Hello all! I am so happy all went well! Feel pretty loopy right now from the morphine PCA and my mouth (despite frequent use of a mouth sponge) is drier than the Sahara desert...but other than that feel great. I can feel that my stomach was manipulated, but it's not that bad. Maybe I'll feel different after they get me up to walk but all the reading I've done on this site says walk, walk, walk! I honestly don't know how I would have handled this without all te advice I've been reading on this site. So for that THANK YOU for everybody that has posted about their experience!

The hard part is over! Enjoy the ride!

I hope next month after I'm sleeved, I will be able to post like you!!! Congrats!

Thanks guys...I know I just joined the tram but I LOVE being on the losers bench! Just did 3 laps. Only thing getting me is these stinking waves of nausea, but if that's it I'll take it! Feel so blessed thanks again for all the support!

So happy for you. I have my surgery at 8am tomorrow morning. I hope I can report good results like you!

I never had a leak test. They said it wasn't necessary. Maybe my surgeon is cocky. Yeah, that's it.

I've never heard that before. I thought that a leak test was a "must do." Anyway, congrats on your speedy recovery. Keep it up!

Congrats. Definitely love that morphine. Make sure you keep up with the pain. I managed a mile or 2 a day while in the hospital. Now that I am at my brothers, the weather is horrible and I have no treadmill. I get up and walk around the dining room table several times and downstairs and back up again. Wish I were home home so I could at least use my treadmill. Keep up the good work and continue your super speedy recovery.

Whoop! Whoop! Congrats & welcome to the club! You are awesome to be up already!!! I slept from recovery until 2:30am the next morning! Lol!

Thanks guys...I know I just joined the tram but I LOVE being on the losers bench! Just did 3 laps. Only thing getting me is these stinking waves of nausea, but if that's it I'll take it! Feel so blessed thanks again for all the support!

Yeah, I got ice chips too - ask for some! Also, if you are having major nausea ask the nurse for some meds, they pumped that stuff right into my IV and no more nausea instantly!!

I've never heard that before. I thought that a leak test was a "must do." Anyway, congrats on your speedy recovery. Keep it up!

I didn't have one after surgery either once in my room. When I asked if I would have one, they said that they always do one in the operating room right after surgery. If any complications arise afterwards they will do one, but not necessary. So far so good

The best advice I can give you is when your getting out of your bed get ur butt to the farthest corner of where the bed folds and sit the bed all the way up. Support your belly. It hurts at first (bad) but it gets better day by day. I am 6 days out and can finally sit up without crazy pain. I didn't really have the gas pains that everyone talks about. Good luck to you!

Congrats and Welcome! Best Wishes.

Good luck to you all....WindyCityMom and I had a morophine pack epidural we didn't get the happy button....we were up walking as soon as we got back to our rooms....we were let have tea and apple juice and Vitamin Water right after surgery. we had to wait til the leak test to get the broth though....man was that broth good....we were all looking forward to that...funny how deprivation of a little food can effect people.

And the above post that said the hard part is over...well pretty much accurate! Now it is all will power, you have the tool and your body will help ya out with the will power thing....your mind will say "3 cm opening....hmmm that is not going down" and you will gladly choose something better for you.

Welcome to the "Loser's Bench"

Ok so post op day 2 sucks!!! No getting around it. I now understand the "just try to stay hydrated" I've never experienced nausea the way I did yesterday...despite zofran and compazine around the clock! The only good news is I'm now post op day 3 and much better! Still slightly nauseas with certain movements and oddly enough when my 5 week old twins scream it goes right to my stomach (my partner carried not me), but able to hydrate. Still can't imagine eating...have no appetite whatsoever. The other thing to remind people getting vsg...they pump you up with so much Fluid during and after surgery that you shouldn't weigh yourself in the week after or you'll get discouraged! My tech partner was s/p vsg in September and is down 85 lbs...she warned me of this and for shits and giggles I got on the scale...I started this process at 325...down to 310 for surgery day...was 316 post op day 2. Luckily sh had shared this tidbit with me. Ok well I'm off to keep hydrating

Thanks again for everyone's wellwishes and good luck to those who just had surgery or those with upcoming surgeries!!!

xoxo

Stick with it s2b! It will get a little better each day. Now is when your determination will pay off. Best of luck and keep us updated.