male only Gastric Sleeved 10/3

[buc 0]

Just got home yesterday after sleeve on 10/3 Not much pain at home have already cut pain meds to 1/3 able to get 30 oz Water, 8oz carnation and a few kiddie spoons of Tomato and cream of chicken.< /p>

I will figure a ticker out soon

47 yr male

surg weight 292

got home 288

88 MORE TO GO

[RickM 1,747]

Sounds like a carbon copy of my experience at that time about 5 months ago - minimal pain, cutting back pain meds, good mobility considering, surg weight 292 with a initial goal of 200, since revised to 190 to accommodate body comp changes (currently about 212); though I gained about 5lb in the hospital from all the fluids - so you're ahead of my pace already!

I hope it goes as smoothly for you as it has for me. Good luck.

[Thomas CPA 496]

congrats, keep up the good work!

[buc 0]

One week out today

Off pain meds since 10/8 liquids going in better gotta be careful not to drink too big mouthfuls, had first two experiences of too much food (soup) walking helps alot with this

I feel pretty good have done a lot of activities this weekend hard for me to stay still and not do something .

total weight loss of 18 lbs

its going to be hard to for me to learn to adapt to small drinks and small amounts of food..not that I am hungry but it seems I took large swallows and large bite as a matter of habit before.

[RickM 1,747]

The thing that helped me on the drinking front, and my wife when she went thru this a few years ago, was to get some small 1 oz cups - sometimes they're sold as condiment cups and maybe dixiecups makes something that small, or the small cups they use in the hospital for dispensing pills (or a shot glass would probably work, too) and think in terms of sipping one of those every five minutes (or at whatever rate your doc gave you). Even if you goof and down the whole thing it's not going to hurt (too much.) After a couple of months you'll be back to drinking fairly normally (unless normal for you is a chugging contest!)

It does take a while to get used to the small sizes of things (clothes too, in time....) but small plates and bowls, weigh the portions upon serving and when you see how small your meal really is you tend to shrink your bites to make it last. Some people go with baby spoons to help, though I never went that far.

18lb down was about what I was a week out, too (actually the 10 day mark when I officially weighed in with the doc - so you have me beat by a bit on time.) You're making good progress, keep it up.