bzbrown

My day finally came for my procedure. I'll write a surgery day story when I'm in less discomfort LOL. If I can recall all. I'm in extreme discomfort because of all the air. My incision area though does not hurt one bit... did ya'll know vicodin comes in a liquid too! My husband is in Japan, but made sure to have a fresh bouquet of flowers waiting for me. I'm sure tomorrow will be better.... Thank you all who have posted your stories and experiences. I knew just what to expect because of this forum, and was not as stressed as I thought I'd be this morning...

I'm also scheduled for 3/24! I'm a bit nervous as well. Will update Post Surgery!

Thank you for the welcomes! I'm not nervous thank goodness, but the timing is so crazy. I'm set to move soon after surgery. We've got movers, so no heavy lifting for me, and I've arranged for the dog I have here with me in CA to stay with family until my husband and the other dogs arrive safely from Japan. But the idea of moving, kids in new school etc, gets a bit stressful. Luckly the kids are all older, and perfectly capable of helping out.. Looking forward the hearing how both of your procedures go.

Hello I'm Nobia! I'm having my LB done next week, Thursday. I'm a newlywed, married less than a year to my husband who is a Marine stationed in Japan (not the disaster area). Between us we've got 5 kids and 3 dogs. My husband is set to return to the US next month and we're all moving to 29 Palms CA! Looking foward to a totally new life style in the coming weeks, months, years... Oh, and not really enjoying the pre-op diet, but following it word for word! ~nobia

My tricare approval also went smoothly, I have high blood pressure and 48.4 BMI, surgery is scheduled for a week from yesterday. My only concern is at seemingly the last minute Triwest announced they would not be covering the surgery facility I was originally planning to use, so now I have to use one that's covered and is nearly 2.5 hours away. It makes no sense to me, but I really like my surgeon and her staff so I don't want to have to do the process over again, since they can work with me at the other facility still. I'm thinking that drive home next week is going to be "interesting" lol...