Nobody warned me about the pain and nausea. Those 2 days after surgery, I hated my mother who had gone through the same process but did not tell me about the pain - she said its like childbirth, your mind forgets cause you get something wonderful out of it in the end! I was still angry with her but I think she might be right - 10 weeks out from a sleeve and the pain is now a distant memory.

Congrats on your surgery date

This is wonderful news!

I think the thing that surprised me most was how much I wouldn't want to eat or drink in the days afterwards. Not just "not hungry" but I literally wanted to run away from food. After a week, I finally got over it and started with some liquids, but there's a reason why my surgery was January 19th but I didn't start logging until January 31st. Suddenly, January 31st, I got hungry and ate. That's happened a lot of times since then. I've been hungry and then nothing at all and I struggle to get 500 calories.

Don't be too hard on yourself or too strict. Follow doctor's orders, trust the process, and listen to your body.

Congratulations! Hmmmm...

No one told me about the effects of Morphine. I was completely looped out to the point where I literally hallucinated conversations with my husband in my head. It was hilarious because I would say the last part of our conversation out loud and he'd have to remind me that he wasn't in the loop on what we had "discussed" before that.

I bought way too many food items prior to surgery in the attempts of "stocking up." Nine months later, I still have unused "cream of" soups and sugar-free jello boxes in my pantry. I'd recommend buying a little bit to start, see where your tastes are, then go from there.

Try some protein powder samples in advance. I ended up with four tubs of protein powder, none of which I could actually use because of a nausea reaction to ALL of them. I gave them away to family members eventually.

The pain IS like childbirth - it's there, it's real, it hurts, but it's worth it in the end. That said, move as much as you can because it really does help you recover more quickly.

If at all possible, see if you can sleep in a recliner once you're home. Getting in and out of bed was ridiculously painful, and I only tried it twice before setting up sleep in our living room post-op.

Congrats on your date!! I am about a 1week and a half post op. My pain right after surgery was not fun, but by the morning I had stopped using the morphine pump--had very little pain getting up out of bed and moving about (I had RNY). My incisions are healing very well, BUT I am not interested in food at all. I am sooo tired of "creamy" drinks and despise yogurt normally, but have been choking it down with a scoop of unflavored protein because it gets half of what I need in for the day. Unflavored protein powder has been a life saver for me!

Everyone's journey is a bit different..........good luck with yours!