Lisa Gilkison

Hello all, I'm new to the forums. 😊 I was looking for those with gastric sleeve surgery dates in November 2024 but couldn't find a thread for one. Anyway, I have a surgery date of 11-26-2024. I cannot be more excited! It's been a long time coming for me. Anyone else this month?

My surgeon said no to caffeine. Two reasons were Gerd and Barretts. It would increase the stomach acid. I love coffee and drank coffee until the day before surgery. Almost 2 weeks post-up and I have not had any coffee. It was a bit difficult, but I don't seem too bad. I had started incorporating more water for months before my surgery and changed my coffee habit by mostly only drinking at work. That seems to help.

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I am 1 week 9 days out. When I first came home, I felt so hungry several times. I was thinking, this is my life now. I'm always going to have a growly stomach. But then I read somewhere that our stomach still needs to learn our new signals for hunger. Also, we have head hunger. Our brain has to learn the new signals as well. So, I am keeping the prescribed diet until my body can learn to communicate. In addition, some of those hunger signals could be thirst signals. So, making sure I drink enough water does help.

Hello everyone, I am 59 and will be 60 at the end of March. I am 1 week and 4 days post-op. I feel great. The most pain I had was a migraine for about four days after surgery. There were a few contributing factors. Kicking caffeine was one of them. I also get a headache anytime I have a fever. My normal temp is 97 degrees, and a low-grade fever of 99-100 affects me in getting a headache. My nurse's daughter explained that having a low-grade fever like that meant I was healing. But otherwise, I am doing just fine.🙂 I was worried I was too old for the surgery. I kicked myself for not doing this sooner. It was a lot easier than I expected. But I will return to work on Monday, and we will see how that goes.

Hi Zazu, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area in the US. It is nice to meet you. I had a question: what milk and jelly? I have not heard of this before.

I hope you are doing well, too! I am at the end of an unhealthy journey and taking the first steps in a lengthy new, healthier journey.

Hi everybody! I am pretty new to the forums. Up until now, I was a lurker. I am working towards setting the date in mid-August. My choice is the gastric sleeve. I hope to get to know you all!