Good luck on your surgery tomorrow! Mines is tomorrow also

I had no issue with nausea from anesthesia. I had it bad from the stuff they made me drink to do a scan to check for leaks. That stuff actually made me vomit. Other than that I was fine.

Advice for the first few days? Actually for the first few weeks. Sip and walk. You won't want to, but it's really important to get in enough water and to keep moving. Both things will help a lot with the healing.

Congrats on being sleeved. I hope you manage to avoid the nausea. I didn't have any so I guess I was lucky.

Advice? Well, get walking as early as you can to eliminate the gas from surgery is the best advice I got. Well...that and keep your water up.

If you follow your surgeon's plan and give this thing a real shot right from day one you'll increase your weighloss and your journey will be a lot less bumpy. There will still be some bumps but you can manage them.

Good luck.

So glad your surgery went well. When you get home be sure to have a pillow on your lap to splint whenever you get up and down and especially if you sneeze - it does help cushion the stress on your tummy. I never had a problem with nausea, but everyone is different. It also could be that I have been on RX Prilosec 40g/day for several decades. For people who don't normally take it, my surgeon gives a prescription for it to all her patients (at a much lower level) to be used for the first few weeks. She also kept me on full liquids for 2 1/2 weeks so my stomach could heal, then I moved through a couple more food stages before being okay'd for real food.

I love water, but after the surgery I couldn't stand the thought of it. Thankfully my taste for it came back about 3 weeks out. In the meantime I could disguise it in other liquids and I did really try to have just plain water a few times a day. That was hard for me.

Dr. sent me home with pain medication, anti-nausea pills and cramping pills. I used the pain and cramping pills a few times,.Hoping your Dr. does the same for you, even if you don't need them it's nice to know they are available if you do need them.

Karen

My name is Janie. I had VSG surgery a week ago. I am having trouble with the Full Fluid diet. I have another week to go on it and the only thing that gets through a day is to add a bottle of Boost Diabetic as a meal. I am taking my supplement and protein, but I just can't seem to get into eating something every 2 hours.

Because I am now waiting for ankle surgery, I have a limited ability to walk or do exercises. I feel like I am light-headed most of the time as I struggle to eat enough of the allowed foods. Any chane of someone helping me out with sugestiond and/or encouragement?

Welcome to the best decision you've ever made! I'm glad your surgery went well. Nausea and vomiting despite iv meds and the patch was the worst part of it all for me, so I'm happy for you that you avoided that! Good luck!