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I’m finally updating.... I flew to Mexico and had my surgery on Friday. I flew home yesterday and crawled right into bed. I had the worst experience. I am still nauseous and haven’t been able to get much down. I know that some people have had excellent experiences going to Mexico, but unfortunately mine was not. I regret having the surgery. I get up to walk and I am so light headed and have to lay back down. I haven’t thrown up today, thankfully. My flight back home yesterday was awful and I threw up a couple times. I had nothing in me and it was horrible. Today I have sipped a little Gatorade today and was able to suck on a popsicle. I pray I get feeling better soon and can get rid of the dizziness and nausea. I have no energy. I hope no one else goes through this.

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On 11/10/2020 at 08:21, cpudoctor2020 said:

I am currently waiting to get prepped for surgery. starts at 10. Will text you all later. I am very nervous !

It is now 3:00am and i can’t sleep not in pain just sleep a lot during the day. had one spoon of Jello and 2 sips of broth. If all goes well with Breakfast I can home tomorrow here is to hoping all goes well.

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I had my gastric bypass on Nov. 2. Before surgery I purchased some “Better than Bullion “ to use as broth. I also got vegan Protein Powder and several juices, bariatric Vitamins and miso Soup.

The surgery was much easier than I expected. My doctor performed robotic surgery. I was nervous before surgery but it was so easy.

I’m in the Liquid Protein phase now. I make my own shakes since I cannot tolerate commercial Protein Drinks and I vegan.

I purchased 200 1 oz cups with lids to portion out my drinks and easy to take when I go out.

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HI. My RNY bypass surgery is November 18, 2020. I started my pre-surgery diet on November 4, 2020 and only loss about 2 pounds. I feel that is not enough for one week. Shouldn’t there be more weight loss in one week? I have one more week to go on my pre-surgery diet.

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9 hours ago, cpudoctor2020 said:

It is now 3:00am and i can’t sleep not in pain just sleep a lot during the day. had one spoon of Jello and 2 sips of broth. If all goes well with Breakfast I can home tomorrow here is to hoping all goes well.

I’m glad your surgery went well. I was super uncomfortable in the hospital but not really in pain. I got home yesterday and I’m still ridiculously tired. Just drinking drinking drinking all day.

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3 hours ago, RavensLady Annette said:

HI. My RNY bypass surgery is November 18, 2020. I started my pre-surgery diet on November 4, 2020 and only loss about 2 pounds. I feel that is not enough for one week. Shouldn’t there be more weight loss in one week? I have one more week to go on my pre-surgery diet.

I didn’t lose a lot right away. I think I lost 12 pounds total in the two weeks.

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13 hours ago, Boymama said:

I’m finally updating.... I flew to Mexico and had my surgery on Friday. I flew home yesterday and crawled right into bed. I had the worst experience. I am still nauseous and haven’t been able to get much down. I know that some people have had excellent experiences going to Mexico, but unfortunately mine was not. I regret having the surgery. I get up to walk and I am so light headed and have to lay back down. I haven’t thrown up today, thankfully. My flight back home yesterday was awful and I threw up a couple times. I had nothing in me and it was horrible. Today I have sipped a little Gatorade today and was able to suck on a popsicle. I pray I get feeling better soon and can get rid of the dizziness and nausea. I have no energy. I hope no one else goes through this.

I’m so sorry you are having such a hard time. I had a lot of nausea after my surgery which made it so much worse! I can’t imagine what you’re going through. I don’t have a lot of energy either, but sounds like you’ve had a more harrowing journey. I hope you feel better soon.

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17 hours ago, futureshrink said:

I just got home today. Surgery was Sunday. I’m super tired and uncomfortable. Not in pain just can’t get comfy.

Preach. I think it gets better. Wry smile.....

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1 hour ago, futureshrink said:

I’m so sorry you are having such a hard time. I had a lot of nausea after my surgery which made it so much worse! I can’t imagine what you’re going through. I don’t have a lot of energy either, but sounds like you’ve had a more harrowing journey. I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you for your kind words. Today I feel a little better. I pray each day I get better and better. I’m just so thankful to be in my own home and not in Mexico. I hope our energy will be up soon!

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I was scheduled for 11/16 and just got the call they are cancelling inpatient surgery sur to covid so disappointed

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So sorry! Where are you from

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Illinois this has just made me not even want to try anymore I've been on the diet since 11/01 bought all the supplies now this

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9 minutes ago, Confirmed said:

Illinois this has just made me not even want to try anymore I've been on the diet since 11/01 bought all the supplies now this

The diet sucks but you can do this. It’s not a complete do over right? Just a delay. Do you know how long. I can’t imagine how disappointing this is.

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4 hours ago, FlyingKettlebell said:

Preach. I think it gets better. Wry smile.....

I’m doing better this afternoon. Just feel like I’ve done a million crunches...

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