Anyone else having surgery in April? Maybe we can find surgery twins here. I thought I could start it off by asking a few questions.

When is your surgery? April 4th
What kind of surgery? Revision from sleeve to Mini Gastric Bypass
Height? 5’8”
Starting weight? 285
Goal weight? 175

My RNY went well, little to no complicaton they said. I was horribly groggy and sore when I came to but they have been on top of pain meds. At this point it's just very tender and my back hurts which is typical for me. Drifting in and out of sleep every 30 minutes or so. Again, typical for me lol. Drinking water 15ml every 15-30 minutes. I've been burping a bit but no flatulence yet! Might be going home later this evening if the day goes well.

Just taken my Pico-prep. A little worried how gruesome it may be.
I check in tomorrow morning 10.30am at hospital.

Yikes. I need to pack my bag this evening too.

I hope everyone is feeling well and any discomfort or pain passes ASAP.

@CajunSam so happy for you! Glad you’re doing so well.

At hospital now, god it’s early lol. Best wishes to everyone today!!

On 04/09/2019 at 06:07, Alwzla8 said:

At hospital now, god it’s early lol. Best wishes to everyone today!!

We just pulled up at our hospital, and yes it is!!!! We had an hour service to get here.

Best wishes, thoughts and prayers to all!!!

Good luck

Good luck to everyone today!

So, what is everyone taking to the hospital? I have my phone charger, a robe, change of clothes and the regular bathroom stuff. Can anyone think of anything else? OH and the copies for cardiac clearance LOL:)

I brought a small sling bag of items, but the only things I used were chapstick, phone, and phone charger. I would have done some reading, but my brother was there to keep me company...or I was sleeping. Lol. The nurse seemed impressed with my light packing.

My big post op report.

Today I am 4 days post op revision from VSG to Mini Gastric Bypass.
Today I only feel discomfort and no pain at all. In fact, I haven't touched any of the pain medicine I was sent home with. Although, I do have a high tolerance for pain. The biggest issue I had with discomfort was I had a drain paced and it made it nearly impossible for me to get comfortable. I have 3 incisions and one drain "open wound" that should close on it's on. My stomach has bruised pretty bad but all in all it doesn't look so bad. The hardest part of the whole surgery was coming out of anesthesia honestly. I felt perfectly fine after. We even toured Tijuana 2 days post op and were able to walk around the beach and shops with no issues.
As far as hunger is concerned...I haven't felt hungry since my surgery at all. It's a very weird thing to me to not feel hungry because before I was always hungry. Well, Head hungry anyway. The thing about being coder after surgery has been absolutely true for me! I have been freezing all day. It's 75 degrees right now (830 pm where I am) and all I want it to bundle up in my husbands thermal PJ's and put a heated blanket on. As they have stated above...BRING CHAPSTICK. That's the only thing I didn't bring that I wish I would have.
I have opted to go back to work tomorrow because I have a job where I feel I will have no issues at all. We have filtered water there, a way to heat up broth and I have a mini fridge in my office so thats just about all I need. I do need to remind myself to keep hydrated!

Awesome!!!!

I have a bruised tummy as well.
Also, in another thread, someone mentioned setting a timer for every 15 minutes as a reminder to sip 1oz of water. As annoying as it sounds, it's saving me right now.

Awesome!!!!

I have a bruised tummy as well.
Also, in another thread, someone mentioned setting a timer for every 15 minutes as a reminder to sip 1oz of water. As annoying as it sounds, it's saving me right now.

Yes, I downloaded an app for my phone to time me since my last drink. It's super helpful especially being so thirsty I just want to keep drinking or drink more often lol.

I am officially on the losers bench!!!! Not feeling to bad, but they gave me quite a few pain meds. ?. Hope everyone else is doing well so far.

51 minutes ago, TxStar09 said:

I am officially on the losers bench!!!! Not feeling to bad, but they gave me quite a few pain meds. ?. Hope everyone else is doing well so far.

Congratulations and welcome :-) If things go accordingly, you should be able to ditch the pain meds asap.

In the hospital waiting, ahh

On 04/09/2019 at 12:19, Romanoloser said:

In the hospital waiting, ahh

Good luck. Lots of thoughts and prayers for you!!!

Wishing you an easy surgery and quick recovery.