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i am having problems sleeping on my side and man it urks the hell out of me.... i am so use to tossing and turning freely pre-op and now its hard as hell to move/sleep. I literrally in my recliner often just to try to rest which isnt comfortable but it beats the pain and agony i have to endure everytime i try to get in bed. UGHHHH miserable. I bought a binder today but im not sure howww much of a difference it will make. I feel like left side incisions are busting at the seams if i put to much pressure on them. Today makes my 8th day post op. Best of luck and if any other helpful tips are out there please do tell. Im desperate with a capital D Thanks, TD

I return to work Jan 21.... I asked for 2 additional weeks considering im on my feet all day with children. I was sleeved on Dec. 28 i have been fatigue and my incisions are painful. I am thankful to be home for 2 weeks and today i purchased a abdominal binder because my biggest incision is soooo painful and i struggle sleeping/walking/ etc. I love the new energy i feel! i feel so light !!! the best is yet to come just have to get over the initial stages of the surgery. Best wishes to you! TD

Karen thx ssssssoo much for the tips.... I work in a school district with pre-k. I asked to be off 2 additional weeks just to recover from the surgery alone and then i realized OMG i have no idea of how im going to get thru breakfast and lunch at work daily. I dont want to be at work vomiting and having ppl asking whats wrong are u ok etc etc. I am a very private person have been all my life even when i was small. I really appreciate your advice. I had in my mind that i had to take a high protein lunch low carb and pray i dont vomit daily or if i eat to fast. This is allll soooo new to me and im trying to learn as i go!!! Congrats on whatever success you had with your sleeve! Hugs TD

congrats...I was sleeved on Dec. 28, 2012 TD

Praying for you.... May you be healed all ailments before Monday... Dont stress it will be ok. Gods Speed Hugs TD

I was sleeved on the 28th of December... I am feeling ok I have my ups and downs. I am trying to get as much Protein and Water as possible in . I thought i stretched my sleeve because my stomach has been hurting and i didnt feel any restrictions. I called the doctors office i was told i cant stretch the sleeve during the liquid diet(whew) I got dressed today and I feel better. I have weighed myself once since i came home. The last tyme i saw my pcp i weighed 220. the scale said 213 on Monday I know i have to stay the course because the best is yet to come. Best wishes to all thats on the new journey to a new you in 2013 TD

I can tell you have lost weight.... Looks like you are on the right track and pray to get to where u are !!! Best of luck coming from a new sleever who had surgery Dec 28th... Honey You Rock! TD

I agree some ppl dont have a sensitive side to ppl who struggle with weight issues... keep your head up and dont get discouraged. Dont let others negativity bring u down. They are not worth it!!! Hugs TD

MsBatty, This first week has been a learning experience and a half.... I had my surgery on the 28th had to stay extra day due to vomiting and bp sky high after surgery.... I finally came home on Sunday felt weak but ok. My world literrally turned upside down with the next 48 hours of constipation. I hadnt had a bm since Dec27. I wasnt expecting any complications within the first week but i literrally wanted to die Monday and Tuesday. I was in such pain and couldnt walk or see straight due to not being able to have a bm. I was straining and pushin so much on Tuesday because my body and mind were doing their own thing and i just couldnt help it. Needless to say my biggest incision is now bruised and one of the smaller incisions started to bleed late Tuesday night. I finally took milk of magnesia after calling dr office but i had taken miralax monday and tuesday morning with no results at all. I was so desperate i took a stool softner because i just wanted my bottom to stop hurting from all the straining. Sorry for being so graphic but im being honest. Well i finally got relief from the miralax, milk of magnesia and stool softner at 4am on Wed. I was so afraid to go because i didnt know what would happen and my poor behind just couldnt take no more but once i started peein the bm started slowly trickling out and then the big one(yikes) i felt like a new woman constipation is no joke. Now its Thursday and my stomach churns growls feels bubbly and gassy since i had the bm yesterday. I feel like im starving but i know its the process that i must go thru to get to the end and this too shall pass No reqrets just a learning daily experience with a new tummy that i never had. With that being said i stepped on scale i discovered i lost 7lbs so far and i tried on a shirt that was very snug and its not as tight which is a plus. Best of luck to all 28'rs and your wl... Be BLessed TD

yes i agree congrats....

i am on a liquid diet only for the first 21 day then i move to soft foods on day 22... i just wasnt expecting my stomach to growl, churn, rumble and sound like a grizzly bear all day.... Thank goodness im home recovering and i surely dont want to sound like a hungry grizzly bear at work when its all quiet and then my stomach starts rumbling and tumbling like i have gas or im hungry(lol) I havent told any of my coworkers i had the surgery..... its going to be so embarrassing so i will have to figure out how to keep it quiet when it starts!!! Geez Louise. I was prescribed pepcid 20 mg and i take it twice a day also i have used the gas strips but i dont take them daily. Tomorrow makes 1 week post op. Maybe when i move to soft foods the grumbling will settle down

Butterbean, God bless you because i was beginning to think i had stretched my pouch for all the Water and Protein shakes and everything was just going thru and all this ooing gurgling churning growling in my lower stomach was bothering me and making me think im starving.... I look at food but have no desire to eat but i want the hunger pains to stop.... i know and realize this is a process..... i go back for my 2 week post-op next thursday. I am optimistic and want the sleeve to work and havent given up but i just thought its odd after 5-6 day post op my stomach is sounding like a grizzly bear on steriods(LOL) thanks again and i now i know im not alone!!! I have weighed myself 1 time since i came home sunday... i am down 7 1bs i have decided to not become a slave to the scale.... i am going by how my clothes that use to be snug and tight feel on me to notice any looseness and i tried on a shirt and it wasnt as snug on monday. Then my world fell apart because i became extremely constipated for 2 days it was literally hell!!!! I finally had a bm wednesday at 4am then the hunger pains and noises started and im still having them but as you stated earlier that should subside just have to go thru the process.... Thanks again for the tips and encouragement Be Blessed TD

i had my surgery on the 28 of december and i am starving it started yesterday..... I feel like i want to eat some food. I have not but the liquid diet is insane and its crazy to describe.... I have severe hunger pains but have not given in. I thought i was crzy but i see im not. Tomorrow will make a week and i have 2 weeks to go on the liquid diet. God help me.... i feel like im doing something wrong and i am not drinking enough because it just started yesterday. My stomach growls, churns, make all these weird noises all day. Thank Goodness im home but its crazy I am hoping someone can give us advice to take the hunger pains away from the stomach.... i dont feel head hunger just stomach hunger and its like y arent u feeding me!!! and my incisions are killing me its miserable i try to walk but i feel like im overdoing it so i sit longer than i should

i just wrote a post about constipation and how i literralyy wanted to die. I had my surgery on dec 28th and i was constipated for the last 2 days. I finally had a bm on Wed morning around 4am but i was in hell Monday and Tuesday. I called my physicians office and they suggested milk of magnesia but i was so desperate i took milk of magnesia and a stool softner trying to find relief. My bottom was literraly on fire and i couldnt see straight i wanted to die. My husband was scared and wanted to take me to the er but i told him lets see if milk of magnesia will work. It was awful. With that being said during all the pushing straining one of my small incisions started to bleed again and my biggest incision is bruised and more painful I want to be successful and my lower stomach churns growls and i feel extremely hungry since i had the bm. I pray that this will all pass soon. I am struggling to get the Protein shakes down and i feel like i may be drinking the Water to fast and Protein shake.... I feel nervous about this too. Bestof luck with bm!!! TD

Good morning/afternoon everyone.... I was sleeved on the 28th and my surgery went well..... I prayed all the way up until the anestheioslogist came to tell me you will be going back in 15 mins.... When i came out surgery i heard ppl talking(lol) and i realized i was alive and everything would be alllright. I am at home finally. I had to stay 1 extra day due to my bp being extremely high. Overall the surgery went well.... My surgeon says it was easy and my liver was small so he was able to go in and do what needed to be done and now im on the road to recovery!!!! I had some shoulder pain and my leftside has been sore but im up walking and sipping as much as i can!!! Glad to read that evveryones surgery went well and we are in the land of the living!!! Praise God\o/ TD

ys mrsc.... i am at home about to jump in shower and head to hospital.... my surgery is set for 12noon today.... My prayers are with you.... TD

Gm, I am soooo happy for everyone today!!!! I am 4 hrs away from changing my life forever.... I know the process will be hard at first but it will be well worth it:) My continued prayersare with each andeveryone.... Hugs and Be Blessed TD

Hello all that will be going in tomorrow to be sleeved.... Yes I have been praying, listening to gospel music and meditating on the goodness of the Lord!! I got my call today, At first i was asked to be there at 4pm felt bummed a lil because i was thinking Dear Lord help me not eat anything 8 hrs before surgery and how would i make it w/o a Protein shake (lol) then i dozed off for a short nap and my phone vibrated I answered and the nurse called to tell me that my surgery had been moved up to 12pm \o/ Praise God is all i could say.... I just got back from the store. I purchased the gas-x, pepcid ac (maximum strength) and miralax. Im getting ready, i know and believe all will go well with everyone tomorrow including me!!! God has all of us Be Blessed and Hugs to all TD

i know i was thinking about my bag as well.... I am having cold feet and trying tobe disciplined i have no willpower to not eat sweets.... Geez i need help to get thru the next few days..... I want to b successful with this but i am scared!!! I know tons of ppl on thiswebsite has gone thru the surgery and survived but its the unknown of how u are going to feel with a new stomach and new outlook on life and food!!!! Lord help me is all i keep saying and that He promised me that He will be with me even until the end of the world. I know i have to block out all the negatives that i keep thinking about and continue to seek the Lord for strength!!! Those of you who believe in thepowerof prayer... Please keep me in prayer and every other individual that will be having surgery on the 28th!!! Hugs

Girlfriend u look amazing!!!! So happy for you.... I am so forward to looking to next Christmas in a new body.... My surgery is tentatively 12/28 Keep up the good work

yes most definitely will keep u in prayer.... Heavenly Father i pray for my sister and that she will be healed.... Comfort and strengthen her as she continues to heal. Lord let her know that no weapon formed against her shall prosper and that You will never leave nor forsake her even during this time of her life.... Give her daily strength to keep pressing on and a healthy 2013. In the name of Jesus Amen Hugs and keep us posted TD

I am scheduled to have surgery on 12/28.... I agree this is nerve racking and nervous energy.... It makes me wanna eat everything and im on the pre-op diet have been pretty good a slip up here and there but for the most part have been on the liquid diet.... My fear is that my liver isnt small enough and i will not be able to have the surgery.... Its crazy to think like this but i cant stop thinking about all the what if's because its soooooooo major and reading all these forums is educational and yet scary... I have waited almost 9 months and im days away from making a lifetime commitment.... I have to trust God and pray for the best. Best Regards to everyone that are having doubts anxieties fears and un sure if this is what you need to do, but do nothing is worse and could cause you to have more major health problems or death!

yes its a big price to being on the other side of all the appts and copays and deductibles.... best of luck andspeedy recovery to you and tinarho... Mysurgery is scheduled for 12/28/12.... i cant believe im almost there:)

i cant believe this time next friday a few of us will be recovering from such a major surgery.... there are so many emotions in me at the moment.... This is a very difficult decision and lifetime commitment but i am and cannot go on living in so much pain caused by being overweight.... As a preacher once said noone can tell your story like you and boy do i have a story to tell!!!! I have struggle with weight and pain for soooo many years i know its time for a change but fear keeps lurking around and if i will be much happier if the weight comes off.... I believe I will but also i think about how committed i have to be to this new lifestyle and way of eating.... I have done alot of research, conversated with other sleevers, spoke with doctors and the one thing keeps coming to my mind.... Am i ready for whats on the otherside of bariatric surgery!

oops typo i meant "a week away from surgery" but whose really counting