Ok yall, tomorrow is the day! I have had my fits of crying, celebration,denial, revelations and anticipation! But for the most part it was periods of reconciliation...

I sat down with my husband and he was very emotional about this process..He has been doing the preop diet with me so I wouldnt feel alone. We realized that every major celebration,accomplishment has been filled with food. We really have enjoyed those times and he was mourning the loss of those moments. I believe he is an food addict too and realizing he will no longer have his partner in crime saddened him.

For the first time I saw this process through his eyes...what this process would mean to our relationship and how we communicate with one another..He is so afraid for me and is absorbing all of my anxiety it seems... i dont talk much about my doubt with him,I know if he sees i have doubts he would have them too.

I have to change the conversation in my head, i know that...but I cant help but have doubts about the success of this procedure. I have been overweight for over 20 years and I have tried everything. I have had small victories and the weight would come back before I could really Celebrate.. I lost 25 pounds in the preop process and I never celebrated a pound of it...its because I have seen 25 lbs gone before but it didnt matter because it never stayed away.

I know i have the capacity to follow the process and do what i need to do for continued success,pre op is hard and I welcome the post op diet after what I have been through! I remain prayerful,focused and ready for the new me...and praying for new conversations with myself...

Good luck lady, I will be thinking of you. nite nite, see you on the other side

@jlobyxmas how are you this morning love?

Wishing you the best today!

Thanks Lorie!

Best of luck

Good luck to both of you today! Sending prayers

Cat...how did are you doing?? First two days were pretty rough for me. Stayed in the hospital 2 nites, cause the nausea and vomiting were terrible. I think the pain meds were making me sick. The doc said that since I was had the band out and the sleeve done all in the same day it made the surgery a little worse then if I was a virgin sleever. F-in band...good riddance

Today I came home, and the ride sucked, I live about an hour from the hospital. But now I'm home, showered, comfortable and content.

Was thinking about you and hoping that you had an easier time then I.

Let me know how u r.

Jlobyxmas....girl....i am in soo much discomfort. The gas is horrible..i am nauseous to no end... i just got home,sitting here trying to get this water down. I was dry heaving which i welcomed so that i could at least release the burp that was caught in my chest. I didnt know you got the band out and the sleeve the same day! Poor thing, that had to be horrible... but i am glad that we are both home and ready to heal.

Cat...how did are you doing?? First two days were pretty rough for me. Stayed in the hospital 2 nites' date=' cause the nausea and vomiting were terrible. I think the pain meds were making me sick. The doc said that since I was had the band out and the sleeve done all in the same day it made the surgery a little worse then if I was a virgin sleever. F-in band...good riddance

Today I came home, and the ride sucked, I live about an hour from the hospital. But now I'm home, showered, comfortable and content.

Was thinking about you and hoping that you had an easier time then I.

Let me know how u r.[/quote']

Hi, hope you are feeling better! I will getting my band removed and sleeve done all in one surgery. I'm a little scared but really excited!!! I don't have a surgery date yet but thinking it will be at the end of May or the first of June.

Hope you start feeling better soon. Please keep me posted on your progress.

Thank you so much sunshine! I hope your surgery goes well too!

I've been much more comfortable since I got home. A little off this morning, but I think putting all the medicines (chemicals) in my stomach without any food in there wasn't such a good idea.

Slept great last nite, trying to stay on top of the pain and nausea meds. I don't know if I don't understand gas pain, but I don't think I've really had any. I'm having trouble deciding whats pain vs. whats nausea vs. whats gas.

I have put on 15 pounds since surgery,, I'm sure it was all the fluids they were pumping into me. But wait...i should be skinny by now, shouldn't I?? LOL joking.

Hope your feeling better today.

I've been much more comfortable since I got home. A little off this morning, but I think putting all the medicines (chemicals) in my stomach without any food in there wasn't such a good idea.

Slept great last nite, trying to stay on top of the pain and nausea meds. I don't know if I don't understand gas pain, but I don't think I've really had any. I'm having trouble deciding whats pain vs. whats nausea vs. whats gas.

I have put on 15 pounds since surgery,, I'm sure it was all the fluids they were pumping into me. But wait...i should be skinny by now, shouldn't I?? LOL joking.

Hope your feeling better today.

Hello love...i slept well too but i was obsessed with the whole walking thing so I kept getting up! I dont know what full feels like. When i drink i feel like it is passing through a gas wall,stopping it from reaching my stomach... I am very nauseous and less gassy today..

I was expecting some loss this morning too but there wasnt any really I was surprised that I got out of bed but every hour is a new challenge.. my current one is to get this 12 oz of tea in my belly!

Congrats to both of you on your surgeries! Cat don't worry about your husband missing out on eating. Mine is a total sugar junkie and has actually started eating better because of me. We still celebrate life but with a few adjustments and with a whole lot less food for both of us. The gas you feel in your chest is not in your digestive tract so you can't pass it or burp it out. It's the gas they fill your abdomen up with for the surgery. The only way to get rid of it is by walking. It has to be absorbed by your cells. I think we all expect to come home lighter, but I've yet to meet anyone who did. All those iv fluids. It's no harder than any other diet. They only difference is, with this one all you have to do is stick to the program and the weight Will come off and Stay off! Best to both of you!!

Hope you're both doing better now! I'm starting pre op on weds. Good to hear an honest acct of post surgery. Gives me a good idea of what to expect. Luckily I have my eldest two girls to help in the day and my husband at night. I can wait for the reading in the scales to start dropping. Nervous and excited!!! Keep up the good work, hope you're starting to feel more like your new normal : )

Thanks all, day 5 went quite well...no pain or nausea meds today at all. So I feel pretty great over all, 98% normal. A little weak in the legs climbing stairs, but that's to be expected. Trying to get all the fluid and protein in, and am so glad that the first 48+hours is now behind me. Wishing you well Victoria, the bad is pretty darn bad, but thankfully for me it didn't last long.