Sleeved on Tues 8/3 - doing fine

[thenewme1654 0]

I was sleeved on Tuesday, 8/3 by Dr. Genaw at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. I had a wonderful experience, Dr. Genaw is terrific - caring and compassionate and a great surgeon. The staff at the hospital were kind and professional. The room was unbelieveable, like a very high end hotel, private room and very comfortable. I was off the pain pump the next day and only have had one dose of plain Tylenol since and I am very comfortable. I have only occassional "twinges" at my sites when twisting or changing positions. I am learning the new signals my tummy is sending me and am able to take medium sized sips without discomfort. It sure is a noisy little bugger though !! (lol)

The only problem I am having is taking my dang pills....I have to crush them and they taste soooo bad that they make me gag...not a fun experience. My nut suggested I use cool whip and form a little nest and put the crushed pill in then cover it over to keep the taste of the pills out of your mouth. I then chase it down with a bit of Water. It works pretty well, but it's very time consuming, my 4 morning meds take about 40 min to get down. The four spoons of cool whip preclude me from taking anything else in for quite a while afterwards. Anyone tried something else that works??

Otherwise I am a happy camper!!

Tomorrow I start full liquids. Yippee!!!!