March Surgery Dates

[Kathy Pitcher 102]

You'll get through it girl!! It's the first step of many. Just be positive and stay by the bathroom! It will prepare u for the barium u have to drink after ur surgery.

I'm almost 2 weeks out and I could care less about any of that stuff now. It's all been worth it.

Thanks for the positive words. I gotta remember why I'm doing it.

[heatherbelle 7]

Well my surgery is tomorrow ay 9:30 am. I am so excited. Bowel cleanse was not bad at all. liquid diet better than I expected. I am still in a great mood and cleaning house. good luck to everyone tomorrow saying prayers for us all!!!

[Montage 87]

I don't know if it's just me, but I'm 5days out and have like zero sensation for food! What's up with that? I knew my appetite was supposed to be very minimal but not at all??

I do find I am pretty weak from the very low energy consumption.

I see my surgeon at 3pm on Tues, so will have a chat to him.

Does anyone have any numbness in random spots? I have a strip on my right upper arm that's numb.

And a spot or too on my tummy near the incisions.

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[MissTiff 38]

Well my surgery is tomorrow ay 9:30 am. I am so excited. Bowel cleanse was not bad at all. liquid diet better than I expected. I am still in a great mood and cleaning house. good luck to everyone tomorrow saying prayers for us all!!!

Good luck tomorrow!!

HW 321 CW 321 GW 175

[alc1071 43]

This bowel prep is awful. 8 oz, every ten minutes?!!?! Eww. Oh look, it's time again. Lord, help me.

Kathy, what do they have you doing for the bowel prep? My Dr has me drinking one 8 oz bottle of Magnesium Citrate.

[nathaly 57]

Ladies! I'm so glad to have found this site, this thread and all of you! I was freaking out about surgery and I'm comforted in knowing I'm not the only one going through this. I wish you all the best in your own journeys and hope to see you soon on the losers bench!

[heatherbelle 7]

Good luck tomorrow!!

HW 321 CW 321 GW 175

Thank u

[cranialmalady 50]

I don't know if it's just me' date=' but I'm 5days out and have like zero sensation for food! What's up with that? I knew my appetite was supposed to be very minimal but not at all??

I do find I am pretty weak from the very low energy consumption.

I see my surgeon at 3pm on Tues, so will have a chat to him.

Does anyone have any numbness in random spots? I have a strip on my right upper arm that's numb.

And a spot or too on my tummy near the incisions.

.

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I have no actual hunger either Montage. I'm also on day 5. Numbness near the incision is normal. You've got scar tissue below the incisions that will take time to become normal. The arm numbness....that's a strange one.

[ECUJenn 116]

I don't know if it's just me' date=' but I'm 5days out and have like zero sensation for food! What's up with that? I knew my appetite was supposed to be very minimal but not at all??

I do find I am pretty weak from the very low energy consumption.

I see my surgeon at 3pm on Tues, so will have a chat to him.

Does anyone have any numbness in random spots? I have a strip on my right upper arm that's numb.

And a spot or too on my tummy near the incisions.

.

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Don't know if this helps, but I almost 30 days post op and haven't felt hungry since I went under

HW 344, DOS 320, Surgery Date 2/20/13, CW 302 Sent from my iPad using RNYTalk

[DebbieG 262]

Kathy' date=' what do they have you doing for the bowel prep? My Dr has me drinking one 8 oz bottle of Magnesium Citrate.[/quote']

Oh my, I took two bottles of that in 2010 to remove my left kidney and it was terrible. I hope my surgeon doesn't have me do that. : / Good luck on your surgery.

[ElleG 394]

bolilian: 3/18!

Heather76: 3/18!

kathypitcher: 3/18!

heatherbelle: 3/18!

tomp: 3/18!

Tomorrow is the big day! We r praying for u guys to have a smooth surgery and speedy recovery! Save me a seat on the losers bench!

[DebbieG 262]

Don't know if this helps' date=' but I almost 30 days post op and haven't felt hungry since I went under

HW 344, DOS 320, Surgery Date 2/20/13, CW 302 Sent from my iPad using RNYTalk[/quote']

I know sometimes with surgery you can get numbness. I had my left kidney out in 2010 and my entire left side was numb. Also, my surgeon claims when I have the surgery, I'm not going to be hungry. He says the part of the stomach that tells us we are hungry won't be there. Might not be hungry for a long time. Good luck.

[Kathy Pitcher 102]

Kathy, what do they have you doing for the bowel prep? My Dr has me drinking one 8 oz bottle of Magnesium Citrate.

That GoLytley stuff. It was a big 4 liter bottle with pineapple flavored powder in the bottom, just fill shake and chug 8 oz every ten minutes. Oh my goodness. It was rough! I'm all done now, I had to drink it 17 times! On the last one I thought I wasn't going to be able to hold it down! So glad that's over.

[godinez831 20]

just a shout out to godinez831' date=' JenP, madorann, how did your operations go! Always good to hear from Surgery buddies.[/quote']

Hello, doing as well as can be expected. I too have not felt hunger but I still try my best to keep up with my meals and liquids. I still have quite a bit of pain on my left side and have to get around with a cane. However, it is slowly improving each day. I haven't ventured out of my apartment since my two night stay at the hospital. So I just walk Laos around the apartment to get moving. I have also had a horrible sore throat. Hurts to swallow but I am doing salt Water gargle. I hope it goes away soon the only real relief from it is sf Popsicles. Hope you are doing well Montage.

[tomp 8]

Awesome birthday present!!... Good luck

Thank you.