I now have a gastric sleeve!!!!!

My surgery was yesterday and everyhing went great!  I am still in the hospital but planning on going home tomorrow.  Pain was pretty instense last night and today but i am feeling much better tonight. I have lost 8lbs since my surgery! woohoo! streadly declining!  Just thoughgt I would update yall!  

that is wonderful !!!  in about a weeks time i was feeling better and better. my surgery was a month ago on the 17th and i've lost 27 lbs and 3 pants sizes !  keep us updated

Congrats! How are you feeling today? I can't believe u lost weight already! What was the pain from, gas or incisions? So, Dr. Noria did your surgery? She told me Probably August  for me. I will be getting a def date when I see her again July 2. I have been wondering how many surgeries she has actually done, being that she is a new doc. So happy for u!
 :)

HI, I ALSO MEET WIH DR. NORIA ON JULY2, SO I WILL LOOK FOR YOU. I AM ALSO ANTICIPATED A SURGERY DATE AROUND AUGUST. MY SLEEP STUDY IS SCHEDULED ON JUNE 30. AND I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE SCHEDULING OF THE SURGERY DATE ALSO. GOOD LUCK, AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THAT DAY.

Hey Sabrina, what time is your appointment? Mine is @ 10 with Noria, but first  I am going to a follow up at the multispecialty clinic down the hall at 9am to see Dr. Kahn. Girl, SO READY to to this, right?? :D

HI LISA, MY APPOINTMENT IS JULY2 AT 2:00 OCLOCK. AND AFTERWARDS I WAS TOLD TO STAY FOR A SEMINAR THAT WILL BE LATER ON THAT DAY AT 6:00pm. SO I`LL BE THERE, AND I`M SO EXCITED AND READY GIRL. HOPE TO MEET YOU. I`M SO READY!

 Today marks a week out and I am finally starting to feel better.  The incision where she removed my stomach from is the most painful.  And it isn't the incision itself, it is everything under it.  I guess from them digging around to move things around.  I did have minor gas pain but gas x strips worked wonderful for that.  Dr. Noria did do my surgery.  I can't express how much I love her!  She came and saw me the day after and the morning I was released and we had about an hr talk.   She is only a new surgeon at Tulane.  I was her first sleeve here.  She has done hundreds in another state.  I wanna say Michigan or something up north. 
 
Just prepare yourself.  I didn't think my recovery would take this long.  Plan to have someone with you for almost a week after.  Moving is painful but required.  And having someone track your liquid and protein intake is helpful too.  You really don't feel like doing much.  Today I am down 6lbs from surgery.  seems to about a lb a day.  I am anxious to get back to my workout routine after I see her next Friday.  Then hopefully the weight starts falling off.  And understanding your new stomach takes some getting use to.  I can tell you I am not hungry, or feel hunger like I did before, but I do miss food!  I have no regrets with this, but it is a whole life change.  

Good luck, and keep me posted on your progress!

I hope you are feeling all better by today... I am wondering what kind of pain meds she gives and why did they not help you?
 

 I don't remember what pain medicine was in my iv but it helped some.  I asked for something better after the first night and started recieving liquid loratab by mouth.  That REALLY helped me!  I was sent home with a big bottle of it.  Today is my 9th day out and my 1st day of not taking it.  I may take it tonight but that depends on my discomfort level.  Basically now I am in no pain, just discomfort sitting straight up and bending over.  We shall see!  Yesterday was the first day I felt "almost normal" .......almost back to myself.  The toughest thing now is missing food, which I do, but I'm not hungry.  I just miss it.  And getting in all the protein.  It is hard to get in so much your stomach is so small.  I aim for 100g a day and I am getting closer to that goal.  I usually get around 80 but last night I hit 97.5!! lol....feel free to keep asking me questions.  I know all the information you can get is helpful.   Hope you have a good weekend!

Melissa

Hi!You're number one and I'm number two!!
I'm scheduled for Wednesday this coming week. I'm very excited and yes I love Dr Noria too.
I am so happy I switched from Bellows. Well, considering I had never met the guy.. I'd guess you'd say I switched from Vanessa Landry.  I have to say the process of all the testing and months of waiting will be worth it ...BUT, the way the office was handled was a complete nightmare.The last straw was when I waited four weeks for my appointment to arrive and was supposed to get a surgery date that day. Vanessa literally asked, "why are you here today?" I asked her if she was serious and knew at that point it was time to find a new Dr.  I can tell you that there will be a change and I can see it's a positive one so far. Dr. Noria has been awesome. She is obviously concerned and takes her time with me each time we visit. If you have a chance to change Dr's, do so. It was important to me to actually see and talk with the Dr. that will do my surgery.
Number one, please email me at [email protected]. I would love to talk to you about the surgery. Lets try to get a group of patients together. Maybe we can find "number 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" and so on... I told Dr. Noria to offer my email address to other patients who may want to form a group of some sort.
I would like to be able to give my "old sizes" to a patient who can use them in the weight loss process. Also, maybe we can meet at the park once a month or so to just talk about our process. Anyone reading this who is up for forming a group, email me!

Shannon:)