I had my surgery Mar. 18th. It was an open revision from an old horizontal stomach stapling to RNY. I feel really great today. I had a couple of days of depression, but I wasn't getting much sleep and i think that made it feel worse. Once I slept, I felt so good! My incision is a little sore, but other all is well. i'm alternating between nectar Fuzzy Naval (watered down a little), and Protein drinks made the triple x method by Bariatric Foodie. I add a little sugar free pudding mix to the Protein powder and milk, blend it well, add ice, and blend it really well again. I put some in a small cup, and put the rest in the refrigerator, and eat it a little at a time. I bought some little disposable tasting spoons from Amazon, because I was having trouble keeping my bites small enough with a regular spoon. I found that some liquid Tylenol helps if my inner stitches (or whatever is holding all that together inside!) hurts. I don't know if it coats it, or what, but it does give me some relief! I hope my March surgery friends are doing well!

I leave first thing in the morning to catch a plane for surgery. Excited but nervous; )

Glad you are doing well! Mine was March 18th too! ONE WEEK SURGERVERSARY!! I am doing well started the pureed diet yesterday and doing great so far!! Drove my daughter to school today too!

Yay! Me too! Driving around. Still a little sore but down 30 lbs from high weight!

March 17. Finally got to come home today due to complications. Trying full liquids today and if all goes well I have the green light to ease into pureed. Totally skipped the three protein shakes a day phase by staying in the hospital. I'd rather have drank the protein shakes.

I leave first thing in the morning to catch a plane for surgery. Excited but nervous; )

How was your experience in Juarez ? I would love to hear more about it, I'm scheduled for 4/23

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It went really good. I made it to the hospital fine.They did chest xrays, put in iv, took blood, and off to surgery. Dr . Rodriguez was great! Stayed 3 days in the hospital and got to go home. Never felt unsafe at all. Most of the staff spoke some English. The hospital was very clean. I'm 10 days out and feeling good. Been off my pain meds since day 5. On full liquids but tried a develed egg today. No problems so far.

That's great !! I feel very good about Dr. Rod and the hospital but have started to freak myself out a little with Juarez, I made the mistake of googling it lol

Lol anyone that goes knows the bad stuff that is online. But honestly I had no problems and didn't see anything bad. There are guards at the hospital though for safety.

How long did it take to go get from the hoarder to the hospital ? Did you have to drive through the rough parts of town ?

20 to 30 min I think on the way there. The way back takes forever cause to get through border patrol it's a huge backed up line. Took a hour or so. I don't know if we went through really rough parts because I don't know the city but there was some rough looking housing through the way. But I didn't see anything that was scary or dangerous looking.

That's good to know ! Thanks !

No problem. It's good to be able to hear from someone who's been. Eases the mind a bit;)