Looking to start a group for August surgeries ! August 8th is my surgery date! Very bummed that it’s so far .. yet so happy to have a date!

Bariatric program start date:1/22/18

finish date- 5/29/2018

surgery date (bypass) 8/8/18

@ZeroCool glad to hear it went well today but sorry about your pain now. Hope the pain passes quickly.

On 8/12/2018 at 12:08 PM, mc2017 said:

MMMMMMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

I have been following these monthly bypass buddies convos for the past year and finally, it is my time to contribute!

My surgery will be Sept. 3rd at Hospital Angeles in Tijuana with Dr. Corvala. I am both excited and scared but I am so ready for this!

Good luck on ur surgery

Edited August 18, 20187 yr by kenia

Thanks @ChellNC :)

@ Zero Cool, very happy to hear things went well for you. Now heal and get better, you have a young man waiting at home!

1 hour ago, Frustr8 said:

@ Zero Cool, very happy to hear things went well for you. Now heal and get better, you have a young man waiting at home!

Thank you definitely trying to so I can get back home to him ASAP. Gas pain isn’t *as* bad as it was yesterday but it’s still pretty bad for me right now. Add that to not being able to sleep and this hospital bed being the most uncomfortable bed on the planet and it’s a cocktail for no fun lol. I hope today goes well so I can just go home. Depends on my walking later today and water / fluid intake i guess.

Praying that it is today and that you'll be safe and sound all the way home,to him!???

I’m 3 days post op, I would say the worse day for me was day 2. Felt good in the morning, but was hurting in the afternoon. Much better today. Think I got 1 protein shake down, and maybe 24oz

Today I was discharged around 6pm est but ended up at the ER middle of the night due to excruciating pain. This is the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my life al this hospital did was condemn nothing is blocked enough and changed a bandage of mine that was leaking through as one of my sutures at the hospital stert d bleeding from a.l crack inside of its I’m praying it feels better soon. I try to walk but it hurts so bad. Pains radiating to my back now too which sucks :/

I am scheduled for 8/22.

I am remarkably calm about the surgery, no worries or anxiety about it at all, but the day before I have to go in and have a picc line inserted - they haven’t been able to get veins without sticking me 7-10 the last three times I’ve been for blood work- and I’m terrified of the picc line. I know that isn’t rational, but try telling yourself that your fears aren’t rational when yours in the middle of an anxiety attack!

Otherwise, the bag is packed, liquids purchased, dog walker engaged. Playlist for waking the hospital Halas is downloaded. I’m ready for the surgery. Bring it on.

3 hours ago, Aidanog said:

I am scheduled for 8/22.

I am remarkably calm about the surgery, no worries or anxiety about it at all, but the day before I have to go in and have a picc line inserted - they haven’t been able to get veins without sticking me 7-10 the last three times I’ve been for blood work- and I’m terrified of the picc line. I know that isn’t rational, but try telling yourself that your fears aren’t rational when yours in the middle of an anxiety attack!

Otherwise, the bag is packed, liquids purchased, dog walker engaged. Playlist for waking the hospital Halas is downloaded. I’m ready for the surgery. Bring it on.

Wow, that’s amazing! You seem quite well prepared! Good luck with the picc line! Hopefully it’s easy and pain free! I was wondering how you were going to listen to music? Will someone put it on for you in recovery on your cell? Or blue tooth? Or earphones? I have music I would love to hear as well, but I’m thinking only when I wake and can use my headphones?

That's one think I've never had, a picc line, but I can understand in your case it would give easier access for an IV etc I hope it doesn't prove painful for you.?

3 hours ago, ellie123 said:

Wow, that’s amazing! You seem quite well prepared! Good luck with the picc line! Hopefully it’s easy and pain free! I was wondering how you were going to listen to music? Will someone put it on for you in recovery on your cell? Or blue tooth? Or earphones? I have music I would love to hear as well, but I’m thinking only when I wake and can use my headphones?

My typing was a little off last night! It should have read “Music for walking the hospital halls...”. I have a small Bluetooth speaker that lives in my backpack that I am taking, but for walking I will use headphones.

I had friends suggest music for a playlist - songs they thought I would like or that were important to them, or were healing. A nephew and niece were particularly in tune with the exercise. Some people didn’t give very helpful suggestions..(“Anything by Chance the Rapper...”) but now that it is completed, it is an interesting, enjoyable playlist that also makes me think about these people I love and keep them close.

On reflection maybe " Waking the halls" was a Freudian slip, might be more true than "walking the halls". IDK but it makes me ROFLMAO!

I kinda like the idea of 20 year old me rearing his ugly head and walking the halls with a giant boom box circa 1983 on his shoulder, playing music with the volume and the bass turned way up!

Thanks for that mental image. I, too, laughed out loud.

I have lupus, which last year, during a flare, caused a massive heart attack which left my heart damaged. It’s strong enjoyed to get by, but not if I stay at my present weight. It took a year to get where my cardiologist would clear me for surgery, which put me right back in the hottest part of the year...the most dangerous time for my lupus. I’ve been spending a lot of emotional energy just concentrating on not dying. I will be so glad when this is done and the next part of this journey is underway.

Hello, rny bypass surgery 8/24. Nervous and excited. Prayers appreciated!