EmzBee

First up is definitely the way to go! Your surgical team's fresh, and you knock it out of the way early. I also found that having the daytime nursing staff around straight aftet was helpful as they're more likely to come and ask if you need anything than the night nurses.
One of my nurses reheated a heating pack for my gassy, swollen belly about three times.

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Ive lost 70 lbs on a weight watchers since April of last year. I had to lose 10% of body weight by surgery i lost almost 20%.

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I'm first day post op and I've been walking around fine. Even went outside to glimpse the racehorses over the road with hubby (in my nightgown, hehe!)
I expect if you built up slowly you'd be fine--a walk to the letterbox turns into 15mins, 20mins, etc. (At least, that was my physio's advice this morning).
Just so long as you don't have to carry any of the second graders and you're free of complications you'll be awesome =)


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I'm first day post op and I've been walking around fine. Even went outside to glimpse the racehorses over the road with hubby (in my nightgown, hehe!)
I expect if you built up slowly you'd be fine--a walk to the letterbox turns into 15mins, 20mins, etc. (At least, that was my physio's advice this morning).
Just so long as you don't have to carry any of the second graders and you're free of complications you'll be awesome =)


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I am 2 days post op and feel good bedsides gas pains and forcing myself to get liquids in...just make sure you have your liquids with you for the trip

Scheduled for 2/19! For those of you who had surgery this month, how are you feeling now? I am supposed to chaperone a field trip 2 weeks after surgery and I want to make sure it's feasible for me to sit on a bus with 60 2nd graders for 2 hours. [emoji23]

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Post surgery selfie!! Hehe

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I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 in the morning as well. I will be the first one on the cutting table. Start my liquid diet tomorrow

Wow--now that's what I call dedication to this group! I'm not sure that my first thought in the recovery room would be to post here. 🙂

I also need to be at the hospital at 5:30 a.m. on March 4 and will be the first surgery of the day, which I kind of like.

Hooray!! So glad to hear from you EmzBee, and congratulations on doing so well. It's especially good that you were able to get through the first day with almost no morphine. I'm a bit curious about the acid, because I thought we weren't supposed to have reflux after RnY.
What are your issues with Water? Not getting enough water after surgery is one of my big fears.

Hi all!
So I'm on the other side! Surgery went great -- it was short and sweet, and I've had very little pain.
I'm not a fan of how the morphine feels (so dopey and put of it that walking around the ward was difficult), so I've only used 2 clicks out of 100. Other than that, I've been taking whole pills for nausea/acid and liquid panadol.
My lovely husband has been with me all day. I've walked around the ward half a dozen or so times... only thing I'm struggling with a little is Water.< br>Currently playing some upbeat music and taking a sip every song or so... seems to be doing the trick

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Post surgery selfie!! Hehe

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Post surgery selfie!! Hehe

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Hi all!
So I'm on the other side! Surgery went great -- it was short and sweet, and I've had very little pain.
I'm not a fan of how the morphine feels (so dopey and put of it that walking around the ward was difficult), so I've only used 2 clicks out of 100. Other than that, I've been taking whole pills for nausea/acid and liquid panadol.
My lovely husband has been with me all day. I've walked around the ward half a dozen or so times... only thing I'm struggling with a little is Water.< br>Currently playing some upbeat music and taking a sip every song or so... seems to be doing the trick

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Post surgery selfie!! Hehe

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Hi all!
So I'm on the other side! Surgery went great -- it was short and sweet, and I've had very little pain.
I'm not a fan of how the morphine feels (so dopey and put of it that walking around the ward was difficult), so I've only used 2 clicks out of 100. Other than that, I've been taking whole pills for nausea/acid and liquid panadol.
My lovely husband has been with me all day. I've walked around the ward half a dozen or so times... only thing I'm struggling with a little is Water.< br>Currently playing some upbeat music and taking a sip every song or so... seems to be doing the trick

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Post surgery selfie!! Hehe

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Hi all!
So I'm on the other side! Surgery went great -- it was short and sweet, and I've had very little pain.
I'm not a fan of how the morphine feels (so dopey and put of it that walking around the ward was difficult), so I've only used 2 clicks out of 100. Other than that, I've been taking whole pills for nausea/acid and liquid panadol.
My lovely husband has been with me all day. I've walked around the ward half a dozen or so times... only thing I'm struggling with a little is Water.< br>Currently playing some upbeat music and taking a sip every song or so... seems to be doing the trick

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Hi all!
So I'm on the other side! Surgery went great -- it was short and sweet, and I've had very little pain.
I'm not a fan of how the morphine feels (so dopey and put of it that walking around the ward was difficult), so I've only used 2 clicks out of 100. Other than that, I've been taking whole pills for nausea/acid and liquid panadol.
My lovely husband has been with me all day. I've walked around the ward half a dozen or so times... only thing I'm struggling with a little is Water.< br>Currently playing some upbeat music and taking a sip every song or so... seems to be doing the trick

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That's very interesting, Blue. I think you are right--everyone will be different, so there's no need to compare myself to others. At the end of the day, we will all get where we want to be.

I’ve been using the app Lose It for years. There’s a free version but you have to pay to use the Water tracker. I use a 30 oz ozark trail tumbler so I just make sure I fill it at least twice a day plus some. I’ve tried to change apps but I’ve used this one for so long and have created a lot of custom recipes. I enjoy tracking and I also use it sometimes to map out what I’m going to eat.

Baritastic is what I use. I have a love/dislike for the app. You can set timers for drinking, Protein, Vitamins. There is a timer for when u can drink before and after eating. A timer for when chewing your food. What I dont like about it is their recipe builder. I can't figure it out.

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I have a notebook where I plan my Protein and Fluid intake for the next day. I make my plan at night and check it off as I go during the day.

Bloods were fine, bar higher signs of inflammation and uric acid. Back's feeling better.
So tomorrow I'm having surgery. Phew!
17 hours and we'll be leaving for the hospital... 18kgs (almost 40 pounds) down pre-surgery.
Still can't quite believe it!

Hope our 13th quads are all doing well! I love checking in here and seeing how everyone's going 😃