I have a feeling that this day is going to go very slowly!! Just waiting for that phone call for my time is making me anxious! I'm not nervous as of yet - just anxious for this journey to really begin!

Me too. Tomorrow at 10:50am.

Awesome, prayers and positive energy flowing your way peeps

Surgery was 12 hours ago! I'm doing well! I'm up out of bed and the need to hit the pain button is minimal. I'm just sore with no real pain.

I'm looking forward to my swallow test tomorrow so that I can SIP water!

My doctors standard practice is to be in the Critical Care unit for extra eyes do I'm loving the private room! However the person in the room next door is snoring do loud it FEELS like I have a room mate. LOL

Hope everyone else is doing just as well. I am expecting that I may be a little more sore tomorrow.

I am so happy that you are doing great my surgery day is Sept. 17th...

Glad to hear things went well:)

I'm now day 3 post op - came home yesterday. I stopped taking pain meds within 24 hours of the surgery. Still no pain - just 2 incision areas "pull" when I move around - but other than that, I feel pretty good. A little pressure on those areas and holding of the belly works well. I'm working on getting in my Protein and Water and just resting a lot. I found I had to sleep in bed in a reclining position with a big pillow propping me up, laying flat did bother the belly.

In the hospital, I did have the JP drain. Having that removed did not hurt, it just felt as if I was giving birth to an alien - just felt wierd and took the breath away for a second.

I have my follow up appointment with the surgeon on Wednesday, and hopefully can progress on in the diet a little more to keep the nutrition requirements up.

I'm praying everyone elses recovery is going as well!