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Best wishes guys. Im getting sleeved on the 27th. Day 3 of liquid diet. I love this particular thread. It's nice to share these final moments before our life change with others who are in this very moment.

Nice. I agree. I'm.in day 5 of my liquid diet, and it's going well. I've had a bit of head hunger. Also working through different brands of Protein Shakes. Found one I love and one that is just nasty.

I'll have an updated list later tonight with the new entries.

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New member here going in for surgery March 26th,

Good luck to everyone out there!! :)

welcome and congrats keep us posted

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I'm home, walking around, taking fluids well, no nausea, but plenty of pain and gas.

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Sunshine - I keep forgetting that I've got to get the band out. My Dr doesn't seem to think there'll be a problem doing both procedures at the same time but I realise that the band might have caused a lot of damage.

I'm not too bothered about seeing my stomach as I work in the pathology lab :rolleyes: so am used to seeing all sorts. I was more concerned that my stomach would go to the lab and my co workers would know that I'd had this op. Luckily they don't send the removed stomach part routinely as it is healthy tissue.

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Nice. I agree. I'm.in day 5 of my liquid diet' date=' and it's going well. I've had a bit of head hunger. Also working through different brands of Protein Shakes. Found one I love and one that is just nasty.

I'll have an updated list later tonight with the new entries.[/quote']

Im day one preop :( i tried lean shake at GNC was pretty good

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I was very lucky and had no issues with my insurance company.

My surgery is scheduled for monday morning. I have been doing the 2 Protein Drinks ans 1 meal since monday.

Tomorrow is the magnesium citrate and Clear Liquids. Same for sunday.

I am so excited and a bit disbelieving its here. :-)

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this is kinda gross, but I was sleeved on monday and today is friday and i have not gone number 2 once! is that normal??

Um...depends. I was sleeved on the 6th. Pretty much didn't cross my mind for few days then figured it was Water in water out. Nope thats not the way it works. I didn't realize that till it was way too late. :wacko: If things don't start to happen start with the Milk of Magnesia. I was given that advice in another thread yesterday.

All I'm sayin now is I have kissed that bottle!

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Um...depends. I was sleeved on the 6th. Pretty much didn't cross my mind for few days then figured it was Water in water out. Nope thats not the way it works. I didn't realize that till it was way too late. :wacko: If things don't start to happen start with the Milk of Magnesia. I was given that advice in another thread yesterday.

All I'm sayin now is I have kissed that bottle!

Well let me forewarn you guys...I had surgery on the 7th. No bowel movements at all as of the 13th. Talked to the PA at my surgeons office and she told me, no you definitely are going to have to wake your bowels up. This is completely common after surgery. She told me to get some Milk of Magnesia (btw, hind site being what it is DO NOT get unflavored, it tastes like fish slime!) and to take one dose, wait a few hours, if nothing take a second. DO NOT DO THIS. Definitely don't take a full adult dose, I took half. Then I took one 6 hours later. It was an awesome feeling at the 6 1/2 hr mark, I'm not gonna lie. But after literally a 7 hr marathon back and forth to the bathroom with the runs, or should I just say the "waters", I have to warn you guys! Do the MOM, yes, just ONLY do it once and at a 1/2 dose!

Good luck guys! LOL

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Got sleeved yesterday. I've been home for a couple hours. Don't have gas pains but I get dry heaves every time I try to drink. Did anyone experience this? Now that I'm off IV I'm worried about dehydration.

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Hello from the U.K.

I was sleeved on the 1st of march. I'm doing ok but I do get hungry and suffer from acid reflux even though I'm on PPIs.

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Got sleeved yesterday. I've been home for a couple hours. Don't have gas pains but I get dry heaves every time I try to drink. Did anyone experience this? Now that I'm off IV I'm worried about dehydration.

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Got sleeved yesterday. I've been home for a couple hours. Don't have gas pains but I get dry heaves every time I try to drink. Did anyone experience this? Now that I'm off IV I'm worried about dehydration.

I was sleeved on March 8th. I had the dry heaves for about a day and a half. Everytime I drank a little too much it would start. But when I did dry heave I was able to burp out alot of the gas!

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I had dry heaves a few times in the hospital, Lain. I was sleeved on wednesday. I came home & got very nauseous. Doc called me in some zofran & that helped a lot. I wouldn't worry about dehydration. I told the doc i was urinating a LOT, but i hadn't drank that much. He said they pretty much saturated me with liquids during surgery. They know the first few days will be difficult getting liquids down. As for Constipation, i have not had that problem at all. I do feel hungry, which surprised me. I didn't think i'd feel hunger, but dic says i haven't ate in 3 days, so that makes sense.

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Hello from the U.K.

I was sleeved on the 1st of march. I'm doing ok but I do get hungry and suffer from acid reflux even though I'm on PPIs.

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How hungry do you get? Do you feel full after a small amount of food? I hope i don't always feel hungry!!!!

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