I need to thank u all for posting suggestions and just your experiences, Most all of you guys on this site have been such inspirations to me....I started all my preparations in Dec, finished all appointments by late Jan and just went they my surgery this morning!! I'm laying in my room and I have to tell you thus far the worse part of it is the cotton mouth...I'm praying the gas pain doesn't hit me like a freight train or at all but we all know its gonna come lol but I'm so ready to get to my next step and enjoy life the way I use to! But i have to say I was getting scared last night only bc of the sad news of the fellow sleever, I feel so sad for his family. But it's the chances we take and sadly it happens so all prayers welcome here.

Congrats! Wishing you a speedy recovery!

Thank u!

Congrats!!! Hope you can have some ice soon. Start walking as soon as you can.

I am 2 weeks out today. The biggest thing I can tell you is that you will feel better! All the nausea will pass. My worst fear was that things wouldn't go back to normal. I'm still healing but things have gotten so much better.

Thanks for the hope of being normal feeling!! Lol I def know what u mean, I wish I could fast forward to at least 4 weeks out(would be great) but They had started me on ice chips in recovery rt b4 I was moved to a room, and liquids as well but they said if I felt I could handle them so I been drinking or should I say sipping powerade zero and munching ice since 4......they had me get up and walk already and will walk more in morning...I was trying to get some sleep in but I might stay up so I can the amount of liquids in they want b4 I can leave tomorrow. Which is a whole lot it feels 60 ozs!! I'll try but doesn't seem plausible being its night time and the dr comes in the A.M. :-/ I'll do what I can tho anything to get home! :-)

Walk walk walk. I'd get pain meds every 4 hours. So I'd sleep for 3 1/2 then pee then go walk. Then I'd start Over again. It helped so much.

Walk walk walk. I'd get pain meds every 4 hours. So I'd sleep for 3 1/2 then pee then go walk. Then I'd start Over again. It helped so much.

I'll try that....thanks for the advise.

How you doing?

I did the exact same thing - get up, walk, pee, pain meds, back to bed. I wound up staying an extra night because I couldn't get all my liquids in - but I couldn't have any until the day after. I only had one of those swab thingys. That was the worst!! I'm officially a week out today - this time last Tuesday, I was getting ready to leave for the hospital. I feel like a new person one week post-op...it does get better!!!

How you doing?

I'm doing so much better, thanks for asking. I am getting my liquids and Proteins in and walking a little over a mile a day, going to up that soon too. I have my first post-op appt on Wednesday. But you do feel better the more you move and walk, I'm just a little sore only when I'm getting up and if I drive too much...other than that I can barely tell I did anything.

I did the exact same thing - get up' date=' walk, pee, pain meds, back to bed. I wound up staying an extra night because I couldn't get all my liquids in - but I couldn't have any until the day after. I only had one of those swab thingys. That was the worst!! I'm officially a week out today - this time last Tuesday, I was getting ready to leave for the hospital. I feel like a new person one week post-op...it does get better!!![/quote']

Yup yup I know that 3 HR schedule all to well, I messed up yesterday & didn't get up at 3am like normal to pee & I've had this stabbing pain in my side all day yesterday Wont do that again (sleep 6 hrs straight & hold it)... Today is also my 1 week post op anniversary, I go see the DOC for follow up, Staple removal & will also be my 1st weigh in I haven't done it yet here at home because of all the bloating.