Sleeve is done. Headed home.

So, I had my sleee yesterday morning.  Dr Hart did a great job. 

Can't drink more than a sip without burping--which isn't too comfortable.

Look forward to losing the first 15.

Welcome to the Loser's bench!

When you can make a trip to Rock City and take a picture at the "Fat Man Squeeze" formation.  Do it as a "before" then go back this summer and do the "after".  It is a big ass FART to get through there after losing weight!

funny thing: i was involved with a boy scout troop that wanted to do caving and kept bringing up "Fat Man Squeeze." I diverted that conversation as much as I could.  Weight affects a lot of things in my life. 

Understand fully.  Where I was going is that it is a hell of a MAJOR, MAJOR head rush F.A.R.T. coated in a very thick layer of irony.  You may not be able to go through there today but give it a few months and when you can make it through there it is, and I hate this word, awesome!  If you could read the writing in on the T-shirt in my avatar it says "I survived Fat Man Squeeze".  I got it the last time I went in '09.  It was my second time and I was even smaller then than my first time nine months before.  Go Grasshopper!  

I'll have to add that to my goals then. 

By the way, what does FART stand for?

F.A.R.T is an acronym that is Men's board speak = to the feminine "WOW" moment. 

Fantastic
Awesome
Remarkable
Terrific

Uses include "I ripped a hell of a FART at the jeans section of Walmart!"  I FART'ed big time when I fit in an airplane seat without an extender!" 

It is something our founding board father's started to "man up" the wording here.  You have to remember the ladies of the WLS world have us out numbered, it seems, 100+ to 1!

Welcome to the loser's bench, and congratulations.  I'm 11 days out from my RNY, and I was joking with Jeff Gudim that our lives are made up of "sip, burp, sip, burp, take meds, repeat..."

I was aware of the sipping, but the burping has caught me off guard.  I'm trying to figure out whether I can swallow anything without taking a gulp of air with it.  Seems that that would minimize the burping, but don't know if it's physiologically possible.

Welcome back after surgery.

Although I didn't have the sleeve, my docs warned about the burping. They said I needed to throw aways the the straws and use a CamelBak system.

Don't know exactly how the technology works but when you bite on the end of i****er flows into your mouth. Really helped me get rid of the burps.

CamelBak products are available at most sporting goods stores. I've heard some knock-offs are available at Wal-Mart. I wanted the name brand and found some excellent products on eBay. I have two 32-oz bottles (one for home and one for work) and two 20-oz bottles for when I'm on-the-go (driving or exercising).

Heres a link to one of the eBay sales.

http://cgi.ebay.com/CamelBak-Better-Bottle-Black-Waterbottle-1-Liter-Bottle-/280505648708?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&ha****em414f708644

Good tip. I knew not to use straws, but didn't realize how much air went down just from sipping.

I'll give it a couple days, and if it doesn't subside, perhaps invest in a camelbak.  after all, i can pay for it with the cost of two restuarant meals I WON'T be eating...ha!