Surgery Date SET!

[mightyschratt 30]

My RN-Y Gastric Bypass surgery has been set! September 8th 2014 I will go under the knife for my laparoscopic surgery. It will be preformed by Dr Danny Vaughn of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute of Ga (Macon, Ga). I start my two week liquid diet on Monday Aug. 26th! I am beyond excited and cannot wait to start my life anew!

28 y/o, F, 330lb, 5'3"

So long as everything looks good at my hospital pre-op on Sept 2nd, surgery is a go!

[OhSoNique 84]

Congrats n good luck!

[Rovobay 920]

That is great. congrats on a new and exciting life changing journey.

[Cupcake 801]

Congrats your almost there, keeping a seat on the losers bench for you.Keep us poste don your progress.

[Pepper123 320]

Good luck and all the best!

[angelicHG7 118]

Congrats... It will be here before you know it.

[Dee_RNY 43]

Good luck. I wish you the best

[Dee_RNY 43]

Good luck. I wish you the best

[acbell288 5]

Good luck! My surgery date is Sept 10th for the sleeve. I started the 3 week preop diet last Wed. I'm still am nervous and excited!

[angelicHG7 118]

My RN-Y Gastric Bypass surgery has been set! September 8th 2014 I will go under the knife for my laparoscopic surgery. It will be preformed by Dr Danny Vaughn of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute of Ga (Macon, Ga). I start my two week liquid diet on Monday Aug. 26th! I am beyond excited and cannot wait to start my life anew! 28 y/o, F, 330lb, 5'3" So long as everything looks good at my hospital pre-op on Sept 2nd, surgery is a go!

I just got my date and I'm scheduled for Sept. 8th too.

[bebeandkoko 34]

Congrats! I'm sept. 8th too! Nice to have some surgery date buddies!

[mightyschratt 30]

I went into my two week pre-op weighing 311.4 and lost down to 297.8 by the day of surgery. I was very excited for my new journey, but never expected to feel as bad as I did post-op.

Sept 8th 2014 was the day!

I felt terrible once awake. Horrible nausea that nothing would get rid of, vomiting, chest pain, and dizziness...

I hope you all have a better time with this. My chest hurt so bad they called in the cardiologists to run tests! I ended up with round the clock labs being drawn, anti-nausea meds and pain meds being given like clockwork! Nothing seemed to help the chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, stomach spasms, gas etc! I couldn't urinate, couldn't pass gas, nor would my bowels move. I spent 48hrs in tears due to the overwhelming pain. I couldn't even keep down my ice chips on day two! By the 3rd day I started to feel a little better. The first 2 were the worst! The gas that they fill your abdominal cavity up with was a ruthless butch! The gas can't escape, so it just sits there and causes horrible, unimaginable pain. They finally gave me some morphine and Ativan to knock me out, and it was oh so sweet relief too! I was finally able to fall asleep, and ignore the pain even if it was only for a minute or two. On the third day the dizziness was very present, but everything else was clearing up. I actually felt like getting up, showering, and walking the halls by day 3. I wasn't sure how'd I'd feel once they removed the pain pump from my abdomen, but I found out by the end of day 3. Once they removed nearly 12 inches of pump cord from inside my chest cavity I began to feel the numbing sensation wear off. It became all too real that someone took a blade and sliced me 7 times with it. Not just scratching the surface but rearranging my internal organs. By discharge time on day 3 I finally was able to pass gas! I was so bloated, and fluid-logged due to the non-stop IV fluids, medications, antibiotics, etc! I walked out of the hospital weighing 305; I went in at 297.8! I didn't have a bowel movement until day 4, with the aid of a little laxative. I didn't want to risk C.Diff.! Today is day 5 post-op and I've finally gotten the hospital Water weight off! This morning I hit 296.0 on the scale! I'm still very sore, but I couldn't be happier about my new life that is now within reach!