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I'm here reading along. Very drugged up due to my anesthesia issues. Ill be discharged tomorrow. Will update from laptop.

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I'm here reading along. Very drugged up due to my anesthesia issues. Ill be discharged tomorrow. Will update from laptop.

Im going home tomarrow to good luck

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I think we're all recovering. I'm on my cell so it's a pain to write , plus I'm seeing double from my meds.

Will update from laptop tomorrow.

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I think we're all recovering. I'm on my cell so it's a pain to write ' date=' plus I'm seeing double from my meds.

Will update from laptop tomorrow.[/quote']

I get the whole seeing double I got to close one eye

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Okay y'all. TMI time. Has everyone ready had a bowel movement? I have been fine with passing gas but still no BM and I just took some Milk of Mag hoping that works soon. Anyone else having this issue?

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My surgery was weds. Right before surgery I had to poop (still result of the magnesium citrate). I'm only 48 hrs out so nope. I'm on liquid diet still do I imagine I won't need to for an entire week. For me, 1 wk is nothing to worry about.

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Yayyy just took out my IV ! Going home in 4 hours. I don't was to jinx myself but I'd swear my Dr didn't do the RNY!! I have the 5 holes tho. But this feels exactly the same as pre-surgery. Today I'm off some of the meds so I'm sore. Feels like I did 200 sit ups (which I have in life so I can say its the exact same feeling) or it feels like 25 encyclopedias are stacked on me.

I have bad bruising near my hips in my fatty role which the nurses say is from the heperin & lovonox. I also still have the awful pain in my shoulders . Otherwise this feels too good to be true.

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Yayyy just took out my IV ! Going home in 4 hours. I don't was to jinx myself but I'd swear my Dr didn't do the RNY!! I have the 5 holes tho. But this feels exactly the same as pre-surgery. Today I'm off some of the meds so I'm sore. Feels like I did 200 sit ups (which I have in life so I can say its the exact same feeling) or it feels like 25 encyclopedias are stacked on me.

I have bad bruising near my hips in my fatty role which the nurses say is from the heperin & lovonox. I also still have the awful pain in my shoulders . Otherwise this feels too good to be true.

Same here

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surgery was Weds. Dr wanted to release me noon the next day!! He said I was doing awesome and that I had am amazingly healthy liver. I did decide to stay another day though "just in case". I was released at noon today..... the friend who picked me up had no idea I had RNY. As I have said before; only my husband and my Drs knew about this. And I will keep it that way....

So today is about 3rd day out. I still SWEAR this Dr didn't do anything to my stomach!!! I feel amazing. I was walking all over the hospital, and when I came home I dropped of my friend and drove myself home (2 miles down rural road and I had no narcotics in me).

I do not plan to drive for the next few days - I have no where to go anyway.

I am alone and I am fine as I knew I would be.

So here are my issues:

The pain in my one shoulder is insane (probably in both shoulders but my left shoulder is numb and has nerve damage). The PAs & nurses all told me this is the gasses still in me. I had to get some chewable Gas-x, which although I've taken 5 already today, I am not passing gas....

I have cramps in my left side lower abdomin which I know is either gas or a PMS-ing overy.

I do have 2 large bruises in similar areas on each hip/fatty roll.

Tonight feel great being home, especially peeing in my own toilet. I have bruises on the back of my thighs from sitting on their bowl trying to pee - at one point, they did a sono on me and said if I couldn't purge 1000mls of urine, I would have to get a cathater. UM NOOOO so I sat on toilet until I fell asleep.

This moring all the pee came out :) And I am so glad to be in my own bath room.

I did gain 5 lbs since the morning of surgery (IV & gasses probably).

As for my stomach - well they said 1 oz every 15 mins. My Dr also said to sip sip sip all day - but in the hospital I ate 1 italian ice (4 oz) and 3 oz of broth - so that was 7 oz at one sitting. I had no pain nor problems, and the doc even has me swallowing pills whole!!

I have pin pricks and bruising all over - I can't ever get an IV plugged into me ONCE - it usually takes 4 times. And anytime the vampires came to do my blood, that was another 2-3 tries uggg

Overall, I am freaking bugging out about how good I feel for not even 3 days!!!

Tomorrow begins my Quest to get protien in me. I do NOT know how I will do that.... I am drinking the powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury broth and I have stuff to make amazing protien hot chocolate..... but the stuff goes cold because I am only supposed to drink 1oz every 15 mins!!!

So where to you ladies stand regarding protien and liquid diet??!

Congrats eveyone. We're all on the other side!!!

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Anyone else feel crappy today? I was alive and kicking yesterday, but today has been rough. Couldn't get fluids, Soups or Jello in today. Totally sucks :-(

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Sorry you're not feeling well. Today is actually the best I've felt yet. It's day 8 for me. First day I got in all my liquid and Protein. :) it gets better!!

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Aww I am glad you are doing well. I had a good day yesterday, so that probably makes it worse too. Day 8 was good for me, day 9 was rough, hopefully day 10 is awesome.

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Are you still taking your pain meds? Mine made me feel aweful. Once I have them up I felt like a million bucks

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