I've seen topics where members having surgery in the same month have kinda banded together to offer support and encouragement to one another. I think this is a wonderful idea, and I'd like to see if there's anyone having surgery in March that would like to support one another.

I have a tentative date for the second or third week in March. I have UHC through Georgia Pacific and they use BRS for approvals. I don't expect any delays, nor does my surgeon's office, so she saved me a spot, so to speak, lol.

Tonight I have my psyc eval, and Monday is my information class, I have two more visits, 2/5 and 3/5 of my six month supervised diet, and on March 5th when I leave my PCP's office, I'll take my worksheet to the surgeon and we'll submit to insurance. That's where I'm at!

I'd love to talk with others that are looking at the same time frame as me!!

Well my surgery is tomorrow ay 9:30 am. I am so excited. Bowel cleanse was not bad at all. Liquid diet better than I expected. I am still in a great mood and cleaning house. good luck to everyone tomorrow saying prayers for us all!!!

I don't know if it's just me, but I'm 5days out and have like zero sensation for food! What's up with that? I knew my appetite was supposed to be very minimal but not at all??

I do find I am pretty weak from the very low energy consumption.

I see my surgeon at 3pm on Tues, so will have a chat to him.

Does anyone have any numbness in random spots? I have a strip on my right upper arm that's numb.

And a spot or too on my tummy near the incisions.

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Well my surgery is tomorrow ay 9:30 am. I am so excited. Bowel cleanse was not bad at all. Liquid diet better than I expected. I am still in a great mood and cleaning house. good luck to everyone tomorrow saying prayers for us all!!!

Good luck tomorrow!!

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This bowel prep is awful. 8 oz, every ten minutes?!!?! Eww. Oh look, it's time again. Lord, help me.

Kathy, what do they have you doing for the bowel prep? My Dr has me drinking one 8 oz bottle of Magnesium Citrate.

Ladies! I'm so glad to have found this site, this thread and all of you! I was freaking out about surgery and I'm comforted in knowing I'm not the only one going through this. I wish you all the best in your own journeys and hope to see you soon on the losers bench!

Good luck tomorrow!!

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I don't know if it's just me' date=' but I'm 5days out and have like zero sensation for food! What's up with that? I knew my appetite was supposed to be very minimal but not at all??

I do find I am pretty weak from the very low energy consumption.

I see my surgeon at 3pm on Tues, so will have a chat to him.

Does anyone have any numbness in random spots? I have a strip on my right upper arm that's numb.

And a spot or too on my tummy near the incisions.

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I have no actual hunger either Montage. I'm also on day 5. Numbness near the incision is normal. You've got scar tissue below the incisions that will take time to become normal. The arm numbness....that's a strange one.

I don't know if it's just me' date=' but I'm 5days out and have like zero sensation for food! What's up with that? I knew my appetite was supposed to be very minimal but not at all??

I do find I am pretty weak from the very low energy consumption.

I see my surgeon at 3pm on Tues, so will have a chat to him.

Does anyone have any numbness in random spots? I have a strip on my right upper arm that's numb.

And a spot or too on my tummy near the incisions.

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Don't know if this helps, but I almost 30 days post op and haven't felt hungry since I went under

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Kathy' date=' what do they have you doing for the bowel prep? My Dr has me drinking one 8 oz bottle of Magnesium Citrate.[/quote']

Oh my, I took two bottles of that in 2010 to remove my left kidney and it was terrible. I hope my surgeon doesn't have me do that. : / Good luck on your surgery.

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Tomorrow is the big day! We r praying for u guys to have a smooth surgery and speedy recovery! Save me a seat on the losers bench!

Don't know if this helps' date=' but I almost 30 days post op and haven't felt hungry since I went under

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I know sometimes with surgery you can get numbness. I had my left kidney out in 2010 and my entire left side was numb. Also, my surgeon claims when I have the surgery, I'm not going to be hungry. He says the part of the stomach that tells us we are hungry won't be there. Might not be hungry for a long time. Good luck.

Kathy, what do they have you doing for the bowel prep? My Dr has me drinking one 8 oz bottle of Magnesium Citrate.

That GoLytley stuff. It was a big 4 liter bottle with pineapple flavored powder in the bottom, just fill shake and chug 8 oz every ten minutes. Oh my goodness. It was rough! I'm all done now, I had to drink it 17 times! On the last one I thought I wasn't going to be able to hold it down! So glad that's over.

just a shout out to godinez831' date=' JenP, madorann, how did your operations go! Always good to hear from Surgery buddies.[/quote']

Hello, doing as well as can be expected. I too have not felt hunger but I still try my best to keep up with my meals and liquids. I still have quite a bit of pain on my left side and have to get around with a cane. However, it is slowly improving each day. I haven't ventured out of my apartment since my two night stay at the hospital. So I just walk Laos around the apartment to get moving. I have also had a horrible sore throat. Hurts to swallow but I am doing salt water gargle. I hope it goes away soon the only real relief from it is sf Popsicles. Hope you are doing well Montage.

Awesome birthday present!!... Good luck

Thank you.

Good Luck on the 25th. This is an awesome place for support, get questions answered from people who are acually having it done and advise.

I am so glad I found this. My date is 3/25. I am getting very excited!!