Big Lou

They took mine out before I came out of the operating room ,I did have a drain in place also a cath , and two ivs in my left arm .

Hang in there before long your phone will ring with good news !!

Good luck ! And congrats your going to do great !

Well I found out the hard way chew chew and chew some more ! I wasent thinking and took a bite of low fat turkey and cheese and I was reminded that I didn't chew good enough wow it felt like someone punched me in the chest ! Then It came up ! Yuck

Hope you feel better soon I'm not looking forward to dumping !!

I'm 16 days post op and feel pretty good I'm walking everyday getting my protein and water in as directed by my doc ! Life is good and the weightloss is just a bonus !! Your going to feel great !!

Number 7 ,your going to do great with your surgery

Great I'm going to try my turkey and cheese again tommorow but small bites and alot of chewing

Baby girl , did you try the egg again after that happened ?

Jdville , did you try to eat deli meat again after that ?

Thanks guys I know I'm not alone ! It's learning to eat all over again !!

Dr said to move on to stage 3 diet , back to work in two weeks . And cleared for exercise !! Finally low fat cheese and luncheon meats !allowed . Yippee !

I had my surgery at Altoona hospital , Dr Newlin .

My better half and myself just came from the Giant grocery store , we needed to get a few things and some new foods I can try , I know suck it up right ! But eating healthy food cost so much more than eating junk we got three bags of groceries for a total of $ 55.00 yikes !!!

Thanks Paul I keep reminding myself to eat slow and chew my to new partners !lol thanks for the advice

Thanks I needed to hear that , I'm having a hard time with the mental game of the surgery ! I will be two weeks on Tuesday and looking forward to moving on ! The mental stress is harder for me than the diet !

That's because some people are complete douche bags !!! I have no time for people like that !

I'm 9 days post op , getting all my fluids in and my meals also ! Haven't had any feelings of being hungry yet ,so I guess that's good ! I'm also down 14 lbs so far in 9 days ,

Just curious what does everyone use to stop the itch on your port sites , mine are so itchy !! Help

Incisions. Sites ! What did your doc do for that ?

Well I'm only 6 days post op but my own experience goes like this . The anxiety is the only bad part before surgery but ask your nurse for some meds to calm your nerves ! They work ! After surgery in the hospital room the pain was around a 3 on a scale of ten ! Morphine pump use it !! It works don't remember too much of that day other than they check vitals every two hours and glucose check too. It's not that bad the next day I didn't use the pump more than a few times . Be prepared they expect you to get up that first evening and that's rough!! As for pain at home my port sites seem to get better everyday I haven't used my pain meds at all !! You can do this !!! Keep in mind everyone is different ! Good luck ! That's my 2 cents .

I'm 4 days post op and was wandering how soon people went off meds ?

Any one get a flu shot before surgery ? Is it ok to get one ? Surgery is on the 18 th sept.

Congrats !!

Congrats keep walking that helps me I'm 4 days post op !