The Starving Mom 47 Posted September 13, 2016 I went in for my final Pre-op appointment with my surgeon today... my surgery was just moved up, due to complications, moved a week up - to TOMORROW!!!! I AM FREAKING OUT... I have so much to do! Surgery is at 6am! Hope Your Day is Great, *Amber* The Starving Mom starvingmom.wordpress.com “I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.” - Art Williams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KristenLe 5,979 Posted September 13, 2016 Wow - I would be freaking out too! I've got so much cleaning to do before surgery so I'd be screwed. Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Starving Mom 47 Posted September 13, 2016 Wow - I would be freaking out too! I've got so much cleaning to do before surgery so I'd be screwed. LolThat's where I'm at plus kid stuff to move around child care work stuff husband stuff lol I am scrambling right now trying to get it all done, while doing bowel prep ICK. Oh and I dunno what everyone else does for bowel prep but lucky me I have 2 more hours to finish this gallon of Go lytley... YUCK! Hope Your Day is Great, *Amber* The Starving Mom starvingmom.wordpress.com “I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.” - Art Williams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katie09/21/2016 137 Posted September 16, 2016 I went in for my final Pre-op appointment with my surgeon today... my surgery was just moved up, due to complications, moved a week up - to TOMORROW!!!! I AM FREAKING OUT... I have so much to do! Surgery is at 6am! Hope Your Day is Great, *Amber* The Starving Mom starvingmom.wordpress.com “I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.” - Art Williams I hope you surgery went well!! Looking forward to hearing about it Sent from my iPod touch using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Candidate 3,215 Posted September 16, 2016 I had ample time to prepare for my surgery and still managed to not accomplish everything I needed to do. But the good thing is life still goes on and all those chores were waiting patiently for me when I got out of the hospital. That was 14 months ago and I'm still woefully unprepared for most things (like getting ready for a termite tenting next week where I'll have to be gone from my home for three days). Haven't done a single blessed thing yet, I have to say that the best thing about aging (I'm 55) is that I have stopped worrying so much over the fact that I'm not perfect and have nothing in common with super woman. It's a lot easier now to just shrug my shoulders over most things and move on. So do the best you can and let go of the rest. Your entire life is about to change and there's a lot more important stuff to worry about. Take a deep breath, relax, and just imagine how great things are going to be a year from now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Starving Mom 47 Posted September 19, 2016 Yay! I am finally home from the hospital! Woot Woot! So here is the low down people: On Tuesday my surgeon decided that because he would be performing multiple surgeries and due to the complexity involved that he would like to move my surgery date up- So I had surgery the next day (a big deciding factor in this was that he would be going out of the country the day after my originally scheduled surgery and wanted to be on call to me while I was in the hospital should any complications arise). So we scrambled and moved stuff around and at 6am Wednesday morning I went in for surgery. Dr Rogula performed a RNY Gastric Bypass, A midline abdominal muscle resection, removal of previous hernia repair (completely- scar tissue, mesh, everything), and hernia repair. The open abdominal wound, mesh, and infection that has been causing me issues for months? He literally cut the whole damn thing out of me! My stay at UH Geauga was 5 very long days- I do have to say, I AM NOT A FAN of this surgery. Not because of the long hospital stay but the pain OMG there is sooooo much pain! I thought eh itd be like a c-sec/hernia surgery MAN I WAS WRONG!!! This surgery hurts super bad- I am not a fan. The nausea has not been too bad, I am tolerating liquids and Proteins well, I am healing beautifully, no issues with my staples or anything everything is going great- ALTHOUGH I did have to have 6 IV's while in the hospital- that is normal for me my veins are fickle bitches like me lol. All in All I am doing great, happy to be home, happy for liquid oxycodone, and happy for an awesome surgeon! Hope Your Day is Great, *Amber* The Starving Mom starvingmom.wordpress.com “I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.” - Art Williams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlord1@charter.net 17 Posted September 19, 2016 congratulatoins, your new beginning starts tomorrow. You must be super excited and super anxious I'm so happy for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Starving Mom 47 Posted September 19, 2016 congratulatoins, your new beginning starts tomorrow. You must be super excited and super anxious I'm so happy for you.Actually it was 5 days ago lol Hope Your Day is Great, *Amber* The Starving Mom starvingmom.wordpress.com “I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.” - Art Williams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
debbo1959 44 Posted September 19, 2016 It will be okay!! Don't sweat the small stuff!!! You will be fine!! Let us know how everything went!!! Sent from my SM-T560NU using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katie09/21/2016 137 Posted September 19, 2016 Yay! I am finally home from the hospital! Woot Woot! So here is the low down people: On Tuesday my surgeon decided that because he would be performing multiple surgeries and due to the complexity involved that he would like to move my surgery date up- So I had surgery the next day (a big deciding factor in this was that he would be going out of the country the day after my originally scheduled surgery and wanted to be on call to me while I was in the hospital should any complications arise). So we scrambled and moved stuff around and at 6am Wednesday morning I went in for surgery. Dr Rogula performed a RNY Gastric Bypass, A midline abdominal muscle resection, removal of previous hernia repair (completely- scar tissue, mesh, everything), and hernia repair. The open abdominal wound, mesh, and infection that has been causing me issues for months? He literally cut the whole damn thing out of me! My stay at UH Geauga was 5 very long days- I do have to say, I AM NOT A FAN of this surgery. Not because of the long hospital stay but the pain OMG there is sooooo much pain! I thought eh itd be like a c-sec/hernia surgery MAN I WAS WRONG!!! This surgery hurts super bad- I am not a fan. The nausea has not been too bad, I am tolerating liquids and Proteins well, I am healing beautifully, no issues with my staples or anything everything is going great- ALTHOUGH I did have to have 6 IV's while in the hospital- that is normal for me my veins are fickle b*****s like me lol. All in All I am doing great, happy to be home, happy for liquid oxycodone, and happy for an awesome surgeon! Hope Your Day is Great, *Amber* The Starving Mom starvingmom.wordpress.com “I'm not telling you it's going to be easy - I'm telling you it's going to be worth it.” - Art Williams So happy to hear you are home! I've been wondering how you are. I'm happy it all went well (besides the pain, that doesn't sound fun at all). Hope you are feeling better & recovering Sent from my iPod touch using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Candidate 3,215 Posted September 19, 2016 Welcome home! I'm glad to hear all went well. Don't overdo the first couple of weeks, especially considering the multiple surgeries. Get some rest! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bellalulu 87 Posted September 19, 2016 Congrats on getting home from surgery safe and sound. Get plenty of rest and take one day at a time. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KristenLe 5,979 Posted September 19, 2016 @@The Starving Mom Glad everything seemed to go well - other than the pain!!! :-) Congrats on being on the Loser's Bench!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
