Hi! My surgery will be July 12th (2023). Anyone else scheduled to change your life in July?

July 10th I’m so nervous

Hey everyone, newbie here! Currently sat in hospital waiting for my surgery!!!

Good Luck all!!!

Just remember you worked hard to get this far. No matter how uncomfortable you might be for the next few days the most stressful part is behind you.

Just remember you worked hard to get this far. No matter how uncomfortable you might be for the next few days the most stressful part is behind you.

Hi All.

I'm scheduled for gastric bypass revision surgery on 7/24/23. I originally had gastric bypass 12/12/2012. Today is the first day of my liquid diet. I'm looking forward to hopefully connecting with some of you who are also having surgery this month! Cheers to new beginnings

Scheduled for July 31st!

I’m so nervous, it’s going to by my first ever surgery. Took me 9 months to get approved

Edited July 13, 20233 yr by Anatde

Had mines on July 10th

Hey everybody, had my surgery on Tues the 11th and came home yesterday. Getting the fluids down is tough and the gas pain is worse lol! Any suggestions besides the walking and gas x chewables?! How long before this gas goes away lol!?

@deepdarkgreen Prayers up and good vibes!!! Had my surgery on Tues the 11th and came home yesterday! You got this!!!

Hope everyone is doing ok. Came home today, now the journey starts!!

Mine was yesterday too

Ugh so at work on Day 2 of pre-op diet. I had some shredded red cabbage with lemon juice and a small packet of salt, a diet peach snapple, and 2 shakes so far. Also a decaf iced coffee with almond milk and fake sweetener.

I feel like.... I have a flu. But it is day 1.5. I should not have the "keto flu" already and wonder if it is just my anxiety poking me and making little things turn into stressful things which trigger my migraines and pain.

When I did my OG sleeve in 2018, I was off from work during this 2 week preop. Going to work while doing this is so much extra. Thankfully I am now in an office vs field job but still.

My SADI-S is the 26th and all I can think about is I want food, soup, hearty. Choking down cabbage and lemon (which I do actually like!) makes me gag.

That’ was yesterday for you, hope you have a great recovery

Second day out of surgery. Sheesh!

Had the surgery Wednesday about 11am. Woke up with terrible lower back pain in my bed in my own private room, so lucky!

I’m in Australia btw, so it’s winter here and I had lots of nice blankets.

The nurses were angels. I was quite zonked on the anaesthetic and they were so lovely & kind. I feel asleep and kept waking up as they did obs, and let my paracetamol topped up.

My tummy as very tender, and it was a bit painful to get a comfortable position with my back being sore, but it calmed down and I was ok physically. Mentally I was having lots of daydreams and dreams about things and possibly hallucinating! I wish I could remember what they were about but I do remember laughing out loud a few times!

At about 6pm I was with it enough to properly open my eyes and be conscious enough to go to the toilet with the help of the nurse. She had to unplug my arms and legs from the wrap around things that massaged them to encourage blood flow (I kept thinking that my dog had jumped up and was snuggling up against me!).

I rolled up into a sitting position with a bit of pain and rolled the IV pole to the toilet and she left the room for some privacy. Managed to pee ok and make it back to bed. She came back and plugged me back into my machines.

I went to pee a few more times and it was just pee.

I managed to text my friends and family and start taking sips of water from a straw. I just dozed in and out of consciousness quite pleasantly. Wasn’t in much discomfort or anything. Was happy that it was over and I had a nice bed to be looked after in.

My surgeon popped in around 6am to check in on me and tell me how wonderfully it all went. He also said that my liver was quite fatty, so we did this just in time, which was a bit scary but great to know that I’ve done the right thing!

Around daybreak I had some endone for the tummy pain, and kept napping.

At about 10am I had some clear chicken broth, some hot tea with rice milk and some chocolate protein milk for breakfast, not too much but I did my duty! The feeing of anything going down is very strange, and not too pleasant if it’s more than I sip, so that took a while.

I got my final paperwork and directions and popped on my comfy clothes and went downstairs to get my Uber home at midday.

I felt a bit woozy and a touch nauseous in the car but made it ok!

Last night I was doing ok but then I woke up with the dreaded shoulder pain! So sad, I was hoping I’d skip that! Anyway, I’ve embraced the endone (was not wanting to take much, as I hate it, but it really is necessary for this pain) and keep swapping out ice packs.

Keeping up the shakes and the protein powder water ok so far. Have absolutely no hunger but I’m a good patient and I don’t want to get dehydrated or lose my hair! I’ll just do the best I can.

I did get quite grumpy and a bit sad for myself, but I reflected on my situation, and all the drugs my body is on, plus the stress it’s been subjected to and I talk myself to calmness.

Managed to keep up my pooing which is great, but BOY OH BOY it’s not something I’ve ever smelt before! Prepare yourself!

I’ll let you know how I go.