Okay I am past the emotional roller-coaster and ready to go. Have to be at the hospital at 8am tomorrow & surgery is to be at 10am....ready!!! I can't believe after the ups & downs of deciding and the fear of the unknown, I'm here! Just feet from the loser's bench!!! (okay maybe a few miles from it but it's in sight!!!!!!!) *WOOT* *WOOT*

Praying for a Valentine's miracle! Anyone else out there going on the same day - - GOOD LUCK & PRAYERS to you and stay hydrated!! & rest/walk/rest/walk :-) Everyone on here has been SO informative and I hope I do as well as you all!!!

Happy you are in recovery and i hope you continue on an anyi-drama pace .

I can't wait to get there. I am on fluids today waiting to check into the hospital tonight. My surgery is at 7:30 am. I already have a bad headache (maybe lack of food). I don't want to take anything until I get there. I am super nervous but am keeping my faith that everything will turn out fine.

I will check with everyone tomorrow, Lord willing.

God bless and I'm looking forward to being on the losers bench soon!

More Detail on the day of and right after wls, I Love It !! Im so excited for everyone, just waiting for my day : )

MuddySoles -- u will do fine! I

Prayed right up

Until

I

Went out and undone remember

A

Thing at all! U wake up

(seems like no time) and

U r done!!!!

Dang nurse doesn't have time to help me take a walk!! I thought that was

Extremely important right after???? My only walk was at 4:20 and that's cuz I asked to. I've asked twice since 6:30 and no one "has time". "We'll try to at 10pm"

?? I thought that was very important? Instead they put the foot booties on (when

i asked to take a walk) that pump ur

circulation. Which means I can't get

up & try on my own or I'll pop their

lil booties!'. Am I wrong

Should

I

Just chill?

As long as you have the circulation leg wraps you should be ok. My boyfriend had his last month and he only walked 2 times that first day because he was so groggy with pain meds. Make sure they take you at least one more time tonight.

Just had my second walk and bathroom break..all seems good and using less from the pain pump and I only have two incisions..wow.

Anyone getting any sleep?.... Not.much here with nurses in and out of the room w my roommate and myself or a beeping iv or one of us that needs to get up to use the restoom...blood pressure checks and temperature and antibiotics etc..will be happy to get home

I'm sooo nervous I've scared myself nauseous! Just got my belly shot and waiting for them to come take off my polish. I wish I knew I couldn't have polish on cause I wouldn't have spent 50 bucks on a mani/pedi 3 days ago. what a bummer, I hope that's my only complaint. I don't want drama!

I definitely got lots of sleep! Thin i slept thru the vitals! Have had a morphine drip and catheter since I left surgery room yesterday at 11:30am. Also had an IV to keep fluids in me. And an ear patch on since b4 surgery so have felt really good!! Hoping to get released early afternoon!!! And they'll give me a liquid breakfast which will help

The dryness in my moith!!

Home now from the sleeve yesterday! Holy hell am I in pain!!!! I'm walking as much as possible and doing my breathing aspiratus but can't get liquids down without feeling like my stomach is being stabbed!!! I'm on water only until tomorrow and it's awful! I'm hungry and hurting and thirsty and just can't wait for this phase to pass! Just getting in and outta bed is so hard!!!

So sorry u r in so much pain! I just got home too!! Surgery was yesterday 2/13...I don't know if I anticipated it being much worse, but other than getting in/outa bed I'm not feeling too bad! Granted I'm on liquid loritab right now but most of the day at hospital I wasn't even using the morphine drip either!! They started that & Cather right after surgery. And ice chips was all I was allowed til breakfast this am and then they gave me chick broth (had about a tsp every few minutes) it was delicious!! And a lil s/f jello that was delic!! Over the next few hrs after that I sipped on H2O and did great. My only trouble b4 they'd let me leave was being able to urinate. Not sure if the catheter or anesthesia made it hard to urinate but finally I was able to a little and bam I was discharged!!!! That function is getting easier each time. I have 4 small incision spots on my abs plus the spot where the drainage tube was. They explained something about the extra incisions allows dr to reduce the amount of gas leftover in the end which is fine with me cuz I've had no gas at all!!? Knock on wood!! I wouldn't think gas would all of the sudden kick in on day 3 or day 4?? Hope not!! Overall feeling really good!!!! Drinking a strawberry short cake flavored protein drink for dinner this eve. 27 gr protein! Nice & slow!' Wishing u the best!!!!! My kids had flowers and signs around the house when I got home!!! P.S. the other surprising thing for me was/is the dry mouth. That c/b the morphine or just lack of liquid the first 2 hrs. But darn thats been hard!! Sound like a frog when I talk!!!!