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I need help finding Multivitamins and Calcium supplements that I can swallow easily. Post-op I was taking chewables for both, which became sickening after a while. I was happy to be cleared for Vitamins I can swallow. The problem is, I have to take three multivitamins or three calciums at a time to get the right dosage. It is difficult ingesting three pills at a time with a small stomach. I obviously cannot take them right after eating since I have to wait the mandatory 45 minutes after eating in order to drink something. I started taking the multivitamins with my morning Protein shake so I can swallow them as I go along. They do sometimes make me nauseous. Is anyone taking a multi or a calcium that has everything in it that we sleevers need without having to take 3 at a time?

Had my post-op doctor's visit yesterday. Bandages were removed. Lost 10 lbs. since surgery! Was approved to move on to pureed foods stage. Made a mushed-up scrambled egg when I got home, but it took me an hour to eat it. I should've started with something smoother, but it'll get better.

Can it really be 5 days since I got sleeved? Well, I'm counting the days until I meet with the doctor and get cleared to eat pureed food. I must say that considering I am on liquids, I really am not hungry. I just want something to chew! Soreness is going away. No real pain. I never got my Rx filled as I decided to tough it out. Swallowing is still a chore. I certainly know when my sip is too big because my stomach retaliates. The easiest thing to go down are the sugar-free Luigi's ices since they just melt and slide down on their own. Hope everyone else is getting along well.

Was in the hospital gown the entire time, so nightgown/pjs not needed. Wouldn't let me shower, so shampoo/body wash etc, not needed. Didn't need baby spoons, they provided spoons, but believe me, you really won't want to eat. Water was my only friend. Biotene helped since I couldn't drink anything the day of surgery. Headphones/earbuds definitely helped since I had a snoring roommate. My hospital gave me a pillow with the sleeve procedure diagram on it - it was an autograph pillow, so my nurses and doctors signed it...lol.

I'm officially sleeved! I had my surgery on 7/19 and all seemed to have gone well. I wasn't in too much pain that first day, but the following day when they took away my Happy Button a/k/a morphine, some pain kicked in. I would walk a few laps from my room to the nurses station only to get a little nauseous and headed back to my room. Could not sleep well at night since I had a 97-year old roommate with a hip fracture and alzheimer's that snored ALL night. The clear diet they gave in the hospital was not working, so I just drank the Water. I came home yesterday and am trying my best to get the liquids down. Does anyone else hear a gurgling in their throats as the liquids settle in the stomach?

Day 12 of my pre-op diet and I've lost 12 lbs. Can't complain about that. I'm actually doing pretty well on it since they allow plain oatmeal, Greek yogurt, and veggies, as well as replacing one of the four shakes with a few ounces of chicken or fish or some egg whites. I'm being creative with what my menu options are for these two weeks. I met with my surgeon on Friday to discuss the risks and what's to come after. I am amazingly calm and not nervous at all. My surgery is Tuesday morning, 7/19 at 8:45am. I'm trying not to think about pain and gas (and gas pain). I'm just looking forward to the newly shaped me that is on it's way! Best of luck to all the other 7/19-ers (as well as everyone else here).

Can you post a link to the stomach brace/stomach binders you are talking about. Thanks. https://www.amazon.com/Medline-4-Panel-Abdominal-Binder-2X-Large/dp/B009GPZD5W I got this one, it gets good reviews, and feels sturdy yet comfortable when I tried It on. I just know that with my luck, I'll have to cough or sneeze like crazy after surgery, and I will need something to help it not hurt so bad. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App Is this something that your doctor/hospital recommended getting or is it just from word of mouth?

One week on my pre-op diet and already dropped 7 pounds. One more week to go. July 19th, here I come!

Me too!

Charger Headphones (for whiteniise to drown out noise of nurses, roomate etc... Snacks..hahaha. Jk. We WONT be needing snacks No slip socks/ house shoes Heating pad Everyone join in so we get more ideas!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I was thinking of bringing a personal CD player with a book on CD to listen to.

Don't, forget toothpaste, toothbrush and hairbrush.

It will be ok! You've come this far! There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow so you need to stay on the right path!

Same here. My surgery is also 7/19 and I started my pre-op diet today! Halfway through the day!

I've been enjoying a few indulgences before I start my 2-week diet on 7/5. Nothing major - a hot dog here, some ice cream there, maybe a pastry or two. I'm not really dreading the liquid diet since for the past 5 months, I would usually have just a protein shake for breakfast and again for lunch and eating only dinner (with a few light snacks in between). My surgery is on 7/19. I sometimes feel tiny twinges of dread as I think about the actual procedure of what it going to happen, but I snap out of it because I know this is the only road for me because I am tired of the yo-yo-ing I've been doing all my life.

How are you feeling today after the surgery? Any major gas pains? I'm assuming you are still in the hospital. How's it going?