Hiya guys, well i am sleeved at last, HOORAY!!!

I am really pleased, everything went well, many thanks to those of you that reccomended that you need to walk after the surgery, that piece of advice was the best advice ever, i had little pain from the surgery itself but the gas pain was horrendes, didn't realise just how bad that could be, anyway spent 5 days in the hospital, came home last night have lost about 11 pounds so far, now it sip, sip, walk, walk, and take some time for me,

thanks for all the support talk to you all soon

viv

congratulations! 11 pounds is amazing! WTG! glad to hear everything went well! its like a chant...sip sip walk... lol

Why 5 days in the hospital? The surgeon I am seeing indicates I will stay only 1 night in the hospital. Did you have complications of some sort or does your surgeon always keep his patients this long? I am gathering all the information I possably can in order to be well informed so just curious about your stay in the hospital. Awesome job on your weight loss. I am around 270 and waiting on insurance approval. I was submitted in the afternoon on 2/2/2011. This Tuesday will make a week. I am praying for the approval b/c I can't afford to self pay. How was your journey with insurance approval? Thanks, Ann

Congrats and welcome!

Those first few days can get to ya. But the time flies by and before your know it, you are all healed and super happy about the weight loss! Congrats!

Welcome to the losers bench!!! LOL I was wondering too why did you have to stay 5 days in the hospital. I only spent the night.

Why 5 days in the hospital? The surgeon I am seeing indicates I will stay only 1 night in the hospital. Did you have complications of some sort or does your surgeon always keep his patients this long? I am gathering all the information I possably can in order to be well informed so just curious about your stay in the hospital. Awesome job on your weight loss. I am around 270 and waiting on insurance approval. I was submitted in the afternoon on 2/2/2011. This Tuesday will make a week. I am praying for the approval b/c I can't afford to self pay. How was your journey with insurance approval? Thanks, Ann

Hey Ann, I was only in the one night (that is all the insurance approved) but I did not have any complications. I also went the insurance route as I could not afford self-pay. My insurance (Aetna) approved me in one day. You may want to call them to make sure they have your papwework and see if they can tell you the status of your case. Good Luck.

hi all, many thanks for your well wishes, great to here from you all, i had to stay in for 5 days because of my diabetes, there was no real complications, just needed to regulate my blood sugars, took a while, that was all, but here in the UK they are very careful about not letting you home too soon, they want to be sure you can manage when you get home