Hello everyone, I hope this post finds you well. I had my surgery 3 days ago on Jan 9th with Dr. David Suh in SoCal. I had mixed emotions on proceeding with the surgery mainly because of fear of not making it through the surgery and not being there for my kids. Luckily with my husband's support and doctor's confidence, I felt assured that everything would be fine. Upon waking from surgery I had the typical nausea symptoms but not significant pain at the incision areas (morpheme works wonders). As my stay at the hospital progressed I felt better. Walking helped tremendously with getting the gasses out of the abdominal area. I am now finding that the real efforts with staying hydrated is a challenge. Water intake is difficult only because its a sip at a time and with wanting to sleep during the day, one can easily get dehydrated. It will take some getting used-to. For now all I have is taking this journey one day at a time and before long will find all this second nature. Best of luck to everyone.

Hi there. I had my surgery with Dr. Suh Friday 1/11. I'm still at the hospital, but hope I get to go home later today. I too have had my reservations about the surgery, but spent a good amount of time reading these forums and most people have nothing but good things to say about it. I wish you a fast recovery!

I had my surgery on the 10th got out of hospital yday at first I was thinkin what have I done is this worth it the pain etc but now I'm home i feel great still in pain and still can't eat only drinkin water - well forcing myself to drink it. I know I have made the right decision I'm very excited to see the results in a few months xx

Wishing you both a quick recovery as well. I too questioned if I had made the correct decision, but as days have progressed find that it was the pain, anxiety, the 'unknown' that were leading my thoughts. Not to say that I'm out in the clear now, but certainly everyday that goes by and the feeling of pain diminishing and being able to tolerate more water intake, reminds me and puts me back on track that I made the right decision.

I'm a little further along than you but I can tell you the moment this weight starts falling off, your not gonna think twice about your decision. Its the best thing you could have done for yourself, you'll see....

Hi there. I had my surgery with Dr. Suh Friday 1/11. I'm still at the hospital, but hope I get to go home later today. I too have had my reservations about the surgery, but spent a good amount of time reading these forums and most people have nothing but good things to say about it. I wish you a fast recovery!

We're you self pay with Dr Suh?

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