Just from my own experience, I was deathly ill for the first few days.. But I think I was detoxing from the diet sodas, caffine and the food. Our stomachs are still as big, we are just replacing them with all liquid, not actual "food" so to speak. It looks like you are doing well on your pre-op diet from what you have posted.. ya.. the cravings are bad.. but once the surgery is done, again only speaking for me. Everything (food) looks like a very pretty picture, and ya it smells good too, but once I eat, even a protein shake I am full.

Your weight loss already is great.. going to a beach is wonderful! I can't wait to feel comfortable enough to go myself one day. Chin Chin.. Popeye's will recover the loss of your business..

The gas that people talk about when recovering from surgery is different. Since this operation is done laposcopically via tiny inscisions on your belly, the surgeon sees what is going on as he operates with a tiny camera scope that is inserted through one of the incisions. To provide optimum viewing capability and probably to also increase the area for workspace, a special kind of gas is injected into the abdominal cavity. Some of this remains after surgery andy you must walk walk walk to get it out of your system. If you just stay in bed, it moves up and feels like it lodges in your shoulder muscles. That can be very painful and it takes longer to go away.

Do you know the main reason that you are on a special diet before your operation? In case you don't, I'll tell you: it is to make your liver less fatty and to firm it up. The stomach lies below and somewhat beneath the liver. The liver is moved and lifted by the surgeon in order to perform this operation. If you do nothing beforehand, the fat and flabby liver can become damaged during surgery. Since you are doing such a good job on your liquid diet, it reduces the chance of this happening.

A clear liquid is exactly that. Clear. You should be able to see through it, like you can see through glass. There is no need to try it before surgery unless your doctor tell you to do it.

The clear liquids are easier on your new stomach after surgery. Although on the outside your surgery will not look like much. Five very small inscisions. (They will also be bruised at first, but that goes away in about a week.) Inside of your stomach is a different story. The entire length of your new stomach (also now called your sleeve) has an inscision that has extremely tiny titanium staples in it to hold it closed. The staples do this better than stitches. The stomach will heal over them and they stay in for life. The clear liquids help you to take care of your sleeve as it recovers. It takes about six weeks for it to completely heal.

Don't be surprised when you are recovering to find that your belly is bigger after surgery. It will be bloated for a while from the gas and swollen from the actual surgery. This will go away in a few days.

You should be very proud of yourself! You are doing a great job with the diet! You may find it hard to believe, but things like that fried chicken loose their appeal after you have been sleeved. Your tastes change. Crazy but true. In a good way. Things that are healthy for you taste WONDERFUL.The flavors are beautifully enhanced. Bad foods are not desired. It is really pretty cool! You know how skinny people can pass on things you think of as irresistable? That will be you!

Okay. All this beach talk I have been reading from you is getting to me. I am in Florida and not very far from some beautiful beaches. I am gotta here!

Bye

Originally Posted by teresattt1

Just from my own experience, I was deathly ill for the first few days.. But I think I was detoxing from the diet sodas, caffine and the food. Our stomachs are still as big, we are just replacing them with all liquid, not actual "food" so to speak. It looks like you are doing well on your pre-op diet from what you have posted.. ya.. the cravings are bad.. but once the surgery is done, again only speaking for me. Everything (food) looks like a very pretty picture, and ya it smells good too, but once I eat, even a protein shake I am full.

Your weight loss already is great.. going to a beach is wonderful! I can't wait to feel comfortable enough to go myself one day. Chin Chin.. Popeye's will recover the loss of your business..

Thank you, I will tell you something I live in New York with that being said I had always gone to the beach there will always be someone skinnier or Fatter than us so if you want to go don't let how you think you look prevent you from going. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder so I know that some people will find you Sexy, Hot, or just fun to be with. our weight change but our personalities stay like it is.

Originally Posted by OOOWEEBABY!

The gas that people talk about when recovering from surgery is different. Since this operation is done laposcopically via tiny inscisions on your belly, the surgeon sees what is going on as he operates with a tiny camera scope that is inserted through one of the incisions. To provide optimum viewing capability and probably to also increase the area for workspace, a special kind of gas is injected into the abdominal cavity. Some of this remains after surgery andy you must walk walk walk to get it out of your system. If you just stay in bed, it moves up and feels like it lodges in your shoulder muscles. That can be very painful and it takes longer to go away.

Do you know the main reason that you are on a special diet before your operation? In case you don't, I'll tell you: it is to make your liver less fatty and to firm it up. The stomach lies below and somewhat beneath the liver. The liver is moved and lifted by the surgeon in order to perform this operation. If you do nothing beforehand, the fat and flabby liver can become damaged during surgery. Since you are doing such a good job on your liquid diet, it reduces the chance of this happening.

A clear liquid is exactly that. Clear. You should be able to see through it, like you can see through glass. There is no need to try it before surgery unless your doctor tell you to do it.

The clear liquids are easier on your new stomach after surgery. Although on the outside your surgery will not look like much. Five very small inscisions. (They will also be bruised at first, but that goes away in about a week.) Inside of your stomach is a different story. The entire length of your new stomach (also now called your sleeve) has an inscision that has extremely tiny titanium staples in it to hold it closed. The staples do this better than stitches. The stomach will heal over them and they stay in for life. The clear liquids help you to take care of your sleeve as it recovers. It takes about six weeks for it to completely heal.

Don't be surprised when you are recovering to find that your belly is bigger after surgery. It will be bloated for a while from the gas and swollen from the actual surgery. This will go away in a few days.

You should be very proud of yourself! You are doing a great job with the diet! You may find it hard to believe, but things like that fried chicken loose their appeal after you have been sleeved. Your tastes change. Crazy but true. In a good way. Things that are healthy for you taste WONDERFUL.The flavors are beautifully enhanced. Bad foods are not desired. It is really pretty cool! You know how skinny people can pass on things you think of as irresistable? That will be you!

Okay. All this beach talk I have been reading from you is getting to me. I am in Florida and not very far from some beautiful beaches. I am gotta here!

Bye

I hope you had fun at the beach. In summer time is the only time we can go to the beach here in New York and the water are cold really cold I mean after you in you are in. Our body works wonder it can get use to anything. I love to be at the sunny hot clear beach of Florida. Thank you very much for all your wonderful information and advice. I will go on the clear diet on Monday the 22 I guess that means just drinking plain water. Thank you. enjoy your day.