medicmommy 19 Posted October 22, 2012 Hey there! I'm Rebecca and I am currently post op from gastric bypass. My starting weight was 235 and currently weighing in at 228.5 woohoo. I'm a mom to a beautiful 2.5 y/o little girl named caileigh married to a great guy and work full time as a paramedic Super excited about what my future holds and where this journey will take me. I welcome all and any advice as like I said I'm a newbie! Look forward to making some friends! Take care, Rebecca 1 Cheryl Barfoot reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrzygrl72 26 Posted October 22, 2012 Welcome! I'm still pre op. my surgery is not until jan 14 th. you'll love this board! Everyone here Is so helpful and a wealth of information ! How has your recovery been? 1 FinerWoman reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Winter84 35 Posted October 22, 2012 Hey there! I'm Rebecca and I am currently post op from gastric bypass. My starting weight was 235 and currently weighing in at 228.5 woohoo. I'm a mom to a beautiful 2.5 y/o little girl named caileigh married to a great guy and work full time as a paramedic Super excited about what my future holds and where this journey will take me. I welcome all and any advice as like I said I'm a newbie! Look forward to making some friends! Take care' date=' Rebecca[/quote'] Welcome Rebecca, you sure will meet a bunch of great men and women on this site. We all have started or about to start the journey to a new and healthier life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NikiG 113 Posted October 22, 2012 Hey there! I'm Rebecca and I am currently post op from gastric bypass. My starting weight was 235 and currently weighing in at 228.5 woohoo. I'm a mom to a beautiful 2.5 y/o little girl named caileigh married to a great guy and work full time as a paramedic <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Super excited about what my future holds and where this journey will take me. I welcome all and any advice as like I said I'm a newbie! Look forward to making some friends! Take care' date=' Rebecca[/quote'] Welcome Rebecca! I'm still pre-op...my clearance appt is 10/31! Good luck on your journey! 1 FinerWoman reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
medicmommy 19 Posted October 22, 2012 Welcome! I'm still pre op. my surgery is not until jan 14 th. you'll love this board! Everyone here Is so helpful and a wealth of information ! How has your recovery been? Hey recovery has been pretty good to me thankfully! Have a great support of other medic and drs that have had it which has been awesome lol. Surgery on the 18th at 730 am catheter pulled by noon walking by 6 pm discharged by 6 pm on the 19!!!! Taking it easy drinking plenty of fluids and keeping up with pain mess, FYI to all don't try to be above the pain mess did that one day and it kicked my ass the following day lol. Ps where in jersey, I'm from toms river lol 1 jrzygrl72 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrzygrl72 26 Posted October 22, 2012 Hey recovery has been pretty good to me thankfully! Have a great support of other medic and drs that have had it which has been awesome lol. Surgery on the 18th at 730 am catheter pulled by noon walking by 6 pm discharged by 6 pm on the 19!!!! Taking it easy drinking plenty of fluids and keeping up with pain mess, FYI to all don't try to be above the pain mess did that one day and it kicked my ass the following day lol. Ps where in jersey, I'm from toms river lol That's awesome! I hope mine goes that well. I lived in brigantine for about 12 years and still have family there. I'm in Columbia sc now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vicki Loichinger 444 Posted October 22, 2012 Welcome and sounds like you are off to a great start. Keep letting us know how you are doing. I have revision surgery from lap band to RNY on Nov. 7. You encourage me. Thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites