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Hey all, 10 days post op and have been having intense muscle cramps. Several times a day. Started yesterday. Back and legs are where they occur. I don't know if I am doing wrong. I am taking my vitamins daily as prescribed, drinking lots of water, my other oral intake is cream soups, jello, diluted sugar free apple juice, yogurt whip, and pudding once a day. Protein shakes times 2 a day. I don't know what I am doing wrong. Any one know? Ideas? Thank you =)

Hello and welcome! Best of luck to you.

Looking good! Hang in there you can dooo it!

Best of luck to you! I look forward to your progress.

Wow!! in three months too, congratulations! =)

My surgery I did the liquid diet as well, but it was 7-10 days prior. I was surprised how I lost weight just with that, but still pleased nonetheless.

I am a military mom of three. Very fortunate to be able to have this surgery. I introduced myself a while back, and decided now was the time to fill you in and maybe ask some questions. My house is very busy (8-9 at a time) so I didn't have alot of time to do or think about anything. I cleaned my room up to my standards, and got it prepared for when I return. I have a wonderful support system. I am hoping all goes well (ofcourse tomorrow is full moon,LOL I am superstitious!) I am not a crier but I do have anxiety, major anxiety, like maybe dumping syndrome before the fact? (TMI, sorry) I am nervous, but I am excited. Question: Did you lose a lot of weight pre-op on the shakes? And if so do they hold that against you? I lost about 20 pounds. I want to do this by the book. I don't want to mess this up at all. Any good vibes would be wonderful. My thoughts are with you all, no matter which phase you are in. Take care!!

I am still a newbie, 6 days post op, so I don't have an abundance of advice, I do offer the support though, hang in there, positive vibes going your way.

Congratulations! That is wonderful news. I am extremely happy for you, what an inspiration. =)

Ava~ You were right, I asked and had 2 oz of applejuice, tada it did the trick. Great advice! =) Thank you. Shalon~ Yes, it was thankfully I don't remember a lot of it. I am just happy to be home and starting my new life, my new chance.

Dizzy and lightheadedness may be related to the pain meds? I hope it subsides soon and you are feeling better. I didn't have any tubes to be removed so I couldn't answer that one. I have read people having them removed and seen advice like take a deep breath right before and breathe it out as it comes out. I hope you feel better soon.

Hang in there, sending good vibes your way. The hospital should have an emergency generator and be prepared for weather type situations. Keep us updated.

Welcome, and best of luck to you. Best philosophy~ One day at a time.....

Thank you Jill for the good vibes, much appreciated. =) Congrats to you as well, I am glad you are recovering very well. Tony, you and I both had surgery on the same day, I will have keep an eye out for you. I hope all is going well with you. Thank you Krista for the nice thoughts, I was razzled that day, and just felt plain insignificant. I apologize. I have read this board faithfully. I didn't think to post till crunch time here. I will try and make a better effort with that. My respects. Ava, thank you I do agree support group is good. I do go to an active support group and have for a couple months. I am feeling a bit better, thank you for asking. Raine, thank you yes you are right it does help. =) They also didn't have to make as many incisions. Well until I had to have the emergency second surgery, and ended up with 5 cuts anyways. I am just happy to be alive and have a second chance at life. Only issue I am dealing with that has nothing to do with the surgery atleast I don't think so, is a pretty bad headache. It has lasted a couple of days now. Thank you all again, I will try to become a little more active now. Especially since I am feeling better. My regards to all.

First and foremost, I must apologize again. I won't lie, I am not a crier, maybe a whiner? I sometimes wish I could cry, so I wouldn't be so emotional in other ways. Okay enough about that. My weight initially 277 height 5'6 My weight day of surgery 257 Thursday Sept 1 246.7 ( I need to make a ticker) Day 1 Aug 29 Surgery- Since the weight loss we decided to go with only 3 holes, was fine with me, easier to come home and recover with. Came out of surgery with not too much pain at all. I was in ICU the first 12 hours until I was able to walk, and take down a bit of Jello. I was feeling really well. I walked laps around the ICU. Feeling pretty good. After my walk and lemon jello (yum!) I was a little sleepy decided to take a nap. I was wheeled to a regular floor. My doctor came in every thing was looking good. As long as we kept the route I would go home the next morning. They took the foley catheter out, and my last task was to go to the rest room. I tried for some time, sat there for gosh knows how long. They gave me a dose of pain meds by IV. I then took another nap. I woke up from this nap, in extreme pain. Pain like never before. I honestly thought I was going to die I was hurting so bad. My blood pressure sky rocketed, my heart rate went tachycardia, and then I began vomiting. I was vomiting so bad, I brought up quite a bit of blood. My husband was there called a nurse who then called the surgeon. I was evaluated and told I needed to go back to surgery asap. My sympstoms suggested something was wrong. I felt horrible I didn't care, just make the pain go away please. So back to surgery I went. At this point I don't really remember too much until Wednesday evening. I was back in ICU again. However I was feeling better, and happy to be alive. Turned out I must have twisted and pinched something, but they fixed it before it became an issue. Fast forward to Thursday and now. I was finally able to come home. I took a shower, brushed my teeth and now able to relax in my own home. I am beginning to bruise in many places. 7 holes on my left hand where they tried during surgery to get a second line in bruised pretty bad. My arms are also bruised up from the heparin shots every 4 hours. I look like I have polka dots on my arms. Lastly from both the surgeries I am beginning to bruise and the incisions are waking up. Other then all of that, today I am feeling pretty good, a little better each day. I am walking around the house several times a day. I think today I may go outside and walk some more. My body is swollen still, so nothing to report there yet. LOL Thanks for reading if you got to here. I will keep updating.

I apologize. I am on an emotional roller coaster. It has been a crazy week. Had 2 surgeries this week. Will update tomorrow. Thank you for the responses, again I will respond tomorrow. Thank you!

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I have had the blood work, attended the seminar, attented the support group meeting, attended the doctors meeting group. Did my bloodwork, kind of odd that my blood work came back malnourished, so not sure what will go on from there. I have the psych evaluation this week. Then if that goes okay I call to make a pre-op appointment. I am nervous and excited all at once. My friend back in 2005 had the gastric bypass and died 26 days after surgery, her organs shut down. This is the biggest reason I have been having a hard time. But now I have come to accept it. I need this. I am 5'6 260-265 (fluctuates). BMI 41. I guess this is all for now. Thank you for sharing your information, it will help me out.