Andrew3916

I can't believe the big day is tomorrow! I am scheduled to have Gastric Bypass tomorrow morning and am nervous yet excited to finally get it behind me and start my new AWESOME life. I will post my experience of how things are going post-op. Good luck to all the other March bypass people.... WE CAN DO THIS! Also, if you haven't seen this motivating video from Steve Harvey, please watch it...because TOMORROW I AM JUMPING!!! Here is the link . . . https://youtu.be/kILVFRlUtT8

Hi everyone! Thank you all for your support. I had my gastric bypass 4 days ago and am soooo happy it's behind me. Woke up in a decent amount of stomach pain in recovery, they gave me pain meds and wheeled me to my room where my parents were waiting. From there it was 2 nights/3 days of managing pain, walking, resting, fluids and talking with family about how positive this will improve my life. My pain got a tiny bit better everyday and is continuing to get better. Laying on my side is still painful but getting slowly better. I recommend anyone about to have it do, to just focus on the positive because the first few weeks are a little rough, but it doesn't last forever. Andrew

Hi everybody! This is officially my 1st post to this website. I have done a lot of reading on here and feel lucky this site exists to answer all my questions. I am scheduled to have Gastric Bypass on March 9, 2016. I am super nervous but also excited for the much improved life I will be able to enjoy. My surgeon has stressed to me that the first 4 weeks post op are crucial, because that it when your new pouch is healing and that I don't want to do anything to put myself in harms way. So my question is, how big of a sip of Water or Protein drink can you safely swallow without any risk of causing a leak? Also, I have major food cravings right now and feel like I want to try all my favorite foods before surgery since it will be at least 6 months before you can taste them again. Anybody else have that feeling before surgery? What did you do to help if anything? Also, do you get these food cravings after the procedure within the first month or thereafter? Thank you.