Today is the day! At the hospital in surgery prep area! 5'2" and day of surgery weight 209.5lbs.

Surprisingly not too nervous..... Feeling excited!!! My husband is here with me and he is my rock. So thankful for his support and good humor.

See you when i am sleeved

Good luck!!

You and I are about the same size....I am anxious to see our results. I am scheduled 2/24. Best of luck to you. I'm very excited for you !

Best of luck to you! Be sure to let us know how the surgery went and report back in with your progress!

Thank you for the good wishes! I will update later, hopefully in a few hours!

Oh my prayers are with you. We all wish you well and speedy recovery! Talk to you when your awake again on the losers side lol. Seems so weird to use those terms but great that it's in the best terms bc of WLS.

Your so lucky to get this gift of a longer life!

Good luck!!

Good luck!!!

Today is the day I stop the roller coasters!!

I'm excited as well. My husband is here with me also poor thing has to wait for 5 hours to see me.

Good luck praying for a speedy recovery for all of us:-)

Good luck!! My date is in 3 weeks!! Getting very nervous!

good luck

Good luck )

Good Luck. Hope all went well and wishing you a speedy recovery.

Hi everyone... Just want to give a brief update!!

Had my surgery on Monday 2/3. No complications and doing well (fingers crossed that this continues!!)

I have general soreness in my belly like I dos too many crunches and its hard to get up from lying down or from sotting in a chair but it is getting better every day. In fact, since I left the hospital yesterday afternoon, i haven't tale any pain meds... Just gas x.

Biggest challenges right now:

GAS pains

Fluids

For me, the gas was the worst part of surgery. As soon as I woke up in recovery i had immense gas pressure in my left shoulder and across mu clavicle. Because of this and a hiatal hernia fix deep breaths that really expand my chest hurt... Using the incentive spirometer they gave me. Gas x strips seem to be helping a bit.

Gas pains are making it hard to take on fluids. I should be getting 30 oz a day (through the little medicine cups... Yesterday which was post op day 2 i managed to get in 18 oz, mainly of gatorade g2,

Because of the gas, everytime i take a sip or swallow, i have to let out a burp. If the burp doesn't come right away i have a strong pressure

In my chest. Its taking me 3-4 sips to get the 1 oz cup down with burps in between. Hope this gas goes away soon!

I cam home with an on-q pain pump and that may be why I have avoided pain meds at home. I have been diligent about walking every few hours, even in the middle of the night! I am not a back sleeper usually so nights are not comfortable since It hurts if i try to turn to my side. That coupled with gas pains the shoulder = not much sleep . Poor hubby to keep waking up at night to rub my bqck or shoulders.

I cant wait for this part of recovery to be over!!!