March Sleever's

[Fifty&Hippy 4]

Hello everyone. This is my first time on here since my March 4th surgery. Thought I'd fill everyone in. The surgery day and hospital stay were great!.....till the male nurse with the cologne came in to give me my discharge papers! Holy cow! I have never had a scent make me soooo sick, soooo fast. The Dr's had to give me 3 nausea medications before I could leave. I then had a horrible first week with nausea, no more vomiting, thank goodness. After I got over that, everything has been going good. I passed the Barium Swallow with no leaks!!! The pureed diet is going good also. Can't wait till Wed, so I can go to the soft food stage. I return to work in 1 week also. I haven't been getting my exercise in, but with returning to work, I have a gym that I will take advantage of.

I have lost over 25 lbs so far and am very excited about that. I will be glad when the weather breaks here, (st louis, mo), so I can get outside more.

My advise for upcoming sleever's and new surgeries, take it slow when you eat. My Dr. states 1/2 to 1 hr to eat your meal. One of my friends had the Bypass and is not following this time frame and is really struggling with eating.

Good luck to everyone that is on this journey with me!

[dand_75 21]

I had the sleeve on March 21 and am 3 days post op and am trying to get my liquids in. It's getting easier and hopefully will continue to do so!!!