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I barely remember waking up. They gave me and antianxiety drug, which apparently is pretty standard here with surgery. Next thing I know, I was waking up in recovery. It was weird, I don't even remember seeing the operating room or surgeon... They give you lots of pain medicine when you wake up, I was scared. I thought it would hurt but it didn't, I slept a lot the first two days! I would say, the worst part was having to drink the medicine. It tasted bitter. That was about my worst part. I felt like a child not wanting to take it!

Oh and ps... I was about your height but weighed a little more than you. I know how you feel, everyone kept saying, your not even that big. But with the way I was going, the doctor said I would be in there 10 years from now but probably with diabetes and high blood pressure. And the one thing everyone always said was, they wish they had done it sooner so they could have really started living their life!

Oh and I brought yoga pants that we're loose on my stomach to go home in. I wish you the best! And no worries, everything will go so fast, they gave me an antianxiety med at the hospital before surgery and next thing I know I'm waking up in recovery!

I'm sorry. I saw Dr. Ali and thought you were in Nor Cal... I'm in the Sacramento area. Bummer, I was kinda excited to find someone with the same Dr. No wonder you have such a long pre-op diet. You'll do fine! They pretty much have everything at the hospital, they just said bring slippers, a robe, lol and chap stick... Now I understood the first two but not the last... Until after the surgery! My lips were so dry, I had to ask the nurse for Vaseline until my mom came with some!

I had my surgery on Nov. 6th with Dr. Ali. I too was really nervous. I met Dr. Carr on my first visit and Dr. Ali at my pre-op. As soon as he came in I just wanted to hug him. My surgery went great, I was too excited the night before my surgery and didn't sleep much. I had two days of Clear liquids as a pre-op diet. Thank god no cleaning of the colon...just liquids to drink. I thought I would never last but surprisingly I only got hungry once. With all the nerves and excitement you don't get hungry. I went to UCDMC at 6am, had surgery at 8, surgery was done at 10am and I slept 12hrs in recovery! Lol, it was only suppose to be 2hrs. So I was good, they made sure I never felt any pain and I did stay a week but because I wouldn't drink enough and it was a holiday weekend. He didn't want me going to er. Home life has been good, just an adjustment. I am getting tired of the foods but I'm just sticking to it because the Dr.s words were, if I follow the rules then I will have the best outcome. I've lost 22 lbs so far but everyone says it looks like more! I just can't wait till 2months. That's when you can have more varieties but for now my day is full of chobani Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, minced turkey or chicken, applesauce and sugar free popsicles. Oh and I feel like my eye balls are floating in all this Water I have to drink!!! The support groups are at the cypress building, also where your apts. are.

Hi, I'm 3wks out and had my surgery with Dr. Ali. I loved him and Dr. Carr. Both are amazing and compassionate people! You come to the support group on the third Tuesday of every month. It helped me a lot, I visited the support group a few times before my surgery and even made it a point to go two weeks post op. It gives you a chance to ask lots of questions!

John Muir has a support group in Walnut Creek!

Hi, I'm new to the site, just 3wks post-op, and in Sac area. I did lots of research and felt very comfortable at UCDavis Med Center with Dr. Ali. UCDMC is gold standard in these surgeries and have fellows, which mean they train other surgeons to become bariatric surgeons! I was very nervous, but the bariatric clinic has so much support from step one. I ended up visiting the support group at the clinic a few times before surgery. Maybe you should visit the support groups before making a decision.