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I took the easy way out. I wanted my friends to know, but didn't feel like having to talk about it. I told one of my friends, who is a blabbermouth, and at the end said, "don't tell anyone." Well, that's all it took, he told everyone, just as I planned. :nono:

I'm 5'7" and the date of my initial consult (5/12/10) I was at a personal high of 332, so I had to lose 147 lbs. to get to my goal. I'm down 47 lbs. since that day, so I'm on my way. You're definitely not alone.

I'm kind of surprised that you're all having an easy time with the popcorn - it looks terrifying to me right now.

I'm in an opposite situation. I'm 22 and would have waited a few more years if possible, but who knows if my future health insurance will cover WLS. My parents' insurance did, and I'm only covered until my 25th birthday, so I got it done now. (Plus, I knew deep down that I would never lose the weight anyway)

On the vomiting thing, I was throwing up and/or dry heaving continuously for two days post-op (I've never taken well to general anesthesia), and it didn't damage me a bit. Good luck, you'll be fine.

I had my surgery in Freehold. Who is the doctor?

Wow. Please tell me you had insurance for that.

You're all lucky. My surgeon made me wear my drain for six days AFTER leaving the hospital. It was quite a pain to drag around. It also felt like my internal organs were being pulled out through the small hole it was in when they took it out haha.

Warning: the first time urinating after the cath is taken out hurts like hell.

Well, I worked Tuesday and yesterday and was fine, just a little tired in the afternoon. I am, however, glad that I'm off until Saturday.

I'm a week out, and they've slowed, but they still drive me nuts.

Oh, I will be. They already know I'm coming off surgery and that I'll be heading home if I don't feel well.

I'm going back to work tomorrow, six days following my surgery. I'm sure I'll regret it tomorrow, but I need the money to get back to college next month. Such is the life of a seasonal, "at will" employee who goes to school, I guess.

I'm definitely going to ask when I go see him on Thursday, but this morning I had a "eureka!" moment where I realized that, by switching surgeries, I might have found a carbonation loophole. Heh.

I was originally going to have the lap-band surgery, and it was made quite clear that I was never to have carbonated beverages . I ultimately decided on the sleeve (obviously) and had the procedure on Wednesday. I was just wondering if the carbonation rule applies to all WLS, or just the lap-band?

They gave me anti-nausea medicine, but it wasn't working. They called my surgeon and he told them to give me something else for the nausea, and that worked - unfortunately it took awhile for me to be able to get that new medicine, because my IV came loose (I turn in my sleep) and we had to wait for the IV nurse to come and give me a new one. Once they gave me that medicine, it all went away. They also gave me the patch for behind the ear, which I'm still using just in case haha.

I have a surgical drain that isn't being removed until Thursday 7/28. In the meanwhile, I have no plans to remain a shut in, so I'm wondering if any of you have ideas on how to conceal it. Would taping it to my belly with medical tape be ok?:cool0:

I was in a lot of pain the day after surgery, and I also had a lot of dry heaving that same day, which my doctor assured me was normal. That day was miserable, but I'm now 4 days post-surgery and feeling better by the hour.