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Hello friendlies,

I was sleeved on June 21st and boy was I not expecting the level of discomfort it brings to the table while recuperating. I've had plenty-a-surgery in my day and this one is just awkward because it feels like pressure in the abdomen/diaphragm area. It's starting to get better, though, so that's good and per my scale I've already lost 20 pounds somehow. My only complaint is I'm still not getting in a lot of Water and I'm not up to food right now. Also, my Protein powder is the ONE thing so far that I believe this surgery has affected the taste of. It's vanilla and it's just baaad right now. Does anyone have any pureed high Protein recipes they could link me to? I hope once I can do milks (almond, soy, skim) after about two weeks than it'll be more tolerable.

My doctor said my sleeve was very successful but also difficult because we went into it knowing I've got a ton of abdominal scarring from previous surgeries...I originally had told him that if he couldn't do it laprascopically than he shouldn't do it at all because I need to put as little risk to my kidney transplant as possible. He said it took about an hour and forty five minutes.

Now that I'm post, I'm focusing on getting in AT LEAST my 64oz of Water (and protein when I can get something better) so I can keep my transplant nice and happy. food noticeably made me "non-hungry" but water just feels weird going down.

Anyway, thanks all for the pre-op stories and tips and tricks and all that stuff! This forum is super helpful and I hope to stay on it for a while if not indefinitely. :)

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@@Kaze - Congratulations. Welcome to the other side. It is a fun and exciting journey. The only thing I didn't really expect was the joys of the hormone dump that seems to happen after the first month. This varies from person to person but it can be profound. Mine was really strange...I would want to watch a chick flick one moment and have lots of sex the next. So the caution is try not to make any major lifestyle changes during the major weight loss phase if possible. (And as you become more irresistible, wear of a condom. I really wonder if we don't create a pheromone cloud when we are losing quickly). - see http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/219760-sex-oh-my-god-sex/page-22?hl=%2Bhormone#entry4005122

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OKC, You hit the nail on the head! Water, Protein, and walking etc. Your doing great.

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Hello friendlies,

I was sleeved on June 21st and boy was I not expecting the level of discomfort it brings to the table while recuperating. I've had plenty-a-surgery in my day and this one is just awkward because it feels like pressure in the abdomen/diaphragm area. It's starting to get better, though, so that's good and per my scale I've already lost 20 pounds somehow. My only complaint is I'm still not getting in a lot of Water and I'm not up to food right now. Also, my Protein powder is the ONE thing so far that I believe this surgery has affected the taste of. It's vanilla and it's just baaad right now. Does anyone have any pureed high Protein recipes they could link me to? I hope once I can do milks (almond, soy, skim) after about two weeks than it'll be more tolerable.

My doctor said my sleeve was very successful but also difficult because we went into it knowing I've got a ton of abdominal scarring from previous surgeries...I originally had told him that if he couldn't do it laprascopically than he shouldn't do it at all because I need to put as little risk to my kidney transplant as possible. He said it took about an hour and forty five minutes.

Now that I'm post, I'm focusing on getting in AT LEAST my 64oz of Water (and protein when I can get something better) so I can keep my transplant nice and happy. food noticeably made me "non-hungry" but water just feels weird going down.

Anyway, thanks all for the pre-op stories and tips and tricks and all that stuff! This forum is super helpful and I hope to stay on it for a while if not indefinitely. :)

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Dr. John Price at Saint Luke's of Kansas City.

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