SAinAUS2012

Found this group today and I'm thrilled to see how others progress along the same timeline is me. Good luck and swift healing to everyone.
Start: 300 ==> Day of Surgery 10/28/13 @ 280 ==> GW165

Ohhh wow... Thank you all!!! I feel a lot better now with your advices. I am going to start measuring myself because I do note some shrinking... Maybe use the scale once a week will be a good idea, but I have it in the bathroom and it is soooo tempting to stand on it every day... Thank you ladies... Besides the stall I am doing good. I had some Constipation issues solved with benefiber added to my Water. I am still having some pain on my side and not able to sleep in any on my sides yet... THIS GROUP SUPPORT IS GREAT, thanks!!!!

Last drain is coming out today. Surgeon is keeping me another night just to ensure I am 100% before I head home. Walking without a blood bag will be the best thing every.

Last drain is coming out today. Surgeon is keeping me another night just to ensure I am 100% before I head home. Walking without a blood bag will be the best thing every.

Drop removed this morning. Surgeon is happy with fluids intake. Biggest issue at the moment is the drain on my left side. Sadly don't think it will be out until tomorrow.
Hospital staff are amazing.
How are you doing?

Good luck everyone with surgeries this coming week. I go in tomorrow at 6am.

Good luck everyone with surgeries this coming week. I go in tomorrow at 6am.

Good luck everyone with surgeries this coming week. I go in tomorrow at 6am.

Good luck everyone with surgeries this coming week. I go in tomorrow at 6am.

Hang in there team 28th...we are on the home stretch. Already Saturday night here in Australia!

Good morning ladies! Surgery was yesterday, went perfectly, RNY and cholecystectomy. I walked twice yesterday, passed the blue ice test an pain was minimal after the first two hours. I'm on a morphine pump and getting Tylenol 3 via IV every 4-6 hours. I have found the Tylenol help snore than the morphine. Day 2 and feeling amazing!!! Glad to be on losers bench with you all.
My hospital is amazing and the nursing staff is super responsive and attentive, this could not be going any better!

4 more sleeps

Yeah, my husband is probably getting tired of hearing me talk about it. But he's being a good sport.

Thanks Sandy! I hope it is 2 nights for me too!

I got mine on wednesday 9th at 9 am and got discharged on Friday afternoon. I dont know but 5 days seems to be a lot to me

How quickly are you up and about after surgery? You should walk that night. You should be walking the halls by the next day. You'll have to get rid of all that air.
Does wearing a binder or something Spanx like help after surgery like it does after giving birth? Waste of money for me. I bought binders and ended up not using them. You might get some control top panties.
On average how much weight do you lose the 1st month? By 3 months? This isn't answerable. You will lose as your body loses and I lose as my body loses. Period. I thought I was going to fail again. I was sure I was. BUT this surgery will work and you can just relax and let it...but you won't because we have to worry. I've lost 114 pounds in 6 1 /2 months. It seems pretty average of the Gastric Bypass.
How quickly can you exercise after surgery? Again, you'll be walking that day. Just add more as you are comfortable.
What are your best tips to prevent saggy skin? Do you like the skin better full of fat? Saggy skin happens because it's been stretched past max capacity for so long. It's not that bad. If I ever have enough money, I'll get a thigh lift, Tummy Tuck, boob lift and arm job. If not? No big deal. I look okay with my clothes on. Most will end up lumpy and bump and wiggly and jiggly. But you'll be able to move more and enjoy life. Hydrate with Water, use lotion and tone. That's all you can do. A 20 year old will bounce back better than someone in their late 30s like me and I probably came back more than someone in their late 40s. It is what it is and it's not a miracle surgery. It's a tool. I'd much rather have my jiggly bits than fat bits. My husband griped cuz my hip bone was poking him on the couch. I'm no longer "comfortable" to lounge upon. Awesome.
Do cravings go away after surgery? Hunger went away for me. Not cravings. Most cravings start in your head. You have to know yourself and your triggers. I'm not a dumper. I've lost 114 pounds. If I want a mini kit kat? I eat it. If I want a cookie, I have it. I can't eat enough of it to hurt me...and you'll find some will villainize you for not being a dumper on this board. "you're sabatoging yourself!" Not really. Everything in moderation. I can have 5 M&Ms and be fine. Cuts my craving and is tiny. I eat a lot of dry Cereal as Snacks and
Cheez it Zings. My absolutely favorite. I live off greek yogurt and turkey sticks, mainly.
How do family & friends react as you lose weight? I haven't even begun and have gotten some odd reactions: It's odd. My mister is way more attentive and obviously attracted to me. My friends are happy for me. I have one person that I work with that is....I don't know,. Perhaps jealous. I don't allow others to determine my emotions though. And I'm HAPPY

Everyone out there, what would you say the typical time on hospital is. I have been advised of 5 days.

The dreaded pre op liquid diet, some doctors require it some dont, some its 2 weeks others 2 days. Whatever they require they ask you to do it for a reason. Not to starve you to death, torture you or see if you can stay on a diet, its to shrink your liver and prepare your body.
First thing more important than what you will be eating or should I say drinking is get your HEAD in the game! This pre op is the first step, you have to be mentally ready.
Prepare you kitchen, get rid of temptation! Have kids and just have to have all the fattin sugary Snacks in the house lock it up if need be or maybe make this a time to get your family involved in a healthy lifestyle, but dont let that be an excuse take charge.
Know exactly what you can have, how much and when. If your NUT does not hand you a sheet and says if its not on here you cant have it...ask ask ask they are there to help you. Once again all programs are different, many will say 3 shakes a day thats it but if you ask or say you just cant do that they may allow cream Soup, yogurt sf pudding and sf jello...so once again ask!
We all want to succeed at this change and this is just one of those steps to get there, a small price for this journey.
Good luck to all pre ops!

Whoot Whoot!! Just called the hospital for tomorrow's surgery schedule. I am first case!! Have to be at hospital at 5:45am. Jeepers, you think I was going to Hawaii
Aloha everyone! Think good thoughts for me! Lisa

Hope you feel better soon. Wish I was on your side of surgery... Bring on 28th

Just got my approval!! Took my insurance (Tricare) less than 48 hours to process once my surgeons office submitted it. Looks like I'm gonna get my Oct date after all : D

There is a book out there called "The Big Book on the Gastric Bypass: Everything You Need to Know to Lose Weight and Live Well with the Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery". I have ordered it but it has yet to arrive, expected today. My RNY is in 31 days and counting.