cateckert

Me too! So excited. Good luck!!

Me too! We are going to rock this. Best wishes!

On my way now. 10am check-in for pre op and noon surgery. Best wishes to everyone!

Me too.... Good luck!

Happy Day, Smooth Surgery, Beautiful Future,Wonderful Life. Pkease,update,us as Soon as You Feel You Can!😝🌟😝😷

I am so happy that you are doing well and that your husband accompanied you! I hope the rest of the family comes around with a quickness! 😊
It gets easier each day!

@ElectricBoogaloo Yes I made it back home on Friday night. Everything is going well surprisingly. Initially I wasn’t going to have a companion but my husband ended up going with me. I was in the hospital for 3 days, walked pretty good everyday, and by the end of the day I was tired. My sleeping wasn’t the best at the hospital, I didn’t like sleeping on my back, but I have a recliner in my bedroom so that’s been really helpful and way more comfortable. I start Protein Shakes on Wednesday. It seems as if this first month will go by quick. I am being very optimistic but I think that’s helping me too. Thanks for checking on me!

I had a great experience. I packed WAAAAYYYYY too much stuff. All I really needed was a comb, toothbrush, a change or two of underwear, biotene spray, my phone, and my charger. I do wish I'd not packed the rest of the nonsense I took, and used the room in my bag for a heating pad. That was something that really helped the soreness when I got home.
I have a history of severe nausea post-op, and my surgical team did an amazing job giving me meds to counter that. Which caused me to have complete amnesia from the pre-op room when they pushed the first sedative to an hour or so after I was in my room, which has never happened to me. Makes me want to get a copy of my records and find out exactly what they gave me. LOL.
I had virtually no pain from the gas that many people complain about. My surgeon does her leak test in the OR, so something to do with the Water for that may have cleared the CO2 out more effectively, I don't know. My overall pain was there, but nothing too horrible. We'd decided on a milder pain med than she normally prescribes because I don't like the side effects of the one she normally uses, and it was sufficient. I just felt like I'd been kicked in the gut and had that residual severe soreness.
The staff were great, making sure I had plenty of Water and things to drink on day 1, and then Protein shakes and water on day 2 (my doc keeps us overnight to make sure we can keep fluids down well). The tech came in several times to make sure I got up and walked (which helps with the pain, but disconnecting all the stuff is annoying). Slept in short spurts, but that's typical in a hospital. Didn't have enough focus to read a book, so I played games on my phone and facebooked and watched a marathon of whatever crime drama was on TV that day.
Doc came by to check on me Day 2 and discharged me.
Very uneventful, which is the way we want it.
You'll do great. As a nurse, I'll just say that you should work with the nurses about letting them know when you're STARTING to hurt so they can stay ahead of it with your pain meds (if you need them, some people have very little pain). Knocking pain down when it gets bad is MUCH harder than keeping it at bay. And the rest of the time, walk walk walk and sip sip sip (as soon as they let you have drinks).

My surgery is tomorrow also 😁

I'm having surgery October 30, 2018 at 7am. Scared and excited

Hello, I'm new and my surgery is in 2 days. Excited and nervous. I'm 40 and my surgery is 10/30/18

Just got my date of November 6th... excited nervous and ready if that makes sense. I have nutrition on 10/2/18 and a big class on 10/22... which I believe will kick off my two weeks liquids pre-op. Good luck everyone!

Hello, I'm new and my surgery is in 2 days. Excited and nervous. I'm 40 and my surgery is 10/30/18

Welcome @cateckert and best of luck to you as well as @April Marie on your upcoming dates.

Good Luck

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I'm 41 my surgery is December 10th good luck ladies we all got this, may God put his work in your Drs hands. Amen!

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Your right. This is what I need. Just counted and I take 15 different medications, I'm hoping to cut that list in half. I'm anxious and excited. we have this!

Good luck tomorrow. Just remember this is a start to great things

I am tomorrow too! Good luck to everyone!

Good luck to everyone having surgery tomorrow!!

Hello, I'm new and my surgery is in 2 days. Excited and nervous. I'm 40 and my surgery is 10/30/18

Hello, I'm new and my surgery is in 2 days. Excited and nervous. I'm 40 and my surgery is 10/30/18

Hello, I'm new and my surgery is in 2 days. Excited and nervous. I'm 40 and my surgery is 10/30/18

47! Six days post op. Probably should have done it long ago but better late than never. I feel great!

im 58 had my sleeve Aug 21 down 57 lbs feel great !!