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I had my revision surgery March 1st, went home on the 3rd and went back on the 5th thanks to a bowel obstruction. I'm one of the rare people who experience a bad reaction. We're hoping steroids and time will take away the swelling that's causing the obstruction.

Pay attention to the warning signs they tell you. My surgeon gave me a big magnet with instructions of what to do. I did just that and called the on call surgeon, who sent me to the ER and ordered a CT scan.

On the plus side, no more GERD!

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To March Surgery Buddies, well, today is my Gastric Bypass. I'm currently waiting for my best friend to take me to the hospital-have to be there at 7:30am. I'm trusting God to take care of me, but in still a little nervous. I'll let you know how everything goes, when i can. I'm at 224 lbs and am looking forward to seeing that number go down significantly and many of my aches and pains to get much better or go away completely. Please, everyone, keep me in your prayers :)

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1 hour ago, Sulynfan22 said:

To March Surgery Buddies, well, today is my Gastric Bypass. I'm currently waiting for my best friend to take me to the hospital-have to be there at 7:30am. I'm trusting God to take care of me, but in still a little nervous. I'll let you know how everything goes, when i can. I'm at 224 lbs and am looking forward to seeing that number go down significantly and many of my aches and pains to get much better or go away completely. Please, everyone, keep me in your prayers :)

Good luck to you today!

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4 hours ago, gabbykittyvsg said:

I had my revision surgery March 1st, went home on the 3rd and went back on the 5th thanks to a bowel obstruction. I'm one of the rare people who experience a bad reaction. We're hoping steroids and time will take away the swelling that's causing the obstruction.

Pay attention to the warning signs they tell you. My surgeon gave me a big magnet with instructions of what to do. I did just that and called the on call surgeon, who sent me to the ER and ordered a CT scan.

On the plus side, no more GERD!

Sent from my moto g pure using BariatricPal mobile app

Oh no! So sorry to hear about the complications!

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Well, tomorrow is the big day for me. I have a showtime of 0530. Today, I am only drinking my shakes and my Water and I am feeling good. I'm just finishing up getting the house (wasn't expecting this word to be a curse word) and span, laundry done, meals prepped for hubs, and everything ready for when I come home. Tonight we will drive to Ann Arbor and stay at the Holiday Inn so that we don't have any issues in the morning.

Let the games begin!

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On 2/24/2022 at 6:06 AM, UKKiwi said:

Hi all, I’m having the gastric sleeve done on the 14th of March! Starting my LRD on Saturday 😬

Best wishes for a smooth sail I’m a week oit and doing ok

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Day 1 of the modified liquid diet. Going to have to watch my blood sugars. I've got to see how they react to Breakfast and lunch being Protein Drinks and a low carb/high Protein dinner. Right now they were too low to need to take insulin when I'm not sure how they are going to react to the liquid meal. I'm not complaining though lol!

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7 minutes ago, LilaNicole20 said:

Well, tomorrow is the big day for me. I have a showtime of 0530. Today, I am only drinking my shakes and my Water and I am feeling good. I'm just finishing up getting the house (wasn't expecting this word to be a curse word) and span, laundry done, meals prepped for hubs, and everything ready for when I come home. Tonight we will drive to Ann Arbor and stay at the Holiday Inn so that we don't have any issues in the morning.

Let the games begin!

Good luck!

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41 minutes ago, Nifer72 said:

Day 1 of the modified liquid diet. Going to have to watch my blood sugars. I've got to see how they react to Breakfast and lunch being Protein Drinks and a low carb/high Protein dinner. Right now they were too low to need to take insulin when I'm not sure how they are going to react to the liquid meal. I'm not complaining though lol!

I started my pre-op diet today too. I don't have diabetes so I don't need to worry about my sugars going crazy so good luck. I know that can be hectic at times.

So far so good with me, but I imagine the morning and early day will be easier and the evenings will be harder. I always tend to be hungrier in the evening time and it is when I consume most of my calories.

Good luck to both of us, and anyone else on on the pre-op diet currently!

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On 03/07/2022 at 09:00, Nifer72 said:



Day 1 of the modified liquid diet. Going to have to watch my blood sugars. I've got to see how they react to Breakfast and lunch being Protein Drinks and a low carb/high Protein dinner. Right now they were too low to need to take insulin when I'm not sure how they are going to react to the liquid meal. I'm not complaining though lol!


I start my liquid diet today so far so good. I do feel a little nausea from taking my medicine and Vitamins without food but overall not hungry YET. Good luck to you all!!

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On 1/14/2022 at 11:24 AM, BeagleMom83 said:

I'm on the surgery schedule for March 1st!

I had mine on March 1st also. How are you doing?

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23 minutes ago, MelissaM52 said:

Hey all I FINALLY have a date for sleeve surgery! March 30th!

Yay!! Congratulations 🎊

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Good luck to you all who have and are having surgery today and this month.

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Good luck to everyone having surgery this week! I will be thinking about you all! 🤗

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