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Thank you Carrie :)

I have made a note of the items listed by you and will make sure that I take a walk as much as possible.

I will keep you guys posted. Thank you for the support and being there for me! Appreciate the same.

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Up- And DON'T be alarmed about weight gain. Its just Water weight it will come off. Mine took a week. Your on a IV. I have my 1 month post-op on Monday. And I lost a total of 14lbs since I started the liquid pre. My cloths fit normal instead of feeling like I an going to burst out of them. I am happy with the slowness of the weight loss. Its exactly what I hoped for. I see such a difference in my body shape. Awwee i am so excited for you. My hubby was a troop ( no punt intended he is a sgt. In the army) he was there for everyday and made sure I walked at home and helped me down the stairs) make sure you have loose fitting items to where at home. ( I had no shame going out in my pj's and robe to stores for the first 4 days). They fixed a hernia while they were in there so I ended up with 7 incisions. No outside stitches so barely any scares. :-)

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Hi guys :) I am back from the hospital.

The surgery went well on Saturday and finally yesterday morning I was discharged from the hospital.

All I realize is being taken to the OT and then I go blank, I woke up after 1.5 hours in the ICU (they had kept me there for observation purposes) and shifted me to my ward after about 3 hours of under ICU observation.

I woke up about 6 hours after the surgery, but was heavily sedated, did not feel much pain after the surgery except I had severe nausea and vomiting. The nausea, vomiting continued on the second day too and as Carrie had suggested I tried my best to start walking since the second day onwards. 50 steps every 2 hours. Pain was not much compared to the pain induced due to nausea and vomiting. My mom was there all the while to assist me, so things were smoother.

Day 3 : 2 days after the surgery, I did 100 steps every 2 hours and felt less pain, and continued being on clear liquid diet.

Day 4: 3 days after the surgery, feels good to be back home. Still on liquid diet.< /p>

I have a consultation with the physician on 23rd Dec. Currently, I have been given 1 multi-Vitamin to be consumed per day along with 2 tabs per day for avoiding the gassy feeling.

The only de-motivating factor here is I reached home yesterday (2 days after surgery) and my period started. So my daily walk has reduced to 50 steps every 2 hours, since I have severe abdominal pain as well. :( :( :(

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Yayayaya! So strange. My Aunt flo started the day before surgery! Nerves I am guessing. It took me two weeks to feel normal. I was thinking about you. i am glad you posted! I do my fit bit now and get my normal 10,000 steps.

I went for my 1 month post-op while you are in recovery

They put me on soft foods for another two weeks since i completely skipped the puree stage. I could not handle it. I am on target and lost a total of 17lbs and I am slightly under 40bmi :-). I am so glad you got up and moving and I bet the doc's and nurses were very proud of you!

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