ECUJenn

North Carolina...surgery date February 20th.

Just came back from my final office weigh in and I've lost 15lbs!!
Surgery is 3/5 and I have 4 more pounds to lose!
Woooohooooo!!!

Hello everyone
Surgery was Wednesday morning at 8am....had the RNY .... Everything went great......one day in step down and one day in regular room... Both leak tests were perfect...Going home in morning....YEA! For me.... I didn't chicken out....moved over to the looser's side...... Just want to thank everyone for all the encouraging word and support from all of y'all ..I would have been ad informed and ready for this without this board....y'all rock! Thanks again????????????

I am now 1 week post op and had been recovering quite well I think. I spent Tuesday night helping out at a cold weather shelter where I really did absolutely nothing except sit in a chair most of the night. No one would let me lift anything etc because the knew I was only 5 days post op. well, yesterday I slept most all day and today and I still sore as nobodies business. If I had it to do all over again I would, because homelessness is a cause I feel very passionately about and whatever pain I am feeling is nothing compared to the pain and suffering of living on the streets, especially when it is cold outside, but whew....taking way longer to recover than I thought it would.
I can't really say anything to my family and friends about how sore I am because not one of them wanted me to go to the shelter
The good news is I am 35 pounds down from my HW. 10 pounds from DOS and that included the 8 pounds I put on in Fluid at the hospital!

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I didn't fart for the first time until right before I came home, mostly burping which my doc was happy with. The embarrassing thing was the fart was awful and right afterward my pharmacy tech came to consult on my post op meds. Icky! I felt bad, but he was totally cool about it. Still mostly just burping (4 days post op) unless I am lying down.

I survived my first full day of work!!!! I did not die, though for a bit I thought I might . it's 8:30 and I'm in bed!!!
HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 234.8

Ok, tomorrow morning at 10:00am, have to leave house at 5:00am because of rush hour traffic in Boston. Really nervous. All prayers excepted. Just hoping my bad trachea holds out long enough don't want to wake up on a vent.

I just realized looking at my ticker I'm 80 pounds from goal...that sounds so much better tan 101!!!!
HW 312, pre-op (lap-band) 294, pre-op (RNY) 255, surgery date 2/11/13, goal weight 154, current weight 234.8

I have been doing ok with liquids, but one thing that has helped me is crushed ice. My fridge makes it, but it helps like having the chips in the hospital did. If your fridge doesn't crush ice you can buy bags of it from Sonic ( the restaurant if there is one in your city) sometimes the Water just sits there but letting the ice melt gets less at one time. I over did it on the Protein Shake today and drank too fast, but any liquids (approved ones for your doctor) will help keep you hydrated.

God bless you! So happy you made it thru! Thankful for the prayers..... The 26th...... So close....:-/
HW 245; CW pre-op: 229; Surg Date: 2/26/13

Had surgery today. Done at 4 and actually feeling great! I hope it stays this way. Sucking ice and drinking chicken broth.< /p>

My surgery was Wednesday morning at 10:30 and it is now midnight on Thursday night. The pain and weakness has been much better today. The nursing staff has been incredible. I have never been through major surgery so had no idea what to expect. But this board has been super helpful! They tell me I should go home tomorrow around 4pm which I am pretty nervous about just because the safety net of the nurses is nice prayers too everyone in pre and post op. we are stronger than we give ourselves credit for.

My surgery was Wednesday morning at 10:30 and it is now midnight on Thursday night. The pain and weakness has been much better today. The nursing staff has been incredible. I have never been through major surgery so had no idea what to expect. But this board has been super helpful! They tell me I should go home tomorrow around 4pm which I am pretty nervous about just because the safety net of the nurses is nice prayers too everyone in pre and post op. we are stronger than we give ourselves credit for.

My surgery was Wednesday morning at 10:30 and it is now midnight on Thursday night. The pain and weakness has been much better today. The nursing staff has been incredible. I have never been through major surgery so had no idea what to expect. But this board has been super helpful! They tell me I should go home tomorrow around 4pm which I am pretty nervous about just because the safety net of the nurses is nice prayers too everyone in pre and post op. we are stronger than we give ourselves credit for.

In the bed, all changed, waiting for them to come and get started on me. Good luck and prayers to everyone today!

In the bed, all changed, waiting for them to come and get started on me. Good luck and prayers to everyone today!

In the bed, all changed, waiting for them to come and get started on me. Good luck and prayers to everyone today!

So, tomorrow is my day! 6:30am arrival time and 8:30am surgery time. 3-6 weeks off work. We shall see. Congrats to everyone else this month!

I ordered a bunch of samples from bariatric pantry online. Syntax is good, Unjury, too. For me, it is just trial and error. I hated Isopure. IMO it made me gag.

February 20th!