Anybody hear from Lesley?

The back pain may be from the gas still trapped in your system.

 

I had so much pressure and bloating in my upper abdomen I thought I was going to bust! I didn't have any back pain but that is probably gas too. I did the gas x strips 2 or 3 at a time and they worked wonders. You will see how everyday will get so much better! And when you start really loosing it is so exciting. I am officially in to the 2's and out of the 3's and I am so excited!

Hi Lesley, my upper stomach felt swollen as well and I think some of it was from not being able to go to the bathroom for so long. My back also killed me and I think that was from all the lying down and sitting down. I used a heating pad and the most wonderful thing of all was when I would get my husband to rub A535 all over my back, it was like heaven.

It will take time but you will feel better. It's like another hurtle you have to get over on this journey. First the waiting for the surgery then the recovery, then a stall, then hair loss, and later on maybe more stalls. The challenges will  go on and on but we are sleeved and we are going to rock this

I think I'm just getting over my stall I've gained and lost the same couple of pounds for the past three weeks or so. I knew it was going to happen but it was still disappointing. But I kept telling myself that there is no way I could be eating 700-800 calories a day and not be losing weight. I used to eat 4 times that much and my body needs at least three times that much to just maintain my current weight. So I knew it was just my body and it was another hurtle.

I am anticipating the hair loss to start some time in the next month or two so that will be another hurtle because my hair is already thin . I know I will struggle with it but I also know that it will all be worth it in the end and we can all support each other on this site through it all. Take care. Jillian

 

 

Thanks Jillian.. I am feeling lots of pressure up top..Im hoping in a few more days it will be gone.. crossing my fingers.. Yes there will be lots of hurdles but it will be all worth it in the end.. Right now I just want the pressure to go away!! lol

Congratulations and welcome to the losers bench! I know exactly how you are feeling and  can truly empathize with you, I was very sick after surgery and it took a long time to feel better. My first week home I didnt even want to talk to anyone, I was so miserable,I couldn't sleep for more than an hour at a time and it was painful to drink anything.  I will give you some words of  advice or wisdom or however you want to take them , I was on hydromorphine pain killers for the first 6-7 days and they  caused extremely  bad constipation. This may be TMI but I was unable to have a bm for 9 days and was sick with the pain from that. I  tried everything to relieve the pain including gas x,  miralax, two supositories and finally what worked was stool softeners and that made a huge difference in how I felt. I hope you do not experience that but it you do I would definately get on stool softeners asap. Take care. Jillian.

Never too much info Jillian.. I definetly need something for that.. Its very uncomfortable.. Im doing better today tg because I was started to feel like what the hell did i do... but now Im really excited and happy.. The discomfort was messing my thoughts up...lol Its a whole new learning experience trying to figure out my new tummy.. I definetly can not eat or get down what they want us too.. not even close yet.. Im sure as each day goes by I will get better at it..Thanks alot

If you need anything, Leslie give me a shout out. I'm in oromocto too!

glad every thing went well hope you feel better soon. still waiting for the call from the hostpital for my surgery date Dr b said 6 month wait so 2 month gone and 4 to go.

 

Crossing my fingers for you and hope you here something really really soon.. I will be pulling for you!!

i am so glad to read this. like the others i was getting ansey cause we hadn't heard anything

glad you are now on the mend, welcome home

:)