first of all hello to everyone. my name is eric and this is my first post here thought i would post my experience. it was nothing out of the ordinary i really didnt have any complications. except my surgery was about 3 hours because i also had an imbelical hernia fixed and the hernia was bigger than the dr expected. didn't really have any pain stomach wise in recovery. just my back realy hurt and i wanted to sit up but they wouldnt let me. so for me i didnt have any actuall pain more of a sore feeling . felt like i was hit in the stomach with a baseball bat! i even asked the dr if a baseball bat was one of his tools and he said no a 2x4 O_o . i was walking to the bathroom 3 hours after surgery and walking outside my room 5 hours after. and was sent home around 3pm the next day. as of today. 8 days post op and i feel im about 90 percent back to normal!

when i first started my options class i was 419 day of surgery i was 393 and as of today i am 366!!!

Congratulations on a complication-free surgery and on your weight loss. Twenty-seven pounds in nine days is spectacular. What are you doing to achieve that?

Congrats!! I saw you did the options program! You have kaiser?? Where do you live?! I'm in week three of the options... I live in orange county...

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Congrats! I had surgery the same date! I am feeling a little bit better each day. I go back to the doctor tomorrow and hope to move on to pureed food, I am sick of the Protein shakes.

You have really done well with your weight loss, that has to make you feel good. A week after surgery I am finally back to my pre-surgery weight. I was in the hospital 3 nights and apparently all of the IV fluids got me off to a slow start.

Good luck for continued success!

Congrats congrats how long did you take off after the surgery? To go back to work

Thanks everybody! As for my diet my first two days home was broth, Jello, pudding, and popsickles. After i added creame Soups for about three days. Then felt great and almost normal even tried scrambled egg with no problem so got brave and tried wendys chilli =-O i had no problem with it. And asked my dr if that was ok and if i can move to soft foods and he said no!! So now im trying home made chicken noodle and i put it in a blender...

Im taking a month of work and feel like i can return next week!! But still taking a month because of the herniA want to be carefull with that.

Yes i have kaiser. Had options at the west covina kaiser senter..and my surgery was at harber city kaiser . With dr gary belzberg. Heard great things about him. And even changed my original dr from west la kaiser to be with him.