mudchickn

I am 11 days from my surgery and it has gone really well. I was nervous as well and just tried to focus on my whys and the future and that helped me.. also prepping for after surgery helped a lot too... everyone’s journey is different and so breathe and try to relax as much as you can!! Good luck!!

I am doing pretty good. 11 days from surgery. Went to dr on Friday and everything looks good. I need to do better job of tracking and hitting goals.. how are you doing?

I totally understand and it’s good to have outside reminders and support.. take care!

I am 12/20 is that close?

Thanks for responding .. I want to make sure I am good on fitness side but not sure what to do[emoji19]

I am In Bay too and had mine 12/20. Wondering if you know any good personal trainers in Sf who work with bariatric patients?

Hello, I am wondering if any one on here knows of any good personal trainers in the Bay Area who work well with Bariatric clients? Thanks for any ideas..

I only had to do 2 days before so maybe it will be okay.. I think they know life happens and we do the best we can.. good luck!!

You got this.. breathe and don’t beat yourself up for nerves... I have an app called CALM it helped me practice slowing down and relaxing... good luck

Yes I agree slow and steady... each day I feel better and more like myself... congrats on your surgery and good luck with rest of it.

I had my surgery on Dec 20. Tips for days leading up: prepping helped me - getting things ready for after surgery.. I even bought new pjs for after surgery and slippers. Day of: I brought headphones and music to calm me down and that helped me a lot .. right after surgery - walking as soon as I could and often.. finding right med options for me.. they had orders for different type of meds so I could try different ones and use what actually helped.. they gave me Percocet and that was awful but tordahl worked great.. advocate for yourself.. walking ... slow sips and focusing on the fact that each day will get easier and now I am five days out and what’s helping is variety of liquids and walking every hour and thinking about what it will be like once I am feeling better and through this stage.. and biggest thing that helped was asking my caregiver a head of time for the type of support I needed- tracking and timing of liquids for a week and no I told you so or non positive responses if I express upset or doubt.. plus my period started day of surgery and so I definitely needed care and pampering ... pillows and a heating pad helped!! Good luck and you got this!!!

I am same .. surgery twin.. I agree each day gets better. I am tiring of liquids though [emoji21]...

That’s great! I have been home for a day too and taking it slow and trying to follow all the instructions... so far it’s okay.. glad your doing well... I’m trying to hold that each experience is different and unique.. helps me just focus on my body and what it’s trying to tell me

Thanks glad you’re doing better today!! Tordal is the pain med that helped me.. the inflammation in my throat went way down after getting that med. I read instructions dietician gave me wrong and put myself on a 14 day pre op diet lol the doctor only wanted two days before surgery. So I ended up doing more but I am glad I did. He said my liver was best one he has seen all month and didn’t do a biopsy so that was good. I just got home and so trying to sip and rest and repeat...

How are you doing after your surgery on 20th?