gixxergirl

I believe you are up first for today! You will do great! I will be praying for you. I think if we weren't second guessing, we wouldn't be taken this process seriously. I thought I would be more nervous than I am but I believe the peace of God is making things better. I amTrusting in him for you and me as today's events take place. Good luck and God Bless you!

Well today is the day. cant sleep so im up packing and praying and chatting here and there. My prayers are with everyone that will cross the pastures to greener grass tomorrow. Nerves are piling high tonight!
Well today is the day. cant sleep so im up packing and praying and chatting here and there. My prayers are with everyone that will cross the pastures to greener grass tomorrow. Nerves are piling high tonight!

Dont be surprised if you wake and one is missing. The polish interferes with the oxygen monitor.

They did not tell me anything about polish nail or otherwise. I was at the hospital getting blood types for my surgery in the morning and they said nothing about my fingers or toes. My fingers are pretty obvious.

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I am so excited for you. My surgery is scheduled on 4/30/14. I am so nervous!!!!!

I know!!!! I pray that tomorrow is better.... It has to be!!!

Well this is it....I'm about T minus 12 hours before arriving at the hospital. So much to do tonight that I couldn't get to as I was trying to rest to fight off this cold. Silly question....I know they say no nail polish. Does that include toes to?

Hi ladies! I live in Huntersville, just on the North side of Charlotte. I was banded on 4/23, so still figuring it all out.
I would be really interested in getting a group going, meet up periodically and just be a real life support system.
Anyone else interested?

I work in Charlotte and live in Clover, SC. Had my RNY 10/15/13. I've lost 105 lbs since 10/1/13, the beginning of my 2 week liquid diet prior to surgery. My surgeon is Dr. Keith Gersin with Carolina's Weight Management in Charlotte, part of the CMC hospital network. I haven't had any medical issues since surgery and I am so happy I did this.
Good luck to you, Tina and Kimberly.

Hello, I'm Kimberly. My surgery is scheduled for April 21st and I'm committing myself to becoming very successful afterwards. I would love the opportunity to meet people willing to take this journey with me. I'm a healthcare professional and I work 1st shift. I'm available evenings and weekends.

So where are my 28th siblings? We have just 2 days left. My procedure is at 1 so this time Monday I will be in surgery. Praying for a easy, uncomplicated surgery for everyone & definitely a speedy recovery.

Thanks. Everything went well. Good luck to you.

Just got my surgery time. I have to be there at 5:30am. I'm the first surgery case scheduled for 7:30am on Monday. Wowzers......

I can't have milk products until week 2.

Beneprotein is unflavored and can be added to anything. I add it to my broth. Just make sure it's cooler than 140 degrees.
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Also Isopure has like 40g of Protein and is thinner than New whey. I thought it was gross preop but I like it OK now. It's at GNC and the Vitamin Shoppe.

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Two more days for me

Markricks
I am 11 months post-op on gastric bypass RNY. Although I have not been tested for sleep apnea, I was snoring so loud that it kept my wife awake. This condition went on for over 4 years before surgery. The specialist that examined me thought I had sleep apnea. After surgery this condition has gone into remission around 2 weeks after the operation. I sleep so quiet now that my wife wakes up in the middle of the night and snuggles up to me to see if I am still breathing. I sleep so quietly she thinks I am dead.
I also was bothered by acid reflux for around a year before the surgery. This problem went away also. But I don't know if this is a fair tests. To protect my stomach and help in the healing process, I have been routinely prescribed by my surgeon with Omeprazole for the first year after surgery, which is the same thing as Prilosec. Since Prilosec treats heartburn and reflux, I would say it is too soon to tell long term. I should be off the Omeprazole in about a month, then I will know for sure.

hey guys!
I also had surgery April 21st. the first day was wretched, but things are looking up. I'm able to drink, and today I had really runny potato Soup with Unjury chicken flavored powder mixed in. It was really good.
I'm determined to take the healing process one day at a time and focus on getting my liquids first, then Proteins.< /p>

At my preop appt they told me to take my blood pressure meds with a sip of Water the day of surgery. I ignored that and am so glad I did. I ignored it because I know it's easier to bring high BP down then to raise low BP up. My BP coming out of surgery was 85/47. I normally run 130/90 ish. Before I was discharged my BP was 110/69. The doctor told me not to take the BP meds again.

I felt that way yesterday gixxergirl. Today is a little better. liquid Tylenol 3 is nasty. Have to take nausea medication just to get it down. Will be glad when I can just take a pill. My little shitzpoo is stressing coz she can't sit on my lap. Maybe in a few more days.

Hey guys! My name is Erica. I was sleeved on Monday, too. I can't believe it's done and I'm back home already.
Here's my story: I have PCOS and have steadily gained weight since I had my first period in the 3rd grade. Everyone just figured at some point I would lose the weight but none of my docs ever recognized the PCOS. Then, about 7 years ago I had an episode where my vision doubled and the right side of my face went numb. Docs didn't know what it was and kept prescribing different things and bed rest. Finally, vision returned and so did the feeling. Everyone thought it was a nervous breakdown. That was the first time I hit over 300. I lost some weight after that on Atkins and working out but PCOS messes with your hormones and makes it very hard to lose. So, I never got out of the 290s. Lo and behold, 3 years ago I had another instance with my right eye. Except this time, I went blind. I couldn't see out of that eye and it was very painful. I went to see a neurologist who ordered a ton of scans and discovered I have Multiple Sclerosis. Well, I was definitely relieved to know what was going on but in the midst of discovering this, she also found a tumor on my kidney. I had to have it removed right away because it was malignant. I was on bed rest again after the surgery for 6 weeks and ballooned to about 340. I've kinda been stuck here for a while now.
I decided to have the sleeve for my health. I need to be able to have medical scans when necessary, I need to be able to just live. Since I started pre-op, I lost about 20 lbs. of course, I did three weeks preop vs two. Im trying not to weigh myself again until my follow up visit with my doc on the 14th. Besides, after the surgery, we are still swollen and carrying gas for a while so I don't want to weigh that.
My surgery went well. I had energy, I was walking, it was great. The gas pains were a bitch the first night but the walking did help. Now that I'm home I am freaking exhausted. Probably also had to do with the lack of sleep you get at a hospital and my MS but oh my gosh, I can hardly keep my eyes open today.
Thanks for having me on the losers bench with you guys. We have an incredible journey ahead of us and I'm rooting for all of you!

I didn't hurt much yesterday but I overdid it today and am hurting now. My sleep apnea kept me here. Or at 68 and BP just made it over 100/60. I hope everyone else is doing good.

Im home as well. Feels good to be back in my own bed. Not in too much pain. Im glad of that. Just trying to get my sips in

I'm waiting to be discharged now. I'm in minimal pain. Yesterday was a bad day but I did it to myself.
I'm waiting to be discharged now. I'm in minimal pain. Yesterday was a bad day but I did it to myself.

It seems like all of us this week did awesome! Im proud of us ladies! Cant wait to hear more about our journeys to come.