bethany1987

How many days postoperative should I wait before I can have sex with my handsome husband? Lol I need it!

Good luck girl!!! It's so worth it!!! You can do this!!

I just had my surgery on the 22nd. I had hardly any pain in the hospital. No nausea. I was on a morphine pump so pain wasn't an issue, thank God! Now I'm home and 2 days after surgery I can say I'm not having nearly as many issues as I expected. The gas is annoying and uncomfortable, but that's only temporary and not too big of a deal. My biggest problem is not knowing whether I can drink or not. I don't feel hungry and I don't feel full. So I'm just confused. I need to get more water and protein in but I'm not sure how much I can drink at a time. Long story short---don't worry too much!! It's not nearly as scary as it seems, and it'll all be worth it!

And I'm trying to figure out how this air is supposed to come out of me?? It's so uncomfortable! I've walked and walked and that hasn't helped. Also, I can't tell when I'm hungry or full. How do I know how much I can drink if I can't feel any of that?

okay so tomorrow is the big day for me!! I'm torn between nerves and excitement!! Send a prayer or 2 up for me, k? And good luck to everyone else having surgery tomorrow! Lets do this!!

Just want to let everyone know I'm doing great! No nausea. Very very mild pain. Thanks for all the prayers!

Hi! My name is Bethany and I am having my sleeve done on Thursday 03/22! I am so excited/nervous!! I currently weigh 263 and my goal is 150. I went last year to a seminar done by another doctor in my area and loved him---but didn't feel like his staff were very helpful. After looking at my insurance I was told that I did not qualify and then they sent me on my way with no further instruction. So after a few months my husband thought I should go to a different doctor that he had heard about so I went on to one of their siminars expecting to be told the same thing about my insurance. D. Penningtons staff were amazing!!! they helped me figure out exactly what I needed to qualify with my insurance and were able to get a pre approval for me! So noe here I am just a few days from surgery! I really would like to have someone I can talk to through all of this and so if anyone is going through the procedure close to the same time as me...let me know and we can be pen pals or something

Hey all! I'm 24 and married and me and my husband are ready to start trying for kids. When I decided to do the surgery I went back and forth on whether I wanted to try and get pregnant first or have surgery first. I decided for surgery because my weight could harm me and a baby during pregnancy. That being said---How long do I need to wait after surgery to get pregnant? I know at the very least 6 months, but after that is it fair game? Also, does the sleeve cause any additional problems when it comes to getting enough food and nutrition for your baby?

hahahahahhahahah you're such a biiiiiatch

I'm excited but it hasnt really hit me yet that this is it!!! butttttt I am so nervous abut drinking this bowel prep stuff.

what kind of insurance do you have? I have bcbs and had to do the 6 month diet. My first visit was fairly simple. I saw the doctotr, nutritionist, physical therapist, and psychologist. It was a long day of appointments but it was great to get all of the info I needed. First I saw the doctor and he explained the surgery and talked to me about the benefits of it. Then the nutritionist explained what the sizes of food would be after surgery and explained the pre op diet. then I saw the physical therapist who showed me some exercises to firm things up so that after surgery I would have less trouble with loose skin. And then the psychologist talked to me about food addiction and also about having a support system through this. If you have any other questions let me know Good luck at your visit!!

hahaha thats great!

haha that sounds like fun :\ I'm going to tell them to give me anti nausea medicine before I even wake up!!

I'm over in alabama---but I'm having my surgery on the 22nd and am promising to update my blog frequently during recovery so please feel free to go check it out and maybe get some insight or tips that I may come across while I'm recovering! Good luck!

What does NUT stand for? What anti nausea medicine and what is a leak test? haha sorry I'm clueless!! and thank you so much for the encouraging words! I need them today---I'm freaking out a bit!

I'm 24 :]

I've screwed up on the diet A LOT!! I'm 4 days out from surgery now....do I have enough time to shrink my liver if I follow it to the T now, or do I need to push back my surgery? I don't want to change my surgery date at all, but if doing the surgery with only 4 days pre op diet is going to mess up my surgery then I'd rather move it back. Anyone know what I should do?

Oh this is fun! I can't wait to... Buy fun cute cloths in colors other than black. Go hiking. Wear heels. Be confident. Be in pictures. Love my body. Not hide from old friends who only knew me when I was skinny. and zillions of other things!

That helps a lot!! I go in thursday for surgery so I'll tell them first thing that I'm scared about being nauseous! Thank you so much for the advice!!

Just want to ditch the whole lady like thing for a minute to ask a few questions that I really am freaking out about! first of all---how bad and how long is the nausea after surgery? I think of all pains in the world this would have to be my very least favorite. I can handle a lot of things like a champ, but nausea isn't one of them. I've read a lot of people had bad nausea when the pain medicine gave them a bad reaction and stuff like that, but just in general...pain medicine was fine, anestesia was good...how nauseous were you? okay, and the sweetest topic ever...poop. What is it like after surgery? Do you have to go more often or less often? I mean, my thought is that you are eating much less so it would seem you'd go a lot less, but then I've read tons of people talking about diarhea. SO...what's that all about? I am going back to work 10 days after surgery and am just super nervous about how these things will effect me then. <3

I will! Good luck!!! What time do you go in? I have to be there at 5am!

Okay I have had so much trouble with my pre-op diet so I thought maybe all of us putting together some ideas and tips to make it more manageable would be nice for all of those just starting it! For me, what I finally figured out is that chewing ice helped tons! I'm not a Water drinker at all so having to switch from my very loved diet cokes to water has been a huge challenge, but I've found that in between drinking water I'll chew ice and that for some reason helps me out! Also, I've made crystal light and put it in an ice tray and chewed that so it feels like I'm having a treat instead of just drinking boring water! Another thing I have done is using minty chapstick any time I feel like I am getting hungry. I don't want to eat if my mouth feels minty so that has worked well for me! any other tips to share?

woo hooooo! This just got me pumped lol!! my out of office message goes up tomorrow!!! yay go us!!! :)