Michelle111

I am 3 weeks post op today. I had my sleeve on January 22nd. It went incredibly smooth. After surgery I was up walking within hours. The first few days I found it most difficult to drink warm liquid instead of cool or even room temp. Chicken broth was my friend! I never did have, and still haven't really had any pain associated with my incisions. I had pain in the middle of my spine and my shoulder pretty bad the first few days. The surgeon stated that was referred pain from my diaphram being irritated. I did not experience any nausia. Within a couple days of surgery I was out shopping at the mall and out to a movie! I returned to work within a week right after my post op.

The day of surgery I weighed 220. My highest weight was over 280 (my scale only went to 280 so I don't know the true highest). The day after surgery when I went home, I weighed 232! The doctor assured me this was just water weight and it would take about a month to even out. I am now at 205. I find I stay at the same weight for 2-3 days usually which is suprising just because my calorie intake is still so low. I'm on soft foods for one more week. The things I find easiest to eat right now are soft poached eggs, cottage cheese, soup, shrimp coctail, cheese. I still have at least one protein shake a day which I don't love at this point. It doesn't keep me full very long at all, but at least I know I am getting a lot of protein. Another thing I do is make sugar free pudding and I add protein powder to it. That is suprisingly filling. I'm suprised that I actually am hungry frequently. I fill up fast, but am hungry again soon. I hope this passes when I am onto my new life long eating plan :) I keep having to remind myself to eat very slow, take tiny bites, and wait in between bites for the food to go all the way down. I threw up one time last weekend, because I took 2 bites of something too quickly and it just wouldn't go down. I hope to not make that mistake again anytime soon!

I have been overweight my entire life, since 4 or 5 years old. I have had diabetes over 10 years, which was becoming increasingly difficult to manage and I was about to have to go on insullin. My primary driver for surgery was a cure or major improvement in my diabetes. I'm happy to report that I've not taken my diabetic meds since a week before surgery. I'm waking up with a fasting blood sugar of 95 to 105!! I'm very excited.

I found Bariatricpal when I was searching the web for different issues and symptoms post op. I decided to join and I'm so glad I did. I find it very comforting to read other people experiencing some of the same issues I am going through. I hope it will be an encouragement to me, and that I will in turn encourage others.