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[nancidee 3]

Hi everyone, I'm a little late in getting on here, I have my sleeve in 2 days, June 26. I have enjoyed reading everyone's posts, but have felt that at times it was a little overwhelming. Do anyone of you understand where I'm coming from? I have an awesome doctor and team so I have been well educated in every area. I am excited and a little afraid mostly of how I will feel immediately after surgery. I hope I don't wake up with nausea .

I have had a great experience kin the past 3 months. Lots of appointments since early April, but things went like clock work. I was approved within one week of my paperwork being sent in . I feel terrible for those that have to wait so long for an approval, it was stressful for the week I waited !!!! My main goal in this process is to get off my meds. I am insulin dependent diabetic, 5 shots a day . High bp, high cholesterol ;(. With bmi alone, I didn't qualify. However with these co- morbid conditions (uggggh) I did. Don't get me wrong I'm 5'1 and losing 70 lbs would put me at an ideal weight for me. I guess you could say all along I have said losing the weight will be a bonus, but I want off these meds. I have lost weight on my own before, but being on insulin it makes weight loss much harder. I have to practically starve to lose ;(

So I think I have made an informed, conscious decision for my overall health. I am 55 years old and I am hoping that this will give me some added years and more enjoyable one at that!

Any suggestions would be helpful !

Nancidee

[sdb1147 54]

Good luck & God bless.

[ssriley 52]

Hi Nancidee,

I'm 54 and had the surgery on the 11th with pretty much the same goals - make the best of my time left. With a BMI of 51 my career would be about over as the joints just can't carry the load any more. As far as how I felt when came out of surgery - it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it might be - but I definitely was uncomfortable. You want to sleep a lot but the nurses will be coming in regularly to check your BP, etc. Then I had someone coming in regularly to have me practice breathing with the spirometer. I hated that because I had some rib wall pain for the first week that prevented me from getting a full breath. Try to walk often, even though all you want to do is go back to sleep. Going to the bathroom was problematic, but my wife was a trooper and helped get to the bathroom and take care of business and measure the output in private without nurses assistance. I had no nausea after my overnite stay and was released early the next day. I did have some nausea over the next few days but never enough to hurl, thank goodness. Just plan on a tough 1st week overall and remember the goal - and that the price is very much worth the effort invested. Saying a prayer for Tuesday.