nikki3

So excited & scared @ the same time. Gotta b @ the hospital @ 5:30 first one so excited. Its finally gonna happen

I guys the surgery went great been home since thursday evening. trying 2 get down this fluid & protein shakes it was hard trying 2 swallow. Not in alot of pain like it was wed after surgery. Just gonna take it easy. taking my kids out today my oldest deserve it

1st thing for me playing with my kids & not b tired.

Last night was tough depending on my 13 yr old 2 help me with my other 2 kids. Im glad she understands that its for the better.

I had mines tuesday the drinking part is hard

Im @ the hospital 2 prayers for u see u on the other side

My date is tomorrow as well and I have to be at the hospital at the same time as you. Good Luck to you tomorrow.... same 2 u hope eveything goes Good see u on the other side

Im getting sleeve tuesday also. I gotta call tomorrow 2 see what time i have 2 be there

Thank you so much im gonna take what u said & do it i know i can. When u have people put u down it made feel as what i come so far of doing it still dont mean nothing

surgery is tuesday &my liquid diet as not been all liquid. I lost 45lbs up til now. Went to my pretest & gain a lb. i go all day with the liquid diet until it time 2 fix my kids dinner. The smell just make me what to eat. Im sooo scared if i came this far & cant get my surgery. I dont know what i'll do ????????????????

Went & got my pretest done. nomore test for me. Next tuesday is my surgery cant wait. Still cant believe i made it this far looking forward to my new life

Awww congratulations 2 u both.

@ & @@Valentina thank yall so much

Im with u its been very hard for me. This last week im stick 2 it if it kills me. We can do it. Why our name is nikki

What is the best protein podwer & what 2 use. I been drinking ready made shakes. But they cost alot plz help thank you in advance

Does anybody have upmc for you & how long does it takes for an approval.

I stayed very tired on the pre op diet. I also had muscle twitches and spasms and I found Powerade ZERO to be very helpful with all the water I drank, too. Thats how i feel tired body hurt. try 2 excersise but i get dizzy real fast

Yes & u do the same

Today i started my liquid diet & i must say it was hard but i did it. 2 Weeks from 2day a new me will b born ????????????

Yes Water & Protein Shakes was good the broth not 2 much Lol. & Yes the 16 is my day Thank you

Johnstown pa surgery on the 16th

Awww congrats glad everything went well with you

The last couple of days i havent been eating. Idk y. Crazy part is my 2 week liquid diet start tomorrow. Did any one else go thru this

Nikki I was the first one to have surgery on Tuesday. The not being able to drink anything for over 13 hours was really getting to me but I managed to get through the time. They might have taken me earlier but they had some trouble with the EKG equipment registering and had to change the pads and the lines twice. I was very cold but they put blamkets and a heating hose under the blankets. I remember being wheeled into the operating room at 1 pm. Saw all the nurses in there, must have been at least 6 to 8 of them. Then I was out. Didn't even have to count backwards. My room mate was able to keep track of my where abouts with a display the hospital has set up for each patient. He told me surgery was 2 hours as I had the diseased gallbladder removed, hernia repaired and the sleeve. My roommate told me I was in recovery for 3 hours and that at one point he came into recovery to see me. I had no recollection of any of that. I was in a lot of pain and had 30 mg of Dilaudid in the recovery room. At one point the lower number on my blood pressure read 38. I had a lot of pain under my left breast and in my left shoulder. I was very nauseous and had a lot of dry heaving. I also had a urine catheter in me which I didn't know until Wednesday morning when they took it out. Within an hour of that coming out I had to use the bathroom. My legs had compression stocking, yellow canvas wraps that had a pressure hose attached and also nonskid slippers. I hate anything on my toes and when they got me up they rolled back the toe part of the compression stockings. They had to help me out of bed as I have mobility issues. I use my rollator to get to the toilet. Once down I didn't have enough strength to get back up so a PT person came with a shoulder belt ad three people lifted me up. They helped me back to bed. The Dr came in and said I was ready for home. The nurses and I disagreed and I stayed another day. Was not able to drink anything but Water on Tuesday. Wednesday evening I was still getting the strong meds and was able to keep down some Jello for dinner. Early Thursday they switched me to an IV of liquid Tylenol. At one point during the early morning I again had to have help to get to the bathroom but this time I was able to get up off the toilet. I couldn't eat any soup of jello as I didn't want to be sick during the 45 minute ride home. Today Sunday is the first day that I am finally beginning to feel good again and was able to drink some Protein soup this morning and have been surfing the website. Each person experience will be different so please don't think this is how it will go for you.I had and still do not have any regrets for doing this and I have no hunger at all. I do have to take my injections so I don't get blood clots but once they showed me how to do it and I did it twice in the hospital I was good doing it. I see the Dr again on Wednesday for a follow up. Since Tuesday I have lost 7 pounds and know by the time I will be ready to return to work I wlil be under 300 pounds for the first time in maybe 30 years. thank you this was helpful i was getting scared until you assured me everyone is different. Im glad that you doing better