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I have chosen to tell very few people, a few coworkers two of who have had the surgery and my two closest friends there. The only family I am telling is my husband and mother in law. I have many siblings but am dealing with other issues with them that I don't need to even guess what they will say. It's my life and I am doing this for my health and lifestyle. I want to be able to get out and work I my gardens and go down to the lake and swim and not feel lime I need to hide my body from my entire family that is skinny and fit. And, I don't want to be my mother with all of her health issues that helped speed up her diseases and death.

Holly, it sounds like you are dehydrated. Are you getting your full liquids in? And your Protein. It could also be Iron deficiency.
I am day day four post op and 11 lbs down and am feeling my skin drying out and becoming itchy. I have still only had 41 oz of gatorade since I left the hospital. It still hurts a bit when I swallow. I have to usually sit up and double swallow if you know what I mean. Like it gets to the pouch but can't leave it.
I have been dying every time I see a food commercial. Everything looks good. Food that I haven't wanted in years looks to die for. This afternoon my husband and I were watching movies and he made popcorn. I had to take one piece. It melted in my mouth. Then for dinner he had baked Beans. I licked some of the juice off his spoon. He had a twinkie for dessert. I ate literally a crumb. Then before I came upstairs I dipped my finger in the Peanut Butter jar and got just a tip full and put it in my mouth. All of it was heavenly. I can see that come Friday when I can have food again I will be so much better off. I will eat only what I can until I am full but I will stop my food cravings because I will be tasting food. I was happy with each taste of food I had tonight. I didn't want any more of them but that taste.

I made it home safe and sound. I tried drinking gatorade, was hoping to get a whole 20 oz. In over the five hours. Instead I think i got two in. It hurt to swallow anything, now it feels like I am full all thecway up to my chest. Could this be the start of the gas pain?

It went great Carol. I am up sitting in the chair now. I've taken three walks so far today and one last night and basically have no pain. I took oxycodone only once yesterday shortly after I came back up from recovery. Haven't taken it again. If I lived clser to the hospital they probably would let me go today. I just got my first B12 injection andlearned how to do it so I can do it again every month. I have very slight gas pain. Occasionally, drinking my juice and gatorade. Yay, I get to brush my teeth now. Then I get to put my pjs on instead of the dumb gown. My nurse is laughing that I am too independent. She told my roommate she didn't think I'd had surgery cause I am moving too well. Have slept comfortably on both sides and my back. But the most amazing thing for me is that my excruciating knee pain that I have had for the last three weeks is completely gone.

It went great Carol. I am up sitting in the chair now. I've taken three walks so far today and one last night and basically have no pain. I took oxycodone only once yesterday shortly after I came back up from recovery. Haven't taken it again. If I lived clser to the hospital they probably would let me go today. I just got my first B12 injection andlearned how to do it so I can do it again every month. I have very slight gas pain. Occasionally, drinking my juice and gatorade. Yay, I get to brush my teeth now. Then I get to put my pjs on instead of the dumb gown. My nurse is laughing that I am too independent. She told my roommate she didn't think I'd had surgery cause I am moving too well. Have slept comfortably on both sides and my back. But the most amazing thing for me is that my excruciating knee pain that I have had for the last three weeks is completely gone.

I am waking up and just getting my next dose of pain pills, yay! The ones I am already on for my neck. I've had 8 oz of apple juice and Water, just took a walk down the hall and am now going to hopefully go to sleep for the night. Thank you all for the prayers. They worked!

I report to the hospital in 10 hours. I am in the hotel room now, just going to hop into the shower and get ready for bed. I drove down this morning leaving home at 4:30 to make my 10:00 a.m. appt. I am going to be alone as we can't afford for my husband to stay in a hotel for more days and he is awaiting shoulder surgery and is very uncomfortable himself and is not too pleasant due to his pain. My only challenge is that they require someone to pick me up but I don't have anyone to do that. I am not going to drag friends to drive 10 hours on the day I get discharged, when they work the next day. So, maybe I'll call a cab to drive me a block and then come back to get my car.

My surgery is the 25th. I finally got the date on Tuesday. This morning I checked in to the mayo Clinic as I am participating in a study for those having the surgery. I leave here Tuesday morning. My home is 4.5 hours from the Mayo clinic. So we have to come down two nights before as I have preop appointments the day before. Unfortunately my husband has a torn rotator cuff that he did two weeks ago when we moved. He too has to have surgery, but he'll do his at our hospital in town. I just hope they don't schedule them the same day. I don't have a preop diet but I am trying to be good. No where near as good as I should be. And too many reasons to make excuses not to be. But that ends when I leave here (only because of the diet they have me on here)
Good luck to everyone with surgeries coming up.

Unbelievably, I finally have a date April 25th. I go on the 24th to meet with the dietician and the surgeon and the morning of the 25th I go under the knife. Woo Hoo!!!

Hi all,
I just wanted to let you all know I finally got my surgery date. It is the 25th. I go on the 24th to meet with the dietician and the surgeon and then have surgery the morning of the 25th. I'm finally excited. I don't have to do a liquid diet but since I've been bad these past few weeks with the move and stressing over this whole thing I'm going to do it to get myself back on track. Starting tomorrow morning. Two weeks and three days from today I'll be joining all of you.

Hi all,
I just wanted to let you all know I finally got my surgery date. It is the 25th. I go on the 24th to meet with the dietician and the surgeon and then have surgery the morning of the 25th. I'm finally excited. I don't have to do a liquid diet but since I've been bad these past few weeks with the move and stressing over this whole thing I'm going to do it to get myself back on track. Starting tomorrow morning. Two weeks and three days from today I'll be joining all of you.

Unbelievably, I finally have a date April 25th. I go on the 24th to meet with the dietician and the surgeon and the morning of the 25th I go under the knife. Woo Hoo!!!

Unbelievably, I finally have a date April 25th. I go on the 24th to meet with the dietician and the surgeon and the morning of the 25th I go under the knife. Woo Hoo!!!

Congrats to all of you March losers. I think my insurance got the approval request today. I called to change my address with them and asked them if by chance there was an approval for surgery and she said no. Then she said oh, but we got something from the mayo today but its not processed yet but it's the only thing that it can be from them so I said I'd check back later in the week and they saidvto wait until Monday, don't thin I can do that, I'll try again Monday. At least that means I hopefully can get my surgery in April.

Congrats to all of you March losers. I think my insurance got the approval request today. I called to change my address with them and asked them if by chance there was an approval for surgery and she said no. Then she said oh, but we got something from the mayo today but its not processed yet but it's the only thing that it can be from them so I said I'd check back later in the week and they saidvto wait until Monday, don't thin I can do that, I'll try again Monday. At least that means I hopefully can get my surgery in April.

I had a major non scale victory today.
I took my 2 year old to the park today and instead of walking around and just keeping an eye on him I was able to slide on the slide with him! He couldn't stop laughing and was ecstatic and I seriously almost cried that I could do these things now and because I can he enjoyed himself that much more.
Oh what a good day. I can't wipe the smile off my face. I haven't been able to fit on a slide in years!

Feeling more and more like I am going to be an April Surgery rather than March now. So I'll hang with you all too.

I just turned on a program I have never heard of and they just did gastric bypass on a 600 lb woman. She is up and walking and feeling good. Her husband is an ass though, called her up shortly after surgery and told her that he was having tacos. Then he picks her up from the hospital and on the way home stops at a drive through and since he's driving makes her hold his burger right after she tells him the smell is nauseating. Can we say DIVORCE shortly? We all need to stay far away from relationships like that.

I just turned on a program I have never heard of and they just did gastric bypass on a 600 lb woman. She is up and walking and feeling good. Her husband is an ass though, called her up shortly after surgery and told her that he was having tacos. Then he picks her up from the hospital and on the way home stops at a drive through and since he's driving makes her hold his burger right after she tells him the smell is nauseating. Can we say DIVORCE shortly? We all need to stay far away from relationships like that.

I just turned on a program I have never heard of and they just did gastric bypass on a 600 lb woman. She is up and walking and feeling good. Her husband is an ass though, called her up shortly after surgery and told her that he was having tacos. Then he picks her up from the hospital and on the way home stops at a drive through and since he's driving makes her hold his burger right after she tells him the smell is nauseating. Can we say DIVORCE shortly? We all need to stay far away from relationships like that.

When I talked to BCBS Friday of last week I was told they have ten business days to approve or deny. So at max 2 weeks from submittal and you should know.

I would suggest you go with your surgeon's best recommendation for you. He has looked at your health records and can detetmine from them the best option. If he has no recommendation between the two, take a look at which one with it's differences is better for you. For instance how much weight do you need to lose? If it is 200 lbs or 75 pounds, will you be happy only losing 50% of the excess. Are you diabetic or pre-diabetic? Can you handle dumping if it were to happen often at first until you figure it out?

Some doctors offices require it if you have any symptoms that you might have sleep apnea, some insurances require it as well. My clinic required it after I had the symptoms, slight snoring and being very tired, not sleeping well, waking up multiple times during the night etc.

Feeling more and more like I am going to be an April Surgery rather than March now. So I'll hang with you all too.

Hi Mellie, welcome to the site. I haven't had my surgery yet, hoping early next month. Something I read on here that I am going to post on my mirror is what I keep in my head. The taste of any food will never be better than the extra life I am giving myself. I have at this point only given up sodas for the most part. I may have one every couple weeks. But I am fine if I don't have one. I am drinking a Protein shake every morning for Breakfast and if I go to lunch, I don't have the fries or the sides. I have a sandwich or half a sandwich and veggies or quinoa salad. I have cut my calories way way back. I use myfitnesspal.com to track what I eat and I make sure that I get up and walk at work. I am trying very hard to get at least 5-7,000 steps a day before I leave work. I was trying to walk on the treadmill at night when I get home, however I have back issues causing an extra lot of pain when I do too much walking. I am meeting with an ortho surgeon next week to discuss my options so I can get my exercising in and get healthier.
I didn't realize that I ate as much as I did until I started using myfitnesspal. I also bought the mayo Clinic diet and am following many of their steps in that they make a whole lot of sense. Their first step is to add 5 habits. The second is to break 5 habits and then add 5 new bonus habits. The first 5 are: eat a healthy Breakfast, eat fruits and vegetables, eat whole grains, eat healthy fats, move. Habits to Break: no tv while eating, no sugar, no Snacks, moderate meat and low fat dairy, no eating at restaurants. Bonus habits: keep food record keep activity records, move more, eat "real food", write your daily goals. This really helped me in the beginning and I know that it will really help me after surgery. Since I was told I do not have to lose weight before surgery, and I don't have a pre-surgery liquid diet I have loosened up on some of this because I keep justifying with myself that after surgery I won't be able to eat some of this stuff so I might as well eat it now and get it out of my system. I realize I have to quit justifying it and have decided that the minute I get my surgery date I go back to following all of these rules. I still follow most of them. I do not eat while watching tv, if I snack it is on something healthy and in place of a meal.
Only you can make these changes, no amount of bonding with a counselor will make that change. You can lie to them and yourself. It's being honest in your food and activity journal that will open your eyes and make you make that change. Just keep in your head constantly the reason you are doing this and the vision of what you want at the end of this. Good luck. You will do great if you keep your eye on the prize.