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Thank you all David I am on australia so it might be hard I am seeing my GP on Monday to get another dietician It looks like I am sound what you have all been told....except for the time I ate far to much soup! I was worried that the home made soup may not have been classed as a liquid...I suppose it would go up a thick straw! But then others are on Jello which doesn't go up a straw? That is what has me most confused I will be two weeks in Monday so I will try and contact my suregeon again! But it sounds like I'd I wanted to have a couple of mouthfuls of scrambled eggs that would be ok? I have plenty of Protein shakes so I will just stick to those for another few weeks What's done is done with the soup and I'm not sick yet!

So I am 12 days post sleeve I have had a pretty rough time The pain the first week was just awful Things have improved but I still on pain killers occasionally and get some sharp pain when I eat I have had very little instruction or support from my surgical and dietician team I know I am to be on fluids, but the Optifast is so disgusting my mother in law made me some purée Soup, I have only had one small bowl a day 2 days ago I had some cream of chicken soup made with Water and skim milk and I think I ate to much to fast and became very unwell Although I did not vomit I felt like I need to and had to lye down for about half an hour until it passed I have attempted to contact my surgeon but no one ever rings me back I so scared o have damaged my sleeve I seem to be hungry all the time and the hunger pains are painful I still have occasional left shoulder pain...although I think this is muscular and am completely exhausted I have no nause now and no fevers Plus I went back to work 2 days ago I don't know what to do

Hi Lindsay! I'm so sorry your having a rough time...although it is reassuring to know that it is probably normal! I off to see my GP this morning to get some more pain meds. I am day 4 post surgery and am able to drink more now but still in a lot of pain Plus I get exhausted with small boughts of activity I feel awful as I can't look after my kids and my Mother in law is here everyday helping out But I better than yesterday And I managedy first Protein drink today Trying to stay positive and get moving Still having massive regret though...I homestly feel like I have mutilated myself P

Thanks Babbs So are these 'gastric spasms' normal? So many people seem to say they have no pain I getting these sharp spasms if I drink even the smallest amount of Water and other times after nothing They wake me up and pain relief dosent seem to help My surgeon is not much help she just said 10-15% of people get this deep visceral pain I just need to know it is normal and will go away I am suppose to be back at work in 3 days! I can afford a complication X

Hi Me agin So I had my surgery Monday morning and it's now Thursday Although there has been some improvement I am still very miserable and sore Water still hurtS to go down I can't move very well and I'm pretty blue about the whole thing I started the Protein drinks this morning and it took 3 hours of sipping to finish a cup full I assume this is all normal Am just so exhausted X P

Hi So I had my gastric sleeve yesterday morning and it's been awful Still getting sharp pain in chest and upper abdomen with even the smallest sip of Water Can't imagine how I am going to go home tomorrow And massive regret...what have I done to myself! I feel mutilated

Thank you all for your comments...except for the last two Especially the person who called me grim My surgery is tomorrow so I guess I will find out for myself Due to the few negative comments I will be logging off from this forum

Ok freaking out again! I am due to have surgery in 3 days I have lost 6kg in two weeks on the prop diet I started with a low BMI and now it looks like it will be around 31 day on surgery So I plugged my numbers into one of those online calculators and it says my estimated at loss at 12 months is only 10kg!!!! What? Why am I doing this for 10kg!!! My starting wt was 98kg I am now 92 and I really wanted to get to 68-70kg zone...which is 20-22kg! Is this unrealistic? My surgeon has not set any goals for me, just the standard 70% of excess weight loss...which according to the calculator is only 10kg Did you loose more than expected? Do you think the Sugery was woth it for lose with a lower BMI?

Hello I am 6 days away from surgery...and freaking out a little My BMI is 31 so I keep asking ...do I really need to do this? I have been reading how hungry people are post op and was wondering who had this experience? I have been on a liquid (optifast) diet for a week now and finding I am not very hungry at all except at night which im pretty sure is head hunger as I miss eating dinner with my family Does doing this diet pre op help with hunger post op? I thought you were suppose to not be hungry after the op? My biggest fear is that I will have the surgery and feel like I am on a permenant diet!!!!!

I am a week before surgery and my bmi is just under 31....May even be closer to 30 on day of surgery I am in Australia and don't really have any other medical problems...except fasting glycemia that might become diabetes in 5/10 years I am so sick of working really hard to loose a small amount of weight to put it all back on (plus interest) I am second guessing my decision a little.... For those who were really hungry post op did you do a pre op diet? I have been on optifast for a week and am not very hungry any more...will I still be hungry after the op?

Thank you all so much for your kinds words! Today has been a bit easier My dietician is a cow which does not help....I'm still very scared but knowing things will be better than this stupid diet post op makes me feel better

Hi Sarah Thanks for the reply Have you started your diet? I am having a pretty blue day Not sure if it's just the carb wothdrawl but I'm having a lot of second thoughts about the surgery I just don't want to get it done! I don't want to be on this diet and I am scared I will never enjoy eating....or get off this dieting rebound about Most of all I just don't want to fail Hope your day 2 is going a little better than mine P

Help! So it's my second day on the preop- Optifast diet A little hungry and the shakes and Soups are awful, but it's not that bad I am just really starting to have second thoughts about the surgery It's so permenent Am I always going to feel like I am on a diet?? I think I would rather be fat then never eat normally again Please tell me this is just presurg gitters I know I need to do this for myself and my family, I just feel like such a loser for doing this to myself and worry that I won't find anything I enjoy as much as food and wine in the evenings Maybe I am just feeling sorry for myself....I am also lower BMI 32 so keep second guessing my decision ( I have pre diabetes)

Hi all So here we go About to start my 2 week optifast diet (I think is a bit silly as it's quite high in carbs) my Nut are all about the money and the up sell....but I think the 'detox' from carbs and eating bit meals will be helpful post op. Plus stopping drinking! I am actually looking forward to the 'detox' I have one night in the middle which is a good friends 40th...I do plan on eating dinner that day (not just shakes) but I am going to eat low carb and minimise alcohol...then back on the shakes for the week before surgery....I am worried it will be hard but am trying to convince myself it may be the last 'diet' I have to go on and focus on good food choices post op My BMI is 32 but I have prediebetes As most people are fairly judgmental at my lower BMI I have told everyone I am having my hiatus hernia repaired...a half truth that also explains the pre and post op diets I can not WAIT to loose some weight and am actually looking forward to 2 nights in hospital without the kids in my bed! Would love to hear from some recently sleeves people about recovery? As I am pretty nervous about that!

Thank you all for the positive responses I know it the rite thing to do, and I excited about my new life Going to try hard for the next few weeks to ignore all the negative feelings and focus on the positive Thanks again And I will keep you posted X P