Meli01

This is exactly how I feel. Ive only told my mom and my best friend.

My doctor said I had so many medications during and after surgery that it was almost impossible to tell what caused the rash.

I love spanx, but I usually pick them up at Marshall's or Ross where they are significantly cheaper.

I have a horrible rash that I saw the doctor about today. Mine is concentrated on my chest and not on my incisions, but my doctor said it is a reaction to medication. She recommended benadryl at night, Claritin during the day and said I cold put an anti itch spray on it if I wanted to.

You're welcome!

I know how that feels I started to feel like that a couple days before surgery, but I couldn't be happier that I went through with it.

Congrats!! I can't wait for that NSV.

I had my surgery on Monday and have no regrets. I got a little scared reading some of the threads here, but I also had a lot of faith in my surgeon. My surgery was at 7 am and I was home by 9 am the next day. I was in a good amount of pain that lasted a couple days, but as of this morning I feel great. I was up walking around a couple hours after surgery. I had some nausea, but it was controlled by medicine. I'm not going to weigh in until Monday so I don't know how much I've lost, but I'm confident this surgery is going to help me loose big! Good luck on your surgery!!

Congratulations on getting your date!

Thanks everyone for your replies, the doctor thinks I am having a reaction to the pain medication. He tood me to take Benadryl and changed my pain meds.

They have actually been doing this surgery for years as part of the duodenal Switch. As much as I was worried about the unknown I was more concerned about what would happen to my health if I didn't have the surgery.

I'm 29 and just had surgery this week. I wish I would have done this years ago! If I had done this years ago I would have had less weight to loose. If you know you can't loose the weight without surgery, the only thing that will happen if you wait a few years will probably be that you will weigh more then.

My Bcbs approval was quick too, only took 3 days. Good luck!!

Congrats! You look great!

Thanks everyone! I plan on calling the doctor in the morning because it is super itchy and raw. It's only on my breasts, it doesn't seem to be in spots where I had any tape.

I am 2 days post op and have just started to get an itchy rash on my chest. Any ideas what could be causing it?

HI, I was sleeved Monday morning also and I was feeling the same way until about noon today. The only thing I've been ale to eat so far is unjury chicken soup and water. The gas pain was horrible and made me throw up almost everything I tried. I've had a heating pad on my stomach since this morning and it seems to have helped a lot with the gas pains. I have also been taking gas x strips, not really sure if those helped or not. Hope you feel better!

Good luck!

I go in tomorrow to, I have to be at the hospital at 5 am. I am 80 pounds away from my goal. I typed ticker n the search bar and that took me to a link where I was able to add my ticker.

I'm ready!!

How has your preop diet been so far, I was fine with it until the 2nd week. How are the bariatric advantage shakes?

I'm having my surgery on Monday and planning a trip to Cabo in December. I previously went to Cabo with a friend who was about 6 months post-op. There were plenty of food choices for him. For breakfast he was able to get eggs and bacon from the buffet. The majority of his other meals consisted of shrimp or chicken. On the one occasion he ordered chicken fettuccine he picked out the chicken and only ate a few of the noodles. Drinking wise he stuck mainly to vodka and had several drinks during our trip. Because of all the walking and swimming we did he still managed to loose a few pounds while we were there. Hope you have a great trip!

Congratulations!

My surgery is inpatient. I go in at 5:30 am on Monday. My doctor says most of his patients stay in the hospital about 24 hours. My surgeon didn't order any meds for before surgery. I also ordered some syntax nectar, I have the strawberry kiwi and unflavored protein. I really like the strawberry kiwi!

I am also having my surgery on the 12th. Mine is in Palo Alto, CA. I am 1 week into my pre-op liquid diet.