Elode

Yay! Congratulations!

happy NY!

@Elode pS best feeling in the world to get it out! I felt instantly better from that day forward!

@@laurenella82 Its a tube that goes into your abdominal wall to drain out the excess fluid/blood from surgery. The tube then hangs outside your body through a incision And it has a bulb on the end (think grenade shape) the bulb collects the blood and you have to open it up and drain the blood/fluid out periodically. I was suppose to have It until my first apt (7 days) but I pulled it out after 4 days. It quit working and it was a Sunday. I wasn't about to wait until I could get an appointment. Being a nurse I called the on call Dr and he said I could either wait or take it out so I pulled the little annoying painful bastard. It's a good foot long...and weird!

@@Jill7768 It's like we're twins! Lol minus the hysterectomy!

@@laurenella82 Ugh! I asks that same question on here before my surgery and everyone said it wasn't as bad blah blah blah. So imagine how pissed I was when I Woke up in recovery and it freaking hurt! My exact words to the recovery nurse where "they all f'in lied"!! (But I used the dirty words without shame) He was like "who lied? About what?" I said they said it wasn't going to hurt! They are all liars!!! So Yes in my case the first 10-15 mins after waking up hurt! After that they got my pain under control and it didn't really hurt that bad until after I Left the hospital, the first two days weren't pleasant I remember telling my husband I'd rather have a c-section (I've already had 3) I called my surgeon on day 3 and told him I was hurting and the pain meds Weren't doing sh*t so he prescribed me a stronger narcotic and after that I was A-ok!! Now with that being said I also had a crappy JP drain that added to my misery. I didn't have any gas Pain or any of that junk thank goodness! So for me it wasn't a walk in the park BUT you could be completely different, some people don't even remember the recovery room at all. The Good thing is I'm over two months post op and I don't even think about unless asked and I Wont lie, mainly because I don't want people cusing me in the recovery room lol! I would do it all again though the few days of pain are well worth it. You may have a painless easy recovery it all varies! So don't let me freak you out!

@@OKCPirate Oh that sounds lovely! Thanks for sharing!

@Dragonsfairy@downsizingdiva Congratulations to you both!

@@Seela Congratulations! Happy New Year!

@@strawberryshortcake2014 You should wait until your surgeon or nutritionist advances you! Your blessed to be able to drink so well. Congrats!

I drink premier protein and I take "natures best"'adult pineapple chewable multivitamins with minerals (from the vitacost online) calcium with vit D, two biotin, super vitamin B complex and vitamin B-12 sublingual dots! I have perfect labs thus far!@@lucy0911

It could very well be incision pain and it can be pretty deep depending on how thick you are. If you are concerned it could be something more then don't hesitate to call your DR. I myself can't tell you anything without an exam. @@Desi1977

I'm not a vet BUT I use mine almost everyday.@@downsizingdiva

@@brokenangel84 Oh well then maybe I should just stay out of the ladies room! I don't have enough time to type up all the fascinating questions I would have. I would want to know all the who, what, when ,and where's!

@@BLERDgirl You're welcome! It was my pleasure!

@@Rovobay Yes 1400! It's almost become a Sick obsession! This IS my new hobby! Thats 1400 times my hands where to busy to shove food into my face! Boom winning!

@@lilyrose245 I had to see my primary Dr first and be referred to the bariatric surgeon.

@@SuperDave Ummm in 1 hour increments! I don't know what this surgery has done to me but I just don't sleep. It has had the opposite effect on me than most. I have no hunger sensation and I'm not tired! Must be all the vitamins. Heck I don't even use any caffeine any more. I wonder if the "stash" company is messing with me and making my "Decaf" chai tea really extra caffeinated or something? Either way the energizer bunny ain't got sh** on me! Hello!

@@SuperDave Can you tell@@Justoperated How to get to the men's room? I can only seem to get there by default!

You're welcome! The picture thing I had to do from safari on my iPad regular Google internet wouldn't let me do it..@@ALBayGirl

@@brokenangel84 Lol! That's what I was thinking! We know all the answers so why can't we help out?! ; )-

Good luck on your venture!

@ I'm a gym-a-phobic too. But I'm going to suck it up!

@@SuperDave Funny! Good luck trying to figure us out! I didn't even know there was a lady's room! This site should come with a manual! Who knows I probably posted in There to and didn't know it. I'm all over the place apparently!

Mine was a 3 month requirement process and then it only took about 1 week for approval after they submitted to my insurance after that My surgery was scheduled for 3 weeks...could have been two but I pushed it back a week due to college obligation. I meet with my actual surgeon the first office visit and then a week before surgery. Yes, it's all going to vary depending on circumstances.