2 days post op- please say it gets better

Thank you all so much you have no idea how much encouragement and strength your replies have given me. To the poster that said I am swallowing too much air... how do I change my swallow? I only know how to swallow one way

I agree with the others. It does get better. I felt like crap for a couple of weeks, but I have. Always had trouble with anesthesia. Just keep sipping and walking even when you don't feel like it. Dehydration is a complication you do not want.

I will be watching your progress closely.  I wish you all the best.  Day two or day three are always the worst post surgery, no matter what kind of surgery it is.  Were you prepared for all these symptoms?  Did your surgeon's office tell you what you may experience?

I had a lot of nausea and burping also.  Plus the pain in the shoulders was much worse than the belly pain the first week.   I am only a few weeks out but it gets better it really does.

If your nausea is really bad, talk to your surgeon.   I was Rx. a liquid anti nausea med along with a liquid pain med.   The liquid nausea med definitely wasn't good for the taste, but it did help the nausea out a lot.   My nausea got a LOT better about 4 days out.  By the end of the first week I "felt normal" except I pushed a little hard trying to shop on the 7th day.  Thought I was doing well until some pain started up.  BUt it DOES get better.  

I think everyone wonders, "What did I do to myself?", "Am I crazy?" throughout this process from time to time.  I am only starting my 4th week and I can say I have had a couple of those moments, and I can guess that even some at 3 mos, 6 mos, and longer still have that fleeting thought.   The point is to remember that you did this for the "end result" ...a healthier you!   The in between obstacles and fleeting thoughts of defeat are to be just that "fleeting".   WHen you have those imagine the healthier you doing something that you have always wanted, shopping for that smaller size, whatever it takes to remind yourself that this is ok to feel poopy but that you are on a mission and nothing will stop you.