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Standing ovation! You lost a person! No wonder you feel different!

In 2 days it will be my 7 month surgiversary.
I still have a ways to go, but I feel like a whole new person!

I have surgery first thing Monday morning and my menstrual cycle decided to come tonight, 6 days late! UGH. I was told that I would be getting a catheter, has anyone else experienced this. Did you all get catheters? Not sure how to handle this situation.

I was sleeved 4 days ago and am still very sore at one specific incision site-the big one. Hard to bend or twist in any way. I still have some gas pains too but I am walking it out!

I was sleeved on Tuesday and the only real pain I had was gas. Everyone is right... Walk walk walk. Been feeling great since with very little soreness. Best of luck to you!

Day 1 post op and no gas pain or really pain as of yet. The key is walking. I have cruised the floor a lot !! Shocked that the pain is so little.

I had pain all over my abdomen and nausea immediately upon waking. The gave me anti nausea and morphine but I was still nauseous, so they switched to dilaudid. After that no pain and no nausea. I was on a pain pump where I could push the button for more medication ever so otter and I just would push it when ever. I never really felt pain just in general but I would if I tried using my stomach muscles to get out of bed or go to the bathroom. I just had to be careful. I never had any gas pain. I was lucky.
VSG Date: 2/13/13 SW:285lbs HW:302 5'3"

I have some abdomen soreness, and some gas pain, only once was I praying to God to make the pain and general uncomfortable-ness go away, and that was 8 days after surgery. I was so scared of a leak, that I jacked something up, but the swallow tests all denied any leak and it had to just either be the surgical mesh, sutures, or gas pain on my left side under my ribs. For me, the temporary pain I'm having now is way worth the ease of medical issues of the future. My pain, 99.99% of the time is no unbearable. I think you'll be surprised as how little it'll hurt. There likely WILL be some pain, but it's nothing that I thought it'd be.

I just got sleeved on Wednesday; I know everyone's body reacts differently to pain....but with that said, be prepared. Yep, I was up & walking but I am still experiencing a great deal of abdomen pain, much more than anyone warned me. Yep, the first night the rolling gas pain to the shoulder about got me!

The gas is trying to escape...& gas rises! It has a tendency to settle around your shoulder blades & cause pain. That's why it's so important to walk ASAP & get it out!

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCES. I AM TRULY AT THE POINT WHERE MY EXCITEMENT HAS TURNED INTO FEAR AND ANXIETY...WHY?!?! I DON'T KNOW..I JUST FEEL AS THE DAYS GET CLOSER...I WANT IT TO BE OVER AND DONE WITH ALREADY.

I agree with Takingcontrol. I had very little surgical pain, but did have a little gas pain the first few days. Just try and get up and walk around, that will help get the gas out of your belly. If all goes well with surgery, you should only have pain or discomfort for a few days. But remember everyone is different and each surgery is different, so just stay positive and focused.

Everyone has a different experience. I had a good experience. I did not suffer at all with the gas pains associated with surgery. I walked immediately. My surgery was laproscopic. So, I had no real major pain from the surgery. There was some soreness in my abdomen. It felt like I had done a lot of situps. On the stapled incision side I had would sometime feel a painful pull. But that was do to some strain I had unintentionally placed on my body. It is important to follow the doctor's directions. I didn't even take pain medication while I was in the hospital or when I got out.

They put gas in to help raise your skin & move things around, most escapes when they remove the instruments...but some residual is left. It eventually has to escape, that's why u need to be up walking ASAP. After surgery...moving will help you release the gas. I had very little surgical pain from the surgery itself & was fortunate to have minimal gas pain as well. But I will say Gas-Ex strips are my friend! Good luck!

Alcohol is a diuretic. If you were retaining Water, it could have caused you to eliminate it through excessive urination. That would be my guess.

I am 10 months post op and I still have emotional times. Not so much mood swings but I cry for no apparent reason.

I'm four months post op and about 50 pounds down only 15 to goal. I experienced crazy emotional madness in the first month I was teary and irrational, this lasted until about the 8 wks to when I suddenly felt more like myself. I am now feeling quite emotionally stable although I still have some bad days that I think may be due to being a bit overtired, I do get tired more easily now. I am not the best at remembering to take my Vitamins though

going through it now, all i want to do is be alone very moody, emotional and no tolerance for jokes or sarcasm from family or friends. not sure what it is !!!

Saying a prayer for you right now that your nerves will settle down. That things will be okay for your surgery. Don't even worry right now about the car. All will be taken care of!

My prayers are with you today. May God grant you strength and peace.

Take care of yourself. God was watching over you and your baby boy. This will pass and before you know it you will be on the journey of a lifetime. Stay strong! We are here for you!

THANK U ALL...IM LITERALLY CRYING READING ALL OF YOUR MESSAGES. IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

Praying for you. Relax so that you can build your strength.

Hi Lizy, I have United Health Care, Choice Plus PPO. My plan required a BMI over 40 but what they didn't tell me up front was that they required a BMI over 40 for the past 5 years, or a BMI over 35 for the past 5 years with 2 co-morbidities. Since I didn't qualify my doctor fixed my hernia and at the same time did the sleeve and I self paid just for the sleeve.
I have read on here that UHC has another plan that doesn't require 5 years weight history, and instead requires you to go thru 6 months of weigh ins supervised by your doctor...I wish I had that plan, lol. Oh welll the $5,000 out of pocket was soooo worth it!
Good luck with your journey, and I hope you are approved! :-)