Pedro Valle-Inclan

Wow, folks, I just got about an hour ago from the hospital. My first comment is that for me it's about discomfort, being achie, but not much pain, and no sharp pains. I walked like crazy around the halls of the unit; starting about 4 hours after surgery on Wednesday, but really kept after the walking. It's weird to finally realize why they say it will be hard to drink 30 to 60 oz of Water and any liquid everyday. Day two after the Barrium exam, in the next 20 hours I could barely drink 16 ounces and I was trying like mad. So yes those were three very uncomfortable days in that hospital but I'm excited to have a powerful behavior mod tool to change my relationship with food. I'm kind of out of it right now, I'll be posting more later but wow!!

what you've shared here is incredibly helpful and necessary for us who are about to have ours. I'm in tomorrow morning and only now getting nervous about excessive pain and hoping I can get back to teaching in 12 days. Yes, I've been imagining it to be pretty bad, so again, thank you for this message, even though I know we'll all experience it differently, it was great to hear! It gave me some more confidence

Thanks, once again, you guys put my pre-op jitters to rest, and that's what this is now... It's fi nally hitting me

thanks,I don't a "bag" but I think I'll just put it and the charger into the pocket of my fleece vest that I'll wear there and just zip it shut and hope for the best. I assume you leave your clothes somewhere when you check in to surgery, then they somehow get your clothes to you where ever your bed ends up being post-op...

Hi folks and thanks, but you see, you're all talking about people, family, wives, mothers, etc who will do this or that, keep your phone till you're out of surgery etc. That's great, but I'm on my own here. Where can I leave my phone and charger when I go to surgery??? thanks for any ideas

ps unlike a lot of you, I'm not going to have many if any visitors

Hi folks, I'm planning to bring my old beat up Galaxy smart phone with charger to hospital Wed with a bathrobe, that's it. But the nurses are saying don't bring phone could get stolen etc. Gimme a break!! For the next two days it would be my lifeline to you guys and my friends and family. What did you guys do or plan to do?? please advise, I'm bringing it darn it

Nope, gulping is part of the pact we made with the Devil, I mean surgeon.. Seriously, that is what many people list as what they really miss post -op, chugging, gulping, etc. It's true, we'll be able to drink more normally, but gulping in the dictionary sense of the word? No...

Amen to that!!

Thanks, and no, I didn't think the first days would be much fun at all...Glad it's getting better fairly quickly for you. God bless. thanks again. That's really what we need to hear here

ANAMS820, please keep us posted about these early days for you post-op, we're countin on you for the scoop

Oh god, absolutely, hardly anyone in my little world knows, so I often feel very alone with this. I'll try to relax this weekend, then I go to work teaching school Monday and Tuesday, then early to hospital Wednesday to get it on!! I know what you mean, I 've been real relaxed aboiut all this until just now, but even now I'm quiet, just awaiting this huge event. Have you been tempted to have a "last Supper?" I have but it ain't gonna happen, I'm psyched

I mean, from all those dieting days I had become aware that though "healthier" - that drinking juice was like drinking liquid sugar. Those days are over unless we want to slowly drift back to where we are pre-surgery. It's interesting that given the tiny sample of people I personally know, that I know TWO who had bariatric surgery and are now morbidly obese again. THAT gets my attention

Hi folks, I hope I don't offend anyone here, but when I keep reading people saying they're a "big juice person or a big Bolt drinker" etc, I realize they're probably just mourning the passing of their old ways (that in part got us into this position!) and I get that, but sometimes it sounds like it hasn't sunk in that we have to meet this surgery half way, that is, by this time to be well aware that what we use to eat or enjoy must be completely revised and changed. I don't know, just some of the comments here occasionally make me worry for my compatriots here. Let's do this, Folks!

whoa anam, nice!! SHotzy, 2 days after you this wed, you're taxiing now

Fruit juices are forbidden, fruit, but not a lot is cool

My god how fantastic!! con grats

This is just great! It will be wonderful to have this FB group, you won't have to wade through so much stuff to get right to the most relevant info from people in the exact same boat, just great!! thanks for starting this!! pedro

You know I hadn't thought about needing to be sipping virtually ALL day still 11 days after surgery, now of course no one at my school knows I'm having gastric Bypass, the cover story is gall Bladder surgery, but who cares if I'm sipping out of a large Water container all through every class.... in some ways the structure of work might make it simpler, the stopping drinking a half hour before each meal, blah, blah.. Btw, in those first weeks on liquid diet with my Protein shakes and

Hi, well I'm 60, basically healthy, 6' 1" and 250 lbs with a BMI of 32 come surgery day. I'm a high school teacher and my operation is this Wednesday February 10th and I'm going to be at my desk on Monday February 22nd after the February Break. So I'll have 11 days.... I might feel awful but I'll be at work, by hook or by crook

Man, amen to that! I'm so sick of coffee just OWNING me...

She's not kidding about surgery being canceled if "caught" smoking. My thought is, if you're not an Alchie and alcohol is not a big deal, then it shouldn't be a big deal not drinking again. Hell, what's the difference? We're supposed to adopt a new lifestyle where "useless" calories have no place; you know, like sugar, too much fat, booze, etc. I've heard people on here basically saying: ok, I get it, I'll make massive lifestyle changes in terms of eating and exercise but don't you DARE mess with my booze.... Sorry, but that doesn't sound very committed. Jes sane

thanks everyone!!

My experience with tough stuff like this is, I just DO IT.... Now of course I probably wouldn't be in the position where I need this surgery if I had always been able to just DO IT..... But this is a new road, a new life/world for us, now we really do HAVE to do it. And we will

Yeah, man I so appreciate the comments of support and the 8 point list, far more than I can say. The responses here really made my day!! thank you all so much, pedro