nervous nana

Thank you all so much. Your kind words and support are so much appreciated. I love each and every one of you and pray all our journeys are smooth and successful.

@@edie091371

Thank you so much for your kind words. I was at work when that called and just felt like I had been sucker punched. I cried so hard I had to temporarily excuse myself. It was very heart breaking but I do understand this go happen and they happen for a reason. I sure don't want a surgeon with his mind somewhere other than on what he's doing. I'm ok this morning, just a set back. Thanks again, I wish you all the best and I love the support in this forum.

I no longer live in North Carolina, but I did for a long while.

Even living a couple states away, I'll rock my Pirate Purple in the gym.

Awesome!! A fellow pirate!! Love your posts as well! Hope you are doing well!!!!

So.....after 5 days of being on this painful liquid diet, my surgeon's office calls today to cancel my surgery. Apparently, my surgeon had an emergency and placing me on the losers bench wasn't it. It has been hard accepting this not that I had much choice. Those were 5 hard days and I had them under my belt and now I will have to start over. No new date yet. I understand things happen but this just kinda broke my heart. I was so prepared.

@@dede0314 I am supposed to drink 5 a day. I also only got in 3. It's a lot harder than you think it will be. Only 2 days in and I feel like if I drink another one it will come right back up. It leaves a horrible taste in your mouth. I'm getting some sugar free hard candy today. I don't know if it is allowed or not but I think it is necessary lol. I can also have broth and the only I have tried so far is the Unjury chicken broth, not my favorite either. The taste is so strong, like overpowering. What kind of broth have you had? I also have a really bad headache and I've been a bit snappy. I do hope this improves and I also hope that you feel better soon. We can do this but it's not gonna be fun or easy. Lol

Surgery went well. Just really sore and a little nauseated. Staying one more night. They took me off iv and trying to get all my fluids down and walk. Hope everyone else's surgeries went well. Love you guys and this support group we have!

@sooonergirl619 - so awesome to here! I am still in the hospital, too... Doing good here, as well I'm about 17 hours out and I have also decided to stay another night. How much/often are you walking.? My nurses here do not encourage me to walk, so I need to request it or just do myself. Also, I'm always nauseous after walking... When does that go away?

They have me walking every 2 hours and at night every 4. I feel nauseous after too. I have a patch for that. Really sore on my left side too.

I'm sorry you are sore but I see a lot of people saying they are really sore on the left side. I thought I would share what my surgeon told me during my final visit before surgery yesterday. He told me I would hurt the most on my left side, that is the largest incision because that is where they slide the stapler in to staple off the stomach. I know it doesn't help the discomfort you are feeling but at least it may ease your mind about it being normal.

Start my pre-op liquid diet today....2 more weeks left...

I started my liquid diet today also. RNY on the 23rd, how are feeling tonight? How many shakes are you supposed to be drinking?

My liquid diet starts today

Day - 14

Wishing everyone the best of luck!!

I wish you all starting your journey tomorrow all the very best. I will be praying for each of my family members to experience a complication free surgery and a speedy recovery so you may start enjoying this new life you have created for yourselves. We are all waiting in line to take a seat on this losers bench! We are rocking the WLS world!!! My preop is tomorrow, I will be thinking of each of you!!

@@nervous nana

I wouldn't say that I've had slow weight loss. My surgery was 5/1/15 and I was 309, today I'm down to 233.I think that is pretty normal. I am an exercise guru though. I am going to 2-3 spin classes/week and 2-3 zumba and weight tranining classes/week as well. I'm not letting anything hold me back.

My cycles are getting better than they were shortly after surgery. I was told it's the hormones being excreted as I'm losing and burning fat that screws everything up. Sucks to be a woman sometimes!! lol

Good luck with everything!!!

Thank you so much for your reply. You have done an amazing job!!! I am really nervous about the surgery but I sure didn't want something like an IUD to slow me down. Wishing you much continued success o. Your journey.

You're not alone. I have had a Mirena IUD since 2012 and my periods had stopped. I had surgery May 1st and ever since then I have breakthru bleeding, periods that last a week and pop up whenever they feel like it. I have found that it's worse when I exercise so I need to be protected. I talked to my OBGYN and they said it's just the change in hormones due to the weight loss. I can feel your pain, it sucks!! I'm hoping that once my weight stabilizes, my menstural cycle will as well. Good luck!!

I have the Mirena too and I really wanted to ask you if you had slow weight loss that you think the Mirena caused? I am having RNY in 2 weeks and I am scared the Mirena will cause me not to lose. Whats your experience? Good luck on your journey and I do hope your cycles disappear like before, that's why I love mine so good!! Lol

@@shamel811

Have you tried the Unjury unflavored in anything yet? Had 1 person tell me that not only was it not unflavored it made everything taste vile. Though I have had another to say they liked it, was wondering how you did or did not like it?

So I received my injury chicken Protein and the unflavored ......... One you really do have to make sure it is at 140 degrees or lower or it gets weird ......... Also you have to use a lot ......... I just tried a heaping tablespoon to see how it was in chix Soup honestly I didn't notice it I do wonder if I would have used the entire scoop if that would have mattered?? Anyone using these items how do you like them

Thank you so much for your review. I have been wanting to try these both and was scared to purchase. My liquid diet starts this Friday. Please keep posting your opinions on the Unjury. Good luck in your journey, so glad we have each other to learn from.

@@nervous nana ... Yay!!! You are going to do great!!

I really hope so, I am so nervous. My stomach has been upset since I got the call. I'm just a bundle of nerves but there is so much support in this forum.

Hello nervous nana Glad you finally got your approval!! I will add your date to our October list of Surgery's! I went to my GP and got a low dose of anxiety meds which have helped me tremendously!! Some days are worse than other's about feeling scared but this forum really helps!

Thank you so much, I need something so much for this case of nerves. I started crying when they called today. ...the coordinator was confused, she said usually they are happy....I am just a basket case. I wish I could just turn my mind off!! I wish you the very best, we are really doing this!!!

Just got my approval

My surgery date is Oct 23rd

I am so scared, nervous, and excited at the same time. I just pray I can get a calmness about myself before my date. I start my liquid diet this Friday.

Congratulations to all the ones having surgery today. You will all be in my thoughts and prayers. Can't wait to follow your progress and can't wait to join you on the losers bench.

So, it's 0457 and I have slept all I am going to sleep, still tired but way too wound up to go back to bed. Honestly I am shocked I got as much sleep as I did. So in a scant 6 hours I will be under the knife, closing one chapter of the book of life and opening a new one. Honestly, the last chapter was so full of heartache and sorrow, I do not miss seeing it go. I am now fixated on the future. WIsh me well.

Wish you the best, praying for a complication free surgery and a speedy recovery.

Lena24

I will definitely let you know, however I have 7 friends and Dr Chapman performed all their surgeries, they love him. I have also been told by several Dr's that his patients do very well. I think we are in good hands

I have an appointment with Dr William Chapman at ECU on Nov 3 first meeting with him

That's right around the time I should be having my surgery. His bedside manner isn't much to speak of but I hear he's the best. I don't care if you rub my ears and smile as long as you know what you're doing with my insides lol, good luck with the beginning of your journey!!!

Dr William Chapman is in Greenville, NC at ECU physicians. He is performing my surgery in Oct. I have been seeing him sine April 19th.

So glad that is over for you, for us both!!!! I was definitely expecting it to be much worse than it was. Most importantly WE DID IT!!! Now we can move forward. My surgery will be the end of Oct or beginning of Nov

My date will be sometime end of October or early November.

Mine too, we should stay connected!!!

Hi everyone!! I was in the October forum and then today happened:angry:got a call from my surgeons office and they told me there was some mix up with dictation which has caused a delay in submitting to insurance. So last Tuesday I was under the impression I was waiting for approval and today I find out it hasn't even been submitted. So now she says the first week of November, maybe Nov 6 she says. Getting closer and closer to the holidays and that's gonna make it hard for me because I'm not telling my family. Starting to really freak out a little but I'm glad to be here in the November group

@kimvox66...how is preop going?

HI edie! I start liquid pre-op on Friday. I'm quite frankly all over the map about everything. Some days I feel REALLY confident that tI can do this no problem and some days I'm thinking "oh s**t, I can't do this". I'm paranoid about EVERYTHING, from being hungry all the time pre-op to not getting enough fluids/protein post-op. GAH! Anyone else feel like that? One day, excited to get this going and the next dreading it?

I feel EXACTLY the same way. I could not have described it any better. I have talked myself in and out of this surgery I know hundreds of times. I just can't imagine what pulling up to that hosp the morning of surgery is going to feel like. My heart starts pounding, I break out in a sweat and that little negative Nancy in the back of my head starts saying, you can't do this, you're going to be miserable. Then I try to put on clothes that look decent and I hear that voice, you fat ass, you can't look good in anything, you need to be in that operating room on that table right this min, I can't wait to actually slide on a pair of jeans and boots and actually look good in them. This is a constant conversation going on in my head. One thing is for sure, if I won't crazy before this journey, there's a good chance I will be afterwards. Lol