Day 15 Post Op - Status And A Few Questions

[inarakatra 51]

I'm doing rather well. I had a hiatal hernia repair during the sleeve surgery. My left side hurts still, but not as bad as day 2 unless I cough. Coughing makes me feel like someone is hitting my ribs with a baseball bat. The gas is pretty much gone. My surgeon allows me to eat soft foods, but she said to make sure that I get the Water and Protein in by the end of the day. I weighed 262 the day of surgery and today I weigh 247. I have enough energy until about 6 to 7 at night. I start getting super tired by then. I'm rather happy right now.

I do have a few questions:

1 - Everyone says to walk, walk, walk. How much are we talking? 15 minutes several times a day? 3 miles a day?

2 - Anyone who had the hiatal hernia repair with the sleeve, did you find that you were still hurting a little on the left side after 15 days?

3 - I feel my weight loss is slow. Does it seems that way?

4 - How long did you wait to go to the gym?

[SeaLegs 38]

Congratulations! Listen, I heard all sorts of things about how much to walk, but really there will be plenty of walking and working out up the road for you when you are feeling better. Listen to your body. I had to have my gastric band port "excavated" and was trying, but had abdominal pain for quite awhile. The doc laughed at my 2 week visit and said he did not really expect me to be exercising, or losing much weight until a month out. Use your pain medication, splint when you cough (hold a small pillow against the area). Your weight loss is amazing! Everyone here is so eager to have their weight plunge, but really, you have to heal first, and some bodies hang on to weight in healing mode. If you are tired by 6-7pm, it's a sign that you need rest. And isn't it a full time job to get all that Water, Protein, supplements in?

[rensterness 375]

I was sleeved October 7th, so I am five weeks out. I am down 50 pounds, and I also had the hernia repair. With or without the hernia repair some people get pain and/or discomfort on their left side. Remember there was a lot of air inside you when they operated, and your liver was also moved around and flipped and flopped. The pain on that side turned into just discomfort around week two and lasted till about week three. I was cleared for the gym and exercise week four. You want to exercise an hour a day, even of its 15 mins four times a day, which could include walking. As for the energy level, make sure your getting in your Protein and the multi Vitamin as well as the B12. I use the dissolve able sublingual cherry b12's. Your doing great, keep it up!!