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Well, tomorrow is the big day for me. I have a showtime of 0530. Today, I am only drinking my shakes and my Water and I am feeling good. I'm just finishing up getting the house (wasn't expecting this word to be a curse word) and span, laundry done, meals prepped for hubs, and everything ready for when I come home. Tonight we will drive to Ann Arbor and stay at the Holiday Inn so that we don't have any issues in the morning.
Let the games begin!

To March Surgery Buddies, well, today is my Gastric Bypass. I'm currently waiting for my best friend to take me to the hospital-have to be there at 7:30am. I'm trusting God to take care of me, but in still a little nervous. I'll let you know how everything goes, when i can. I'm at 224 lbs and am looking forward to seeing that number go down significantly and many of my aches and pains to get much better or go away completely. Please, everyone, keep me in your prayers :)

Hello All!
I have a gastric sleeve today, March 5th, in Michigan, and I have to say that I am terrified! I have wanted this for so long(covid delays), but as I sit here in the hospital, I can not help wonder if I am making the right choice. Pre-surgery jitters, for sure!

Hey there! I just was sleeved on 3/1/22 on Tuesday and I promise it is a struggle to drink so much but do it while you can. After surgery, I have barely been able to hold anything down. I think it is their way of prepping you for what is to come. Best of luck!

I just had my rny surgery on 3/1. Good luck to everyone who is scheduled! I’m doing ok now, but the first night was rough. The nausea is the worst part.

Hopefully this is the next step to getting my life together and living it in a positive full way. since this last June I decided not to hide who I am anymore and came out to my friends and family as bisexual at 28 y/o and I will be 29 in May.
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I'm home!! Surgery went well, but I had to stay an extra day because my new pouch was quite swollen and I had a ton of drainage in the drain my surgeon put in my abdomen. The only narcotic I got the whole time there was 1 oxycodone the evening after surgery. Otherwise I was given timed non-narcotic pain meds that worked great! I'm on them (Tylenol and Flexeril) for another few days. And because Constipation is so common I'm on Colace twice a day for 30 days.

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Feel better soon!!!

I have a surgery date of 3/16. I'm one week into my three-week Pre-op diet. So far I'm down 18.2lbs.! I'm super excited about my surgery and cannot wait for Rob 2.0 to thrive!

Good luck to everyone having surgery tomorrow!
I've got my final pre-op with the surgeon tomorrow. I'm expecting to get my pre-surgery diet instructions. I'm not nervous... I'm anxious to get to surgery day. It's been a long 9 month process of jumping through hoops with very low expectations of insurance approving my revision. Now that they have, I just want to get on to the next stage. I am ready for this stage. I'm all in. It's hard because my partner is having a sleeve bypass 1 month after I have my revision and she's in a much different mindset than I am. She's like "after the liquid phase, well be able to have whatever we want, just a bite or two" and I'm like "nope, I'm making healthy choices, I've been through this before, it truly is just a tool that will help you start those healthy habits so they stick long term"
My 50th birthday is two weeks after my surgery and she thinks I can have a bite of ice cream cake. I'm like, no. So we are having some of my favorite foods that she makes and my birthday cake Friday night. Still gonna have a bigger party actually on my birthday with family and friends but that's just to Celebrate and the food won't be an issue for me.
Wow lol that was a lot! I'm overdue for a session with my therapist. Lol

I had my pre-op appointment yesterday. I start my pre-op diet tomorrow. I'm starting to get nervous. I'm scared of something going wrong. I have the absolute worst luck when it comes to my health. I mean, how many 41 year olds do you know that has narcolepsy, lupus, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, significant c8 neuropathy, asthma, pseudotumor cerebri, a straightened lordosis, and about 20 other things (this would end up a book instead of a post). I'm just scared I'm gonna come out worse than when I went in. Has anyone else felt such fear the closer you got to surgery?

My surgery was long but went well. I'm not in a ton of pain thanks to scheduled pain meds, I only took one oxycodone.

My leak test this morning showed the barium was still in my esophagus more than 10 minutes after I drank it. I got a dose of steroids to get rid of the swelling. I'm not surprised because I had the same thing happened with my sleeve. It looks like I'll be spending another day here



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The final countdowns have begun for me. After 5pm only Clear Liquids, at 6pm I'll call the scheduling line and get my arrival time, then I'll take a shower with the special soap and put the nausea patch on. Then it's chill time with my kitties until we go to bed. I need to wake up about 2.5 hours before arrival time to drink a 20 ounce full sugar Gatorade then take another special soap shower.

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I have to do 10 days of 6 meals consisting of one Protein Shake and a half cup cooked non-starch veggies or a cup of raw non-starch veggies and a half a cup of fruit. I can also have broth, Jello, popsicles, sugar-free drinks, Water. I start that two weeks from yesterday. I went to costco yesterday and purchased some Gatorade Protein Drinks and some Protein Shakes. 😬 It's starting to feel real!

I'm going to pack my phone charger, a robe and some slide on shoes for walking. Chapstick and hair things... toothbrush, toothpaste. My C-pap machine. I'm not really sure what else. Clothes to come home in.
My 15 year-old daughter and I have been watching all the Oscar nominated movies before the Oscars at the end of March... if we haven't finished by my recovery time, we will take that time to catch up. My husband works from home and I homeschool my 15 and 17 year-olds (they will be on spring break the week of my surgery) and my daughter, who is 25 and lives 90 minutes away, is going to come home and "help" for a few days... which really means she is using my surgery as an excuse to come home and see the dog. I have a feeling we will be watching a lot of movies and if the weather is nice, we will be doing a lot of walking around the block.

I have to do 10 days of 6 meals consisting of one Protein Shake and a half cup cooked non-starch veggies or a cup of raw non-starch veggies and a half a cup of fruit. I can also have broth, Jello, popsicles, sugar-free drinks, Water. I start that two weeks from yesterday. I went to costco yesterday and purchased some Gatorade Protein Drinks and some Protein Shakes. 😬 It's starting to feel real!

Thank you all so much! I am moved by the support 💕 I just made a care.com account and found someone. She responded really fast and we spoke. She is OK with picking me up super early and picking me up after surgery. The hospital is a good drive but she does not mind.
Today is my say day 1 of liquids surgery is next week! I hope this thread will help others. I'm new here too lol

Your recovery week sounds wonderful!

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Each milestone you pass will make it more and more real. All my milestones are behind me and surgery day is less than 48 hours away

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Look at these lovely flowers I just got from my church. A fellow church member just delivered them (I've been watching online in the weeks leading up to surgery). These flowers were in the sanctuary during service then cut down and brought to me along with a lovely card with prayers and well wishes.

Mr Izzy loves flowers, but thankfully doesn't eat them.

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I have to do 10 days of 6 meals consisting of one Protein Shake and a half cup cooked non-starch veggies or a cup of raw non-starch veggies and a half a cup of fruit. I can also have broth, Jello, popsicles, sugar-free drinks, Water. I start that two weeks from yesterday. I went to costco yesterday and purchased some Gatorade Protein Drinks and some Protein Shakes. 😬 It's starting to feel real!

I had a Covid test this morning which I'm sure will be negative. My backpack is mostly packed and my apartment is almost totally clean. I'll pretty much finish the cleaning today, chill tomorrow and do errands Monday. I'll call the hospital scheduling line Monday evening to get my Tuesday morning arrival time. One of my neighbors is giving me a ride. She's an early riser so if I need to get their super early it won't be much of an inconvenience. I told her I'd pay her but she's refusing money so I'm going to crochet her a few dishcloths.

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My date is March 23rd! I find myself very emotional every time I talk about it, it feels like I’ve been working toward this forever.

I got March 22nd surgery date. I’m so excited and scared… would love to get a few buddies in here to share our journey together. 😬

Mindful Moment: I'm feeling all kinds of emotions today. It's this weird mix of fear, anxiety, elation, resolve, focus, and super-charged anticipation of my future self all at once. If you may be feeling this way too, know you're not alone.
My surgery date is March 7th, just 21 days away. I've been on an 8-month journey filled with highs and lows like so many of you. As I reflect on my feelings today, I want to honor them wholeheartedly as each one of them is valid. Most of all, I felt it was important to share my feelings with others who may be feeling similarly.
While each of our journeys is that of our own, we're not alone. We all need to be reminded of that in our moments of mixed emotions.
~Meg