It gets better!

[Jemma1983 5]

Hi guys, I just wanted to post and reassure anyone who is coming up to their surgery date, or has had the surgery and is on day 1 or 2 post op, that it absolutely gets better with every day that passes. I had my gastric sleeve surgery on weds 2nd November 2016 and honestly I thought I had made such a huge mistake. I was nauseous constantly, my stomach and insides ached and felt like they'd been through a blender and I was exhausted beyond belief , but today (day 4 post op) I feel a million times better! Obviously I'm still recovering and i have a long way to go, but my goodness I feel so much more settled and I'm in no pain, the swelling around my main incision site is starting to go down, and I just feel so much better in my mind today. So I just wanted to reassure anyone who perhaps is feeling as scared as I was that I'd done something stupid to myself- it really does get better day by day. I left the hospital on Friday only able to tolerate 125ml of Protein shake/ complan every 4 hours to now where I can manage a small cup of milky tea in the morning, complan or Protein shake for Breakfast (125 ml), a ramekin of clear Soup and half a sugar free jelly for lunch, a mid afternoon snack of sugar free custard and then Soup again for dinner, and all day I sip sugar free squash. It doesn't sound very much but on day 2 I couldn't even manage a sip of Water or juice or anything at all and was kept on an IV in hospital, so it feels like I'm really turning the corner! The only thing that I hate is the taste if the drugs they give you when you leave the hospital! Why do they make oral dissolvable drugs taste Soooo bad!! Lol!

I hope everyone gets on well and I look forward to reading your posts to see how you're all doing and to get some hints and tips

Jem x

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[PorkChopExpress 821]

Yup, every day...a little bit better! I'm six weeks post-op now and it's remarkable how fast the time has passed, and how good I'm generally feeling. It does get better, you won't always feel miserable, people!

[rolosmom7 740]

Ditto. I went to the Renaissance festival today. It was the first visit I wasn't crying on the way back to the car. I have plantar fasciitis which is still there, but damn does 45 less pounds make a huge difference!! This will also be the last year I can get by with this corset. Laced up as tight as it can go! NSV.

I'm 7 weeks post op. Some days I feel normal, some days not.

[StephanieS0208 39]

Agreed. 11/3/16 here. It's not like a cold in that it gets slightly better every day; it gets significantly better. After a week it seems anticlimactic. I'm more frustrated because I have to track so many things at one time and I only lost 2 pounds. It's not like using MyFitnesspal. I'm tracking: Vitamins, fluids, blood pressure, Protein, full liquid meals, and exercise. It's a bit much. I'd like to spend one hour without drinking or eating or thinking about eating or drinking.

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[CarenL 35]

I'm 3 weeks post op and on puréed foods now. I keep saying each day is better than the day before. Hardest for me is my energy level. But down 21 pounds so far and that keeps me motivated.

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[M@E 84]

Day 3/4 we the hardest for me with wind pains etc but been getting better each day. Sadly today I over did it trying new food and have been sick 3x this evening so will be going back to fluids for a few days to let my tummy rest.

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[tran 18]

Agreed. 11/3/16 here. It's not like a cold in that it gets slightly better every day; it gets significantly better. After a week it seems anticlimactic. I'm more frustrated because I have to track so many things at one time and I only lost 2 pounds. It's not like using MyFitnesspal. I'm tracking: Vitamins, fluids, blood pressure, Protein, full liquid meals, and exercise. It's a bit much. I'd like to spend one hour without drinking or eating or thinking about eating or drinking.

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Have you lost any more weight? Two pounds in nine days seems so little.

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[Dreland 6]

@@Jemma1983, I really needed to hear that because I'm on postoperative day 4 and my stomach/incisions hurt so bad that I want to cry. I haven't had issues with nausea but I'm hurting so bad.

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[StephanieS0208 39]

Agreed. 11/3/16 here. It's not like a cold in that it gets slightly better every day; it gets significantly better. After a week it seems anticlimactic. I'm more frustrated because I have to track so many things at one time and I only lost 2 pounds. It's not like using MyFitnesspal. I'm tracking: Vitamins, fluids, blood pressure, Protein, full liquid meals, and exercise. It's a bit much. I'd like to spend one hour without drinking or eating or thinking about eating or drinking.

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Have you lost any more weight? Two pounds in nine days seems so little.

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I haven't. I weigh at the clinic because I have troubles with scales and my obsession with a number. I don't look. I just read it on my visit summary. I will weigh again on 11/28. I think I will have lost some.

Surgery weight: 243

Week one weigh in: 241

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Edited November 18, 2016 by StephanieS0208

[tran 18]

Good luck!

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