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Hey Im a 32 yr old 6'1 345 pound man. my sleeve date IS 3/26/14. Fella's tell me what should I expect and anyone in LOS Angeles. I need a work out partner

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Your workout partner is gonna be that skinny guy inside you working to beat the fat guy your leaving behind. Every time the fat guy starts to edge you out.......work harder.

As far as what to expect. The first couple of weeks will be liquids. Try to drink ALL the time. You can't drink too much and need at least 8 glasses a day. Don't worry about Protein too much, but if you can throw in a Protein shake or Isopure type Protein Drink here and there along with the Water.

If they give you any pain meds to take home........take them. Why be in any pain at all. I wasn't. The trapped gas from the surgery might cause some discomfort, but it will pass, sometimes a little faster with the effort of just walking. So walk as much as is feasible.

While these are basic preliminaries to expect, they will all be gone over with you many times by the hospital staff and your Surgeon.

So Relax......you'll do fine.

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hey Joe,
I got sleeved 2/24. The hardest part is the preop and all goes with it. Once you get to the other side, it should be pretty smooth sailing. One of the biggest things is that you will more than likely never feel hunger again like you do now or have felt in the past. I am still amazed at little hunger I have. And even when I do get anything even remotely like hunger, a little bit of Water or few mouthfuls of food and it's gone for several hours. Of course the flip side is that you cannot imagine what full feels like now for me. No matter how full you've ever been in the past, full post sleeve is FULL. I have had to learn to really pace myself because that extra few bites is the difference between full and OMG it hurts. I have lost 40 lbs since preop diet/surgery date. ,my snoring and apnea is gone. I've been taken off all meds. It's friggin awesome. You may feel a little"small" as the weight comes off......I am so used to being the big burly guy that as the weight drops off, not so much anymore. But my goal is to keep hitting the gym hard to keep some pretty good upper body size.

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I'm almost 2 months post op, the hardest part for me was the 2week pre diet. After surgery I was sore for a couple days, which is to be expected dr prescribed tylonel with codene for the 1st couple days I was taking it every 4 hrs then after the 3rd or 4th day I only used it at night for maybe 2 or 3more nights, so that I could sleep comfortably through the night. The. Really the time kinda flew by, wasn't very hungry was drinking my Protein shakes and Water and really don't have any complaints, I feel great started working out 4/5 times a week, clothes are falling off me, have a lot more energy

The thing that was told to me by my dr, nurses and everyone I know that been through it, is to start walking and keep moving as it helps with gas pains and prevents blood clots. They had me up walking right around couple hrs after surgery

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Hi BigJoe:

The main thing is to keep with a plan and exercise. Believe in yourself.You will be surprised by the daily changes both

internally and externally.Wishing you much success>

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Thanks everyone for the advice.

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Hi Joe,

I'm three years out (wife is nine years out, so been in this game for a while!) and up in the north valley, if you're that part of town. The others have it right about following your doc's guidance on what to expect from their program in those early days. Slow and easy on the early exertions and you will be amazed at how quickly things progress and you feel better and stronger. Within about three months I could barely get my pulse over 100 when walking as fast reasonable (running is still out of the question with my knees; 140 bpm would be what I was doing before at that level of exertion.) Sweating is almost a thing of the past on my strength workout days (can't tell on my swimming days tho!)

Good luck and enjoy the ride!

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