Surgery scheduled for Nov. 22nd! Steps and timeline that it took for me to get here...

[creatingthenewme 91]

November 23 and all

Dleever how are you all doing? How you feeling how much you lost?

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I am not doing well since my November 22nd sleeve. I was in the hospital four days and had complications. The surgeon put my sleeve too tight which was determined during my GI test the day after surgery. liquid enters my stomach but takes a long time to exit and at a very small stream. I was told another surgery was an option or holding it out and wait for swelling to go down which could help.

While in the hospital I had maybe 3 ounces of apple juice each day which was forced. I'm home now without any pain medication and it is a struggle. I'll be on Clear Liquids at least two weeks. I'd estimate that I'm driving maybe 10 ounces of liquid per day for the last 48 hours. I'm really getting concerned for when I will be able to drink more. It's hard to take in anything at this point because the stomach flips are so bad.

My SW was 300.1, day of surgery 286.4, and today I am 274.2. I'm very surprised to be down 12.2 pounds since surgery Tuesday. I was told in the hospital to not be surprised if I go home and get on the scale to gain ten pounds. I know I haven't been eating but they gave me a lot more iv fluids because of my tight sleeve.

That's my update as of now. Definitely a struggle and taking it day by day!

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[KCBO 18]

So sorry to hear you are suffering. I too was 11/22. I had relatively no complications, no gas pain, no nausea, just soreness and lethargy. But they did find a polyp on my esophagus and I now have to get that biopsied so I will be going back under as well in a few days. Not at all excited about that.

The first few days I lost nothing because I was swollen, it is day 7 and now I've lost 5 pounds. I've had some moodiness and I'm in full ketosis which comes with its own issues but I'm still glad I did this.

Best wishes to you in you recovery. Keep us posted.

[genn 460]

So sorry for ur complications I also was the 22 no issues had rny went home the next day no pain meds. Back to work last Friday. Yes the ketosis SUCKS. I BRUSH MY TEETH TEN TIMES A DAY AND ITS STILL SMELSS HORRIBLE! I'm down ten pounds since since surgery. I think everyone is different. I'm praying for you and ur recovery and wish u the best. Keep us posted!!! And keep ur chin up hun!!

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