CALLING ALL JULY 2016 SLEEVERS

[cdm.avila 9]

I had mine 07/02 feeling much better pain meds help for the wounds

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[heart4god22 27]

My surgery is scheduled for 7/19. I'm in day three of liquid diet. It's soooo much harder than I thought it would be

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It won't be long and that liquid diet will be more then enough!! It's the emotional tie to food that will be hard....praying for you! You got this!!!

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[Sandy GlueStick 33]

July 11!!! In 3 days!!!! Actually sitting in waiting area for my preop appt right now...

[SalOdyssey 441]

Good Friday all!!

I am on the other side! Had surgery 7-6-16. All went well. Slept most of the day on 7-6. Very groggy. Liquid intake is improving daily. Still not at goal, but getting better. Just going to rest and focus on my liquid intake.

Congrats to those who've been sleeved and those getting ready to be sleeved.

[ChrisInc2 56]

Good luck today @@ChrisInc2 @@Ashley Nd Michael Fisher @@CaitlinT @@Shelli1972

thank you I'm doing well just can't get those 48oz in.

Work up to the 48! I have to get 64 and right now I get about half that

yes it is so hard I don't know what else to do

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[Grams2016 16]

Hello my surgery is in 10days. I borrowed from from the list and added a few items of my own. If anyone can think of anything else please let me know. I haven't been in the hospital in a while.

Phone

Tablet

2 chargers ( so you can charge both at night)

Slippers and socks

Comfy clothes to go home in.

Pillow

Chap stick

Under clothes

Hygiene products

Eye mask

Note book and pen

Bible

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[danay21 3]

July 18th !!

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[blumermaid 5]

July 11th! Very anxious!!!

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[allibaba123 3]

I'm having mine 07/20/16, this liquid diet sure is a pain, but I'm super excited!

[BrittLovesLife 68]

I'm having mine 07/20/16, this liquid diet sure is a pain, but I'm super excited!

My birthday!

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[higher 966]

Ok I'm home now, comfortable and my typing arm isn't hooked up to an IV anymore so I can let you guys know how it went.

I found these play by plays so helpful when I was researching the board so hope this one is too. Here goes:

- I showed up at the hospital at my designated time of 8:15 am on Thursday. When I got there, the Preoperative nurse went over paperwork with me, had me take a pregnancy test, had me change into a gown and set up my IV who I promptly named Blue IV Carter. Since I had no one with me and had not invited visitors to the hospital, the preop nurse also wrapped up my clothing and bag and left it with security.

- while I was in the preop room the following people came by to check in with me and see if I had any questions: the surgeon, my physicians assistant, the surgery nurse, the anesthesiologist, and the anesthesia nurse.

- I was also left alone in the room for quite some time as the surgery before mine ran long so I took that time to peruse my file and read all my clearance letters. I noticed that the shrink who did my psych clearance had not listened to a word I said and his letter was riddled with errors but oh well, it was effective for my insurance company and I see my own therapist anyway.

- the surgery nurse comes to fetch me and walk me into the OR where I was greeted by at least a dozen people. The anasthesia nurse told me the first thing she would give me would feel like a "glass of wine" and one of the surgery assistants told me he was hooking me up to something that would massage my legs. "Oh, like a fancy spa." I said and then my surgeon came to wish me a good sleep and that's the last I remember until

- I woke up in the post op room extremely nauseous and in a lot of pain. I was retching and dry heaving a lot. The anasthesia nurse was there and showed me how to use my PCA and I proceeded to press the button repeatedly. This was the worst part of the whole experience. I ended up spending almost 6 hours in the post op room while they got a room ready for me. The hospital was backed up and they apologized for this several times. My mouth was super dry, to the point of pain, my cheeks sticking to my teeth and what not. The post op nurse brought me some cups of Water to swish and spit which brought some light relief but I was fantasizing about the bottle of biotene spray that was locked up with security. I also must have slept quite a bit while down there. They brought several other patients in and out from other surgeries while I was there. At some point my surgeon stopped by to tell me he had done a liver biopsy as well.

- eventually transport took me to my unit, which was not my surgeons preferred unit but made me happy because it was a unit with all private rooms. The transport was also awful- they banged me into a wall and Blue IV Carter got stuck a couple of times. As soon as I got into my bed in my unit I started dry heaving again.

- I met my (lovely) nurses and begged them to retrieve my bags from security for me. While I waited for those I swished and spit some more and drifted in and out of sleep.

- when I got my bags the biotene was a huge life saver. It kept my mouth moist for the rest of the night as I was on nil per mouth and wasn't even allowed ice chips or Water. Shout out to the bariatric pal community for recommending I pack that.

- at this point (7:30/8pm) I started feeling pretty great. The pain meds were doing their job and the nurses gave me Zofran for nausea which worked great. I started doing laps around the floor with Blue IV. About every 5-6 laps elicited a little burp which felt great.

- I spent the rest of the night alternately sleeping, walking my laps, spraying with biotene, and using the spirometer. Around 2am the nurse asked me if I had urinated. I had not and she informed me if I didn't go soon she would have to insert a catheter. I interpreted this as a grave threat and stepped up the laps and made many attempts to pee while running the shower and sink faucets. At some point my nurse changed me from a clear bag of IV fluids to a yellow one rich with Vitamins. Between that a YouTube video of a babbling brook I propped up on the sink I finally went around 5:30 am and the catheter threat was over.

- I slept about an hour and was awoken by a parade of about 10 cheery residents, 3 of whom were in my surgery. They asked how I was feeling, checked out my 5 incisions and went on their merry way. They returned throughout the day in various configurations of 2-3 at a time to make sure I was walking, using the spirometer and feeling okay.

- my surgeon came by around 9 am to check in and tell me that the surgery went great and I would be free to go around 3-4 pm and that I could have Clear liquids.

- my nurse brought me a tray of tea, water, veggie broth, orange jell-o and apple juice. I had the water and about half the broth. It felt great ! And elicited more gentle burping.

- around 12 pm in preparation for my discharge they took away my dear Blue IV Carter and replaced her with a non PCA model. Bye bye morphine.

- I then slept hard for about a 2 hour stretch- the longest stretch of the whole ordeal. When I woke up there was a lunch tray with the same stuff as the Breakfast try. I had half the broth again.

- the surgeons PA came in with my discharge paperwork and final instructions. I changed into my clothes, called an Uber and now I'm recovering comfortably at home. Voila.

tl;dr- surgery went fine, pack biotene, try hard to pee.

[AmyD102 95]

Thank you for the information! I thought I was going to have an August date, but my surgeons office called today and have an opening July 18th, so 10 days for me fir my band to sleeve revision! I have a one week pre-op diet that starts Monday and all my tests are going to be Wed and I should be cleared for the 18th! So excited and nervous at the same time!

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[carlaw 82]

Good luck to all!

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[BIG E in AZ 1]

July 13...eeeekkk!!!

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