Hello everyone my surgery is on January 11th and I'm so scared of the whole process. Please give me some support to ease my fears . Let me no what to expect the morning of surgery.

For me, morning of surgery I was very nervous but the team was great. It is helpful to have someone with you. They let my boyfriend stay with me until they took me to OR. They made me take a pregnancy test, prepped the area. Anesthesia will talk to you and get you setup IV. Once they push the anesthesia you will be out cold.

I woke up in recovery. Very dry mouth so nurse gave me swabs to wet my mouth. Only a little pain then but I was still drowsy. They then took me back to room, checked my IVs and about 1-2 hours later brought me water, broth and jello. Needed to count each 1oz cup-taking 15 or more min to finish 1.
Worst part for me was moving around to go to rest room, not because of pain but so many machines-HR monitor, pulse ox, IV and the leg massagers to make sure I didn’t get a blood clot. They wanted me to get up and do laps around ward throughout my stay to reduce chances of clots. Bring slippers and robe-more comfortable than the gown “flapping in the wind”!

Everyone is different but mine went very smoothly, was home the next day. Was off painkillers within 2 days.

Good luck-I am sure it will go well! Just do what the drs tell you-they are the experts!


Sleeve date 12/4/17

SW: 318

CW: 285

Thanks so much

I would echo the comments from megsic18. I had virtually no pain. The pre surg process was easy and they asked me a million questions. Then I got put out and the next thing I remember was waking up in recovery. They'll make sure you walk around the floor. You'll pee a lot because they hydrate you for surgery. You'll probably weigh more immediately after surgery from the water weight. I wasn't expecting that. Overall it was pretty simple and so worth it. I'm one year out this week and haven't regretted a minute. Good luck.

Same as the above posters, surgery was easy. The pain was nothing - the stomach pain felt like I had done sit ups the day before and the incisions felt like a paper cut. The gas pain is annoying more then anything. I came off all pain killers with in a couple of hours as I didn’t want to be hooked up to the machines and just wanted to walk around. I was tired for about a week. Best wishes for your surgery.