Well, today is the day. SURGERY DAY. It's more complicated than when I had the gastric sleeve because not only are they doing a revision from sleeve to bypass, they are removing my entire lower and mid stomach (the part that is bypassed) because that's where all my polyps develop.

It's a 2 hour surgery, and I was told I'll be in recovery for about an hour after. It's like having 2 bariatric surgeries in 1, so the recovery/healing/down time will be worse than my original surgery.

I'll be in the hospital for 2 nights, so I'll be home sometime on Friday the 30th. That sucks, and is really annoying (I hate hospitals) but I know it's necessary and will be worth it.

I can't wait to get my life back. Working out, feeling good, no more in and out of the hospital, being ME again. This has been a looooong road, but I'm finally almost at the finish line. It's gonna be awesome when I hit my weight loss goal (I'm 70 pounds away and speaking it into existence now that THIS TIME NEXT YEAR I will be at my goal weight).

So wish me luck, and I'll see ya'll on the flip side

Best of luck through everything. So happy this is finally happening for you.

Congratulations! Wishing you a safe surgery and speedy uneventful recovery ❤️

Safe surgery and recovery!

Thank you for keeping us updated. I pray all goes well!

Sending you all sorts of healing vibes !

prayers and good vibes for a great recovery!

How'd it go?

How are you doing ?

I hope everything went well and that you can go home on Friday the 30th (tomorrow as I write this) to finally sleep in your own bed. It's been a long road and I'm pulling for you!! Let us know how you are doing.

Hi everyone. Sorry it took so long to update you guys, but I've been in A LOT of pain. Took a while to get the regimen right, but now it's good. My surgery took longer than anticipated. Instead of 2 hours, it was 2 hours and 45 minutes. I spent 2 hours in recovery before coming back to my room. I go home later today, and I can't wait.

For some reason, my doctor didn't go in using the same place/scars from my sleeve. So now I have scars from my gall bladder removal in 97, scars from my sleeve in 2022, and now scars from the bypass in 2023. Definitely won't be wearing any bikinis anytime soon.

I haven't had any trouble with water or taking tiny pills. But larger pills are a no no for me. At least for right now. I've been able to get up and walk around a bit, but I have to time it right with my pain meds. I take them every 6 hours, but they seem to wear off after 5, so that last hour SUCKS.

Been dealing with a lot of dizziness, weakness, trouble keeping my balance. But my hubby has been here with me, helping me when I have to go walk, so that's been good.

I'm very excited to be on the other side of this. I'm excited to heal, start working out again, and hit my weight loss goal. No matter how much pain I'm in right now, I have ZERO regrets.

Here's my new incisions. Not sure why he didn't just go in the ones I already had from the sleeve, but whatever. I noticed my belly button is ALL messed up now

1 hour ago, SleeveToBypass2023 said:

Here's my new incisions. Not sure why he didn't just go in the ones I already had from the sleeve, but whatever. I noticed my belly button is ALL messed up now

They usually don't go through old incisions because of scar tissue from the previous cuts.

2 hours ago, LindsayT said:

They usually don't go through old incisions because of scar tissue from the previous cuts.

Ah ok, that makes sense. But I have so many scars now lol No bikinis in my future.

3 minutes ago, SleeveToBypass2023 said:

Ah ok, that makes sense. But I have so many scars now lol No bikinis in my future.

Epic stomach tattoo to cover them?

4 minutes ago, LindsayT said:

Epic stomach tattoo to cover them?

Ya know, maybe I'll do that LOL My poor belly button is all kinds of messed up, though. And my stomach kind of protrudes on one side and dimples in on the other. It's really weird. I didn't have this last time.