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MrsHumphreys
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How did your surgery go? I had my surgery today, as well! Hope all went well!
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Had my surgery this morning at 9:30am. After the surgery was over, while I was in recovery, they called my husband (was out of town working, so my Dad was with me) and told him everything went great. Then tonight when he got home, he told me they informed him they discovered a hernia while in there, which they apparently fixed. That is crazy! I can't believe no one said anything to me about that at the hospital. Did anyone else experience this??? I responded to another post a minute ago (before I found out about the hernia), and was commenting that I was incredibly surprised at how much pain I'm experiencing, considering how so many people had such little pain after their surgery. The gas is absolutely the worst part, but perhaps it's actually the hernia!? Ugh. Not feeling too good...
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I totally know what you are going through!!! I just had my surgery this morning, and I can't believe how much pain I'm in from the gas. The incision sites are nothing... just tender. But the gas?! OH. MY. GOD. I feel like I have a basketball just crushing everything in my chest. It feels like the worst heartburn I've ever had. I am laughing now, after having ready story after story of people saying the surgery was a breeze with no pain at all and that they could have gone back to work either the day of or immediately the next day after surgery. Gah. Do those Gas-X strips work?! None of the doctors at the office or hospital mentioned them. They just said to keep moving around. The only problem is that when I move around I get extremely nauseated. Any additional advice? Oh! And the strange part is that when I have a tiny bite of sugar-free Jello (which I liquefy in my mouth before swallowing), I can't tell if the discomfort I'm experiencing is from the gas, or from the band. It's such a foreign experience so far!
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I can't wait! I go check-in at the hospital tomorrow at 7:30am. It feels like it's taken forever to get to this point, and now I'm so nervous! Is anyone else's surgery tomorrow?
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I recently tried I-Metabolic... yuck!! It has a really chemically, overly-sweet taste. I didn't like any of the flavors (chocolate, strawberry, orange, vanilla bean). So I'm sticking to Chike in strawberry. It's not too sweet, and is pretty good as far as protein shakes go