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Well I am next week, September 5th, but I will take a corner of the Well Wishes for myself. Hey hope for the best, work with the not'-the-best and make this journey your own. Step by Step into the future🌈 and may there be only sunny days ahead!

You're better off focusing on things you can control. Like a goal to stay totally on plan for 6 weeks. You may very well lose 20 or more pounds the first six weeks. But it's also possible to be completely perfect on your plan and to lose less. Focus on healthy decisions, not numbers, imho. Good luck, and I hope you lose 25!

Thank you!!! I can wrap my head around that. :)

I had a catheter during surgery, but they removed it before I was awake. My hospital got me up pretty quickly after I came to, so I would just use the restroom. This may vary depending on this like the type of surgery, the hospital, your age, mobility, etc. I am 34, had RNY, and no mobility issues going into surgery... so they got me out of bed pretty quickly. I’m a nerd and read through my surgical notes. General anesthesia does not numb your stomach. However, they did inject local anesthetic near each incision site at the end of the surgery. Post surgery you will be on some sort of pain medication. My incisions never hurt. My abdominal muscles did, though. I would describe it as quite a bit of soreness the first few days, but it is tolerable and there are pain medications if it isn’t tolerable to you.

General anesthesia does not numb your abdomen, it puts you to sleep so they can do the surgery. I had a catheter the first night after my surgery that was removed the following morning. If you do not, you will get up and use the bathroom. You may be moving slower, it may be a bit uncomfortable, but you will be able to move and walk about and will be encouraged to do so.

Hi everyone! I have Horizon NJ Health Medicaid, they required me to come to their office once a month for 3 months to participate in a medically supervised weight loss program.....i only have 2 things left to do. The sleep study and the endoscopy. My current weight is 217 ,bmi 38.5 . I have high cholesterol and excessive day time sleepiness. Does anyone know if I will qualify? I'm so anxious to know, I really so hope I qualify I have been struggling with my weight my whole life

Here's a quick video of VSG being performed. Its thoughtfully and carefully explained, enjoy!

And no, appetite is not something I'd say I'd have except once every couple of days. I more just recognize that my stomach is empty and it's time to eat something. Getting all 64oz of fluid in with all 90g of protein is still something I struggle with, probably holding my numbers back somewhat.

I highly doubt you gained 4lbs. In fact, I know you didn't. Remember, it takes 3500 calories to gain 1 lb. You can't possibly be eating enough to gain any weight at this stage. There are many things that contribute to the scale fluctuating higher throughout post op. 1. Constipation, or just poop in general 2. Liquid retention 3. For women, periods 4. Swelling from the healing process 5. Time of day that you are weighing yourself.

Hey yall Im having my first dumping syndrome , I’m 12 days post op and I ate to fast. So I’m sweating and my heart is racing and I feel so nauseous... Headache I think I was so cocky with saying everything is going smoothly with recovery and no dumping that it caught up to me. Good lord , it’s no joke when they say you can have dumping syndrome. I was hungry and i just took a bite after a bite and now I’m feeling miserable .