SwampBillies

My surgery was Friday July 22nd and I think I'm going to go back to work tomorrow. I had planned to go back on Thursday but after sitting around the house all day today, I really do feel fine. I figure I can sit on my behind at my desk as well as I can sit on my behind here at home. So unless I wake up feeling worse than I do today my answer will be 4 days.

This is how I have spent the last two days. They can always tell when your not 100% and try to make it all better. My sweet little heating pads.

Haha! I got the BIGGEST giggle out of this one! Although it's also true in my case too...I'm going to keep that one in my back pocket I did some research on it and the pre diet and post diets are similar....Perfect cover story.

Thinking about you today @8petals. I had mine 3 days ago and aside from hating this drain tube I'm stuck with, I feel great. I never even took the morphine in the hospital just the IV Tylenol. Truth be told the worst pain I had was a horrific headache.....I couldn't shake it.....nauseating it hurt so bad.....as soon as they let me have some hot tea, boom. It was gone....I guess caffeine withdrawals are worse than I gave them credit for. Let us know how your doing when you can.

My story is a hiatal hernia. And I'm sticking to it!!

I had surgery July 22nd and have a drain....like you everything else feels great except for the incision with the drain. I called my Dr this morning and they said it has to stay in until my follow up visit on Aug 1st. 10 days!! I hate it!! But I was praying for them to remove the band and do the sleeve in one surgery so I guess this is the price I pay for that.

I had my surgery Friday and came home yesterday. I have two 4 pound yorkies who must be sitting on top of me at all times. I just keep my bed pillow on my lap and everyone is happy.

Sounds like sinus drainage. Do you have allergies? That would explain the coming and going.

I asked my surgeon about this the morning after my surgery. He told me I could take smaller pills one at a time and break up larger ones.

Before surgery my doctor called in a prescription for some nausea medicine to be taken the night before surgery. When I went to pick it up the pharmacist said $50.00. Wow! I said how much is it before insurance and he said $130.00.....When I opened it up to take it that night it was just one pill!! Amend was the name of it....But I haven't had any nausea so I would buy it again.

See you on the other side...Good Luck!!

Actually it doesn't. Read the news "When all is said and done, usually more has been said than done. " Well, mine does Sent from my LGMS345 using the BariatricPal App Mine does too. It's a new function. When I first bought it, it did not...Then they put out a free upgrade and now it does.

@@donya4859 What time is your surgery tomorrow? I have to be there at 6:00 am for surgery at 7:30. My husband will drop me off then he has to take our grandson for his driving test and he has a doctor appointment at 12:30 then he will come back to the hospital. I hope to be all sleeved and hopefully not too sick or in too much pain by then.

Your ticker says your surgery was on 7/8/2016...Have you had your surgery yet?

I like my FitBit Flex because I can change the band to the pretty ones with a buckle. I hate those fat black bands of some of the others.

I like experimenting with recipes for soups that I can have....something different and occupies my mind.

Good Luck!! Keep us posted...I go tomorrow!!

Me too!! Nervous! Making a pot of soup tonight for after I get home....have my bag packed except for my pillow and tablet...still need to pick up Biotene after work today....I think I'm ready!

Good Luck! Sending prayers!

Poop! And I just bought a giant size bottle of the gummies at Sams! My nut said that gummy multivitamins do not contain Iron and that I would need to take a separate iron supplement. Apparently it is not chemically possible for gummies to contain iron. I didn't want another Vitamin so I've opted for a regular chewable that has iron.

That's interesting. I wonder why not.

How is work going? I have a desk job and plan to return to work 6 days after surgery just like you. Some people act like that is way too soon. How are you feeling?

Me too!!

I asked the nurse at my surgeons office about vitamins to see what he recommended......she said any chewable....I told her I currently take centrum for women gummies and she said that was fine...why no gummies from your doctor?

I did initially lose about 50 pounds with the band.,....but after having complications I had to have it loosened up and then of course I put 25 pounds of that back on....then dieting on my own , I'm up, I'm down...you know how it goes....I wish I would have done the sleeve the first time....And I truly considered it but a good friend bragged on her band so much that I thought it was the right choice...I should have followed my own instincts...oh well...I just hope this is the last time! @@SwampBillies Aww, don't beat yourself up, sweetie. At least it was a salad and nothing more. You're getting closer! How are you feeling? I'm just anxious to get it over with! Sent from my SM-N910P using the BariatricPal App @@SwampBillies I'll definitely be praying you'll be able to be sleeved at the time of surgery. At first, I wanted lap band surgery, but after talking to my surgeon, he said he really doesn't perform them because although it is the least invasive, it has a high complication rate and not a high success rate. Did you lose weight with the band? Congrats on your 9 lb loss! I haven't weighed myself because I'm scared I'll get discouraged. I plan on weighing the morning of surgery lol Sent from my SM-N910P using the BariatricPal App