Today is the day... 4/4/16

[kjwrn 129]

Today I will be going in for my gastric bypass, along with a few others on here! I hope all goes well for all of us going in today!

[queenof5hearts 20]

Good luck ! Mine is today too

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[alyharwell 13]

Good luck

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[kjwrn 129]

Good luck Queen! What time do you go in?

[SarahSleeve 170]

Good luck!!

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[getch888 19]

Good luck

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[mngreeneyes 674]

HOw exciting for all of you! Make sure to keep us posted so we can support you all throughout. I hope everything goes smoothly and you recover quickly.

pam

[numeby2017 88]

Good luck, had mine 1 week ago let me know if any questions when you get home

[Rbayne83 9]

Good luck. I was sleeved on Friday. Recovery has not been bad at all.

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[kjwrn 129]

This really has not been bad at all! My pain has never been above a 4/10 since I woke up! I have been very hydrated here and I can tell because I am getting puffy, but all in all I am doing great!

[queenof5hearts 20]

Glad to hear you are doing well , I'm doing well myself the nurses are surprised not pain at all just a little discomfort .

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[kjwrn 129]

Same here! I am happy to already be back at home! The pain is a little worse today, yesterday I hardly had any at all!

[queenof5hearts 20]

Yes my pain today is awful and sorry to be to explicit but I'm passing gas and it feels so good lol cause all the air inside

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[SarahSleeve 170]

Yes my pain today is awful and sorry to be to explicit but I'm passing gas and it feels so good lol cause all the air inside

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I don't know about anyone else, but being pre-op I want as much information as people want to offer, explicit or not.

Sorry you're in pain today, hopefully you'll wake up tomorrow much more comfortable

Edited April 6, 2016 by SarahSleeve

[kjwrn 129]

All in all it hasn't been too bad. The pain is still worse than immediately post op, but I know that is because the doctor put a lot of numbing medication on the incisions before they close them up!

When I got home last night, I had actually gained 11lbs while in the hospital. Which is about right, I know my surgeon told the anesthetist that he wanted me to have at least 3 Liters of IV Fluid during surgery, and each of the bags weigh 2.2lbs, plus I was hydrated withIV fluids pretty strongly while I could t have anything the first day, so I had about 5-6 liters of fluids total. I imagine if you had any sort of heart, kidney, lung or liver problems you would not get that much hydration, but I am luckily still very healthy, just morbidly obese.

I did buy these compression tank tops at Walmart before surgery, they are kind of like Spanx, but it is a spaghetti strap tank top with bra pads sewn into it but no underwire. They were a little tight to put on, but I feel like them being tight on my stomach helps a lot with the incisional pain.