BabyNewYear

Hello Everybody! My surgery date is 1/6/2016. I am suffering on Opifast through the holidays right now with my pre-surgery diet. It bloats me, gives me a headache and leaves me pining for the most modest of real foods. Its been a long road to get here though so not giving up now. It took me longer than the insurance company's mandated six months to get through all the medical clearances. After that, I needed thyroid surgery which pushed me back again. So finally in 2016 it going to happen. New year- new me! My family knows I'm doing it but not too many others. At this point its kind of a "need to know", basis, lol. I'm going to tell people later though. My aunt had the gastic bypass and she swears it saved her life. She encouraged me to have this surgery and I hope I can be as successful as she has been

Hi Ladies, I am scheduled to be sleeved in early January, too, so I'd like to follow along to offer support and share. So glad to hear it hasn't been painful - was wondering about that . We get the morphine pump at my surgery center so hopefully it'll be fairly pain free. I had 3 kids so I know to ask for those pain meds, lol! What about the nausea? I hear that can be wicked and set you back. Any problems with that?

Yep, I would definitely take a kid if your BF can't be there. Having someone to advocate for you when you need it is important especially at first when you don't feel well. An older kid can call for the nurse, take notes from the doctor and provide moral support. Its better not to go it alone if you don't have to.

Have you considered working with a therapist to develop strategies to deal with the stressors? We all are probably guilty of using food for purposes other than nutrition, but we need to develop other ways of rewarding ourselves and comforting ourselves other than with food. Love Miss Mac's Ben Franklin Quote - so to the point. Working on some new hobbies and exercise are some ideas that I am looking into in order to get my head out of the fridge, lol. Remember the Serenity Prayer, too, it applies here.... Good Luck and hang in there

Hi There! I am new to the boards and wanted to wish you luck and follow your progress. My VSG is scheduled for 1/6/16 so I'm going to be a month behind you. As for the anesthesia, just had a thyroidectomy in October and am not good with tolerating the drugs either. They gave me a patch behind the ear which helped a lot. I didn't vomit after which I ordinarily would : ) . Good advice from the other poster about not bringing too much. They will move you around and it could just get lost. I've been told to bring my CPAP machine so that'll be fun to lug around from room to room. Good luck and let us know how it goes!