Ok everyone since we are getting close to December I figured I would go ahead and start us up a post op thread

I hope she is doing well. Tell her we are all pulling for her.

She is doing well. I will say that its a moment by moment lifestyle change. The doctor gave me ideas on how to help her and when i went to the store to get her some things to start off with, it seems to help. We might have some questions later about her meds. but im seeing how she does with it tonight. But so far so good.

First night home from hospital..surgery was Wednesday 5th I have some pain under my rib cage that goes through my back...anyone have any sleeping tips for tonight. Does anyone think the sofa would be better than the bed

I have a crampy pain under my rib too. I have found deep breaths have helped the most with it to stretch it out. I slept on the bed the first night and made sure the room was black and cool.

I am so frustrated! Today is day 3 post op and I have gained another pound! Ugh! I have had nothing but Water, medicine and my Protein Drink. I am ready to see the scale moving down not up!

Lisa :-)<br />surgery date: Dec. 4th, 2012

I am so frustrated! Today is day 3 post op and I have gained another pound! Ugh! I have had nothing but water' date=' medicine and my Protein drink. I am ready to see the scale moving down not up!

Lisa :-)<br />surgery date: Dec. 4th, 2012[/quote']

I hear you Lisa I had surgery on the 5th and the scale is going the opposite way..I haven't had much intake either and just left the hospital last night...I also started my cycle which wasn't due and they doubled up on the iv cause I had a difficult time voiding..so hopefully that's all why and I'll start to see the scale go down..good luck Lisa..maybe any of those reasons are the same for you too..

Anyone hear from Vicki? Not sure if I missed her post or not.

No, I've been wondering about her too

I hear you Lisa I had surgery on the 5th and the scale is going the opposite way..I haven't had much intake either and just left the hospital last night...I also started my cycle which wasn't due and they doubled up on the iv cause I had a difficult time voiding..so hopefully that's all why and I'll start to see the scale go down..good luck Lisa..maybe any of those reasons are the same for you too..

I had a hysterectomy just before bypass so that isn't the reason for me. But I was on iv fluids while I was in the hospital. This morning I'm down to 230.5 so just 1 more pound to go to get back to my weight the morning of surgery.

Lisa :-)<br />surgery date: Dec. 4th, 2012

No' date=' I've been wondering about her too[/quote']

I talked to her on FB she is doing good.

First night home from hospital..surgery was Wednesday 5th I have some pain under my rib cage that goes through my back...anyone have any sleeping tips for tonight. Does anyone think the sofa would be better than the bed

Mmm..i slept on the sofa the first week...now sleeping in my bed but I find I need a small pillow tucked under my left side

December Surgeries:::

WELCOME TO THE LOSERS BENCH EVERYONE

Clairelou lou- Dec 1st Coventry, England

jls2012- Dec 3rd Greenville, SC

lindamarie- Dec 3rd Santa Rosa, CA

NikiG- December 3rd Christiana Hospital Newark, DE

simplysouthern26- Dec 3rd, Dr. William Johnson, Johns Creek, Georgia

TeamMom- December 4th, Ohio

lisamcgowin- Dec 4th, Dallas Tx with Dr. Castro

charrison27- December 4th, Dr. Asad, Erie, PA

msixkiller- Dec 4th Bailey Medical Center, OK

mrsblues- December 4th Silver Cross Hospital (Joliet, IL)

Wannabepintsized- Dec 4th San Antonio, TX

jpr99- December 5th, Rochester General, Dr Anthony DiBenedett

Kathmandu- Dec 5th Highland Park Hospital, I'll

Eaepc1012- Dec 5th, Hershey, PA

mkruit- Dec 5th Akron, OH

shaunda- Dec 5th, at Lexington Memorial in Lexington SC

Jessica143- December 5th ..Wareham MA

Vicki Loichinger- Dec 5th St Francis Hospital Indianapolis, IN

nazack- Dec 7th @ Billings Clinic

rarah- Dec 8th Coventry uk

I had surgery on the 4th and still have upper left rib cage pain. Makes getting up really hard from any sofa, recliner, etc. difficult. Awoke this morning to massive/severe leakage from an incision. Staples and drain were removed at the hospital on the 6th, which was the day I got released. Was rushed to hospital this am to our local ER and was told that the leakage occurred because of swelling in the abdominal area and it found the path of least resistance to come out. No infection. They used steri-strips to reseal the incision and put a massive amount of padding over the top. So far so good. I am feeling good, otherwise. Able to eat pureed and able to drink more today. Found out I am down 20 lbs. So happy, happy, happy!

I had surgery on the 4th and still have upper left rib cage pain. Makes getting up really hard from any sofa' date=' recliner, etc. difficult. Awoke this morning to massive/severe leakage from an incision. Staples and drain were removed at the hospital on the 6th, which was the day I got released. Was rushed to hospital this am to our local ER and was told that the leakage occurred because of swelling in the abdominal area and it found the path of least resistance to come out. No infection. They used steri-strips to reseal the incision and put a massive amount of padding over the top. So far so good. I am feeling good, otherwise. Able to eat pureed and able to drink more today. Found out I am down 20 lbs. So happy, happy, happy![/quote']

Sorry to hear of your complications. Glad you didn't play around with it & went right to the ER. Congrats on the weight loss!

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I had surgery on the 4th and still have upper left rib cage pain. Makes getting up really hard from any sofa' date=' recliner, etc. difficult. Awoke this morning to massive/severe leakage from an incision. Staples and drain were removed at the hospital on the 6th, which was the day I got released. Was rushed to hospital this am to our local ER and was told that the leakage occurred because of swelling in the abdominal area and it found the path of least resistance to come out. No infection. They used steri-strips to reseal the incision and put a massive amount of padding over the top. So far so good. I am feeling good, otherwise. Able to eat pureed and able to drink more today. Found out I am down 20 lbs. So happy, happy, happy![/quote']

Good to know the upper left rib pain is normal! Glad there was no infection and that all is well! Congrats on the 20 lb mark!

Hey family and friends.... Sorry I haven't been on much I have been in the Critical Care Intensive Care Unit for 5 days I had to keep my breathing tube in for a couple of days because they couldnt risk me swelling up to much because I have server abdominal fragility everytime the would do a leeak test it would explode and that made my surgery appy from 2.5hrs to right at 7.5 hours but I had my most recent post op leak teast yeasterday and it's holding great

Hey family and friends.... Sorry I haven't been on much I have been in the Critical Care Intensive Care Unit for 5 days I had to keep my breathing tube in for a couple of days because they couldnt risk me swelling up to much because I have server abdominal fragility everytime the would do a leeak test it would explode and that made my surgery appy from 2.5hrs to right at 7.5 hours but I had my most recent post op leak teast yeasterday and it's holding great <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Glad to hear you're getting better. When will you be able to go home?

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I had surgery yesterday. It went better than I expected; very little pain. The first day I could only have ice chips. Today is clear liquids. Tomorrow I can move on to full liquids. The thing is, I don't feel like eating. Hmmm I don't think I've ever said that before. One more hour and I make my escape.