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On 10/22/2022 at 4:46 AM, Snetsky said:

Mine is on the 24th so not far off!

Awesome! Good luck tomorrow. :D

I passed my covid test!

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Surgery tomorrow. Mostly feeling calm, but occasionally get these bursts of panics thinking about how this is for life (getting a RNY so non-reversible). Any words of encouragement would be hugely appreciated right about now.

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On 10/22/2022 at 4:46 AM, Snetsky said:

Mine is on the 24th so not far off!

Hi Snetsky! Mine is on the 24th as well. Best of luck to you and to all us surgery buddies scheduled on the last week of October week 🙂

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10 hours ago, Snetsky said:

Surgery tomorrow. Mostly feeling calm, but occasionally get these bursts of panics thinking about how this is for life (getting a RNY so non-reversible). Any words of encouragement would be hugely appreciated right about now.

You will be fine - deep breaths! Best advice I got was to remember that excitement can sometimes be mistaken for fear. In my case that was absolutely (partly) true! It's hard, it's the unknown, but now finally being on the other side of things it feels... familiar in some ways. I had a lot of anticipation anxiety.

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On 10/23/2022 at 14:31, rparker3313 said:






Hi Snetsky! Mine is on the 24th as well. Best of luck to you and to all us surgery buddies scheduled on the last week of October week 🙂


Good luck today!

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I had my sleeve on 10/10/22 two weeks ago today. Surgery went well, just struggling to get my full Water intake and Protein. Not doing very good with it, seems like there isn’t enough time in the day to have it all, and going off shakes 🙈 anyone else having this problem? I’m 5’2, and was 13 stone 8lb before. So far lost 1 stone 4lb. Todays first day of purée just unsure how to fit all of this food in and have enough protein and water 🙈 any suggestions welcome 🙂

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On 10/22/2022 at 11:30 AM, Jeanniebug said:

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that things have gotten worse for you! Perhaps you can call your surgeon's office? Mine has on-call staff who can help. Maybe they can order something else for you. I hate to say it, but you may need a nausea suppository. :( I would totally call them though. You need to get the vomiting under control. Hugs!

Thank you for your never-ending kindness, your replies have made it easier to get through this past weekend! I ended up calling the on call number and once a nurse called back after hearing what I was going through, I ended having to go to the ER. They gave me a bunch of fluids and a few medications through IV in the ER and I was there all day into the evening. They did a scan on me to make sure I didn't have a stricture and that came back clear. They sent me home and said if I was still struggling to keep stuff down I'd have to come back the next day to the ER to get more fluids and then my doctor would be in on Monday. They also sent me home with the nausea suppositories you mentioned and it has made a world of difference - no clue why the oral Zofran or the nausea patch didn't work at all for me.

I'm happy to report things have looked up for me since my ER visit, I only dry heaved once while in the ER and it was when they administered the pain med (dilaudid or however you spell it). So because of that, I have literally been on zilch for pain meds since I was discharged from the hospital because I get nervous about dry heaving again - so I've been just existing with lots of pain, RIP. I started eating Tomato Soup with skim milk and that has helped my hunger and getting through the day. Here's hoping the incision pain gets better over time. I hope you're doing well!

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30 minutes ago, rhaenyra said:

Thank you for your never-ending kindness, your replies have made it easier to get through this past weekend! I ended up calling the on call number and once a nurse called back after hearing what I was going through, I ended having to go to the ER. They gave me a bunch of fluids and a few medications through IV in the ER and I was there all day into the evening. They did a scan on me to make sure I didn't have a stricture and that came back clear. They sent me home and said if I was still struggling to keep stuff down I'd have to come back the next day to the ER to get more fluids and then my doctor would be in on Monday. They also sent me home with the nausea suppositories you mentioned and it has made a world of difference - no clue why the oral Zofran or the nausea patch didn't work at all for me.

I'm happy to report things have looked up for me since my ER visit, I only dry heaved once while in the ER and it was when they administered the pain med (dilaudid or however you spell it). So because of that, I have literally been on zilch for pain meds since I was discharged from the hospital because I get nervous about dry heaving again - so I've been just existing with lots of pain, RIP. I started eating Tomato Soup with skim milk and that has helped my hunger and getting through the day. Here's hoping the incision pain gets better over time. I hope you're doing well!

I'm so glad to hear that you're doing better! But so sorry you haven't been able to take any pain meds. Have you tried liquid Tylenol? Maybe just take a little sip and see how it sits? I've heard that a heating pad helps with the pain. I tried one, but it was defective and kept shutting itself off after two minutes.

I'm on the mend. Still having a good deal of pain, but it's definitely getting better. I hate taking narcotics, so the liquid Tylenol is saving me, right now. Thanks be to God, I haven't had any problems getting my fluids or Protein in. :)

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Surgery is on Oct 31st! My surgeon said she'll dress up as a surgeon and I can dress as a patient - lol :)

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4 hours ago, rosieisready said:

Surgery is on Oct 31st! My surgeon said she'll dress up as a surgeon and I can dress as a patient - lol :)

Yay!

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On 10/23/2022 at 14:31, rparker3313 said:






Hi Snetsky! Mine is on the 24th as well. Best of luck to you and to all us surgery buddies scheduled on the last week of October week 🙂


Hope your surgery went well!

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1 hour ago, jareed5014 said:

New here but had VSG on 10/19 😊

Welcome!

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On 10/23/2022 at 11:58 PM, Snetsky said:

Good luck today!

We ran into a snag on Monday morning. The AC at the surgery center had broken overnight. It was fixed. but they were waiting for the humidity to down in the operating room.

They ended up postponing every one to Tuesday, so we stayed San Antonio one more night and my surgery was yesterday.

I'm in alot of pain. The Tylenol 3 isn't cutting it Hope they call me today to check up on me and I can ask for something. Last night, I was able to keep Water and gatoraide down, but this morning, I can't keep anything down. Hoping Day 2 is the worst!.

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