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This it how things are going for me. Sorry if it is long: I had my Surgery on Wednesday at 10am and everything went well. I did have a hiatal hernia that was repaired during my sleeve. One in recovery at about 12:30pm I can remember getting up and walking to the restroom twice. I was given some ice chips and some time later was given a cup of water and a pill to swallow. I was in pain from the gas. It mostly felt like pressure in my right shoulder, my neck and behind my spleen. It was horrible. I was moved to a room sometime around 5:30pm. I walked from the recovery bed to the bed in my room. I drank a couple of sips of water and fell asleep for about 30 minutes. I was determined to get rid of the gas pain at which by this time was mainly in my right shoulder and neck, so I walked for about 15 minutes. At this time the walking did not help much, I burped 1 time. Since I was on IV and drinking water I had to use the bathroom frequently and because of the pain of getting out of bed I chose to walk every time I had to urinate so I walked for about 10-15 minutes. Eventually I started burping more during my walks. The night of surgery was pretty much the same, drinking water, urinating walking and burping. I did try some chicken bullion which was delicious and helped me burp from the warmth. I did not sleep much throughout the night. The morning after surgery I decided to sit in a chair to see if I could sleep but I was still restless. I walked more and burped more throughout the morning. Since I was doing so well with my fluids, urinating and walking the doctor was most likely going to let me go home when he came back to check on me. I wanted to see if I was able to sleep before I was released so I forced myself to sleep and I was able to for about an hour. When I woke I wanted to try the thickest liquid they offered for my full liquid diet which was cream of tomato soup. I drank about 2 oz and held it down fine. I was discharged at 3:30pm that day. When I got home I felt miserable from the 20 minute ride from the hospital to home so I took some med and tried to be as comfortable as I could be the gas pain was unbearable in my shoulder but I pushed through it. I was able to finally fall asleep around 11pm Thursday night. When I woke up Friday around 5:50am I felt a lot better. I took some Tylenol, sipped on water and walked around in my house for about 1.5 hours (I am really determined to get rid of this gas today). I attempted to walk outside but the mosquitoes were horrible. Over all the experience has not been to bad the worst part for me has definitely been the gas pain but it is getting better. As a tip drinking warm bullion before and during my walking has really helped getting the gas moving. Sorry this is so long but I wanted to share my experience.

Surgery tomorrow at 10:00am.

My surgery date is 7/7 and I had to do 4 weeks. It hasn’t been to bad for me but there were days that were harder than others due to head hunger. You can do this, if you feel like you want to cheat just remember why you are doing this. The days that I was battling “my head” I thought to myself “how can I expect to stay on track after surgery if I cant stick to this” and it helped me push through the head hungers.

I started my 4 week pre-op on June 9th and after going 1 week and a day it has not been too bad. Today is day number 9 and I have been a little hungrier today then the other days. So far the hardest part of the pre-op for me has been constipation/hard stools. I started taking a stool softener on the 3rd day but so far it has not helped much, I will be trying Miralax for a couple of days to see if it helps. 3 more weeks to go. When do your pre-ops start?

Welcome to team July!

My surgeon requires me to be in the pre op diet for 4 weeks so I am taking this week to enjoy a couple of my favorites. I was curious to know when I will be able to eat “normal” foods again once I start the diet so calculated the days and that won’t be until September 3. Right now my mind is like wow that is a long time, but I know time will fly especially as I get closer to surgery.

I am scheduled for July 7th.