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My revision surgery (sleeve to SADI) went well on Thursday. My pain is almost non-existent, and my energy levels are good. Pacing myself getting liquids and protein in but doing fairly well with that as well. I was discharged the day after surgery and I'm home now.

Today is the big day! Wishing all my January 11th surgery twins the best of luck today. We got this!

Wishing you the best of luck. Please let us know how you're doing as soon as you're able to do so.

Congratulations! You give me hope. I just received my January surgery date for a revision or completion from a sleeve to a SADI. I was sleeved in August 2020 and will have the SADI in January. I'm around your age, 54, and a slow loser, so I'm hoping for the best. My NEW surgeon will also be repairing a hiatal hernia, removing a portion of my fundus that was left, and correcting the bottom of my sleeve which for some reason has a sharp right hook. I kid you not! I'm hopeful this time around will be different. You summed it up perfectly, fight for the life you deserve.

January 11th… ready for round two, sleeve to SADI.

I was alone as well due to the hospitals Covid-19 policy. The staff was great, and I kept my phone until I was wheeled in to surgery. Like others have said, too coped up and sleepy to want anyone around me. My surgery was at 10am, and the first time I even thought about my phone was after 6pm. I sent a quick text to my family and went back to sleep. On day two my focus was sipping and walking, no time to miss family. Again, the nurses are amazing, I never felt lonely.

Ask your doctor about wearing a binder. I still had pain two weeks post, and my doctor recommended I wear a binder. Four days later the pain was gone.

Happy belated birthday! I returned to work on Monday, so I haven’t had as much time on the boards as usual. Still adjusting to my schedule, but so far so good. I’m able to work from home, but still demanding and long hours, but finding my grove. i hit the infamous week three stall, but otherwise doing good with purées, after a rough first two days with transition. Look forward to advancing to soft foods.

I still had incision pain two weeks post. After mentioning this during my post op visit, my surgeon said it was just the muscles healing and suggested I wear a binder. I started wearing one the same day. Woke up four days later and no pain. Exactly what he said would happen.

The infamous stall just hit me as well. Had a good laugh with my dietician today giving all the credit to my awareness of the week 3 stall to Bariatricpal! I will continue to do what I’m supposed to do and hope it doesn’t last too long. Good luck everyone going through this phase.

Thanks again everyone for the great advice based on your experiences. Today was MUCH better! I went with fat free cottage cheese for breakfast, and ricotta bake for lunch and dinner. No problems whatsoever! Literally like night and day. I love my surgeon, and I’m glad I went with him, but I heard Dr. Dovec from GBMC Bariatrics speak at a conference today, and afterwards I visited their site and found tons of helpful resources, with lots more detail than my center provided. Here’s the link if interested. https://www.gbmc.org/compbinder

I was so excited to get to the puréed stage of the diet, but it has not been as wonderful as I imagined. Today is day two on purées, and my taste buds are all over the place. So far I’ve tried scrambled eggs, which I loved prior to surgery, now they’re gross. Next up was one of my favorite soups prior to being sleeved, Panera’s Chicken Tortilla Soup. Yuck! My standouts in terms of taste have been guacamole, hummus, and baked sweet potato with sour cream, but everything including the foods I liked has made me feel terrible; belching, burping, tightness in chest area, stomach pain, and more noise and gurgling then usual. Tomorrow I will try oatmeal and the famous ricotta bake. I don’t want to give up and rely solely on shakes for another couple weeks, but it’s not looking good. If I take the easy way out, how will I ever progress to soft foods, and then a regular diet? Could it be anxiety about progressing? Anyone else fear purées?

Wow! My insurance covers it 100%, I don’t even have my usual prescription co-zoster. I did not realize it was so expensive.

Unfortunately the Nascobel is prescription only.

Thank you for the great tips, and for confirming that I’m not crazy about my taste being a bit off.

Thanks for the helpful comments. Definitely rethinking tomorrow’s oatmeal. I went back and reviewed the sample purée meal plans provided by the nutritionist, and the first thing I saw was scrambled eggs, and oatmeal. However your comments make a lot more sense. I will update you tomorrow.

This might be my problem. I just posted about purées not going well, but perhaps some of my discord is self induced by eating too fast.

Glad you’re past your stall.

My surgery was August 31, and I’ve been averaging 300-400 calories per day. Advanced to purée today, and still just over 400 calories. I wasn’t able to consume a lot my first day with purée, but will gradually build and stay under 500 calories for purée and soft. Definitely talk with your dietician. Also, based on what you indicated eating in a day, you’re getting between 80-110 grams of protein in drinks alone, not counting what you get in your meals and snack.

I’m thankful for waking up each morning since my surgery, and knowing I have a new lease on life, with possibilities I haven’t dreamed of in over 20 years. For a practically textbook surgery and recovery so far with no major complications, except minor pain around one incision. And, for supportive family, friends, colleagues, and forum pals who’ve helped me along the way. You just never know how much something you write in this forum touches/helps others.

Good luck!

My surgeons office recommends a nasal spray, Nascobel. You spray in one nostril once a week. After week one my energy was pretty good, and one less thing to worry about taking daily,

Fatigue! I took naps daily for 2-weeks. Also, pain management.

I’m two weeks post, and took off 3 weeks. Everyone’s different, but I definitely could not have returned to work after one week, and I work from home, due to he pandemic. Others in the forum have indicated a return after a week, so it’s definitely possible, don’t be discouraged, the good news is your boss is willing to work with you, but if it’s option look into short term disability, or see if your boss will allow you to be in the negative with your leave. Good luck!