Rebecca Jo Ragon

I am thinking @@cadladykim and @@julia4mom are in surgery today. Prayers and well wishes for you. Let us know how you are doing. @@BloomingLotus is tomorrow and I am Friday. Let's do this!

Yes - exactly. My mind was racing last night. I have been getting up extra early and coming in to work every day at 6:30 to make sure everything is as ready as possible for me to be off work awhile. I have created "to do" lists and have wanted to get everything clean before. I have also wanted to organize my closet by size, so that I can just keep moving in one direction in my closet and have prepared a "never again" box to throw things into. I found a woman in my church that just had surgery. She started several sizes larger than me. So, I am going to give her all my clothes so that she will have clothes to wear as she loses weight.

@@cadladykim - just wanted to let you know that I haven't been craving anything or wanting to do any last splurges. I think since I have been eating so well in preparation (to meet my pre-surgery weight loss goal) and the fact that I am mentally preparing myself to make some life long changes have prevented me from having the normal desire to splurge one last time. I have requested that the family go out for pizza tonight. That is one food that will probably be a very long time before I can even think about having a bit of - if ever. I may have to have a modified version from now on. Anyway, that is our "final meal." We are actually having it this evening even though my surgery is not until Friday. Thursday is of course bowel prep and liquids and we will be at church Wednesday evening.

Good luck! I think we are scheduled the same day.

I am so excited for you. It must be so hard to be at work. Mine is scheduled for Friday and it seems like it will never get here! Let us know how you do.

I feel like I have been "nesting". I am cleaning the house, organizing my closet, etc. in the evenings in preparation.

Hope all goes well!

I am scheduled the 30th - close to you. I would love to share notes and buddy through this process. I am just not sure how much I will feel like updating anything the first few days. I know that others have, but I am not sure I will. I use my laptop or tablet and not my phone. I don't know if I will feel like messing with it

Worried about:

• Complications from surgery
• Complications, illness or disease after surgery as a result of having the surgery done (malnutrition, etc.)

Excited about:

• Gaining my life back
• More energy
• Getting rid of the CPAP and BP meds
• Getting to things I had stopped doing (as an earlier post wrote - somewhere along the way, just not sure when) like going to amusement parks, riding rides, walking around, not worried about stairs or a large mall to walk around, fitting in seats at sporting events, etc.
• Shopping in any store I want to - not having to run all over town for the stores that have plus sizes
• Crossing my legs
• Putting on pantyhose......well, maybe
• Not running out of breath from the least little exertion
• Not worried about being able to do activities my office does for special outing days

I am sure there are more!

January 30th....I have snuck in at the end of January! I am so excited. My dr. does not require a pre-op diet (except for the Clear liquids and surgery prep the day before) AS LONG as you lose 5% of your weight. So, I had to lose 14 lbs. I go see him tomorrow. If I have lost that amount, I am good to go. If not, then liquid diet of BariatricAdvantage shakes only. I am right in the bubble at 14-18 lbs lost. You know how your weight can fluctuate day to day. I am so worried I am going to go in there tomorrow and it will be up and I will be a little short. I am being very careful this week as to what I am eating and making sure I am getting plenty of Water in so that I won't be over. I am also just going to wear a slip and flip flops to weight in. LOL - JK!

Thanks for the heads up. No, it is not too much TMI. With these issues I would rather know than to play it polite and be surprised. I think we probably have the same thing. I think it is IBS (Syndrome) and not IBD (Disease). Anyway, I am use to flare ups and have even had accidents in the past year at work. So, accidents after surgery will not be a new thing:) Maybe I will be more cautious and careful because of the surgery and I might even show some improvement.

Thanks again!

Anyone out there with Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) prior to surgery? How did RNY impact your symptoms? Did they improve? Get worse? Disappear? Please let me know. Thanks!

I don't have a surgery date yet, but have thought these same thought! Most life changing events are out of our control. This is one we have chosen. It is both scary and exciting at the same time. Please let us know how you do!