Hi everyone!

Just came back from doctor's office and have a October 28th surgery date for Gastric Bypass. This is it, the high diving platform. Knees are trembling.

Anyone else in October? Let's keep in touch as we support each other. We have the pre-op diet and getting mentally ready for this.

LET'S DO IT!

Oh! I forgot about the itchiness! I had that too at my last surgery. From the anesthesia, right?

Yess hunny bunny! The narcotics lol, I scratched my incision in my sleep, and while putting on my nose ring I missed like 8 times lol. I'm basically just scratching like a maniac, but it feels oh so good. I'm finally getting my liquids in. It was very hard at first, I only got 8 oz last night, and I'm supose to be going home today if I can drink 4oz every hour, its not looking too good. I still have the pain button its been soo good to me!

Day 7 of my pre-op diet tomorrow. Then I have to start my second week at 5 protein shakes a day and nothing else. (At least I can still use a straw! Shakes are hard to drink without one) One day of clear liquid before surgery.

I go to the hospital tomorrow for my pre surgery weigh in and labs/ chart review and meet the anesthesiologist. I've already gotten my nausea patch request put on my chart but I'll ask for phenergan too. It helped so much with my pregnancies.

My kids are being helpful by getting their own dinner, but they're getting Moe's and Chickalay (as my daughter calls it) and Subway. Ughhh! They wanted me to make Spaghetti tonight and I said NO WAY.

Alsoooo, I have a black Juicy sweatsuit that I haven't worn in so long (not pink tho, and no label on the butt) and I loved the pants so much. My kids said "mom, that's so 2007! You can't wear that!" And I said "you watch me!" Whatevahh,, I'll embarrass them for the fun of it.

They keep sitting on my bed wanting to cuddle and one was talking about people at school having pink eye and another having lice and then the other one openly sneezed and I told them to GET OUT!!!!!!! I do NOT want to get sick!

Ps- I can't find a pill crusher.

I am upset they didn't weigh me before surgery but I am 285 now so I lost the surgery fluids I think. They won't let me shower either, so I just washed with a rag, and I am free ballin with no panties lmao.

AND ANOTHER THING: drinking all this darned water is making me have to get up all night and every time I have to go, I have to stop this CPAP and then start it all over again. #PAIN IN MY @*%.

@@tacycakes use a hard cover book.

I am upset they didn't weigh me before surgery but I am 285 now so I lost the surgery fluids I think. They won't let me shower either, so I just washed with a rag, and I am free ballin with no panties lmao.

Hahaha!! I am laughing so hard! New name- We're gonna have to rename you freeballin instead of bronxmerci!

And since we're on the subject, did you have to have a catheter too? And if so, are you sore? Like does it hurt to go after one?

Edited October 15, 201411 yr by tacycakes

Ps- I can't find a pill crusher.

I got mine at Wal-Mart, have u tried there

Well heard from my surgeon looks like the op date changed to nov 1st or the 8th >_<

Today Oct 15, surgeries are:

@@Melora,

maybe @@OnePhatWhoDat and @jasminebsn. (Those dates are not updated in the "upcoming surgeries" thread and I have not heard from them in a while but at one point they stated they were having surgery today.)

Good luck Gladiators your new you awaits

@amylynns. You are so kind to say, I have a spreadsheet list of everyone. I do have a list but it's a lot less glamorous then that. Lets' put it this way, it's so 2007 (right @tacycakes) aka pen and paper. I live in fear of forgetting someone or having it wrong. To complicate matters people forget to update their profile with their surgery date and the only way is to find the original post with the actual comment. Good luck with that! We are 90 pages long now and 894 replies. We sure are chatty but I LOVE IT!

Correction: This is what happens when you try to read something in the dark at 6:45 AM.

Hello, turn on the office light Beni.

@@jasminebsn3 is the person referenced 3 posts prior who I believe was scheduled for surgery today

@@tacycakes

I laughed so hard at your CPAP comment. I have the same exact experience. I have trouble getting all my 64 oz of Water in everyday and at the end of the day I try to drink what is leftover (too much, too late in the day). But I wake up twice before midnight and sometimes again at like 3 or 4 AM to go to bathroom. Sometimes I lay there wondering if I can get away without going but can't fall asleep wanting to go. With the CPAP lovely routine, aka annoying CPAP, I have accidentally managed to drop the machine twice in the past week alone. It was more like a fling across the room as I pulled the tube in some funky way. Don't ask me how I did it. I wasn't thinking straight at 3 AM. I'll spare you the details but it resulted on a scream, a few choice words, turning on the light and my husband going "what the heck is going on?".

Yeh, I plan on burning the CPAP.

@@Beni heres a cpap moment, with my horrible nowel prep, I ended up with diarrhea intl 4 in the morning, with attacks every 20 minutes. Trying to get the cpap off to run to the bathroom was a big mess/fiasco. And they told my I had to bring cpap to hospital only to have it sit in the corner.

I am upset they didn't weigh me before surgery but I am 285 now so I lost the surgery fluids I think. They won't let me shower either, so I just washed with a rag, and I am free ballin with no panties lmao.

Seriously the best thing about coming home with a drain? I have not worn a bra in a week. Yeah. The girls are free and breezy.