February 2024 Surgery Buddies?

[vintage life 3]

Feb 16th!!

[barybabe 5]

Hey surgery tween 😁

[jessicawilliams24 7]

Hi! New here!
Bypass scheduled for Feb 19!
Preop is low carb, high Protein, no sugar etc. 10 more days!!!!!

[Fluffyfluff 8]

February 12! I’m excited and terrified. Specifically I’m terrified something will get in my way of having surgery.

[NickelChip 769]

I've officially got the house to myself for the next 10 days! Since I have two kids in middle/high school and every illness known to humankind is running rampant, my parents have just picked them up and are taking them until I'm post-op. Let the self quarantine begin!

I sent all the remaining food from the fridge with them, so now there's just yogurt and milk in there. And Jello. I'm hoping to get a few organizing projects done while they're gone because it's so much easier to deep clean when no one is coming behind you to leave toothpaste blobs in the sink and drop their socks in the middle of the floor for some unknown reason. Seriously, why do they do that? I may start with cleaning the fridge shelves because now that it's empty, the grime is pretty obvious.

[NickelChip 769]

20 minutes ago, Fluffyfluff said:

February 12! I’m excited and terrified. Specifically I’m terrified something will get in my way of having surgery.

This is my fear, too! Good luck to you!

[Fluffyfluff 8]

So glad Im not the only one who feels this way. Its funny not in a humorous way that everyone has an opinion on this surgery. Just diet, work out more.... Ive done it all. Now then, I haven't told anyone Im actually going to have this surgery. I have no idea what I am going to say about not eating certain things and or losing weight. I think Im leaning toward an ulcer or hernia surgery....

Good luck to you too. Can I ask why you chose GP and not something else like a sleeve? I was told I was a better candidate for the sleeve but originally, I was leaning toward GP.

[LisaCaryl 54]

I feel like you all. Please don't let me get sick!! I have limited appointments outside the house, but I still have a couple of things I need to do, including grocery shopping for my preop diet that starts next Tuesday. I want to go out to eat while I can, but then, on the other hand, I don't. Lol! And then, what if it snows and we can't get out of here! I'm going to stop all this and turn it over to God. He's got me! Good luck to everyone!!!!!

[NickelChip 769]

5 minutes ago, Fluffyfluff said:

So glad Im not the only one who feels this way. Its funny not in a humorous way that everyone has an opinion on this surgery. Just diet, work out more.... Ive done it all. Now then, I haven't told anyone Im actually going to have this surgery. I have no idea what I am going to say about not eating certain things and or losing weight. I think Im leaning toward an ulcer or hernia surgery....

Good luck to you too. Can I ask why you chose GP and not something else like a sleeve? I was told I was a better candidate for the sleeve but originally, I was leaning toward GP.

Yeah, so I chose the RNY gp because I liked that it has a stronger metabolic impact than VSG while not being too malabsorptive like DS. Based on the risk calculator, there was a somewhat higher likelihood of addressing/resolving my hypertension and blood sugar issues, and I didn't want to risk developing GERD and requiring daily medications or a revision. I need this to be a one and done surgery if possible for financial reasons. Given that a full 20% of my surgeon's practice is revision (mostly to RNY, but they also do DS), this revision issue felt like something that is common enough with sleeve patients to give me pause. Also, my brother had the sleeve 15 years ago and while his overall weight is still well under where he began, his weight regain has been significant. I wanted the additional threat of dumping syndrome to keep me in line where sugar is concerned. And also, the more I thought about it, the more I preferred the idea of rerouting instead of removing parts of my organs.

As for not telling people, I was tempted to do that, too. But the more I thought about it, the more I decided to just own it. A lot of people out there mistakenly believe obese people can "just" eat less and exercise more to lose weight and keep it off. How many of their real life examples are people who quietly got WLS and then credited their diet and exercise for their transformations? I don't want anyone using me as an example in the future to tell some other obese person what to do.

Thankfully, I turn 50 in a few weeks and have therefore reached the age where I officially no longer give a fig about what anyone else thinks and am happy to direct naysayers to a wide selection of their own body orifices where they are welcome to stow their unsolicited opinions. Also, luckily, my close friends and family are very supportive, which helps immensely.

[NickelChip 769]

6 minutes ago, LisaCaryl said:

I feel like you all. Please don't let me get sick!! I have limited appointments outside the house, but I still have a couple of things I need to do, including grocery shopping for my preop diet that starts next Tuesday. I want to go out to eat while I can, but then, on the other hand, I don't. Lol! And then, what if it snows and we can't get out of here! I'm going to stop all this and turn it over to God. He's got me! Good luck to everyone!!!!!

Three bits of advice if you can manage it: 1. Curbside pickup for groceries 2. Takeout instead of eating in for your restaurant meals 3. Hotel close to your hospital for the night before if poor weather is at all a possibility.

For many reasons, my mom and I are staying in a hotel the night before my surgery, and Mom will stay the next night while I'm in the hospital. Traffic, early call time for surgery, snow. I live about an hour from the hospital and there is a nice Courtyard Marriott about 1 mile from the hospital on a very busy road that is sure to get plowed 24/7. Plus my mom hates night driving, especially to and from areas she doesn't know well, and she wanted to be sure she could come see me in recovery and feel safe driving by herself.

[LisaCaryl 54]

20 minutes ago, NickelChip said:

Three bits of advice if you can manage it: 1. Curbside pickup for groceries 2. Takeout instead of eating in for your restaurant meals 3. Hotel close to your hospital for the night before if poor weather is at all a possibility.

For many reasons, my mom and I are staying in a hotel the night before my surgery, and Mom will stay the next night while I'm in the hospital. Traffic, early call time for surgery, snow. I live about an hour from the hospital and there is a nice Courtyard Marriott about 1 mile from the hospital on a very busy road that is sure to get plowed 24/7. Plus my mom hates night driving, especially to and from areas she doesn't know well, and she wanted to be sure she could come see me in recovery and feel safe driving by herself.

I love those ideas! Not sure I can do curbside. Where we live, it's not widely available, but I'll look into it! Takeout is for sure an option! I like that! Sadly we can't do a hotel. We have indoor and outdoor animals here at home, and my pet sitter is going to make 2 trips here on surgery day, but can't spend that night. It's ok, as of now they are just saying rain... should be fine! My husband isn't afraid of driving in bad weather, and we have an AWD. I'm the nervous one. I even think, "What if the surgeon can't get there?" But I think the weather will be good.

[RonHall908 67]

Had my gastric bypass on the 7th. Spent one night in the hospital. The gas pain is real. From my experience it seemed more intense than others have had. I have to be on a 2 week full liquid diet before I can start the puree phase. I can only get a bite or two of Jello down before I'm done. I could only get one Protein Shake down until today. Seems like I can take in more Water than I should be able to. But, that's good. So that I can get the minimum of fluids in so I don't get dehydrated. I had glue, no staples. Overall, still sore nothing too painful just uncomfortable.

[Salh1975 0]

On 1/9/2024 at 10:04 PM, barybabe said:

Feb 16 its mine, anyone on same day in Turkey? @ clinichub?

Same day but in the Uk. Good luck happy loosing!

[Monique07 1]

I’m February 22nd! Today is day 4 of my liquid diet. I Protein Shake for lunch and Breakfast. One small grocery meal for dinner. Which is 3 oz on egg chicken or fish. 1/2 cup cooked veggies or 1 cup of raw. 1 tsp of fat. And then two miscellaneous items like sugar free Jello Soup broth popsicle. And of course lots of fluids. Day before surgery is all liquids. I’m meeting all my Protein and fluids but feel so nauseated. Anyone else feel like that ?

[Monique07 1]

I’m February 22nd! Today is day 4 of my liquid diet. I Protein Shake for lunch and breakfast. One small grocery meal for dinner. Which is 3 oz on egg chicken or fish. 1/2 cup cooked veggies or 1 cup of raw. 1 tsp of fat. And then two miscellaneous items like sugar free Jello Soup broth popsicle. And of course lots of fluids. Day before surgery is all liquids. I’m meeting all my Protein and fluids but feel so nauseated. Anyone else feel like that ?