Dalola

it gets much better. You will be double where u are in a week. Keep plugging away. You are going through the same thing everyone does. You are doing fine and on your way!

Seems everyone has the same problem. Iron or b12 or both. The constipation duo. Have to take something a couple times of week or just get worse be the day no matter how much fiber or fruit. Everone is different.

Post op pain is well managed. Within 30 min of waking up my pain was under control. When they wheeled me in my room I got up and used the bathroom, no problem at all. WALK. It relieves the gas which is the most cause of discomfort. If you do not get up, you will need more pain meds and be more uncomfortable. Wear a comfy pair of sweats to the hospital if you have them. Draw string waist pjs and sweats work great post up. Put the pj bottoms under my gown, used my wrap robe, slip on slippers on I was off down the halls. Wore the same draw string (extra big) sweats to and from the hospital. No problem.

You are going to be fine. Do what they tell you!!! #1=WALK! It will make recovery much easier and quicker. Your c section was much harder than this. I walked and was just fine. Did not need anything for pain after a couple days. Down 35 lbs so far & loving it. Would never be able to do it on my own. I certainly have tried enough times. Good luck. Skinny is waitin 4 u.

Yes, I have experienced being extremely thirsty at night. I thought it was just me but at my 3 week post op appointment there were 5 sleevers at the nutritionists office. I asked if anyone else was constantly thirsty. It was a unanimous yes! At night particularly was also confirmed. So you are not alone and it does does better.

I am 2 mo post op and have not had any of your issues. You have all the symptoms of a restriction. If I were you I would see a DIFFERENT surgeon. Not one of his best friends that will agree with everything he tell you either. Someone impartial. all of my pre op documentation, which is a binder full, states with your symptoms, go to the hospital. If your surgeon is not helping, seek other treatment. You do not need to suffer. I feel great and am thrilled I have been sleeved. Get help and you will too

I took loose sweats and shirt. Wore the same outfit to and home from hospital. Took pjs for the stay which worked great. Ended up putting pj bottoms under my hospital gown and wore my knee length, tie robe over the gown. Walked within an hr of post op several slow laps around the hallways. Did that 3 times the day of of surgery. You have to move to eliminate the gas. Don't move and you will be very uncomfortable. Next day same thing, following day discharged and wore the same sweats and shirt. Wore a bra on the way home with no problem, did not bother in the hospital but did wear panties. Take a comfy no under wire bra and you will be just fine. Tie waisted sweats and pjs are your friend. Good luck.

I took loose sweats and shirt. Wore the same outfit to and home from hospital. Took pjs for the stay which worked great. Ended up putting pj bottoms under my hospital gown and wore my knee length, tie robe over the gown. Walked within an hr of post op several slow laps around the hallways. Did that 3 times the day of of surgery. You have to move to eliminate the gas. Don't move and you will be very uncomfortable. Next day same thing, following day discharged and wore the same sweats and shirt. Wore a bra on the way home with no problem, did not bother in the hospital but did wear panties. Take a comfy no under wire bra and you will be just fine. Tie waisted sweats and pjs are your friend. Good luck.

Walking relieves the gas! You cannot walk too much or too soon. Walk around your room at least. I walked many laps in the hospital within an hr of returning from post op and did it several times a day. I was fine by discharge 2 days later. The other patients who stayed in bed were still in pain from gas, at discharge. Congrats! You did it and are on your way. Each day is easier than the day before.

Yes...like i said earlier, I have heard you are not that big, 3 out of 4 times with a BMI of 35. I did not tell family or work. My medical history is no more their business than theirs is mine. Do I have the right to ask if they have ever been treated for an STD? Hemorroids? Plagued by yeast infections? NO! That would be extremely intrusive and tacky. At one of the first meetings I attended a very, very large woman said to her husband (loud enough for me to hear) "I don't know WHAT she thinks SHE is doing here?! Like all of us, my decision did not come easily and took me years to get to. Her snotty, rude comments were not tolerable. I looked her dead and the eye, smiled and said softly (although I wanted to yell), "I don't think that is very fair since I am not asking you why it took you so long to come here." She never even glanced in my direction again. Wise choice an her behalf. I was completely supportive of her choice, how dare she question mine. Stick to your guns and stick up for yourself. It is not their reflection you have to look at in the mirror. I explain my weight loss with some truth. I tell people I am staying under or around 1000 calories a day. Absolutley true. I am walking daily - again, absolutley true. When asked what my secret is? I tell them don't put it in your mouth. There is only one way in for calories to turn to fat. Chin up, you are going to love the way you feel and look. I still have a way to go but hope to be close by summer.

talk to your doctor. You may have some restrictions going on that they need to be aware of.

you will be much happier with the sleeve. non of the issues you describe. good luck!

2 moths post op. It gets better. I was in the same situation. Premier shakes are 30 grams and yes, they are hard to get down at first. Lots of ice helps. New Whey punch flavor in tall very cold glass of water, sipped all day, shakes and I was able to get through the first couple weeks. Now I drink a Premier shake a day for breakfast and eat regular healthy, high protein foods the rest of the day. Still have to eat slow and small amounts but drinking is much, much easier. No problem getting down 60 Ozs of fluids now. So, don't panic, just do the best you can, each day is easier than the previous. I found egg drop soup, protein rich and easy to get down at first. Counts into your fluids too. Our local Chinese restaurant really got to know my carry out order.

I attended pre op meetings for my VSG. In thee meetings there were dissatisfied lap band patients working their way through insurance requirements to have the band removed and the sleeve applied. Many complaints about the band . Life long need for fill adjustments, feeling sick all the time, the discomfort of the implant and being unable to lay or sit certain ways. Unable to eat dense foods without it getting stuck or causing them to vomit. Protein is dense and what you post op need the most of.

I too am 5'6" but was barely @ the minimum 35 BMI. I had to go through insurance hoops and many appts. to qualify for the surgery. I have been struggling with my ever climbing weight for 15 years and finally had to accept that I no longer could control my weight on my own and needed help. I made the decision for my health, not my critics. I have watched gangrene take both of my mother's legs and she was not over weight or a diabetic. She had genetic kidney failure. She just had the same vascular disease that causes diabetics to face amputations. Her mother was type 1 diabetic and died @ 34. I felt I was putting gas on my genetic fire with excess weight. Diabetes is the # 1 cause for amputations and blindness, and excess weight is the # 1 cause for diabetes. 90% of the people at mom's dialysis clinic were type 2 diabetics. I faced "attitude" even from the health care providers. You sure? You really don't need this surgery....yet! Oh yes...even downright snotty attitudes. Am I suppose to wait until my kidneys are damaged, my liver compromised and my toes rotting off? Here is what I did to get past the criticism......My health- OR- your attitude......YOU LOSE! Not me! Don't tell the people you think will be critical. Let them fight their own weight battles. You will find most of the critics are critical because they are afraid to take the necessary steps. Ignore the critics and feel better that you will likely keep your limbs and vision if you have the surgery and follow the rules. You can send your critics get well cards when they face weight induced health issues. I am tired of the public scorn of not being thin and being scorned by taking action. I am 2 MO post op and feel great about my decision. I would do it again in a minute and do not give a flying hoot about what anyone else thinks. I just did not tell anyone that I thought would be critical. IT IS YOUR LIFE!!

Horray 4 u. Be sure to follow post op instructions. 6 weeks out and eating food. Very sm portions. To much or too fast feels like someone punched me in the chest from the pressure. Too fast, not chewed enough or too dense it is going to make you miserable until it comes up. Once up, comfort returns. If you are real unlucky, you will end up in ER. Slow, soft and healthy. You will have room and ease for high calorie easy foods (ice cream, chocolate, etc). Stay away or you will have spent all this time and energy for nothing. This is as much mental change as it is volume change. I luv ice cream. Not a lot, just a scoop will do me and frozen yogurt is fine too. It was an evening ritual. I have not had any! I get it out for my husband but do not touch. I like the scale needle sliding to the left instead of the right. Even just daring to get on a scale again in refreshing. I too had to go through a long time and many hoops for insurance, I have to make it worth all the time and effort. I want to be healthy most of all.

My surgery has been a personal journey. No family, friends, work are aware. Only my husband outside of medical staff. Therefore, I cannot share pics but wish I could. I started out in a size 16, BMI 35. Now I am able to get into some 10s, 12 very comfortably. As you must be aware, this choice is not exactly main stream accepted...yet! It comes with criticism about being lazy and just not trying hard enough, or taking the easy way out. This far from the easy way out. In one of the pre surgical meetings another patient said I didn't need the surgery. Granted her bmi was much greater than mine. An attitude I dealt with from many others during the pre surgical process. According to every weight chart I did qualify and I was the one willing to take the necessary steps to admit, and correct the fact that I was unable to lose and maintain weight loss on my own. Humbling. Having had enough, I looked her in the eye and told her it really wasn't a very fair judgement since I did not judge why it took her so long to make the decision for surgery. Borderline BMI or under 40 BMI patients face criticism from society and are not as supported for their decision both socially and by some medical staff. We tend to have to keep our choice for surgery hidden. Not fair, but true until care givers become more supportive and less judgmental. This surgery is becoming a very healthy cash cow so I anticipate a major attitude change in the next 5 years or so. Hopfully you are getting all the support you need and the criticism is minimal and easily ignored. Some criticize because they do not have the courage or the ambition it takes to do this. If you face any of those people, consider them jealous and stay on track. We have to stay diligent for the rest of our lives for lifelong success. I did this for a better health. If it is a choice for me between improving my health or someone else's opinion...they lose!! My almost 30 lb loss includes the lbs lost pre surgery. Post surgery it has been 20 & climbing. Stay off the scale daily. I was just stressing myself out. Once a week now. I have stalled in the past week but I know plateaues are to be expected. Eating all foods now. You will find what works best for You. Immediately following surgery egg drop Soup worked best. Goes down easy & high in Protein. I had trouble this week with chicken and pork tenderloin. Both came back up. Cooked the pork in the crock, shredded and chewed a lot but just too dense. Chicken was dry and just got stuck. I accept responsibility that I have to eat much more slowly. Lesson learned. Don't be scared to try things when it is time. Everyone is different. Even if it comes back up I is not like when your are illness sick. It comes back up, you feel better, done. Those 2 times are the only 2 times. Are you thirsty? I am and so was every other VSG patient in our post op group meeting. I believe this is different than the other bypass surgeries. Keep up the good work! I am thrilled I had it done. Hope your results are similar.

I am post op and feel your confusion/concern. We sure can put on 7 lbs in a weekend but cut our caloric intake by less than half and our body hangs onto the pounds....at first. Don't cheat and your body will finally catch up. What they failed to tell me was you gain weight immediately following surgery. You are pumped full of IV fluids and I found out later the weight gain is normal. I put back on 12 lbs! Go through the surgery and come out holding the weight I had lost pre surgery. After 2 days that dropped off a pound a day. 6 weeks later I am down almost 30 lbs and 2 sizes almost 3 from my highest. Feels great to feel in control of my health. Followed the pre op rules to a T. Had no nausea or vomiting post op. Up walking a couple hrs after surgery. No gas pressure in my back or shoulders. My only post op cheat is reg coffee. Keep it down to 2 mugs before work and drink lots of water all day. Good luck. You are going to love your new body!

My BCBS insurance required 6 mo of weight loss, monitored by monthly doctor appts, with a set weight goal of at least 10 lbs. My BMI was 35 to start. I just qualified. Also had to go to physc. eval & an exercise class. I lost the weight on time but 6 mo turned into 9 mo getting all the appts to meet all the parameters, then having the doctor dictate a letter to BCBS confirm I had met all the prerequisites. I then had a one day marathon of tests and appts at the hospital before surgery. Surgery was then finally scheduled for a month later. Long haul! I am 6 wks post op. No regrets. Feel good. Down 2 sizes and dropping. Do exactly what they tell you. Day of surgery and after - WALK! It makes a huge difference in how rapidly you recover. Helps quickly eliminate the pressure from the surgery. The ones that did not walk remained uncomfortable. I was fine. Remember this is not a free pass to eat whatever you want and not gain weight. It is only a tool to control your appetite, therefore your temptations. You will still have to avoid the things and quantities that got us in trouble in the first place. It is just much much easier now. A friend has not changed her eating and drinking habits from her original lifestyle and gained back most of the weight she originally lost, a couple years later. What a waste! She is working her way back on track now. Diligent healthy choices will always be required for success. Good luck! You have made a huge decision to grab control of your life and health. I am thrilled I did. Hope you will too.