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About an hour...I don't really remember anything from that night though. I just remember them telling me the surgery should only take about an hour - 90 minutes and then waking up hours later with them trying to get me to drink.

So, I'm the type of person to obsessively watch the scale. Which I know is completely unhealthy but nevertheless, I do it. So I went into the surgery on Monday 6/6/16 and now it's Friday. Starting weight was 285, and now I'm 292. All the fluids have me completely bloated up, and It's miserable. I just feel so dehydrated no matter what I drink or eat. The first few days I could barely stomach Water so you can imagine that wasn't fun, I was hooked up to IV fluids and had to stay an extra night. Then my blood pressure has been high and my pulse has been low so I had to go back to the hospital and get some more fluids last night. The pain has just started to be manageable without the pills, and i've been trying not to take them because they make me too dizzy, but if I dont take them my blood pressure gets too high. Honestly the recovery is such a bitch and I almost regret it, I just hope that I can get past this stage quickly and start losing weight. I just feel kind of helpless right now..like I'm not gonna lose weight and like it was all for nothing. Please give me some validation that things will be ok and I'm not the only one feeling completely depleted after this surgery.