My surgery is complete and I am back home today. The first day was a lot of nausea - I threw up quite a bit of brown stuff which I guess was bleeding from the surgery. I had a lot of trouble with my veins so I got a lot of sticks. I think I was a bit dehydrated

My surgeon was Terry Scarborough in Houston, TX. He seems confident that all went well. He is a quiet man.

He said the signs of a leak are fever, severe abdominal pain, and something else (?). He said he only had one leak and they were able to treat it with antibiotics.

I will say this. People said this is easier than a C-section. Okay, that is NOT true. This surgery feels much more major. I started realizing that before the surgery and I was nervous but it was too late to back out.

Now I'm just focusing on the future. I need to figure out how to get that weight loss ticker going b/c I already lost a lot of weight.

Oh I didn't realize that I planned my surgery when my period is due. Duh. I would think anyone considering surgery might plan around that better. Fortunately I started on the day I was leaving so it wasn't a problem.

congratulations!!

Wish you a speedy recovery!

I had mine on 1-28-10!

If you figure out that ticker let me know too!!

LoL!

I tried yesterday to figure it out and had no luck.

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Congratulations to you both!! So glad to hear you are doing well, and on your way to a new, healthier lifestyle!! To get a ticker you can click on anyone's ticker and then click create your own, then click weight loss. Once you get it all done copy the code down and paste it into your signature, then hit save and check out your new ticker, good luck!!! Keep me posted on your journey!

Pumpkin,

YAY on being Sleeved. You're on the other side of it. I'm sorry this was more difficult than a C-Section for you. I've not had one, but I did have my gallbladder removed in November and I'm hoping this isn't too much worse. But from what everyone says, it will get better. I hope you start to feel good soon.

Congratulations! You are going to be amazed at how well this tool works.

Congratulations! Hopefully you will love your sleeve as much as I love mine!

Pumpkin I hope you are feeling better today!

I am feeling so much better.

I started my mushie phase and really not having so much luck with that so far.

I havent been able to get anything down without trouble except for refried beans? oh and smashed up carrotts.

I tried a protien shake last night and WOW was it good.

Vanilla protien with milk and half a banana some ice and blend it up!!

Really Good!!

I also read on here someone mixes the vanilla protien with Celestial Seasonings Peach tea so I am going to try that today.

I think I have the ticker thing loaded properly too!!

lets see if it shows up! LOL!

Good Luck and keep me posted on your progress ok?

It worked It Worked It worked!!!!!

Yay!!!

Congratulations to you both! It does get better...good luck on your recoveries.