Good luck July 20 sleevers

[Nancy Rivers 24]

Good luck to all of those who are getting sleeved on July 20!

2ahealthierme

singand_dance

LeahG

jennifer6791

PollyPoo

Dee Dee

I hope all goes smoothly for each of you and a speedy recovery. Please update us when you are able to.

[AwesomeSleeve 5]

Saying a special prayer for each of you. Good luck tomorrow.

Good luck to all of those who are getting sleeved on July 20!

2ahealthierme

singand_dance

LeahG

jennifer6791

PollyPoo

Dee Dee

I hope all goes smoothly for each of you and a speedy recovery. Please update us when you are able to.

[Dee Dee 3]

Thank you appreciate the good thoughts. I go in at 7:45am and the procedure is scheduled for 9:45am. Will stay one night and then the new adventure starts.

I have spent about a year exploring wls and I am ready to "gitterdone".

Couldn't sleep at all last night was so excited but actually feel kind of calm now.

Best wishes are sent to all the others who are having it done tomorrow. Anxious to compare notes as we progress together towards our goals.

[Khy 16]

Good luck and we all will be thinking of you. Post when you can so we all know you made it through.

Khy

[AutumnBlueCarmen 4]

Good luck to all 6 of you!!! I will be thinking of you tomorrow and sending you all Healthy, healing, pain free vibes!!!! ((hugs))

[LeahG 16]

I'm leaving for the hospital now...here goes nothing! I'll keep everyone updated as soon as I can. Thanks for all of the well wishes and good luck to the other June 20 sleevers!!

[Dee Dee 3]

I will be leaving for the Hospital also in about 20 minutes. I actually had a good nights sleep. I guess because I stayed awake the night before thinking about "everything". Whatever..... it worked. LOL

Will report in when I can. Good luck to the July 21st sleevers also in case I am a little late checking in.

[Dee Dee 3]

I left the hospital early afternoon today. Everything has been so much easier than what I expected.

My surgery was about 10am Wedensday morning. I had nothing to eat yesterday after surgery or before. Only the sponges to moisten my mouth. By the end of the day I was actually sucking the Water out of the sponges with no side affect. My mouth has been so dry. I brought lip balm and they also gave me one at the hospital.

They putt the iv's in the right hand which I didn't want. They tried the left but had no success. On the left hand they injected a numbing medicine in two different places.... that really hurt so I asked them not to use the numbing medicine when they were looking for a vein on the right side and it felt a whole lot better.

I wore the hospital gowns the whole time and used my robe to cover the back end when walking. I couldn't have changed to my pajamas as they had the iv's in until I left to come home.

I had the on demand morphine and that worked quite well. I couldn't read or focus my eyes real well with the morphine but it sure put me to sleep comfortably.

I have had no gas but I have my gasx strips in case. I walked twice yesterday and once today before leaving the hospital. I am walking around the house for my walking today. It is 100+ degrees here and I am not sure if I could handle that right now.

I remember nothing about the surgery as I was asleep before getting to the OR. The next thing I remember was waking up in my room. Until last night I didn't even remember my two daughters and two grandchildren in my room when I arrived after surgery. I saw them, said hello, and then went back to sleep.< /span>

My Husband stayed with me the whole time. We hadn't really planned that but they offered to bring him a cot and all of his meals were furnished without cost.

My left side hurts somewhat when I move certain ways.That is between my waist and breast. I have 6 holes and the only one that hurts is the larger one where the tube was and they pulled my stomach out of that one. I think they also had to cut some muscle for that hole. My upper lip is kind of raw and swollen. They told me that would have been caused by the tube down my throat and my throat is raspy. I sound like a young teenage boy. LOL They took the tube out before I woke up.

I did not have the leak test and I asked my Dr about that and he said you can if you want but we have found if there was a leak we would know by now. He said he attended a conference a while back wiith other Bariatric Dr's and they came to that conclusion. I did have a catheter until about an hour before I came home. There was a drain tube in the incision that hurt a little when they pulled it out. They drained that bag and the urine bag a few times each day.

My 3 meals today have consisted of a TLBS or so of chicken broth and the same amount of sugar free Jello and a popsicle with each meal. I have the little circle thing stuck behind my left ear that is supposed to prevent being nauseus and it must be working as I have no been sick to my stomach. They also said to not touch that patch because if I rubbed it in my eyes it would dialate them. I think they said to remove that on Sunday, I will have to check my notes on that one.

I was sent home with a prescription for liquid pain medicine and for a 7 day supply of blood thinner that will have to be injeted into my tummy daily.

I had lost 11 pounds before the surgery and when I checked my weight when I got home today I was up 12 lbs not sure if that is all the Fluid I was given or what. I expect that to change as the days go by.

That is all I can think of.

and it feels good to be on the "Losers Bench"

[AutumnBlueCarmen 4]

Dee Dee,

Thank you so much for your story. I'm happy to hear that you didn't have any problems with your surgery. I hope you continue on that road and don't have any pain.

[Nancy Rivers 24]

Glad everything went well for you Dee Dee. Each day it will get better at this point.

[jennifer6791 18]

hi everyone! wasn't aware that this post was here and that there are so many july 20th sleevers out there! so i lost 11 lbs pre op(2 week diet) and have lost about 27 lbs total since 2 weeks prior to surgery. i'm a bit frustrated with my progress- haven't lost anything in over a week. but i've had almost no complications- outpatient surgery- didn't lose anything the first week post op due to the fluids they gave me- about 9 lbs worth!

it's challenging to get in all the Protein i need without Protein drinks, so i'm thinking i'll go back to 2 a day and cut down on the carbs i'm eating too. a challenge to get all the Water, too- but i'm probably getting an average of 50 oz a day. lemonade crystal lite is the )$#@!!

sending y'all good vibes and best wishes for fast but healthy weight loss!

[Dee Dee 3]

I am going at about the same pace. I have lost almost 30 pounds. I feel great and I am off of the joint pain medicine I have been on for several years.

My bariatric Dr. took me off of all my blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds and heart meds. I see my cardiologist on the 9th of September so I am anxious to see what he says about all of this. He was very supportive of the surgery. I had my labs done last week so we will see if the 30lb weight loss has me in better shape than I was.

I still have a ways to go but not carrying around the 30 pounds has me doing the "happy dance".

Good luck to all and I will report in next week after my cardiologist appointment.

[LeahG 16]

Hey all! I'm down 33 pounds so far...things have been going a lot slower than I expected too. I lost 13 pre-op and 20 since surgery. I didn't lose anything this past week, and only 2.2 the week before...so..boo on that.

33 pounds down is about 27% of my excess weight lost.

I'm still only getting about 6-7 cups of Water in a day because I am just SO SICK of drinking Water, crystal light, mio, ect ect ect. I just have to get over that though, right? lol

Protein wise - I usually hit my goal of 70 grams throughout the week but the weekends get me! Probably because I don't roll out of bed until noon!

Oh - AND I got a gym membership this week! My goal is to go 3 times a week so I don't wear myself out...plus I'm not a person who enjoys exercise. lol

Best wishes to all of you other July 20th sleevers!