Hey all, I am preop and am one of those who really wants to know and not be surprised. When I was pregnant, I watched all the horror story videos and asked tons of questions. I am reading lots and lots about:

THE GOOD - losing weight, healthier lives, feeling younger, etc.

THE BAD - gas pains, being hungry, preop diets, postop diet, etc.

What I would LOVE to hear more about is the UGLY. And I would invite the squimish to not read further. Can folks please share the really ugly? I m aware that everyone is very different and nobody is going to have the same experiences or have the same doctor rules. I would still rather hear about all the ugly stuff rather than be surprised. Plus, just maybe, it will help with whatever I do go through to focus on some of the ugly I don't go through.

Some of the UGLY I have heard so far:

Sharts (which still makes me giggle like a 9 year old boy when I say it)

colored pee

shots to the belly to avoid clots

drinking nasty stuff

oozy incisions

naked operations

What else?

well nothing about my surgery was/has been ugly. I was/am just grateful i had it done and lost all that UGLY fat.

The ugly for me has been the wicked gas pains. I've had my wife burp me like a baby when moving didn't help. The good is looking forward to a thin me.

Love this topic!

5 weeks post op, I was like a pin cushion where the anaesthetist tries to get a line into me (8 attempts before she found a decent vein)

Dry heaving, diarrhea, heart burn, rib pain for days, sneezing and coughing due to cold... There is lots of so called "ugly" but its still all worth it in the end and I'm still no where near the end. Good luck to you.

I was vomiting the first day after surgery. Lots of foam, slim, and blood. They found out it was the morphine creating the nausea.

After using the bathroom wiping isn't fun.

Also gas pain can be really painful. It sits in my chest, but other people here have it in their shoulders and back.

For me, no stomach shots here. They put it in my IV.

just curious as to what the stomach shots are for? Like what is the use of them and what are they injecting you with?

just curious as to what the stomach shots are for? Like what is the use of them and what are they injecting you with?

To prevent blood clots

My mouth was so dry on the first day when I was not able to drink yet. It made this nasty funky film in my mouth and the CPAP machine just made it worse. I got my husband to get me a clean washcloth and put very warm water on it and squeeze it out and cleaned my mouth, tongue and lips. At least that does not last too long. Those few things people are mentioning on here are so worth the 55 lbs I've lost in 9 weeks though

A weird kind of vomiting, when you do not feel sick, but mechanically you vomit mouth fulls of a saliva like substance for minutes to hours. It gets better, but the first couple weeks are gross. Having to excuse yourself from disgusted eyes after every 3 bite meal or 3 swallow drink, so they do not see you with your vomit cup, hick upping your stomach juices.

Man am I glad none of this happened to me. Sorry you folks are experiencing or had to experience a lot of this. The worst I have is about 3 hip cups after I eat a meal.

sleeved 10/15/2012

lucky.

It eased up but was so gross the first two weeks. never had real hiccups though.

I'm on the other side now and can add a few things. For me out was the leak test and my first bm. I was so sick at the time they did the leak test, I starting having up the liquid and then couldn't stop. They had to rush me back to the CCU which meant I went rolling through the hospital in a wheel chair with my gotten flying and puking. My hospital is under construction so it just so happened we had to roll thief some real public places. Not nice. My first BM was worse. I thought it was just gas but it was SO much more. I couldn't clean myself up. Not fun.

The Good: down 73 lbs, no surgery issues, no gas pains......then I went home

The bad: infection set in, luckily my drain was still in place. Leak test and barium for MRIs awful.

The ugly: the puss coming through the drain was soooo gross.

The Happy: that is all behind me and feeling good about my weight loss.

Will not start posting pics till my son has seen me. He hasn't seen me since I started this journey. So I've lost 73 lbs since he's seen me, wonder if he'll know it's me?

Three things:

1. Really bad gas pains in left shoulder first week.
   
2. Very foul nasty diarhea the first three weeks.
   
3. Difficulty getting down all my prescription and supplement pills.
   

None of the three lasted very long. It's all been worth every bit of it.