January Surgery buddies

[LeCiel 3]

On 02/03/2022 at 23:29, Ephemeral said:

My surgery was on January 19th and my incisions are healing nicely. They are super itchy as well! I've been putting Mederma gel on them. Has anyone tried that Bio-Oil at all?

Yay, another January 19th!

I’m 5’9” and down 12 lbs since surgery and at least 30 lbs down since my pre-op diet started on December 22. My scale didn’t go beyond 400 lbs so I don’t actually know my highest weight, only that I was at least 410 lbs in late November 2022 (on the hospital’s scale).

My incisions are also healing nicely but yeah mine are also really itchy, which is a great thing as it means the nerve ends are healing like they should. I’m having my stitches removed next Thursday.

[LeCiel 3]

On 02/01/2022 at 00:47, Jaim423 said:

Hi all! I had surgery on 1/4 and am feeling a little down. I hear it’s normal, but I’m frustrated with the lack of progress. I’m almost 4 weeks out from surgery and down 14 lbs or so. How’s everyone else doing?

I understand your frustration. Remember that post-surgery swelling and lower grade inflammatory (even without Water retention, which is also a thing) can contribute with a lot of extra weight in the first 4-6 weeks. I haven’t had much of that now, but I definitely did after I had my second c-section in 2019 — three weeks later I was still carrying 20-25 lbs of swelling/fluid, then one week later it all disappeared almost overnight.

What was your starting BMI? If you were a “lightweight” that could also be a contributing factor. But some people just lose weight more slowly after surgery, nothing wrong with that either. ❤️

Hopefully you’re starting to feel better in other ways?

[LeCiel 3]

Omg, did I just wander into a year-old thread and respond to old posts? I’m sorry, I’m on the mobile app and must have clicked on the 2022 thread instead of the 2023 one. 😂

[Pouchify 10]

I had my surgery January 10th!!! Congrats to everyone in their journey this month

[Margaret1986 0]

I just had my gastric bypass surgery on January 23,2023 when will the pain of gases stop? Even hurts when I breathe or burp. But this journey so worth it!

[berryboo97 16]

It will take about a week or so. Make sure to light walk around every hour to 2 hours for 10-15 mins. Take your meds and gasx. Use a hot water bottle or heating pad, and alternate with ice packs. Try a binder as well.

I would do hot Water bottle for an hour, and ice pack for 30 mins. Several times a day. If I was laying there I had heat or ice pack on my upper belly. This gave me the best comfort.

Use the spirometer, and this helps even though it can be painful.

I would also do light slow windmills with my arms to help work the air they fill you up with.

[l3etter 1]

2 days post op, it isn't TOO bad. A lot of IVs though, and I dread the next few days because I have another IV infusion coming up. They are so painful, and I hate needles.. I think I have swelling on the left part of my belly. It doesn't hurt but it feels like it's weighing me down a bit when I stand. And for some reason, Water tastes sour for me now. Anyone else have these types of problems?

[Bariiime 14]

Hi January 26th here! Hope all is well.