i am so happy everything went well for you!!!! im still on a liquid diet cant wait till i can experiment some soft stuff <3 gas pains are the worse girl !! lol.. i got some gas x helped alittle. but it hurts when i swallow and it hits my stomach, i feel like its hitting trapped air and it hurts !! im just so happy ur doing good!! i cant wait to see ur future updates and go through this journey with you!

Hi everyone! Well surgery went perfect. I woke up with my BP really high. Never had BP that high before. That continued well until Saturday. They kept giving me medication for it and it would go back down. The gas in my stomach and chest was the worst. Felt like it was having chest pains. Tummy does not hurt. What bothers me the most is my hiatal hernia repair. It does hurt and i knew that going in. Not something i can't deal with but very very uncomfortable. Liquid pain med helps a lot. I wanted to walk right after i got out of recovery because the pain in my chest was so bad and i felt like if i could get up i could burp. Finally they let me walk. I did and still burp a lot. It helps so much to get that gas out.
I am on Day 4 today. Sipping 4 oz clear fluids every hour while awake. Very slow sips. Complete chewable vitamins 2 X's a day and antacids as well. My husbands stocked the island up with bottles of water, sugar free drinks and protein shakes. Low Fat/Low Sodium Soup is in the pantry. The warm stuff has gone down really well. In the hospital i just wanted room temperature stuff. Broth was way too salty and sugar free drinks were too sweet. Other then that my experience was a good one. They took excellent care of me. They were surprised how quickly i wanted to get out of bed and walk. They said they usually have to drag bariatric patients out of bed to get them to walk. The sooner you walk the sooner you can go home and rest.Thanks for all the well wishes!

Hey Pretty Lady..how are you feeling? Keep us posted!!

Hope all went well as well! Congrats Ralledalle!

Hope all went well... Welcome to the rest of your life!!!

Good luck with your surgery tomorrow!!

best of luck tomorrow hope to hear from u soon!

I wish you lots of luck !!! i go for mine tomorrow im so nervous! lol. but reading all of these success threads are helpful !! hope to keep in touch!!

I'm September 8th. Having a hard time with the shakes

lol...I do not have to do a liquid diet. Thank God for that...I give big kudos to those of y'all that have to. I only have to do a 3 day "lite" diet...protein and veggies, but I was thinking about starting that next week and doing a 3 day liquid diet anyway. I love the Crystal light and the sugar free kool aid singles. I have quit drinking Dr Peppers, this has been the hardest for me. I did find that diet Lipton citrus green tea is my new obsession. I love the stuff, so I will probably be adding my protein to that.

What part of Texas are you from? I live north of Beaumont, east of Houston.
I am SO very excited to be having the sleeve as tool to help me win my war with the yo-yo diet
We can be sleeve sisters
Good luck and let's keep in touch. It's great to have the support of this group, just a wonderful bunch of people.

Hi! My new journey starts Sept 09, 2011. Very excited and nervous! Ready for a happy and healthier me. My Motto: "Nothing worth having ever comes easy. With a lot of hard work, determination and faith in your self nothing is impossible." The Good Lord Above Is Behind Us Every Step of The Way!!! Just Believe and Have Faith!!!