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Today is the day... 4/4/16

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kjwrn    129

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Today I will be going in for my gastric bypass, along with a few others on here! I hope all goes well for all of us going in today!

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kjwrn    129

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Good luck Queen! What time do you go in?

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mngreeneyes    674

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HOw exciting for all of you! Make sure to keep us posted so we can support you all throughout. I hope everything goes smoothly and you recover quickly.

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numeby2017    88

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Good luck, had mine 1 week ago let me know if any questions when you get home

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kjwrn    129

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This really has not been bad at all! My pain has never been above a 4/10 since I woke up! I have been very hydrated here and I can tell because I am getting puffy, but all in all I am doing great!

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kjwrn    129

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Same here! I am happy to already be back at home! The pain is a little worse today, yesterday I hardly had any at all!

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SarahSleeve    170

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Yes my pain today is awful and sorry to be to explicit but I'm passing gas and it feels so good lol cause all the air inside

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I don't know about anyone else, but being pre-op I want as much information as people want to offer, explicit or not. :D

Sorry you're in pain today, hopefully you'll wake up tomorrow much more comfortable :)

Edited by SarahSleeve

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kjwrn    129

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All in all it hasn't been too bad. The pain is still worse than immediately post op, but I know that is because the doctor put a lot of numbing medication on the incisions before they close them up!

When I got home last night, I had actually gained 11lbs while in the hospital. Which is about right, I know my surgeon told the anesthetist that he wanted me to have at least 3 Liters of IV Fluid during surgery, and each of the bags weigh 2.2lbs, plus I was hydrated withIV fluids pretty strongly while I could t have anything the first day, so I had about 5-6 liters of fluids total. I imagine if you had any sort of heart, kidney, lung or liver problems you would not get that much hydration, but I am luckily still very healthy, just morbidly obese.

I did buy these compression tank tops at Walmart before surgery, they are kind of like Spanx, but it is a spaghetti strap tank top with bra pads sewn into it but no underwire. They were a little tight to put on, but I feel like them being tight on my stomach helps a lot with the incisional pain.

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