Hi All!

I just had my pre-op appointment with my surgeon and I got a date!! August 2, 2016!!

I'm sooo excited! I'm wondering if there are any others having bypass on or around this date?! I need friends!!

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Ok y'all!!! So my surgery was on August 11, and I swore I wasn't going to weigh until Thursdsy (which would be a week), but I caved and weighed today!!

My surgery weight was 251.2, and I was 238.6 today!!!! I absolutely couldn't believe it!!! 12.6 pounds GONE in 5 days!!!

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@@MadisonsMommy That's terrific! How are you feeling??

@@AMS3188 Itching is a sign of blood flow and healing, I think?

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@"ams3188" I'm itching Ike CRAZY!!!!

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Gina171, I'm feeling really good!! I went to Walmart for a bit today. I don't hurt anywhere, but my incision sites are itching like crazy and I am super sore, like someone rearranged my insides, lol!!!

I am having a hard time getting "enough" fluids in...I think I'm getting a little dehydrated. I don't want to end up back in the hospital on fluids, so I better step up my game tomorrow lol!

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Gina171, I'm feeling really good!! I went to Walmart for a bit today. I don't hurt anywhere, but my incision sites are itching like crazy and I am super sore, like someone rearranged my insides, lol!!!

I am having a hard time getting "enough" fluids in...I think I'm getting a little dehydrated. I don't want to end up back in the hospital on fluids, so I better step up my game tomorrow lol!

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Wow! I am hugely impressed!! I hope that I am like you and trying an errand or two a few days post-op!

Right now I just have so much anticipation anxiety, counting down the days and hours....I think it will be a relief just to be on the other side of surgery and starting to count down something else!

Please keep us posted on how you are doing?

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@@MadisonsMommy Glad to know I'm not the only one, haha. All of my incisions are itching, but one has gotten a big red ring around it, and doesn't feel like the others, so I think I'm going to have to call my surgeon for some antibiotics, blah.

I'm itching too! I'm starting to be head hungry, when I smell food or sit at the table for dinner with my family- and I'm still on Clear liquids till Friday

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I can't believe that my surgery is tomorrow morning. I am a nervous wreck. Reading all of your comments helps though.

I can't believe that my surgery is tomorrow morning. I am a nervous wreck. Reading all of your comments helps though.

Dusty, I am right there with you. I go on Thursday. Can't keep my head straight to do a simple task.

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@@AMS3188 One of mine is a little red too!!! It's the top left one, but they are ALL itching like crazy!!!

@@gina171 I completely understand what you're feeling!! The days leading up to my surgery were crazy, and I'm so glad to be on the other side!! Today I am 15.6 pounds down!!! And my surgery was just last Thursday!!! (And I started at BMI 42)! I am so incredibly thankful for this journey!! Keep us updated!!

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Have to be in the hospital for my surgery in 3.5 hours. I can't sleep! I can't believe the day is here. It took so long getting here. I am nervous, but excited about being healthy again. I am excited about being proud of myself again and not ashamed of my weight. I am anxious to not feel like people are judging me based on my weight. I was always thin as a child, but started gaining weight at 18 and now I am 40. I have never been thin as an adult and I am ready to know this feeling. I stuck to the preop diet really well and didn't struggle much. It was hard, but I want to follow my doctors instructions throughout this process the best I can. I am ready!!!!

Good luck to evedyone going in today im 2 days post op and all my nerves went away when i laid on the table and went on to sleep you guys got this keep your eyes on the prize

Have to be in the hospital for my surgery in 3.5 hours. I can't sleep! I can't believe the day is here. It took so long getting here. I am nervous, but excited about being healthy again. I am excited about being proud of myself again and not ashamed of my weight. I am anxious to not feel like people are judging me based on my weight. I was always thin as a child, but started gaining weight at 18 and now I am 40. I have never been thin as an adult and I am ready to know this feeling. I stuck to the preop diet really well and didn't struggle much. It was hard, but I want to follow my doctors instructions throughout this process the best I can. I am ready!!!!

Good luck, Dusty, I'll be looking for posts from you later! Hope you have a smooth surgery. I go in tomorrow!!!

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@@dustyd Good Luck Dusty!!! You've got this!!!

@@gina171 I'm excited and nervous for you, Gina!!! It seems like you've been waiting as long as I have! Best of luck tomorrow!!!

To my newly bypassed friends: I'm just over a week out, and I think I am feeling hungry :/ I didn't cheat at all on the liquids the first week, but since I've been allowed to add cottage cheese and yogurt I've been eating a little more than recommended. They say I should be sticking to a tablespoon max at a time, but I can easily eat 1/4 cup already. I know I'm not supposed to push it, but I'm terribly tempted to eat more and taboo foods. I'm starting to wonder if they really did the surgery at all, haha. I thought I wouldn't be hungry during this time, but I really thought I wouldn't be able to eat much. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Maybe this is all head hunger, but I don't really know how to tell. I want to eat, I seem to be able to eat. I guess I'm just wondering why I did all this in the first place...