. Don’t get me wrong, I want the surgery, but it just seems that I am not worried or even bothered with it. I am not even excited about having it. Maybe it’s because I think it will be like everything else, another failed weight loss adventure. I gave up getting excited about losing weight years ago, and at one point, just accepted that I would always be "the big girl". I guess i still feel that way deep down...