Not over the hump ...but close

[Patterba 6]

Hi Everyone

My surgery was on 5/10, I was a band to sleeve conversion

I wouldn't describe day 1 as a walk in the park, in fact it was a bit more intense than I had envision. I am not one for narcotics, but The pain pump and I got to know each other. I would say extremely sore would describe that day 1. The staff was great. I had a prophylactic antibiotics called flagyl and one of the side effects is that it leaves a horrendous metallic taste in your mouth. To the point that each sip was disgusting. And of course they want you to sip sip sip and with each one I yaked yaked yaked. By day 3 this went away although I had a filmy sensation in my mouth Today is day 5 and that has gone away. Also today is the first day that I have been able to consume a decent amount of Water. I feel that I am really starting to turn the bend. In that the soreness in swallowing has subsided The place where my port was located is sore but the doc said it would be because the previuos surgeon used the realize band and the way to plant the port was to twist it into the muscle facia. So untwisting it would leave me sore. The remarkable thing is that since Friday my weight is dropping including the 1 week pre op diet I am down 13lbs. Which I am happy about since my starting BMI was 35. I am on full liquids so I still need to focus on the 60 grams of Protein. I probably hit 50 today. I think it will get a bit easier. The one big difference from band to sleeve is that the sensation of full is much more noticeable. The band had me purging and I felt I had no control. Bye I got the band in 2008 and did keep most (except 15 lbs) off but it was a battle

So I am very excited with this new venture and sense of control