Well wishes to everyone else having surgery tomorrow! I am super excited to be wheeled down that hallway and into OR. Ready to start this journey with the help of my amazing tool. Thank you everyone who has posted and helped answer questions along the way.

@@Knitchic Good Luck sweetie! You will do GREAT! Please keep us posted on how you're doing as soon as you can!!

I can now finally say I am on the losers bench! Surgery went great. The waking up in the recovery room not so much. The drain has caused quite a bit of pain.

I have managed to get about 2 hours sleep in between all the walking. I hope other 22nd peeps are recovering nicely!

@@Knitchic Congratulations on your new journey!! I'm glad surgery went great! Keep us updated.

@@Knitchic Thank you for the update! i am glad to hear that surgery was successful! Try to get some rest and welcome to the loser's bench!! xo

That's everyone. They do wake you up to walk every two hours.

My swallow test went really well so I have had Jello and broth.

How are you doing now? Been a few more days and hope things are getting easier for you ????

Hi there. It's been ok. I will say I am in more pain then I expected. I have had a few surgery a before and thought I knew what to expect HAHA. I honestly only have pain from the main incision site now. The leaking from where the drain was has stopped so that's good.

I would read before surgery about people complaining how hard it is to drink well they are right. It's really hard to get in all the liquids for sure.