Good morning!!! Well my three month wait, finally paid off. I had surgery yesterday. My experience thus far has been pretty good. I slept most of yesterday, so Im wide awake since 3am pst. I have 7 incision sites. I cant feel much pain in any of them but one. The big one is about 3 inch incision right next to my ribcage, it's rather tender, hurts to sit up and walk. My nurse ordered me a binder to support my belly better while walking. No appetite as of yet. Ive walk twice, once a couple hours after surgery and the other last night. Last night I doubled the distance and felt the gas moving after. Only minor burps, no passing gas yet. I cant wait for the relief though. My mouth is so super dry: my tongues sticking to the roof of my mouth. Im using sponge sticks with water to get my mouth wet. Ill be in the hospital until Thursday. My surgical team was great! My Surgeon is simply the best. Im so happy.

Sorry for typos Im on heavy meds and groggy, but couldn't wait to post my first time!!

Starting weight: 278

Started Liquid diet on 3/17 for 10 days

3/27 Surgery weight: 262

14lbs lose in 10 days ??????

Let the numbers keep dropping!!

Good luck all... best decision of my life.

[mention=313224]nocturnalgemi[/mention] wow that seems super fast. Did you have RNY? How did you feel the first day? Was pain really bad and did you expirence nausea?

Yes, I had RNY. I felt pretty good the first day. The pain is probably 3 out of 10, 4 out of 10 tops. The absolute worst part so far was when the nurse removed the drain. I screamed and cried during that part. Otherwise, I still feel pretty good! I haven't experienced any nausea yet! I stay on top of my pain meds and walk, walk, walk. It helps a lot with the gas. So far, no regrets!

I agree seems too soon to go home. Did you have to take the ounces test? I have to pass that text keeping X amount of ounces down, without problems before I can even think of leaving.

The day of surgery, I was told to drink one of those little plastic medicine cups each hour, then bump up to two of those cups later that night. I haven't had any difficulty with maintaining fluids and keeping everything down so far has been a breeze. I guess because I was doing so well (no nausea, walking the hospital floor a lot, no complications) they gave me the green light to go home the next morning. It's typical at my hospital to release patients the next day if there are no complications.

@nocturnalgemi omg that's awesome I pray the good lord shows me favor and my pain is low like yours has been. Your sailing right on through no issues keeping foods down getting in your liquids. That's awesome.

@island_honey hey there just checking on you. How are you feeling??!

[mention=313224]nocturnalgemi[/mention] omg that's awesome I pray the good lord shows me favor and my pain is low like yours has been. Your sailing right on through no issues keeping foods down getting in your liquids. That's awesome.

I hope you have very little pain too! I was very worried about the pain because I have such a low tolerance for it. But yeah...so far, so good! [emoji38] I'm 5 days out, still no nausea. I can actually gulp instead of sip liquids now without consequence. Well, bigger sips, I should say lol. A really good sign, though, is I can go longer now in between taking my pain meds. So instead of every 4 hours, I'm up to 6-7 hours and with 1/3 of the bottle left. The gas hasn't been too bad either. To be honest, the absolute worst part of this experience was when the nurse removed the drain. I wouldn't wish that kind of pain on anyone!

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You sound optimistic and ready to take the world on! The gas will pass and when it does it's amazing ! I'm 6 days out and finally feel good! At the mall shopping now!

Had bypass surgery on Monday. Trying to drink 64 ozs of fluids/day. Have sharp pains on my side. Not real bad, just like getting a stitch in your side. Only lasts a couple seconds. Am I sipping too much at one time?

I know that feeling. I don't think fluids can do that. It may just be gas -- try Gas-X? If it persists and you're super concerned call the surgeon's nurse.

Ps Congrats on your surgery!

Good morning!!! Well my three month wait, finally paid off. I had surgery yesterday. My experience thus far has been pretty good. I slept most of yesterday, so Im wide awake since 3am pst. I have 7 incision sites. I cant feel much pain in any of them but one. The big one is about 3 inch incision right next to my ribcage, it's rather tender, hurts to sit up and walk. My nurse ordered me a binder to support my belly better while walking. No appetite as of yet. Ive walk twice, once a couple hours after surgery and the other last night. Last night I doubled the distance and felt the gas moving after. Only minor burps, no passing gas yet. I cant wait for the relief though. My mouth is so super dry: my tongues sticking to the roof of my mouth. Im using sponge sticks with Water to get my mouth wet. Ill be in the hospital until Thursday. My surgical team was great! My Surgeon is simply the best. Im so happy.
Sorry for typos Im on heavy meds and groggy, but couldn't wait to post my first time!!
Starting weight: 278
Started liquid diet on 3/17 for 10 days
3/27 Surgery weight: 262
14lbs lose in 10 days ??????
Let the numbers keep dropping!!
Good luck all... best decision of my life. [/img]

Thank u so much for sharing!! I've been so curious what it would look like!

Ps Congrats on your surgery!

Thanks! I think you're correct. Took some Gas-X a couple times and haven't had the pain since.

Hey, We're surgery buddies... I had RNY on 3/27/17, too. I came home 3/28 and each day has been better and better. I have my post op on Wednesday of this next week and looking forward to 1) getting these staples out and 2) expanding my post-op menu. LOL

Hope you are doing well!!!