shelby77

I love you guys. The support i have recd here is heart warming. And gives this "horse" the courage to keep racing. I am blessed for this site. I tried my first Protein in almost 2 weeks as I was hungry so made a strawberry Protein Drink with milk. Yeah, wasn't having it. Made me on the verge of vomiting for next 2 hours after only a few sips. Sticking to Water and gatorade rest of night though starving. Due to size of pills they gave me , 5 new scripts to fight the h pylori and other symptoms, and quantity after breaking them up to smaller than than a hole punch I wind up with 18 pieces to swallow. That alone is tough and nauseating. Have to do that twice a day on moat and 4 times daily on others. Tough whwn already hard to dronk fluids. I'm just upset that they could have prevented this misery I've been going through and an extra 6 days on hospital had they just done their diligence and started me on this regiment 3 weeks ago. On On a happier note , The pic attached brightened my day as on the eve of her surgery my wife decorated the whole house for the holidays. As ibwas hospitalized, so when I came home to an empty house the tree and decor did brighten my mood. All I want from Santa is a few days of feeling well. Not much to ask I don't think. Night all. And will update you all tomorrow.

So sorry to hear you are having problems. Thoughts and prayers are with you!

Let me just say this first: If I read this two years ago, I would have had second thoughts about having the surgery. Having had the surgery, I don't regret having it- at all. This story is mine, and I'm ok with it.
When I had my surgery I was 336lbs. I am 5'6" and at the time I was 29 years old. That was 2012. Today, I weigh 260lbs. In October of 2013, I got to my lowest weight of 210lbs.
Gaining weight was never a fear, not losing was a fear. Gaining back 50lbs has been a nightmare.
I have a million reasons for how the weight gain happened. That feeling, that nagging hungry/craving feeling returned in August 2013, I got married, moved and started a new high stress job. I felt exposed at 210lbs, I was afraid to get smaller. I was not sure how to handle being "not fat". It's all crap. Here is the truth, I'm a food addict with a super dysfunctional relationship with my weight and my body. The sleeve, it didn't fix my head, and I didn't either.
What this surgery taught me is what behaviors help me to lose weight. I have a powerful tool and I know how to lose. Today, I begin again.
I worked out today, drank Water, ate high Protein & very low carb, and I planned my food and tracked my intake. I told on myself about my addiction (you all) and I held myself accountable. I know if I do this, I will lose.
I'm a food addict. One day down. Tomorrow: Begin. Again.

My surgery went great. Sore tummy today but I'm glad to be on the other siee

Just drank the nasty Magnesium Citrate! Guess that means time is getting near!!

So I have been selling off some toys from my collection . action figures still in their packaging, star wars figures mostly. So a lady finds me on Facebook and she buys a few items, I meet her and she starts telling me about how she lost 40 pounds through her life and wellness coach and that she would like me to meet him and etc etc. I cordially decline and say Im set with myself for the surgery and yada yada. So this morning I get a message from her on face book, "Hi its me the woman who bought some items from you yesterday. I would really like to set up a meeting with you and my wellness coach, it wouldn't take long and I know he could get you the same result without the surgery. (Well Im glad SHE knows he can) so again im nice, I say no thank you im ok with what im doing etc. an hour ago I get another message. "hi again its me, my wellness coach asked me to contact you again he says its important that he talk with you , he feels the surgery is a mistake. " OH HE FEELS???
Well I would like to simply have been rude but I wasn't. I wanted to scream at this lady and call her a few choice names.
It just boggles the mind that people think we are doing this needlessly. Im not trying to drop a few pounds for a wedding. I'm telling you nothing is worse to a bariatric patient than some idiot who lose a few pounds and believes that makes them the god of weight loss.
They need to be slapped a few times.
How many of you deal with or have dealt with this?

1. At my last pre-op meeting with my surgeon, I asked him about pain management and how he handles that shoulder gas I was hearing about. He said it comes from CO2 pumped into the abdominal cavity to expand it and allow more room to work with his surgical instruments. This is the gas that rises post-op into the shoulder area. (Personally, I don't see how Gas-X strips would help with gas that is not inside the stomach or bowels, but many swear by it). Doctor said he would extract as much as possible before closing up. For what it's worth, I did not have any shoulder post-op.
2. About the value of a notebook: good in case you just want to write something down. My best example is when I had ro go to a rehab facility after my knee replacement since I lived alone and could not take care of myself right away. The first night, my pain meds were delivered over two hours late, so I wrote that down and names of every nurse and nurse-aid who promised me I would get my meds in a few more minutes.
Every time anyone came into my room for anything, I wrote down their name, what they did to me, what they said to me, and how they teated me. About midway through the second shift on the second day, a nurse came in and asked me if I was a journalist. Well, I like to write things down and was midway through writing a book about surviving domestic violence, so I said yes, I am a journalist and I am logging my experience so that I can write up an article about it later.
From that point on, every med was on time and I was treated like the Queen of England! I thought is was hilarious. Since it was working, I just rolled with it. So anytime I am in the hospital, I write everything down - just in case.

I'm first on my doctors schedule tomorrow! 530 arrival time at the hospital! Beyond ready!!

I'm first on my doctors schedule tomorrow! 530 arrival time at the hospital! Beyond ready!!

So excited for you girls!! I'm getting my phone call tomorrow for arrival time for Tuesday I'm first surgery of the day

I'm first on my doctors schedule tomorrow! 530 arrival time at the hospital! Beyond ready!!

Thank you to everyone for your support. I went back to the cardiologist for the third time this morning. And he gave me my clearance. I am headed to the hospital for registration and surgery is on Monday talk about last minute. thanks again everyone

Wooohoo!! So happy for you!

Wow, great news @@shelby77!!

Thank you to everyone for your support. I went back to the cardiologist for the third time this morning. And he gave me my clearance. I am headed to the hospital for registration and surgery is on Monday talk about last minute. thanks again everyone

I will update! Here now for test and I'll meet with the doctor tomorrow for results. I'm so thankful that my primary doctor is such a wonderful person! When I got here today they told me they were waiting and knew everything going on! My mom is with me and in complete awe because she doesn't use the same primary doctor I use. I think she is ready to switch to her!!

I'm still pre op for WLS but I had this happen just before another procedure I had an arrhythmia which is controlled by meds now pls don't freak out it actually can turn out to be nothing to be misread If u have an off ekg they won't put u under for surgery better to fnd out now which does nothing for your disappointment I know good news is most cardio drs are for WLS they know by removing weight it reduces risk so that shouldn't be a problem hope all turns out well best wishes

ME!! I was a perfectly normal, healthy fat chick, very active, somewhat "athletic" with no co-morbidities. When I had my heart test, it came back abnormal and the surgeon's nurse scared the poo out of me. Her words were "there is something wrong with your heart -- you can't have surgery".

WHAT THE WHAT!?!??!! :faint:

I made an emergency appointment with a top cardiologist and BOOM, nothing. They read the EKG wrong. He did another and cleared me as just fine. He said it happens with non-heart experts all the time.

Don't freak out yet. I give you permission to do so AFTER you see the cardio.

I'm scheduled for the 24th as well in South Mississippi!

I am having surgery the 24th also! Located in Mississippi!! Super excited, but getting nervous about the pre-op diet which starts on Monday!

Surgery date now December 2nd ????????????????

I can't wait to run into people I haven't seen in a while and see their face!

I was released yesterday morning and have been recouping at my parents house. Kinda nice having mom baby me again. Lol
I'm feeling pretty good but still pretty sore. I've only taken one small dose of pain meds and that was right before bed last night.
Weirdest post-op issue... I couldn't wear my contacts into surgery so I wore my glasses. They put a motion sickness patch behind my right ear and she said that it might effect my vision. And it did! I have to take my glasses off to read my phone. But far away stuff is fine. Such a weird reaction!
I'm still not getting in a full 64 oz of Water but I'm getting really close. I never expected it to be such a struggle to drink water! I was used to guzzling down 3+ liters a day, easy!
The only things I've had besides water was chicken bullion in the hospital Tuesday evening, a hot chocolate Protein supplement and some strained chicken and dumplings broth yesterday. I definitely like how the warm liquids feel in my little tummy.
Good luck to everyone still waiting. Can't wait to hear your stories and start sharing our "after" pictures!!!

I have tried the vanilla Cake Batter flavor. It is all right and mixes well. My only objection is that it takes twice as much product as powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury, Isopure, and Syntrax to get the 25 grams of Protein.

So I'm laying here in my hospital bed not able to sleep one bit so I figured I'd get on here.. I had surgery yesterday morning around 8:30am in NY I had a 9 day liquid diet where I lost about 10lbs. Surgery went great! I was so worried about a few things. One being that anesthesia always makes me throw up and my anesthesiologist assured me he'd do everything he possibly could so I wouldn't throw up esp bring stomach the odds were already against me and although I don't want to jinx myself to this very minute I have not gotten sick. Whenever I felt nauseous the nurses were right on top of it with zofran. Another thing I was scared of was having a drain tube left in that didn't happen either! I was also worried about needing a catheter but I have has no problem urinating on my own. One thing I was scared if was the Lovenox shot in my tummy even though the shot itself didn't hurt I had really intense burning afterwards whatever you do, don't rub it!!! Thank god I work at a hospital and my co workers made it clear not to rub it. The burning lasted at least 20mins and I have to start them back up this morning. I have not had any pain in my shoulders or chest from gas pains so far. They had me start swallowing my normal medications and that has seemed to leave quite a bit of discomfort each time. I normally have high blood pressure which sky rocketed while I was under and they hit under control until about 6pm tonight and it's been elevated and needed some meds. I also ended up with a terrible terrible Migraine that they had to call my dr to get an order so I could take my Imitrex.i believe it as caused from taking Vicodin so the nurses got it switched to Percocet for me and dilaudid. My dr has been a,aging such great bedside manner and my 2 nurses I've had so fa have been wonderful. I was inky back in my room about an hour and started walking. I actually just did another lap around the hospital since I can't sleep. I have been able to have Water and ice chips thank god bc my mouth throat are beyond dry. Today (Thursday) for lunch the dr will advance it to Clear Liquids crystal light Jello etc and if I do ok for dinner I will be able to start on shakes and yogurt again. I'm just praying my new stomach tolerates it all ok and I will be able to go home Friday morning.
All in all I believe the surgery for he has went very well and I'm not regretting it ow bit! Obviously everyone us different but I wanted to share my experience bc it helped me reading others experience from the surgery before giving mine. Sorry it's so long I wanted to explain it as best I could.