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Hi Janifer! Just wanted to give you an update...I had my surgery on 10/29. I had quite a bit of pain for the first 24 hours or so until they finally was able to manage it with the correct pain meds. They said that since I have chronic back pain and I am on daily pain meds already, that the normal pain meds that they give someone coming out of surgery was not working for me. They adjusted everything though and got the pain tolerable. So after that, I only had to stay 2 nights and once I could tolerate full liquids they let me go home. I went through my first week with full liquids ok. I did get very emotional for a few days starting on the Saturday after my surgery. That was a little rough, but it seemed to last about 3 days and then I was ok. Now I'm just in the middle of my 2nd week and I am able to eat puréed food. That was exciting! I've never really cared too much for refried beans, but let me tell ya, those beans with some melted reduced fat cheese and just a little scoop of Greek yogurt tasted amazing that first day!! Everyday things are getting better and better and I'm so glad that I made the decision that I made! I wouldn't change it for nothing in the world! So how are you doing? Hope everything is well with you!

Welcome Julia! I'm glad you're here! As everyone has already said this is a really great place to come for advice and support. Any questions that I have ever asked, I always have gotten a very caring response that seems to come from the heart. There are really good caring folks on this site. With that said, my name is Ronette, I am 37 years old and I'm from IN. I have been overweight pretty much all of my life. I have dieted off and on for many years. Losing weight and then gaining it back. Before I got pregnant with my 9 year old daughter I lost 50 lbs. While I was pregnant, I gained all of that weight back, plus a whole lot more. In the last 9 years I have gotten bigger than I have ever been. My largest weight was 413 lbs. I had thought about the surgery a few years ago, but I had heard a few horror stories that scared me. Finally, in February 2013 I looked at my 9 year old one day and realized that if I didn't do something I would be dead within 5 years! I also thought about the fact that I had never been able to take my daughter to the park or do any activities that require me to move a lot, just because of my weight. So I contacted my surgeon and came in for my first appt. My doctor put me on a LRD and told me I had to do 6 months of swl classes. In those 6 months I lost 94 lbs. on my own. My surgery date was Tuesday October 29th 2013 and on that day I weighed 319 lbs. It has been a week and a half after surgery and I feel pretty good! I have an appt. on Thursday and if my home scales are accurate, I have lost another 18 lbs. since my surgery! I have had a few emotional issues since I had the surgery, but I wouldn't change anything I did for the world! So again, welcome and if you need anything or just want to talk, I am always here!!

My kids and their dad had Burger King and Subway last night and it smelled so good!! I just went to my bedroom with my broth and tears in my eyes....lol SW 413 CW 320 Surgery date 10/29

Thanks everyone for the advice! I tried walking more today then what I had been and the pain has been a little better today. I also think I might be lactose intolerant for right now... SW 413 CW 320 Surgery date 10/29

Hi Rich_nykid, I've been walking every 2 hours but I'm still not having a lot of luck SW 413 CW 320 Surgery date 10/29

Hello all! I just had my rny surgery on Tuesday...I am still having a lot of gas pain. I was just wondering if anyone used gas - x dissolvable strips? SW 413 CW 320 Surgery date 10/29

Well, I've been out of surgery for a while now! I'm in a lot of pain!! But I made it! Thanks for the prayers everyone!! SW 413 CW 320 Surgery date 10/29

So I just had my second day of clear fluids only. I have surgery at 8am tomorrow. I am so excited I can't sleep! But I am also nervous...thank you to everyone who posts their experiences on here...it has really helped me on knowing what to expect...good luck to all those who have had surgery and are still going to have surgery this week! I will say a prayer for you, please do the same for me! SW 413 CW 320 Surgery date 10/29

Started my liquid diet today! Will do the liquid diet today and tomorrow. Then I have to be at the hospital at 6am, surgery at 8am on Tuesday!! I am so excited and a little nervous! I can't wait to join the losers bench and begin my new life!! Good luck to everyone who has surgeries this week, I will be praying for you, please pray for me as well! SW 413 CW 320 Surgery date 10/29

Well...today I start my Clear Liquids. I do that today and tomorrow and then I go into the hospital for surgery on Tuesday! I have to be at the hospital at 6am and my surgery is at 8am! SW 413 CW 323 Surgery date 10/29

Sorry...again, my iPod is acting crazy....as I was saying...the doc said everything looks fine and he doesn't see a problem with me having the surgery...yay!! I was really worried for a second that they would delay my surgery SW 413 CW 323 Surgery date 10/29

So yesterday and today my jaw had been hurting and then my tooth was also hurting. I got really scared that it was an infected tooth and they would have to reschedule my surgery! Ugh!! So I got in to see the dentist with an emergency appt. He said everything looks fine and h SW 413 CW 323 Surgery date 10/29

Aww...that really sucks! Well, I wish you well until then and I will be thinking about you on Nov. 11th. But I do have one question, what is a bowel prep? I just wondered because it sounds pretty scary...lol SW 413 CW 323 Surgery date 10/29

Just wondering how you've been doing since your surgery? Hope all is well with you! SW 413 CW 323 Surgery date 10/29

Just wondering how you have been doing since your surgery? Hope all is well with you! SW 413 CW 323 Surgery date 10/29

Good luck!!

I've really enjoyed reading all of these! So, lets see, I won't miss not being able to go to the park with my daughter. I won't miss not wanting to embarrass my daughter in school, so I do all her conferences over the phone instead of going to her school. I won't miss having to be pushed in a wheelchair because I'm so fat I can't walk very far distances. I won't miss not being able to fit in a chair at the doctors office. I won't miss having to ask for a table with chairs at a restaurant because I can't fit in a booth, and then being scared i will break the chair. i wont miss not being able to sleep for more than 4 hours at a time because I wake up in excruciating pain in my back and hips. I won't miss insulin. I won't miss people talking about me to other people under their breath. I won't miss all the looks i get from people. I won't miss being trapped in my own fat suit and not being able to do hardly anything. I won't miss the sweating, the rashes or the GERD. I won't miss having to buy my clothes online because nothing from a store fits. I won't miss feeling like I'm too fat and ugly to ever have a man in my life. I won't miss being the fattest girl in my group. I won't miss people looking at me with pity when they see me struggling because of my obesity. I think that's all for now...lol. Whew!! That felt good to let that out! Thank you everyone!