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Amazeyem    32

Amazeyem
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Is anyone else having robotic surgery? I will be having it on September 10. I am hoping that I will have a speedy recovery. I know that some benifits are faster recovery and the robots can get into smaller spaces. Just curious if there are many others having this kinds of surgery.

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my3stars    88

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I had my Revision RNY on 8/20 with the davinci robot. But again it was a revision. I did find less pain than my original RNY that was done laprascopically and the incisions five of them are thinner than the first ones. I was discharged four days later and on the fifth was shopping. So far so good some pain on the left where my drain was and most of the surgery is done.

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Amazeyem    32

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I hope I have a positive experience. I'll let you know how it goes. I guess the robotic surgery is not as popular still or maybe not so many doctors have experience with them.

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my3stars    88

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I hope I have a positive experience. I'll let you know how it goes. I guess the robotic surgery is not as popular still or maybe not so many doctors have experience with them.

My surgeon is the same one that did my initial surgery and his team works for one of the hospitals here in Miami that is a Center of Excellence in Bariatric surgery so the entire team uses it now. You will definetly have a positive experience! Did they put you an a liquid diet?

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Amazeyem    32

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I am having mine done in Pittsburgh. I will start the liquid diet on Monday. I'm not thrilled but I will do what ever my Dr. says 100%. Thanks for the reassurance :)

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my3stars    88

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I am having mine done in Pittsburgh. I will start the liquid diet on Monday. I'm not thrilled but I will do what ever my Dr. says 100%. Thanks for the reassurance :)

Yes I had to do one two weeks prior and it was difficult to say the least, but worth it! I had a lady in the room next to me that when they went in she had food in her stomach and they ended up opening her, and then she had a serious wound infection afterwards, totally not worth it! Good luck and you will do great, the best thing to do is always follow your Dr's advice!

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DaniG    54

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I am having mine done in Pittsburgh. I will start the liquid diet on Monday. I'm not thrilled but I will do what ever my Dr. says 100%. Thanks for the reassurance :)

I'm from Pittsburgh also! Who is your doctor?

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Amazeyem    32

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Dr. Colella, I am having it done at St. Margrets. Its so nice to see some other people people from Pittsburgh. Who are your doctors?

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lovealways    287

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I am having mine done in new york in the winter with the davinci robot as well :)

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Dr. Colella' date=' I am having it done at St. Margrets. Its so nice to see some other people people from Pittsburgh. Who are your doctors?[/quote']

Dr. Urbandt at West Penn. when is your surgery?

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Amazeyem    32

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I'll be going in sept 10. I'm so excited. I feel super comfortable with my Dr. He has been great and I think that robotic surgery will be a good experience. I've had c sections and my gallbladder out recovery wasn't the easiest. I'm thinking good things about the robotic surgery. Of course it's a totally different surgery but I think it will be better.

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Amazeyem    32

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Dr. Urbandt at West Penn. when is your surgery?

Do you know where the better gyms are in the area? Ive moved from the city to Finleyville and I'm not sure if I join one what one to join. When is your surgery?

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DLCoggin    1,788

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Everything that I've read to date about the robotic surgeries has been extremely positive. Looking forward to hearing all of you personal experiences!!

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music1618    879

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My hystorectomy was done by the robotic method and everything seemed to go just fine.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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