POSTED UNDER Gastric Sleeve Surgery Reviews
I've Made It This Far - Houston, TX
UPDATED FROM LadyTII
6 days post
Day 7 Pre Opt July 22, 2015
LadyTIIJuly 22, 2015
$4,000
Okay I've been posting my journey from the surgery date, I guess not in the right areas. But for the most part the first 3-4 days the gas was rough. Trying to learn my new body. Now It's the evening of day 6 I am on a full liquid diet for 14 days. What I introduce a new food I take the nausea meds first. My body loves the sugar free popsicles. Today I ate a Flintstone vitamin. Fine. I can still only drink 2 iz of protein shake an hour. Where I didn't like to drink water I'm craving cold water even through out the night. I lost 15lbs from the 2 week clear liquid diet. Then another 10 lbs from the surgery last week. From 235 to 207 today!!!! I go to my pre Op doctors visit tomorrow so I will learn how much does the doctor want me to lose & so forth. I wish everyone well and a speedy recovery.
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1 day pre
It's Count Down!
LadyTIIJuly 14, 2015
Yes, I've truly made this far by faith. I've made it through the rigorous process of getting approval. Made it through the classes, the tests, and yes even the 2 week of clear liquids. Thank you Lord! Now a few hours away, I will introducing a new me...Wow, almost here.
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July 14, 2015
Good luck! Can't wait to see how you're feeling in the days after your surgery. The pain pump was my friend. True story, I thought it would only give me medicine every thirty minutes so I would only push the button then...I found out several hours later that it was set for every 10 minutes. I denied myself so many hours of pain medicine! But maybe that helped me get used to the pain and wean myself off the pain meds quicker. I was pretty much off altogether a week after surgery.
July 14, 2015
Stopping by to say god bless you and happy sleeving, tomorrow is my big day also and I will be praying for the both of us.
July 15, 2015
My prayers are with you also. I pray that the surgery is a success, we have minimum pain, and may God remove any fear but replace it with faith. By His stripes we are healed and sleeved in Jesus Name! Amen.
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1 day pre
46- 5'2, 2 days to go,PS: Trying not to be nervous
LadyTIIJuly 13, 2015
I think the biggest challenge I had were the Saturdays before the surgery. Because I had to do it during a holiday, July 4th.Barbecue,cheese & macaroni,etc. But I survived it. The biggest thing that really helped me was to journal. I wrote not only how I felt but primarily everything I did or drunk. For example, 9:00 Breakfast -Strawberry Protein shake Am/Bm, 12:30 Snack - jello, 3:00 Lunch - vanilla protein shake with water on ice, 5:00 snack- broth 7:00 dinner -Mixed Protein Shake 9:00 popsicle. So now I can continue and reflect on my journey to a new me.
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July 13, 2015
I am going to start journaling now on my Google calendar to start practicing. I have started cutting my food intake way down and am very surprised at all the positive changes I can make and still not lose weight. I am just now hearing how my insurance company requires my 6 months of classes to be 28 days apart so to get my surgery in December I now have to seriously push everything up.
You are doing great!
You are doing great!
July 13, 2015
Thanks. My sister who had the sleeve about 3 years ago, expressed her concern for me to prepare for my mind ma want to eat what's in front of me but my stomach won't let me. I too have prepared for such issues like this from participating in other weight loss ventures. So I have ordered those small containers and labels so what I don't eat now I can eat later. Attempting in the beginning to rotate the meals & empty the containers within a weeks time. I'll try anyway.
July 13, 2015
It's hard to cut down to the diet you'll be on after surgery until your stomach is that small. I couldn't do it. I was fortunate in that I had no dietary restrictions until the day before surgery (because when my surgery was initially approved, I barely met the minimum BMI requirement for it with a co-morbid illness), so in the weeks leading up to surgery, I ate all of my favorite foods at all of my favorite places and I gained 16 pounds from the date of approval to the day before surgery. Oooops. I even had the best intentions of doing the post-surgery diet in reverse, to ease myself into it (which I'm glad I wasn't able to do properly--it was hard enough doing clear liquids only for those 2 weeks post surgery (and the day before); I can't imagine what it would've been like doing it even longer!). But after surgery, I've had no problem with the tiny portion sizes (I joke my 7 month old niece eats more at one time than I do). In fact, I've found I struggle to eat as many times as you're supposed to. I had cravings for certain foods at first, but they've gone away. Now, I'm happy if I get my protein all in, and get at least halfway to my fluid goal. Seeing the results in the mirror and feeling how loose my clothes are getting has kept me motivated, along with the fact that I really hate the feeling I get on those rare occasions when I've 'overdone' it (hello that breakfast where I ate 1 egg and 2.5 pieces of bacon--I'm talking to you, lol!), so that also helps keep me in line. But you're getting on up close to D-Day! My utmost sympathies are with you if you have to do the same pre-op yuckiness that I did--8 ounces of magnesium citrate was both disgusting to drink and unpleasant to say the least as it took effect! Good luck, and may I suggest keeping some of those moist toilet wipes on hand? ;)
July 13, 2015
I haven't heard about having to drink the magnesium stuff!! I don't understand why they can't make those taste better!!
July 13, 2015
My bottle was advertised as a "pleasing cherry flavor". It was neither pleasing not tasted anything like cherries.
July 13, 2015
what brand of protein shakes do u use?
July 13, 2015
Isopure. I recently ordered the Bariatric advantage orange scicle. It's really good. Especially $2.95 ready to make bottle just add water.
July 14, 2015
My surgeons had me drink it to make sure my digestive tract was completely clear (less risk of stuff leaking out while they're working and causing infection--also gives a little healing time before you have to poo after surgery). I only had to do clear liquids the day before surgery, though, so maybe that's why it was necessary for me. If you've been clear liquids for a week pre-surgery, you're probably pretty cleaned out, hahaha.
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