DeannW1114

What was your recovery like post op? How long were you in the hospital and how did you feel?I'm getting the sleeve on Sept 9 with Dr Oldham!! Hey Megan! Dr Oldham is awesome, congrats on getting your date for surgery! I was in the hospital for one night after surgery. I also had a hiatal hernia repair during surgery so I think my pain was slightly more. But it wasn't unbearable. It was more discomfort from the gas and not being able to sit up on my own comfortably for the first few days or so. The biggest thing I struggled with was getting in my liquids, stay on top of that! You don't want to get dehydrated. I'm sure you've read on here you go through phases during the first month or so post op. You'll wonder what the heck you did to yourself probably! But it'll pass and make you stronger. It's all worth it Don't worry, there's so much support in these groups and on facebook and IG. Don't hesitate to reach out to me either! Good luck

I had my surgery done by Dr Oldham! I'm two weeks post op today. He's really an amazing surgeon and the whole office is awesome too. Don't hesitate to reach out and ask me anything, I'll help with anything I can.

Hey ladies. Anyone down for maybe a local support group? I know the hospitals offer them and I will be going to them too but it would be nice to meet up with some local ladies going through this journey too!

June 6th! This pre-op diet has been ROUGH to say the least but it gets easier each day. Anyone near Louisville KY and wants to surgery buddies, message me!

I was sleeved April 20, 2015 by Dr. Weiss at Georgetown. I live in Danville. Welcome!

Yeah my husband is being very supportive, I couldn't ask for a better man by my side. He's looking at it as something that will also make him healthier and we do this together. I've though about speaking to a counceler about all of this but I wasn't sure if they'd look at me crazy because of the reasons I want to talk to them :/ I need to find someone specific to eating addictions or something like that. Thank you so much for your support

Thank you all soooo so much for even just responding to my post. It makes me feel a lot less alone in this journey. I appreciate all the support like you wouldn't believe <3

my surgery is June 6th! scared out of my mind!

I'm going to apologize first off because I know I'm going to babble and ramble on. I'm getting vertical gastric sleeve surgery on June 6th. This last Monday I started my two week liquid pre op diet. It's only Wednesday night and I'm really questioning everything. I now realize how much of an unhealthy relationship I have with food. I love to cook and go out to new restaurants and bars and I just feel like I'm going to lose who I am in a sense after this surgery. My husband and I love to do these things together and I feel like now we're going to have to change everything we have done together since we've known each other. I know it's going to better my life and that's all I've wanted for years and years but now that it's here I am scared. Shitless. I'm mainly scared that I'm not mentally strong enough for all of these changes in my life. Any kind of like support would be helpful here please.

Hey so I start my pre op diet on May 21st for two weeks and my surgery is on June 6th (woohoo!) Did you get your shakes from your MD's office?

Hey! I'm just looking for some people in the area to talk to about gastric sleeve surgery, whether you've already had it done or you're getting it done soon like me.