Back to life, back to reality!

[Souldancer 0]

Well, almost! After getting the sleeve on the 13th I head back to work on Wednesday, which just happens to be the day I can start on soft foods and it's my birthday!!

I have to say that I had what seems to be a really speedy, successful, and thankfully uneventful recovery. My time in the hospital was fine, I happen to work at the hospital where I had surgery so I had some friendly visitors from colleagues and great care (which I know would have happened no matter what) and I was told all along the way how well I was doing.

I had my surgery at 9am on Tuesday and was out around 10. My Dr. said that it went great, that there was minimal bleeding and when I woke up I didn't even have drains in. The PCA pump with my pain meds was a blessing but I didn't use it all that often and I was up and walking that afternoon.

I got home on Wednesday after urinating on my own and doing the swallow test to check for leaks. All was well and I was home on my own couch by (everyone else's) dinner time. One thing that was really hard was that I got NO liquids or ice chips my entire stay. I was soo thirsty the whole time so when I got home, sipping juice was fantastic. My first 3 days post op was all juice all the time, 100% juice diluted 1/2 & 1/2 with Water. After that I progressed to Protein shakes and I'm on those until Wednesday. I'm so tired of the sweet shakes so I've been enjoying blended Soups with unflavored powder.

I weighed myself the morning of surgery and I was 257.5 and I am now 241 so I'm down 16.5 lbs. in less than 2 weeks. I think that's a good start but I really don't have anything to compare it to- I just know that's better than anything else I've ever done!

I'm really looking forward to moving onto the soft foods stage although I'm a little nervous about starting that while I'm back at work. Thankfully the admin I work with had this surgery last year and knows everything I'm going through so I have someone to compare notes to.

I am feeling good, happy that I'm almost at the point where I can incorporate some soft healthy foods and I'm actually excited to start planning healthy meals for me and my partner.

I'm really enjoying reading everyone's posts and hope to be an active part of this site!

[breezy 8]

Well, almost! After getting the sleeve on the 13th I head back to work on Wednesday, which just happens to be the day I can start on soft foods and it's my birthday!!

I have to say that I had what seems to be a really speedy, successful, and thankfully uneventful recovery. My time in the hospital was fine, I happen to work at the hospital where I had surgery so I had some friendly visitors from colleagues and great care (which I know would have happened no matter what) and I was told all along the way how well I was doing.

I had my surgery at 9am on Tuesday and was out around 10. My Dr. said that it went great, that there was minimal bleeding and when I woke up I didn't even have drains in. The PCA pump with my pain meds was a blessing but I didn't use it all that often and I was up and walking that afternoon.

I got home on Wednesday after urinating on my own and doing the swallow test to check for leaks. All was well and I was home on my own couch by (everyone else's) dinner time. One thing that was really hard was that I got NO liquids or ice chips my entire stay. I was soo thirsty the whole time so when I got home, sipping juice was fantastic. My first 3 days post op was all juice all the time, 100% juice diluted 1/2 & 1/2 with Water. After that I progressed to Protein shakes and I'm on those until Wednesday. I'm so tired of the sweet shakes so I've been enjoying blended Soups with unflavored powder.< /p>

I weighed myself the morning of surgery and I was 257.5 and I am now 241 so I'm down 16.5 lbs. in less than 2 weeks. I think that's a good start but I really don't have anything to compare it to- I just know that's better than anything else I've ever done!

I'm really looking forward to moving onto the soft foods stage although I'm a little nervous about starting that while I'm back at work. Thankfully the admin I work with had this surgery last year and knows everything I'm going through so I have someone to compare notes to.

I am feeling good, happy that I'm almost at the point where I can incorporate some soft healthy foods and I'm actually excited to start planning healthy meals for me and my partner.

I'm really enjoying reading everyone's posts and hope to be an active part of this site!

Welcome, Souldancer (really like that handle)! It's nice to hear that things have gone so smoothly for you and that you have people around who support you and even understand the surgery! That's something some of our members don't have.

I'll watch for your posts to see how you are doing!

[Souldancer 0]

Thank you and congrats on your great success too!! I have a quick question for you... I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get my weight ticker attached... I see there's an HTML button on the page where I write my post but I'm not sure what part of it to put where. Sorry to ask a tech question but I'm stumped and saw that you have one.

I do feel really lucky to have the support I have, my partner had a hard time at first, she thought the surgery was extreme and she was very worried but now that I'm post op and doing well she's happy for me. It took some time to get her to come around but it finally happened!

Have a great day...

[laylasmojo 10]

First of all congrats on a succesfull surgery and recovery and great job loosing so much allready. Second Happy early Birthday!!!! and to get your ticker go to what ever ticker site you want (some at tickerfactory.com and myfitnesspal.com, the second is also a food diary which is super helpfull also) make your ticker copy the BBcode, come back to this site go to quick links at the top click on egit my signitue and paste into the edit signitue box, click on preview signiture to see if it worked. Good Luck!!! And keep us posted

[Bornagainbabe 4]

Hi,

Just to say that you're doing really well. It's great to be on the losing side isn't it!

Helen x

[sleeve 4 me 910]

Wonderful news :-)...

[YOLANDA240 13]

I'm glad you are doing well and have many to support you through this journey. Congrats! :thumbup:on the weight loss