4 days out and can FINALLY take a sip without pain!

[JennyBeth 127]

Today I am 4 days out (surgery was 3-20) and I can finally sip without pain! The first few days were pretty rough. I had much more pain than I expected-I've had quite a few surgeries with my most recent being a c-section 5 years ago. I was pretty shocked that my pain was so high. Thursday the nurses were trying to get me to sip, but every time I did I had horrible chest pain. I have no idea whether the pain was from the sleeve, hiatal hernia repair or gas. I was supposed to be discharged on Friday, but had to stay until Saturday because they wouldn't send me home without swallowing anything (this included liquids of any kind or liquid pain meds). I was ok with that because I was dependent on my pain injections through the IV. They gave me an abdominal binder which helped a lot. I walked a lot, too! Yesterday I was able to swallow a little so I was discharged, but I was no where near 60 oz. of fluids or 60 g. of Protein.

I had an issue with my pain meds last night. I got up to take it and when I was done I decided to combine some of the bottles so it wasn't quite as overwhelming. (I had 2 bottles of Loratab and 2 of Zoloft. Guess what? I ended up combining my Zoloft with the Loratab. Luckily I was able to reach a dr. Through the answering service and get new pain meds filled! I was completely panicked because plain Tylenol is just not cutting it! I couldn't believe I did that!

Each day is getting easier. I'm not gonna lie the first 2-3 days I was like, "what in the hell did I do to myself?!" But today has been a real turning point for me! Good luck all future and fellow sleevers!

[Sarahboy13 49]

Congrats!!! I had hell in the hospital as well. dont stress over the Protein yet, just make sure to keep sipping, I ended up dehydrated and I felt awful. Good luck with the great new journey!