Hi everyone!

My surgery is at 10:15 AM in New Jersey tomorrow morning. I am beyond excited but I'm also pretty nervous and scared. Are there any words of confidence that you all want to share? It would be very greatly appreciated. ☺️

Hope you are doing well. I was sleeved the 27th also in New Jersey. I had a bit of a rough time because I also had a hiatal hernia repair but as I start a new week things are getting easier. Take time to rest, sip, walk and think about your outcome to be! Welcome to the losers bench!!!

I had a hiatal hernia repair too. I do feel better every day it seems. I walked a lot today. Thanks for all the advice. How are you feeling?

Edited August 5, 201511 yr by my_new_lifetime

I have a dull pain everyday in my upper stomach where the hernia was. I feel like nothing helps it. I see my dr tomorrow. Ty for asking! Do you have the same dull pain? I'm on omeprezole but I'm not sure it's helping.

Edited August 6, 201511 yr by nads64

Hi everyone!

My surgery is at 10:15 AM in New Jersey tomorrow morning. I am beyond excited but I'm also pretty nervous and scared. Are there any words of confidence that you all want to share? It would be very greatly appreciated. ☺️

Be patient with your healing. You WILL feel better and the weight WILL come off- maybe not as fast as you like, but it will come off. Get enough rest but walk walk walk... It helped me more than anything else- even meds.

Best wishes to you!!!

Thank you!! Best wishes to you too!

I was so nervous, yet excited. I had a hard time the first day, and you think you are never going to feel like yourself again. It was more nausea for me then pain, and I had a hernia repair also. The next day was so different, up walking and drinking. No narcotics after 2nd day, and sipping all what I am supposed to, post op day 4. Was in hospital 2 nights. Good luck, everyone is different, but you will do fine, it does get better after that anesthesia is out of your system. Another woman 2 years older then me, I am 57, had no problems at all, no pain, no nausea, and we had it done the same day.

I have a dull pain everyday in my upper stomach where the hernia was. I feel like nothing helps it. I see my dr tomorrow. Ty for asking! Do you have the same dull pain? I'm on omeprezole but I'm not sure it's helping.

No I have no pain related to that. What did your doctor say? Hope you are feeling better!!!!

I had it last Wednesday and the surgery itself - well, they totally put me out so I only remember being rolled in then waking up post-op. You'll be a little disoriented so if you have someone familiar with you there that's good to have (I didn't). After that the recovery is not bad. Some moderate soreness going away day by day. Just plan on resting for about 24 hours at least. Good luck!

Walk. Walk and walk more. I had my surgery on 7.6.15 and the walking the halls was the best thing you can do post surgery. I was thankful for my yoga training before hand. In yoga they teach about pushing yourself to that edge, not where you feel pain but where you can really feel what you are doing. That helped me to push myself to do just one more lap each time, and increase the laps each and every time I got up to walk. I won't lie to you, the first few times will be hell. I was so thankful for my pain meds that helped me (and kept warning my caregivers that I am going to curse like a sailor when I get in and out of bed).

Do not allow the pain to keep you in bed. That is the worst thing you can do. Even when you get home, walk. With the heat and humidity here in the Midwest, going outside I was scared of getting dehydrated. To combat that I would pick different big box stores and walk them. Pick places you might never go, as to make the experience new to you, but keep walking.