Hello everyone.

I am new to this site, just signed up today. I have been reading all of the forums and cant believe all of the great info I am getting. I am curently at day 4 of my 5 day pre op diet, boy has it been hard. I started with a weight of 213.6, Day 2 I weighed 210.0, Day 3 i weighed 206.0 and today is Day 4 and I weighed this morning 202.0. my surgery date is tomorrow and I am so unsure of what to expect. Everyone's responses have been so different. I am hoping to be back to work fairly quickly. I started my journey in March of 2012, went to the orientation and then has my first appointment with my surgeon in April. I must say the nurtrition part and the phychictric evaulations went very quickly. I seen the physchiatrist 1 time and the nutritionist 2 times before the approved me for the surgery. I was approved with my insurance company on the first attempt after 3 days and now surgery is tomorrow. All in all its only been 4 months and I am all set to go. Anyone have any advice for me as far as what to expect after surgery tomorrow and pain wise????

Congrats on your surgery! Part of the reason there are so many different responses on here is that everyone is different. We all have different beginning circumstances, different level of pain tolerance, etc. The one thing we can all say is we got through it.

For me, the surgery was uneventful (good thing) and my recovery went well. Make sure you have items at home that you will need afterwards (protein drinks, Soup broth, cream Soups, etc). I spent one night in the hospital due to my sleep apnea. By day 2, I took one dose of the pain meds and didn't need them anymore. It was a beautiful thing!

Best of luck to you!!!

My pain was worst when sitting up or laying down or getting up or down from chair. Otherwise it wasn't too bad. I did have some shoulder pain from the gas they use to inflate so they can see. I am very sensitive to medicines and most narcotics make me extremely nauseous so I spent the first few days like that. By day 4 my nausea was gone and I was up being more normal. I recommend getting up and moving around as much as you can tolerate because since I didn't I got a blood clot in my leg.