DallasSleeve

Hi everyone! My surgery was June 10th and I have to admit it was pretty rough! My Dr. said the surgery went really well except that they had trouble getting the camera scope down my esphogaus. Apparently, I have a little curve in it so they had to do a lot of wiggling. This led to a lot of chest pain afterwards! I was in recovery for 3 hours because I could not stop vomiting. And it was blue vomit- tmi, I know but did you know the dye they use in surgery was blue? The nausea did not stop there- I threw up and dry-heaved several times the next 2 days, including the barium swallow and the first dose of liquid pain meds. It REALLY hurt every time! I was definitely questioning my decision to have the surgery. BUT, now 6 days out, I am feeling so much better. I've only been on liquid tylenol so I was able to drive yesterday, go to church today and start feeling normal again. And I slept on my side last night! I am excited for this journey and to get to the mushy stage- I'm really having trouble getting in the protein. Can't wait to see how everyone else is doing!

What about back pain? I think it's from being hunched over?

Thanks for responding. That's what I've read too, but it made me nervous since my friends couldn't remember that happening. Does your incision look differently from the others? The painful one is indented, the others are flat and smooth.

My surgery was the same day- June 10th. I'm really hoping it gets better! I am having lots of incision pain in one spot and the left shoulder gas pain is keeping me up at night. Praying for relief!