My journey

[bethmh041 0]

My Gastric bypass was August 12 2014. My weight going in was 265lb I was closer to 280 before the pre op diet. I was not expecting the amount of pain I was in. I mean I'm a nurse and have actually worked in surgery, but the pain blew my mind. I'm allergic to Lortab so the med I came home with was much stronger. I was originally afraid to take it. A friend Finally told me I've got to stay ahead of the pain. Take it every four hours regardless. After doing that the pain was much better. I also had days where I would cry uncontrollably. It's still kind of a shock to my system that I actually went through with this. I'm ten days out now. Feeling much better. I have a soreness in my left side still but no more pain or nausea. My post op appt is tomorrow. I think he will advance my diet. I'm excited to try new foods. I hope somehow I can be a help to someone. This is probably the hardest thing I've ever done physically and emotionally. It's important to know, you're not alone.

[James Marusek 5,244]

Good luck on your recovery. I experienced very little pain with the surgery and refused any pain medicine after I left recovery. I believe it was primarily because I held to a strict regiment of walking each day prior to and after surgery. It helps to loosen things up and make the soreness go away.