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feeling good! surgery went well. keeping down liquids. only thing some pressure in the chest like ifood is stuck. but it has gotten better and of course tenderness at the belly. they may even let me go home this afternoon and start full liquids tomorrow. i hope everyone is doing well.
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Going down for my swallow test soon. Hopefully I will get some ice chips after that. Funny the things we look forward to. Sent from my SM-G900V using the BariatricPal App

I can't sip or have ice yet, I'm so dry. I also have constant nausea. They have tried 3 different nausea meds and I'm still dry heaving. Pretty miserable. Convinced that it will get better every day
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Congrats all you 26ers! Please keep us updated on how it goes for you.

Omg I'm July 28 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL
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Feeling really good, ice chips are heaven! Congrats everyone on your achievement. I'm so sleepy though so I'm gonna take a nap!
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I made it to the other side. Surgery started at 820 this morning. Minimal pain and no nausea. Havin a hard tome sipin. I get fill after two sippies. Woowoooo. Will wrte more later! Wanted to check on my sisters!!! Im so so sleepy
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Just getting ready to go to the hospital! I'm so psyched to get this done and feeling great! I hope everyone's surgery is great!
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Good luck ladies!!!! You will all rock this! 24 hours left for me..

I also had surgery this afternoon. I was a ball of nerves, but surgery went well. Was in serious pain the first hour post op but since then it really hasn't been bad at all. I've been able to drink about 10oz of Water and a small bottle of Isopure which has shocked me. Getting my bladder to relax was a project, but I was determined as I did NOT want a catheter. Now if only I could get some freaking sleep in this place.
First day of my "new" life!!!!

Your story sounds very similar to mine except for the esophageal erosion. I didn't have that. My band was either too loose or too tight. But I was revised on July 22nd. What I find interesting is that your incisions go up and down your torso. Mine are in a crooked line across my abdomen with a drainage tube on my left hip. I didn't have much pain either except for a horrible unrelenting headache. I figured out later it was caffeine withdrawals. Congrats on your sleeve!!

My clinic called me at 9am today to confirm my surgery details for tomorrow. I was super excited to hear it would be at 11am so I could sleep in a little. Just as I got done telling my parent's about "not being a morning person...so glad it's not at 6am"....I go to my car with a voice mail that says...
"Your surgery time has changed. You will need to be at the center at 6am. Haha...I guess I spoke too soon.
So excited to take the next steps. Had an adjustment today and a massage so my body is calm and my mind is centered for the morning. Hope everyone did well today or is healing from previous. Best Wishes to everyone going in on 7/28.
Meow.

Well i am 1 day post op and i feel pretty darn good. I didnt ask for pain meds a second ago for the pain but i asked for pain meds for my headache. Lol
Here is my surgery story.
I had the lapband in 2007 and did great with it at first. Then the last two years most everythi ng i would eat or drink would start coming up. Started having severe pain in my esophagus and started throwing up blood. An endoscopy revealed that i had a class c esophageal erosion. The band had to come out
Met with surgeon and determined the bnd would come out and he would revise to sleeve!!!! Scheduled my op for july 26 yesterday.
Had to be at the hospital at 5 am for an 8 am surgery. Prep for surger i got a patch for nausea to help with any nausea from meds. Then they gave me a shot in my tummy To help with possible clots. Met with sirgeon and andsthesiologist to discuss surgery. Then they gave me versed before wheeling me back to surg. Best "margarita" ever. Then i was totally worry free. I was still awake in or. They hooked me up with all the electrodes and the anesthesiologist said ok its nap time im putting u to sleep. I said just please make sure i wake up. Then make sure i wake up sleeved!!!!! I was so worried there would b such a mess in my body that wiuld have to hold off on the sleeve.
Next thing i knew theybwere waking me up. Zero pain. I just said yayy im alive and ong was i sleeved??? They said u sire were. Then my main concern was going to peepee. I had to go really bad. Surgery took an hour and a half and i was in my own room by 11. They immediately got me to the pot. Was sore but not bad pain.
No gas pains yet either. I wone up with a binder on which feels great. Especially when i get up to walk or go to the bathroom. Ive probabky walked about 6 laps. Blood pressure has been a little low but they said its expcted because of the pain meds
No fever. Nurses are amazing.
Getting woken up so often is for the birds tho. Other than that ive been sleeping a lot. sleep with my binder on and the pumps on my legs to prohibit clots.
I had a popsicle and some sips of broth and sips of Water. Did not hurt when first going down but i was apprehensive at first. I did take a swig too large and it was uncomfortable but not painful. Have only drank half bottle of Water. But staying hydrated thru iv for now
They did my barium swallow this mirning to check for leaks and NO LEAKS. Yayyyyyyy. I feel so so much better without the band in i can already tell a big difference. I have 6 incisions. Some are rather large but im ok with that. Ill attach a pic which shows three i think. Three large incisions mid tummy and the other smaller ones are up under breasts. It was all a success and very pleasant. So happy to be on the loser bench.
Fyi BIOTINE mouth rinse helps so so much with dry mouth. So get that for sure.
Hope everyone is doing well!!!!!! Here is a pic of my incisions. So excited to begin my healthier happy life!!!!!!!

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Just a little update, I have my first post-op appointment tomorrow. Kinda excited to see how I'm doing. In terms of my recovery I'm 10 days post op, most of my pain is completely gone, eating well on mushies, was really nauseated yesterday but have not thrown up at all yet. I was really constipated, but today have had a few boughts of diarrhea, which believe it or not actually made me feel a lot better, just have to make sure I drink some extra Water because of it. A few of my steri strips fell off ( but I have this awful glue residue, any ideas how to get it off?)but the incisions look great, seem to be healing well. How's everyone else doing?
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Oh ya, and I can finally sleep pretty good on my side again!
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oh what I wouldn't give to be able to sleep on my side!!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

This is my last night as this person. Surgery is in the morning. I'm not nervous about the surgery, but I am thinking a lot about how my new life will be. Good luck tomorrow my fellow 27s!

Went in for my last weigh in this morning , weight was 260 from 345 my highest. I don't think people will expect weight loss surgery because once again everybody knew I was dieting and going to the gym for awhile now. Anyway surgery on tomorrow, they've changed my surgery time three times, so hopefully this time they gave me sticks. Not nervous as of right now, this morning I woke up in a panic attack. I'm just lying in bed right now cause that magnesium citrate has me feeling ugh, that's some horrible stuff! Congrats to my July sleevers, much love to the ones on tomorrow as well, and I can't wait to hear from all the 26ers soon!P.s. I smelled pizza in the car today and I know for a fact there was no pizza. The mind plays serious tricks on you when you can't eat.

I had mine July 8th
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Ok friends, it's getting real! Milk of Magnesia tonite, then only liquids tomorrow (this week i was allowed yogurt, Jello and pudding in addition to liquids)
All packed. I'm so ready to get rid of fat clothes, lol
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Good morning! I was shocked, I got to sleep pretty quickly (midnite by the time I got in bed) and slept well the whole 4 hours I got. Up to get ready, leaving in a half hour. So excited! Good luck today all! We got this! Today is a new start to a healthier us!
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Good morning! I was shocked, I got to sleep pretty quickly (midnite by the time I got in bed) and slept well the whole 4 hours I got. Up to get ready, leaving in a half hour. So excited! Good luck today all! We got this! Today is a new start to a healthier us!
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Just a quick tidbit: the sleeve started out as a stepping stone to bypass. And sometimes is still used that way. They sleeve a person, and then later on go back and do bypass. Sent from my VS990 using the BariatricPal App

Good morning! I was shocked, I got to sleep pretty quickly (midnite by the time I got in bed) and slept well the whole 4 hours I got. Up to get ready, leaving in a half hour. So excited! Good luck today all! We got this! Today is a new start to a healthier us!
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I was up every other hour
About to head to the hospital now!
Good luck ladies.
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