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Hi all!!!

I just wanted to share the news that I get sleeved June 21st!!!!!! I'm sooo excited!! I also wanted to ask what is it that I should expect???

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Hi all!!!

I just wanted to share the news that I get sleeved June 21st!!!!!! I'm sooo excited!! I also wanted to ask what is it that I should expect???

Congrats! I just found out Friday that I am June 25th so I'm right behind u!! I am so nervous already I'm a mess lol

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As far as what to expect - oh, everyone is different. I was in the hospital for 2 days, then stayed with my parents for 2 days. The first 4-5 days were rough. I didn't get my fluids in or exercise much, I mostly slept!

But then, it started to get better. I was able to walk around easier, do more, and each day was better than the next. I'm 10 days post op now and feeling pretty good. I haven't been on my pain meds since day 5 or 6 (I don't remember, exactly). I still can't bend down comfortably, and sometimes I feel sore if I do too much, but it's not unbearable. I'm able to do just about everything I could pre-op, but I still ask for help so I don't over-exert.

I wish you luck! :)

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Hi and congratulations on your surgery date!

As to what it is like.... well I stayed in the hospital 3 days , 2 nights. My pain levels were not bad. Much in part I believe because my surgeon gave me preventive medicines. A patch for nausea, morphine pump (which I really did not needed much). In the hospital I walked the halls a lot. That helped to relieve the gas pressure in the stomach and chest area. My surgeon used glue instead of surgical strips.... because he used glue I was able to shower the next day while still in the hospital.

Coming home from the hospital was a challenge...... Mostly to drink enough fluids... I actually had to use a kitchen timer to remind myself to drink 1 oz ever 15 minutes. That worked and I was able to get in all the fluids. Everyone has a different journey.... I got tons of good ideas from this web site. I wish you great success!

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Hi and congratulations on your surgery date!

As to what it is like.... well I stayed in the hospital 3 days ' date=' 2 nights. My pain levels were not bad. Much in part I believe because my surgeon gave me preventive medicines. A patch for nausea, morphine pump (which I really did not needed much). In the hospital I walked the halls a lot. That helped to relieve the gas pressure in the stomach and chest area. My surgeon used glue instead of surgical strips.... because he used glue I was able to shower the next day while still in the hospital.

Coming home from the hospital was a challenge...... Mostly to drink enough fluids... I actually had to use a kitchen timer to remind myself to drink 1 oz ever 15 minutes. That worked and I was able to get in all the fluids. Everyone has a different journey.... I got tons of good ideas from this web site. I wish you great success![/quote']

Thanks!!!

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