BonitaChica

Still have my gallbladder and have never had any problems with it.

Hi All, I've begun to experience sharp pains on the right side under my rib cage. It feels similar to what one would experience after running. Is this still the gas? Thanks!

Hi Everyone, Thank you so much for the encouragement and well wishes. They really mean a lot to me! Surgery went really well and I only ended up with one incision site. I am horrible with anesthesia and pain meds though so the rest of the day was pretty awful. I couldn't keep my sips down so that was pretty rough on the new tummy. The nursing staff was great and the Dr. was was very encouraging though so I made it through to day two. I am doing much better today and the nausea has largely subsided although now I have intermittent hiccups. Ouchy! Why can't I just be normal and pass gas?! Who would have ever thought I'd be praying to let a few rip. I just know I'd be so much more comfortable afterward. I'm pretty mobile (in a careful not to pull my incision sort of way) so I am hoping the walking will help. The Dr. let me decide if I wanted to stay a second night in the hospital and I opted to come home. I'd already blown 3 IVs so my arms above anything else were begging to be set free. Now I've just got to sip sip sip to stay hydrated! I'll keep posting away in the meantime. Thanks for listening!

I am a smaller patient, although still considered obese, and will be getting the sleeve on March 4. I have fibro which makes it very hard for me to lose weight which further aggravates the fibro and has caused sleep apnea. My fibro dr and the bariatric surgeon both think that wls will greatly improve my quality of life by helping me to reduce weight and potentially eliminate the sleep apnea and dimenish a lot of my fibro symptoms. They both cautioned against the band as a fibro patient b/c they didn't know how my body would react to a longterm foreign substance in my body. They also thought they the fills could lead to flare-ups. Their thinking is that with the sleeve once I'm healed and regulated that's basically all the adjusting my body will do. One flair as opposed to a series of flares. Just my opinion and those of my doctors though. :thumbup: