naynay209

My wife and I both have our surgery tomorrow! We have to be at the hospital at 6am. Please keep us in your prayers. will update as soon as we can. thank you everyone for your support.

That's awesome! Today I put on t shirt that would never have fit me before and it fits still tight but fits ! Haha but hey little things like necklaces and collar bones is awesome I think! Yay

Kinsse first I got what's called the Duodenal Switch which is a little more extensive then the gastric bypass. I also eat sugar free pudding and cream Soups and also Greek yogurt. It's hard to get anything in really but I do. I also have alot of waters and alot of sugar free Popsicles I haven't really done much different I cannot wait will I can eat food tho! But you have lost 10lbs !! Congrats on that! My goal was to finally get under 300lbs! When I saw that I was 286 I cried I haven't been under 300 In a long time!

I went home with liquid norco 7.5/500. Hydrocodone/ acetaminophen it knocks me out as soon as I take it. Give me 5 minutes and I feel nothing and am in dream land for the next 6-8 hours. I try not to take it unless I'm really hurting and luckily I'm not in much pain.

So everyone I am 10days postoperative had surgery on August 6 2013 on that morning I weighed 302 lbs as of today I weight 286!! Omg

Omg. I feel the same. I want to eat but then I think I'm eating to much and I don't want to stretch my pouch. I forget to take sips and try to chug Water then have pain till it passes. So much to get used to. And the Vitamins. I swear my friend asked if I was eating and I told her my Vitamins count as at least 1 meal so I have eaten twice today. Oh the differences to get used to. I walk alot. But the pain medicine instantly knocks me out. But still happy about surgery. Just gotta get used to everything.

Hi naynay! Are you in Stockton? I live in Stockton and I am in the final stages of my preop requirements. My surgeon is Dr. Patrick Coates.

A lIttle over 24 hours to go until surgery Wow this came a lot faster than I expected. I jUst keep taking slow drop breaths and saying it's gOing to be ok.

I am 6 days post op. on all clear liquid diet. No pain. I haven't had any pain at all. I was very uncomfortable the first day post op. my pouch was swollen and I could not take any thing by mouth. Everything that went in. Came out plus more. Dr said that sometimes happens because your body is extra sensitive to all the cutting and stapling. So for the rest of that day everything was through the I.V. By Thursday I was better but scared to take too much by mouth because I didn't want to throw up. By Friday I was taking in what I should and Dr released me that night. I have been doing great. I have no drain. One of my incisions is leaking but the others are almost all healed already. Tomorrow is my post op 1week surgeon visit. So hopefully I move to blended foods. Hope everyone is doing great.
Renee

Glad to hear you are doing well!

Heading to hospital now it's 5 an here I'm az

Post op day 4;) If any of you have any questions please feel free to send me a personal message and I will e glad to answer even the most embarrassing question

I have to be at the hospital in 24 hours! OMG I'm freaking out! I'm so excited/nervous/ready to be on the losers bench! I know it's gonna hurt and it's going to test my limits but I am ready. I have prepared, researched, and wanted this for a year and a half and I am interested to see where this takes me

Hi all I just had my surgery on the 31st. I didn't have a drain or anything. My incisions look great very small. I was walking with in 6 hours of my surgery. I stayed in the hospital for an extra day due to my low blood pressure and low oxygen saturation. They let me go today but I did come home on oxygen. They said this some times happens when on hydrocodien. Ill have a follow up appointment on Monday or Tuesday. But I had thought it would have hurt way more than it has. I would say it's all mild discomfort. I wish everyone luck my last 2 weeks flew by. You all will do great!
hw 375 sw 337 surgery date 7/31/13

Child's plate of Mexican food 1 chicken enchilada rice and Beans. And 4 yes 4 margaritas was at a going away party for a friend couldn't help first time I drank that much in 15 yrs phewwww

I am 8 weeks post op. I have long hair and am trying to prepare to lose some of it. I haven't had short hair since the 3rd grade and never would have considered it pre surgery due to the round face, double chins, etc. today I got my hair cut short! It is so totally different and I love it! My mom said I am looking like a new person!

Right before I had my surgery a good friend of mine asked what my goal size was, and I told her a 10. The day I came home from surgery, she came over and had bought me a pair of jeans from Victoria's Secret in size 10. I remember looking at them thinking, "wow, I will never fit in these tiny things".
I wore them today

When I had my last post op check up, the nurse had to go out and get the regular cuff! SCORE!!!! I was so excited
HW 312, pre-op (RNY) 255, current weight 205

I donated blood tonight for the first time since surgery. My resting heart rate has dropped by 30bpm and they could use the regular sized blood pressure cuff!

Just put on the dress that my grandmother ordered for me. It is a size 14. And to think in February I was in a size 28. I haven't seen a 14 since middle school.

I just bought a size 18 pants, from a 26!!!!

Last night I went shopping for new (smaller) outfits for my new position at work. While having a small fashion show for my fiancé he kept remarking on how amazing I am looking and told me I'm "super cute". A fun night then commenced! Haha

I have been wearing stretchy pants/shorts pretty much daily since surgery so I hadn't noticed much of a difference in my clothing until I came across a pair of size 18 shorts. The last size I was in was a 26. I tried them on and they fit perfectly!!! I thought they must've been stretched out or something so I found another pair and to my surprise they fit just as well. And these are not stretchy at all. They actually have a button and zipper!!! Yee Haw!! Feels pretty good.