LidiBell 86 Posted June 18, 2014 I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life. Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL... I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck. 8 BryBro63, TheCurvyJones, Derouin4 and 5 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joatsaint 2,814 Posted June 18, 2014 Thanks for sharing your story. So many people get the impression that WLS is a walk in the park and are blindsided when it turns out different. I want to officially call "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!" on my doctor who said I should only expect to feel "mild discomfort" after my surgery. 2 LidiBell and SherB reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BryBro63 410 Posted June 18, 2014 So sorry you had such a rough go at it at the beginning, but so glad your journey has started progressing on such a great upswing!! I truly hope all goes even better for you from here!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChavaBling 145 Posted June 18, 2014 Thank you for sharing your story with us! It's very important to hear. I'm 26 days out and I'm finding myself wishing time away- and that's never good. It's important to remember that these first few months are the hardest in many ways. I'm glad you're ok! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
