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One month Post-Op

August 7th was my 1-month post-op anniversary!! hahaha I don't even know if there is such a thing but oh well I am making it a thing. I had my doctor's appointment the day before that so my doctor could check how I am doing after my whole ulcer deal. He told me I was doing good and that I was losing enough weight and that everything seemed normal. He ended up ordering some blood test to check on how my vitamins are working and stuff so I will see him again in about 2-3 weeks. He also told me tha

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• hectorduran
• August 10, 201412 yr

Read more about Surgery and Post-Op

Surgery and Post-Op

I had my surgery july 7th at 12:35pm and everything went well! I stayed two nights in the hospital.The first night was a little painful but by the second night I had almost no pain. I had more pain from being in an uncomfortable bed than from the actual wounds from the surgery. I ended up getting five little lines in my stomach with staples. After I left the hospital I basically waited until July 14th to get the staples taken out. The taken out of the staples was pretty normal, nothing out of th

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• hectorduran
• July 23, 201412 yr

Read more about Approved! (Surgery Date)

Approved! (Surgery Date)

After two weeks (15 days) of submitting all the paperwork and requirements to the insurance, I finally got the call that I have been approved for surgery! They gave me July 7th for my surgery date and tomorrow I will be meeting with my surgeon so he can give me a physical and go through my medical history.Since the surgery is coming up pretty soon, I am starting my Pre-Op Diet tomorrow. I have to say that throughout this process I haven't been nervous at all until today that I actually know when

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• hectorduran
• June 26, 201412 yr

Read more about First Entry of This Journey

First Entry of This Journey

Hello I am Hector!   I stumbled upon this really informative website and I thought that I should sign up and talk to people that have experienced the things that I might experience when I get the surgery done. I am planning to get the gastric bypass but I still have a few things left to do before surgery. I barely finished doing all the requirements for my insurance so now I am waiting to see if I get approved. I also have to take the Pre-Op class in about two weeks (06/24/2014). I guess I'm s

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• hectorduran
• June 12, 201412 yr