Hi All,

I've been lurking for awhile and just wanted to say hello.

I'll officially join the ranks of sleevers tomorrow.

As a sufferer of fibro my surgeon thinks that the sleeve and weight loss could help alleviate a lot of the pain I have on a daily basis and prevent my weight from climbing which it has done steadily since my diagnosis.

I am super excited and can't wait.

great!!! i wish you the best of luck and please keep us posted:thumbup1:

good luck!

Welcome Hugapug. Best wishes and prayers for an uneventful surgery and smooth recovery. Please let us know how you are doing as soon as you are up to it.

Welcome, and glad to see you around here. Best wishes for tomorrow, and update us when you can.

Good luck today, I'll be thinking positive thoughts for you!

Hugabug, congrats on your surgery today. Best wishes for a smooth and uneventful surgery. Looking forward to hearing how it went.

Please keep us updated, and best of luck to you!

The best to you and a swift recovery!

We will all be thinking about you! Wishing you a speedy recovery

Diane

Welcome to the losers bench Hugapug!!! Let us know how you are doing. OBTW,, I love my pug,, he has been the best dog I have ever had. Good to see another sleeved pugster on here.. LOL>>>

Hope you're doing great hugapug!! Like you and loser, I too am a pug lover!! I wish I still had my last one, he was awesome :-( They are the coolest small dog! One day I'll have another one.

Can't wait to hear all about your surgery and your exciting discoveries each day!! God Bless!

Krystal

Hey Hugapug - I just got my sleeve 3/3/2010, the day before you. I just posted my experience on my blog today. It was a very good experience and I'm doing good and I can only hope your experience is as good. I'm eagar to share the journey with you - keep posting.

Hi Everyone,

Thank you so much for the encouragement and well wishes. They really mean a lot to me! Surgery went really well and I only ended up with one incision site. I am horrible with anesthesia and pain meds though so the rest of the day was pretty awful. I couldn't keep my sips down so that was pretty rough on the new tummy.

The nursing staff was great and the Dr. was was very encouraging though so I made it through to day two. I am doing much better today and the nausea has largely subsided although now I have intermittent hiccups. Ouchy! Why can't I just be normal and pass gas?! Who would have ever thought I'd be praying to let a few rip. I just know I'd be so much more comfortable afterward. I'm pretty mobile (in a careful not to pull my incision sort of way) so I am hoping the walking will help.

The Dr. let me decide if I wanted to stay a second night in the hospital and I opted to come home. I'd already blown 3 IVs so my arms above anything else were begging to be set free. Now I've just got to sip sip sip to stay hydrated!

I'll keep posting away in the meantime. Thanks for listening!

YAY!!!! So glad to hear you're doing well!!

Thank you for the update. I'm glad things are going well!