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Hey guys. This is my first check in since surgery and today is 5days out and I feel alright today. A little tired and sore but good. The night before my surgery i could barely sleep. I cried the entire way to the hotel and that night. What if i died? I have a wonderful husband and a precious six year old daughter that i cant leave..... just because i dont want to be fat anymore. The morning of surgery i sent a text messege to my husband and told him he couldnt read it until i was in surgery. They weighed me and i was exactly 130 kilograms... (286 pounds) (i started this jouney at 304 pounds) they put me in a pre op rooom and took my vitals, inserted an iv, and pushed medicine into my iv that would stop stomach acid and a mustle relaxer that would numb the mustles in my stomach. My mouth was so dry! I have a dry mouth anyway and i guess nerves were making it worse because it was terrible! My lips were sticking to my gums it was so dry. They let me suck on a wet wash cloth just to wet my mouth. My dr came in and said they would give me something for my nerves before they took me back. My surgery ran about an hour and a half so my daughter got to sit in my lap and watch tv w me. She didnt really understand but the whole time i was playing w her hair.... rubbing her back.. because i wanted her to remember that if i died during surgery. Crazy i know... but that was my actual thought. The anestesiologist came jn and pushed some milky looking stuff in my iv and said it was time. My family left as they were wheeling me out. I watched my husband walk away... i just knew i wouldnt see him again. Once i got into the surgery room i saw my surgeon and some nurses... the room smelt weird and they were listening to sweet home alabama lol... my surgeon said hey beautiful! And i smiled...they moved a bed next to mine to move me over onto and thats the last thing i remember. I woke up in recovery pacu with a morphine pca (pain pump where u push a button to give yourself pain medicine) and the nurse said i had been there in pacu for 3 hours. They were waiting for a rokm to be cleaned for me upstairs. I know my husband and family saw me in pacu but i dont remember seeing them. They were worried that i was there for so long. Once i got into my room i heard my dad talking and instantly felt at ease. I still had my pain pump and i noticed i had a jp drain (little drain bag yhat sucks blood out of your incision) and a little internal pain pump called an on-q (this lityle ball delivered numbing medicine strait into my tummy likr every 10 minutes automaticly... it was awesome) i really didnt have much pain at all! Of course i used the crap out of my morphine lol. Its there for your pain guys! USE IT! I dont remember much of that day but i do remember being npo...until the next morning for my swallow study. That night i also remember having a reaction to the morphine and started itching like crazy. So i got benedryl thru my iv every 6 hours and that helped alot! They brought me mouth swabs that u can dip in like diluted mouth wash? They made me feel much better. That night my pca was changed every 6 hours so i was really pushing my button! Lol... but i wasnt feeling any pain! My nurses let my iv beep for an hour and that was annoying but oh well. I was walking the hall and going to the bathroom to pee i did NOT have a cathater. The next morning i had my swallow study and it was a lityle uncomfortable... the stuff u have to drink did fill my pouch and i was scared to drink it but it was cool to see my stomach and the staple line on the big screen. My test passed i had no leaks and was cleared to have Clear liquids. There was a misshap in the kitchen and it was 8 hours later before i got anything so i made my own damn broth from packets i had brought. It was going on 56 hours since i had had ANYTHING in my stomach except barriam and i was very weak. My beef broth was fantastic lol. I was instructed to take in 2 oz of clear Fluid every hour plus Water. I couldnt do this... The second night in the hospital my husband kept our daughter in the hotel and i stayed in the hospital by myself. My blood pressure got down to 90/40 and my oxygen was staying around 84% without the nasal cannula on. So if i wasnt walking and was in bed i had to wear the 02. I had to ask the nurse to retake my bp because it was low and that took hours for someone to take it. I work in a hospital... i wasnt vety pleased w my service at this one. Anyway it was retaken 3 hours later and was better. The next morning i had a big wave of nausea come over me and i went to the bathroom. It was actually gas and my first bowel movement. It was very runny and dark and omg i was sooooo glad no one was in my room because dude... that was some impressive gas lol. i was cleared to go home by my dr... we were walking the hall together and i got on the scale again and this time it said 133 kg (293 pounds... i had gained 7pounds being in the hospital) he said that was normal... i was like wtf? I havent ate in 3 days! He said it was all surgical fluid and iv fluid that floods your tissues after surgery. It would come off. I told him my urine was dark and i wasnt peeing as much as i was taking in thru the iv.. he gave me a bolus of fluid and my urine was clearer before i left. My jp was taken out as well as the internal pain pump and honestly guys it didnt hurt at all. The 3 hour ride home was ok with my pillow between my tummy and the seat belt and i took a nap. I went home with liquid tylenol 3 and chewable zofran. Ive only used the tylenol 3 times. Since being home i have to shower everyday not scrubbing my incisions but letting water run over them. There is one incision that had the jp that i have to dress and cover before my shower so it doesnt get wet. I have also noticed that i dont really get the FULL feeling in my tummy that i would like with just 4oz. And im pretty starving! But i was able to start Protein shakes today and that has helped a little. 4oz every hour. So inportant things to remember after surgery... use your pakn pump!! Walk walk walk... and if u hear something in your room that sounds like a growling bear fixing to attack... its prob your stomach. (Seriously.... me and my husband were on the couch watching tv and he said wtf was that? Lol i said its my stomach.. maybe i need to go the the bathroom and pass some gas... his exact response to me..... "babe... your gonna tear that bathroom up" lol ass Starting weight 304 Surgery date 286 Leaving hospital 2 days later 293 Home 4days after surgery 288

Your welcome love!! Im so glad my post helped you!

Lol yea i freaked lol. We talked about buriel plans... what songs i wanted played... my husband promised to bury me in new pjs lol

No i was sable to get rid of mine on the 3rd day And my swallow test was almost 24 hours later... i dont remember how i got thru the wait now that i think about it lol my mouth was sooooooo dry my tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth! but i remember mints!

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Oh honey! Im so sorry!! How awful for you! I cant believe they didnt have rails on your bed! Thats insane! I was on a barriactric floor of a huge hospital but come on every hospital bed should have rails! And did u have a pca pump? It scares me you having to take pills since our pouch opening to our intestine is so small. Im glad your feeling better honey! What a rocky rode you have had so far Keep us posted!

Hey guys! Sleeved on the 3rd here... i posted my surgery story on the foreum page.. Hope all my 3rd and 4th groopies are doing well!!

Had my surgery on the 3rd... so today is day 5..... i am not to sore actually! I am a little weak tho... i am also noticing that my pouch seems to hold more than the 4 ounces that is all it should hold. And i just dont feel full. Im discouraged

So my surgery is monday the 3rd. I cant believe this is actually happening. But im completely terrified. Im 34... i have a 6 year old...what if i die?? What if something goes wrong. What if i get to skinny and my husband isnt attracted to me anymore? Oh God... what if i have sooooo much loose skin that he isnt attracted? I have kind of the apron stomach already so i know i will have to have the pannaectomy (sp) after i loose. But i just have this mental picture of havkng so much loose skin it like hangs down to my knees. And its like flappppin away during sex and like hits me or him in the face :/ And my boobd are awesome but they sag a little now after the dear daughter breastfed. So after this they are gonna be so tube socky. I will prob be able to tie them in a knot and throw them over my shoulder as my stomach is flappin in the wind. But seriously..... i can NOT leave my precious beautiful daughter without a mother.... just because i dont want to be fat anymore! Anybody with me??

Thanks guys! Im still totally freaking out. I think i will write a letter to my daughter and husband. Im so terrified yo leave my baby :'( It will be ok it will be ok it will be ok it will be ok........ On another note.... ive lost 14 pounds on the pre op full liquid diet. Does anyone else think... hey i can just do this and loose i dont have to have surgery.... anybody else feel that way? Lol

So my surgery is monday the 3rd. I cant believe this is actually happening. But im completely terrified. Im 34... i have a 6 year old...what if i die?? What if something goes wrong. What if i get to skinny and my husband isnt attracted to me anymore? Oh God... what if i have sooooo much loose skin that he isnt attracted? I have kind of the apron stomach already so i know i will have to have the pannaectomy (sp) after i loose. But i just have this mental picture of havkng so much loose skin it like hangs down to my knees. And its like flappppin away during sex and like hits me or him in the face :/ And my boobd are awesome but they sag a little now after the dear daughter breastfed. So after this they are gonna be so tube socky. I will prob be able to tie them in a knot and throw them over my shoulder as my stomach is flappin in the wind. But seriously..... i can NOT leave my precious beautiful daughter without a mother.... just because i dont want to be fat anymore! Anybody with me??

Ok for real wtf! Your boss walked over and smelled you? I am s nurse... and work at a hospital with other nurses... my boss wouod NEVER DO THAT. Number 1 its f'n rude! I mean if u have body odor thats one thing but if u did she wouldnt have to come over and smell you. So rude and unprofessional. My heart breaks for you Buy some body spray and use it. Seriously?? Do u have an HR department? I would seriously talk to them. And stand up for yourself sweetheart! Tell your boss shes being rude. If there really was a problem there are other ways of addressijg it. Im so sorry

Feb 3rd here! Plano texas.... im freaking out. Anybody else really nervous

I would like the list please!

Yes in Plano joseph cribbins is my surgeon

I have the exact date!! Im freaking out lol how are u doing?? We should talk!

I am scheduled for Feb 3rd... in plano.... Im freakin out! Lol

I can not wait for this!! My hubby better be prepaired cause I'm gonna rock his world! Fingers crossed!!

Near Granbury tx I'm getting sleeved at Texas health Pres Plano. By Dr Cribbins. Anybody been sleeved by him or at this hospital?