Tiggy

Ohmygosh, HUGE victory - I just called the hotel where I'll be staying for my trip, and not only are they willing to accept a delivery of groceries for me a day before I get there (local grocery stores don't deliver on weekends, and I'm arriving on a Saturday), but the hotel is also willing to accept grocery deliveries mid-week (for replenishment), so I won't have to miss any of my beading classes! SO grateful, this will make trip planning a zillion times easier. I'm glad I called to find that out as well, rather than trying to suck it up and go grocery shopping after a day of traveling. Shout out to Hilton for being so accomodating! I'm making this happen, darnit!

4/2/13. Loving it so far! Try #2 - much bigger support system, much more maturity, and so far a really good outlook. And doing everything I can to make sure those things all stay in place!

After ascertaining that I did indeed wake up from surgery, the first and next 30 questions out of my mouth were "were they able to complete it?" Thank goodness the answer was a consistent yes! Loving my RNY so far. No problems with my band, but no successes either after the initial weight loss (which I subsequently regained and then some.) Just never had enough restriction, except when inflamed by being sick...

Thanks SO much! I just ordered a variety pack of syntrax nectar singles after reading your post. That will come in SO handy when trying to deal with TSA in case they make me throw away my isopure (despite me planning on having a doctor's note to try to help my cause). Gotta love back-up plans! :)

It's hard to tell - took me about a week to get down to the weight I was when I entered the hospital. I have not yet begun vigorous walking, still on casual walking but for longer distances (e.g. 3000+ steps yesterday).

When I got home from surgery, I'd "gained" 9 lbs - all from fluid they'd pumped into me during my stay. Fortunately, my doc's office had warned me about it, but it still wasn't fun having to "re-lose" the weight I'd worked so hard to lose via my pre-op liquid diet. The excess fluid did come off, it just took its sweet ole time in doing so.

Congrats re: your daughter! I'm going to be away for 9 days at 2 months out. I'm going to be working with my nutritionist to figure out what to bring with and what I'll need to buy at a local-to-my-hotel grocery store while I'm gone. It's going to be a lot of work, but I wouldn't miss my trip for the world!

I have this - it's getting better with time. Apparently it's related to our bodies disagreeing with the operating room table. I've been off daytime pain meds for some time now, but still am under doc's orders to take something when I go to sleep, and then pop a tylenol upon first waking afterwards. I had the worst insomnia before we figured that out. Now I've gotten into a routine of sleeping until my pain meds wear off, be up for about an hour to an hour and a half while waiting for the tylenol to kick in, and then sleeping through till morning afterwards. Way the heck better than being up every hour or two due to pain!

No regrets, if you weren't ready, you weren't ready! Sounds like you are now. I'll look forward to meeting you. Let's support each other through this! I too live in MG county.

Dr. Long did my band to bypass conversion. He's awesome, as is Brian Wallace (nurse practitioner). I had a really positive experience at Sibley - the nurses were very helpful and very patient, very on top of things. Hope to see you at one of the support group meetings! I went to my first one this past Thursday.

Day 19 over here and still minor pain during the day after walking a bit more than I was used to, plus nighttime pain (currently being managed by a single dose of oxy at bedtime + a tylenol when I wake up after the oxy wears off after 4 hours). It's getting better, it's just taking me longer than most. I can live with that, so long as I know that each day is better than the last.

I live in MD, a teeny bit NW of DC. I had my surgery on 4/2/13. Would love to get to know some other locals who are going through this process!

I struggled a lot with pain after surgery (12 days on pain meds, not like they helped that much), and still am having trouble sleeping through the night. My docs are attributing it to time on the operating table having reaked havok on my hips. They even put me back on a once-a-night dose of oxy to try and get me to sleep through the night, vs. waking up in agony. It hasn't been working so far. Frustrating!! Still, I have no regrets, just wouldn't mind one bit if my body decided to heal a teensy bit faster.

In a heartbeat, yes. It's been a roughish road for me - no complications, but a lot (a LOT) of pain, but my diabetes is officially in remission (no diabetes meds since the day of the surgery!), and that alone makes it worth it.