I have officially joined the other side !! Yaaaaa I thought I would give an update , especially for all of you getting close to the finish line . Surgery was last Friday , July 29th . They didn't start until 1:30 pm and the surgery ended up going a bit longer than expected due to my band being completely encapsulated in scar tissue and the need to repair a hiatal hernia. I finally made it to my room at 8:30pm So for me , It was a day of sleep .... Saturday was not bad , they had me a schedule for pain meds and trust me while you are in the hospital stay on it ! I was up in my chair as soon as I could in the morning and went for a walk as soon as I could. Trust me .. start sipping your Water early !! it doesn't go down as fast as you are used to . Sunday was a repeat of Saturday , ohhh did I forget to mention that I was able to order fluids from dietary ... vegetable broth never tasted so good , along with sugar free frozen lemon ice . The actual scope holes for the bypass are no problem ~~ Very little to no pain maybe the best way to describe it is discomfort. The incision and scope holes from were they had to "work on "getting my band out, now that is another story . That is the ONLY reason I am still taking the liquid pain medicine. This area feels like there is a burning pulling pain and extremely swollen , lol it almost looks like a second stomach . Each day is getting better . I use an ice pack to the area also that helps . It is now one week post op and I am trying to only take the pain meds at night for sleep and have started back to work remotely . I am walking around the house and in the back yard. Tomorrow I am going to attempt the grocery store . I also get to start the pureed diet tomorrow . Actually pretty excited to move to that . I am working on 2 1/2 - 2 water bottles a day , my water bottle is 28 oz . from the time I get in in the morning I start sipping . And the funny thing is, I am not hungry ! food smells good and looks good but still no desire to actually eat anything ,so tomorrow will be starting a new era.

I get it Tammy, I'm kind of in the swing of it now. Are you allowed bouillon and veggies? I did a puréed zucchini Soup that I'm loving now. As long as it isn't just shakes I can manage. Try switching up the shakes. I had to turf the Optifast I was given.

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@@Travelher, I am allowed 4 Protein shakes a day and a limited list of vegetables. That is it. I'm a week and half in to a three week pre-op diet. I am able to get about 2 shakes down and some veggies every day. Mushrooms have been my go to lately. I started on SlimFast high Protein Shakes, but after about three days, I had extreme diarrhea. They then switched me to Organic Meal Replacement shakes. It is all plant based protein and you mix with Water. They don't flavor well at all. I just sweeten it a bit with Splenda and drink them. It also has a nasty film it leaves in your mouth.

Wishing you the best of luck!

Tammy

Hi - I am 1 week post-Op - Band to Bypass - and feeling really good. I am wondering why you have to do a 3 week liquid diet pre-op? Mine was only 2 weeks, and that was hard enough!

I am now 1 day post op. Sore gassy and sleep deprived.

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I recently had gastric bypass surgery on 10/3/2016 after a failed band erosion nearly killed me.

I was on a two week preop diet consisting of two Protein shakes per day and one low calorie meal. The preop diet was tough but the thought of my life flourishing after this process was enough to keep me going.

My procedure took about three hours, due to the scar tissue from my previous bad. I also spent 2 nights in the hospital in recovery.

I have now been home two full days and its not too bad. I feel a bit weak and am in some pain. I am on oral pain meds that make me so sleepy and extremely weak I try not to take them unless absolutely necessary.

The hardest part for me right now is drinking enough Water and tolerating crushed up medications that are so bitter they make me nauseous.

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I'm following. Also, for OP, I think someone else asked, but I'm gonna ask again. lol

Did you have an EGD before your revision? If so, did they not see the problems before hand? I ask because I have my EGD this coming Friday. I'm hoping to learn whether I will have 1 or 2 operations to convert and to what degree my band is messed up. I will be so disappointed if my EGD looks good then they open me up and find more problems and can't do my RNY at the same time they remove the band.

Aivey

My situation was a little different in that two years ago I had the band removed due to it eroding into my stomach and causing a huge infection.

I just gathered the courage this year to restart and go for the bypass.

I did an EGD and all looked good inside the stomach. Gastoenterologist explained that the inside of the stomach is pretty resilient and can heal itself.

I did have a lot of scare tissue on the outside of my stomach that the bypass surgeon had to deal with but he was able to peform the bypass.

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