markuspak

5 hours ago, E.S said:

Hey everyone
Well I have done it. I took the leap of faith and now I’m on the other side.
I got home this afternoon after 1 day stay. Lots of burping and passing gas. I’m so full for tea spoons of puréed chicken in broth , my stomach did feel sore because of it. Sipping Water through the day and trying to walk.
And also my focusing on my breathing and making sure I temperature myself.

I was so scared before the surgery and so nervous , and now I’m at home trying to get through the first few days and slowly adjusting to this new life.

Also I had a different name on here , few people managed to find me that I didn’t want for them to found out so I changed it.

Anyway I’m trying to focus on the things, it took me about 1,5 years to get here so it’s a long time coming.

Thank you for reading and hopefully I will hear from you guys xoxo

Congratulations !!!! I'm in the same boat 3rd day post op. J cant wait for the pain to go away. Had my hernia fixed at the same time And I think that's were most of the pain is from . They had problems fixing it . Hope all goes well for you. And I was scared also just before surgery. The Doc seen how nervous I was and asked if I wanted to get dressed and go home . LOL . But I'm looking at the long term affects .

14 hours ago, Ylime said:

15 hours ago, sentaric said:

glade went well.. l on my third day stomach from hernias hurts the worst .Still lot of gas . trying to sleep is the headrest. Hope you fell well

Glad everything went well, I didn’t shake the groggy feeling for 2 days lol

Well at least I know I’ll get some rest when I go home. Drowsy for days...lol

2 hours ago, wanda247 said:

I'm glad everything went well for you, I know you are glad that's over...Wishing you well on your journey.

Thank You have you had yours yet

Glad to here that !!!! I'm in the same boat just got home .

everything went WELL. HOME NOW . Better than I thought, They had hard time with the hernia . But its not that BAD. BUT THEY STILL have me doped up . cant pee a lot . . Might have to go back if that doesn't get better . For those getting close you will do fine. I'm on liquids belly is sore,`. Good luck to the rest of you getting close . A what was cool the gave my pictures of the cutting out My stomach

OK wish me luck . Very scared and nervous. Haven't had very good luck in my past hospital stays . Now that I'm 60 I know I'm no spring chicken . Right now just chicken !!

14 hours ago, Homie said:

My wife and I start our liquid pre-op diet tomorrow for surgery on 27th and 29th August. We both have the band but are doing the band to bypass. We are so excited and scared.

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Last day of pre op diet. 9:30 Tomorrow morning is the big day . Nervous and scared . Its just now starting to feel real . liquid diet went well for the most part . Only cheated twice . And not that much food . I shocked as I'm not that hungry . And it goes fast if you keep busy .

I'm the same day . Your lucky you get meat I get carrots / celery . But its ok getting down to the wire . Good luck to you hope all goes well . Me I'm nervous . And to top it off threw my back out yesterday and the cant do anything because of my surgery on Monday . Hope my luck changes !!!

8 hours ago, lizvirgo09 said:

Best wishes tomorrow and hopeful for good outcomes... you will do fine.. it will be challenging at the beginning and some pain... I didn’t expect the amount of pain since I had my gall bladder removed... but the doctor 👨‍⚕️ explained it more to me maybe because I’m a nurse 👩🏼‍⚕️!!! He said your stomach mad at me and your diaphragm is mad at me since they have to manipulate that as well and he also said he has to glue the mesentery back which have a lot of pain receptors... I’m telling you all of this to give you information not scare you.. I had a pain pump and I was so grateful for that...

You will do fine.. try to get some rest!!!

Good luck

Well here we go headed to to doctors to start liquid diet then off to hospital to finish tests Aug 13th is getting closer

58 minutes ago, Kaseyn2boys said:

congrats

Mine is the same day Good luck

59 minutes ago, Kaseyn2boys said:

congrats

Wow 4 weeks . I'm worried about 2 weeks . Good for you .I hope all goes well for you . But I have my mind set on doing this so I will make it !!!! All of you are a great help , Makes me feel that I'm not alone going through this . I have my wife but I don't think she gets how hard this has been . .The stop smoking is the hardest for me . But doing good so far . What makes it worse ids she smokes . Cant wait until this is over .

Thanks !!!!

9 minutes ago, mrpritchett said:

Pre or post surgery? If pre, I'm on day 9 of 14 of my pre-surgery liquid diet. Sorbet is awesome (sugar-free), I've been doing Protein Shakes and filling in with broth to change up my taste. Bullion cubes have only 30 calories per cube and so you can actually have quite a bit which can help you feel full. Skim milk is a fallback for me as well as it isn't the greatest nutritionally but helps you feel fuller. I tend to eat/drink the same things over and over and enjoy repetition, so that's not a problem for me, but it gets easier each day. I still have cravings a ton, but I just move on and remember that I'm 6-8 weeks from being back to a "normal" diet again. You can do it!

9 minutes ago, mrpritchett said:

Pre or post surgery? If pre, I'm on day 9 of 14 of my pre-surgery liquid diet. Sorbet is awesome (sugar-free), I've been doing Protein Shakes and filling in with broth to change up my taste. Bullion cubes have only 30 calories per cube and so you can actually have quite a bit which can help you feel full. Skim milk is a fallback for me as well as it isn't the greatest nutritionally but helps you feel fuller. I tend to eat/drink the same things over and over and enjoy repetition, so that's not a problem for me, but it gets easier each day. I still have cravings a ton, but I just move on and remember that I'm 6-8 weeks from being back to a "normal" diet again. You can do it!

Its pre op . Thanks for the reply . Start mine on the 30th . Surgery on the 13th . For me this might be the hard part . But with the forums help I just might get through it .Have stocked up on the Protein Shakes . Can we drink all we want or is there a limit ??

2 hours ago, markuspak said:

any tips on getting through this part

56 minutes ago, lviz said:

Pre-op was hard for sure. Did a house purge which made it some amount easier, but hub and kids mean there’s always something around. Honestly, it was a lot of mind over matter, I knew it would be totally apparent to my dr. If I didn’t, and it mattered to me that I showed my commitment to them as well.

Thanks .

any tips on getting through this part

13 hours ago, Frustr8 said:

Yo @ markuspak where in our fair State are YOU located? I am in Central Ohio, in Mount Vernon, 14 miles from the Geographic Center, and approx 48 miles NNE of Columbus, where I will have my RnY surgery September 5th At OSU-Wexner Medical Center. My surgeon is Dr Bradley J Needleman, head of Bariatric Surgery and Metabolic Weight Weight Loss, yep the top dog in that kennel! Saw you said in another posting you were in Ohio. Will be sending you good healing wishes for August 13th.😝

I'm in Fremont , I know just where you are at we have a camper we keep in Mohican. Just out side Loudonville . On wally road . We go To MT Vernon often

Aug 13TH Nervous !!!!!!!!

Hello . Getting close . August 13 . Also having my hernia fixed . Very nervous on getting this done . Last 6 months went well lost 20 # . Hope I'm doing the right thing. Start my last 2 week I guess its the liquid diet hope I can get through it . Any tip would be great . Thanks

On ‎4‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 11:17 AM, Ylime said:

I would love to make some surgery buddies now so we can go through all the pre-op requirements together and stick through surgery and beyond. Anyone else already know their surgery will occur this summer?

My surgery is going to fall in the July or August time frame. Most of this is dependent upon checking all my surgeon's boxes, the rest is dependent upon my financing since I'm self-pay. I'll be getting the sleeve.

I love my surgeon and feel really lucky to have found him. So far the pre-op stuff has gone smoothly, but I am just at the beginning stages. I've scheduled all my evals and classes and attended my first weight loss class last week. I found it to be mildly helpful. It was certainly geared more toward those that hadn't already read through the surgery binder and/or those that had no clue what healthy eating consisted of. I'm hoping future classes focus more on the post-op eating.

My first visit with my PCP about this surgery is next week as that's the soonest I could get in to see her. I'm hoping she'll be supportive as my surgeon knew of her when I told him that's who I see. But if I have to find another PCP so be it.

My first dietician appt is next week and psych eval is the week after that. I only have to get these three meetings out of the way to schedule my surgery. So I'm anxious to get that done!

I'm excited to hear from others along the same timeline as me!

mine is the 13 to

Anyone in August

On ‎6‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 10:18 AM, coco38 said:

Good Morning

Im having my surgery on July 19,2018. Just wondering if any one else is having their surgery in July? Just want someone to talk to about the stress of surgery and excitement

Mine is in Aug 13th in Ohio

Getting close to my surgery . 3 week out . Getting a little scared . worried if I'm doing the right thing .Also have a hernia fixed at the same time