alobri

Today is "our" first day post-op. it has been an overall positive experience punctuated by meeting and working cooperatively with the amazing staff of Lenox Hill Hospital in NYC. Her surgeon and medical director of the Bariatric unit, masterfully completed the operation in such a way that my baby is recovering at a pace that has left all of us pleasantly and peacefully surprised. As a spouse and life partner, one has many doubts when your better half decides to do something so seemingly drastic! I would think, honey! 85% of your stomach, a vital organ, is going to be excised!!!??? Gone forever!!!? I said think because saying such a thing would be unbecoming of a supportive partner. And in my heart of hearts I am truly. But darn, how dare we as mere humans tinker with the perfect order of the systems of the human body!!!?? This blog, as well as the team at Lenox Hill, and the amazing courage that my love has had throughout the entire LONG process, deserve all the credit for changing my mind, for inspiring comfort and confidence among each other, for being so accurately informative. But of course, I needed a moment to cement it all, and so it was that to me it all came together, this morning. Call it the final confirmation, if you will. After a long night of midnight walks in a cold, quiet hospital hallway, fighting through fear and pain; pushing on because "in the blog" they said this thing or that thing was the thing to do "to make the best recovery"... After all of the months and months of expectation, excitement, anxiety... It all came together the moment that alobri, your now sleeve compadre, tells me, after her upper GI, "I saw my new stomach....I love my sleeve; it is perfect". I felt like I was part of something so positively life altering in her life. I felt like I had given her the best gift ever....the gift of a life free of the worries of dieting, diabetes ( which claimed the life of her beloved mother), of chronic low self esteem and low energy and tiredness. In short, I felt like I was part of her becoming all the things she wants for herself...and for us!

Waiting for surgery. I am feeling relax knowing that God is in control. We are going to be ok.

Good luck to all of us and God bless

I am on the same boat. Tomorrow is going to be a big day for us. We are giving our selves a chance to live.

I will be going in tomorrow at 9 am. Prayers for all of us.

Hi Tina. I am from the Bronx too. Where do you get your sleeve done? My surgery is 8/20!!!

How soon after surgery can I start taking the stool softener?

HELP!!!! I am getting sleeved on 8/20 and I have all the symptoms of a cold. What can I take?

Good luck!!!! Everything is going to be ok. Keep us post it

Hi I am getting sleeve on 8/20 and my Dr. Only put me in a 24 hrs liquid diet. He said I will have enough restriction later on. Hehe

My date is the 20th. I only have to do 24 hrs b4 surgery clear liquids.

I am having surgery on 8/20 and my Dr. Only put me on a 24 hrs. Clear liquid diet. Strange?

OMG!!!!!!! Awesome!!!! Congratulations :-)

Me too!!! Are you excited? We have 10 days left for the big day!!!!!

My surgeon didn't send me for that test. My surgery is 8/20.

I am a Substance Abuse Counselor at a residential program. Food is my addiction.

Thank you! I was having a moment. I can't wait to start this journey.

I am filling out the surgical consent form and as am reading it mayor doubts and worries arise. I do not have high blood pressure nor any medical conditions. I ask myself if I really tried hard enough? What if I get complications? What if I don't loose the weight? what if?...what if? WHAT IF? I am super scared and in need of prayers. I count with all of your support! Thank you for your time.

Sexy beast!!!

Best of luck!

Hi how was your surgery? Hope all went well.