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I felt so good on day 2 and most of day 3, I was making plans to go back to work the following Monday (would have been 1 week post op.) I hadn't taken any pain meds other than Tylenol, I was walking, getting in all my Water and Protein, had no nausea. I couldn't believe how easy it was. Then it hit me. I felt pretty bad that night. Took some of the Vicodin and was a little less active the next day and that seemed to turn things around. I ended up taking another week off work, but I probably could have gone back mid-week. I decided that a little extra time to get in my walks and work on advancing my diet were a good thing. Now I'm 2 months out and feeling great.

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We'll, now I'm 1 week post op and things have changed. I've had very little pain but as of today my energy had dropped to almost ziltch! I'm really focusing on hydration and Protein. My Dr's protocol allows soft high protein foods at this point so I'm glad to be off liquids!!!! It's so interesting how all of our body's react differently to the same procedure.

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I was sleeved on Monday June 8 and I have found that one or two sips usually go down if I sip slowly. Old habit craves 3 or 4 sips of H2O at a time and that's when a feel that cramp in my chest. It's all a learning curve...I hope that swallowing pain goes away soon!

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I'm almost 9 days post op now and things are great! I tire easily, but I'm able to take bigger sips at a time and i'm eating an ounce at a time with no problems. I'm also down 9# since surgery! Woohoo

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I'm sorry you are having a hard time. I remember thinking right after surgery how desperately hopeless I felt to struggle to even get a tiny 1-oz medicine cup of Water down. It just hurt so much going down. I felt like my esophogus/stomach was having spasms. But It definitely gets better. Just do what you can and "sip, sip,sip," as much as you possibly can. Every day you will start to feel better.

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Hi I am 1 week out post op (june 8th) and have been having a bad pain around my lower left shoulder blade and slight mild pain in my left chest like if you could drive a stake right through, it would line up :) I was having this early post op but the meds took care of it, now it won't go away even with meds. Has anyone experienced this?

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Thank you all for your posts. Reading them makes me feel more prepared for after my big day of July 8th..... Well As prepared as I can be!! Best wishes to everyone and I look forward to more posts!

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