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SD 7/8

SW 317

CW 302

Lost 15 glad to be gone pounds!

Mamie you are a superhero! 3 miles is great! I walked my driveway yesterday twice and felt like I had run a marathon!

Any ideas of how to get my incision to stop hurting when I walk? It's only the large on on the left side.

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SD 7-7-14

SW 222lbs

CW 195 lbs

Total pounds lost 27

But nothing in the last couple of days. Walking but not a lot. Feel pretty great overall!

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Hey @ ferguson23024! The only thing that actually made my incision feel better was walking. I would walk extremely slow in the beginning, adding light pressure to 'support' it, but I find now, the more inactive I am, the area gets more tender/sore. Kinda weird, but walking really has been the staple in this process for me.

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Good morning friends how is everyone this week. Well my 14 day weigh in I have lost 33.3 pounds feeling very good about that. I think that's the walking that I've been doing has been really healthy. Gives me time to be by myself to clear my mind and I think get the endorphins going. I try to scramble eggs this morning I was afraid to try because many people had said that they are kind of difficult. Well what a delicious thing to eat went down fine and feel fine after. Hey everyone have a great day. Thank you for all your support I don't think I could've done it without you. I am glad now that I had the surgery no regrets!

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Day 17 lost 17 lbs is this good???

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I haven't been weighing as I spent Sunday thru Wednesday in the hospital.

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Leena are you home now? Hope you're healing is starting to pick up your feeling better soon!

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It's my first day back home. Thankfully the doctor went in and cleared out my stricture so I'm back to liquids now. Still have an abscess thats healing. I plan to get on my scale tomorrow morning.

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Hi. Surgery was on the 8th. All is going great. 14lbs. down since surgery,43 down since starting my process in May. A couple things I've learned quickly... 1) don't eat too fast, it comes back up and 2) don't get cocky and think my baby tummy can handle the next food stage when it's clearly not ready for it. Worse cramps than labor and up it came. I'm just all tired of liquidy pureed foods. Patience isn't one of my strong suits, but believe me, this has taught me a valuable lesson in self discipline. Exactly why I choose this particular surgery!

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So we've lived in the house that we're in now for about 25 years. We're just about a mile from the grocery store. I've always said "oh we should walk to the grocery store and get our groceries". but I never really had the energy or the wherewithal to walk there. So today I walked to the grocery store just pick up a few things and I walked back. Feeling accomplished!!! RNY July 8, 2014.

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Leena,

I have an infection in one of my incisions. They took the staples out and they are having me pack it. Is this the same as your abscess?

It is horrible! The first time I took everything off to change it out I almost passed out! Literally. My husband now has the duty to change everything.

I am so ready for this incision to be glued up and starting to heal like my other one is. I go back to the dr on 8/5. Hopefully they do it them.

I wish you luck on a speedy recovery! You have had it rough. Hope things go smoothly for you for the rest of your healing!

Vickie

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My abscess is at my largest incision site. I opened on its own 6 days post op. Then my surgeon went in & cleaned it later on day 6, 9 and 15. All the other days I have a nurse coming out to repack it. We started with 1/2 inch gauze wuth iodaform and are down to 1/4 inch. Your insurance should cover a visiting nurse as well as supplies. I changed the outer dressing every 3 hours in the beginning and now every 9. It was the size of 3 golf balls and has significantly gone down. Try to take your psin med 15-20 minutes before repacking.

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7/8 surgery date

SW 198

Cw 183

Lost 15 pounds in 17 days.

Not bad as I gained 24 pounds in Water post op and spent 9/17 days in the hospital.

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@@Leena - glad you're home and doing better! You certainly deserve to be on the upside by now. :-)

Each day I'm feeling better and have more energy. Still struggle with getting the shakes in and haven't had any problems on soft foods. I just chew everything until it's applesauce. Irritating how quickly your food can get cold while you're spacing out your bites lol but it's a small price to pay! Losing slower than I expected, down 11lbs since my surgery on the 8th and down a total if 43lbs since my highest weight in April, but I'm good as long as I'm losing. Will very shortly need to start getting some clothes...starting to get that 'full diaper booty' (as my husband calls it) in all if my pants! Lol. What an awesome problem to have!!! Hope all are doing well - would love to see your updates!

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