May 2018 RNY Scheduled

[Frustr8 7,886]

Soonest I can see my case manager,dietician and nurse practioner, all in one day, is May 24th, so short of them scheduling me just A week later,I'm bumped out of May. I'll still ❤ and follow everyone and your stories, especially you-- Charity G--, I've always felt a special kinship with you. Please be happy for me---I thought this day of vindication and verifiation would never come!😝👍😝

[Charity G 46]

Good luck with everything! Persistence is key You'll get there soon. In the meantime, I can't believe I'm a week away!

[Frustr8 7,886]

Me Either--- I'll be watching and Cheering for Y O U !

[Little Green 583]

Howdy all! After a crazy rollercoaster with my surgery date back in February and March, I'm finally almost to my new surgery date of May 17! I'll be starting my liquid diet this week as my surgeon wanted me to do 3 weeks instead of 2. Nice to meet some May buddies

[Frustr8 7,886]

Folks you will enjoy having Little Green among your group. She was very kind to me when I was a fresh "newbie", th s tbher advice to ❤ shevdies know her,facts. And I am very happy her surgery date is coming soon!😝

[Firework 4]

Glad to find this thread! I'm scheduled for my RNY one day before you, Little Green. A-May we go!!

[yandi77 1]

I will be having my surgery may 7. I’m super excited and can hardly wait! I’m having RNY

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[Frustr8 7,886]

So Yandi how did your surgery go? Haven't heard a peep out of you since April 27th.😕

[Frustr8 7,886]

Oops Yandi I guess I'm rushing things, I missread your post, guess I thought it was yesterday instead of next week. Maybe I'm just anxious for you to have it? Keep relaxed and do let us in on it, when its completed😝

[Charity G 46]

I had my surgery on May 3 and was in the hospital until May 5th. The surgeon also did a hernia repair through my belly button. He said I had a bit of fat he had to tear apart to fix the hernia and deal with some scaring as a result of my lap band I had from 2002 to 2010. It's now been 9 days, and I am FINALLY under my pre-surgery weight. For the first time in 8 years, my scale was under 300!

I've been having some difficulty with activity because of the leakage of fluids (was pinkish clear, but now there's a lot less liquid and its more of a yellow-brown clear) from my belly button. I saw my surgeon yesterday and he said my belly button looked like it was healing fine (along with my other incision sites). His suggestion was to keep changing the cotton ball in my belly button each time it gets soiled, and try hydrogen peroxide once a day to clean it out. Basically, any time I get up and move around much, or do any bending, my belly button weeps So, I try to avoid much bending ( to whomever came up with the claw thingy that I can use to pick stuff up from the floor).

As for diet, my surgeon moved me to the puree stage. I've been drinking Protein Shakes, milk, and Water with unflavored Protein Powder and a dash of flavored drops. I have also been enjoying Soups with unflavored Protein powder stirred in, mashed potatoes and gravy, and Dannon Triple Zero Greek Yogurt. I think this evening I will try cottage cheese pureed and maybe some refried Beans (if I get up the energy to drive to Taco Bell).

I'm still taking 3 Percocet a day (7 a.m., 3 p.m. and 11 p.m.) and one muscle relaxer at 11 p.m. I've been getting some great sleep in my recliner thankfully, but just started sleeping in my bed today (took a mid-morning nap and it went well in bed). I'm also going to switch to regular Tylenol at my 3 p.m. med time starting tomorrow. Going to try to be off Percocet by next Friday. We'll see how that goes, as I also have Fibromyalgia my pain tolerance is very low.

As for my diabetes, the highest my blood sugar has been since surgery was 143, but usually stays around 115. This morning my fasting blood sugar was 100, so I am very excited about that. I'm off all insulin, but Friday my surgeon asked me to resume Metformin for a month and then we may discontinue it if my numbers stayed low. Considering I hadn't been taking it since surgery, and they are running in the 115s, it will be interesting to see what the Metformin does when I restart it tomorrow.

[Frustr8 7,886]

@Charity G I hope you had a good Mothers Day and are continuing to heal. Do you know if you had a good weight loss as of yet? How are you doing getting your 64 oz in ? I do good now, but after surgery, I wonder if I'll do that well.😝

[Nowheregirl 8]

Morning guys! I’ve been quiet since introducing myself, as I was getting ready for my trip/surgery. I had my surgery May 3 and it went wonderfully!!! The most painful part of the entire experience was the IV Potassium- I cried like a baby😬. I’m down 19 lbs so far and feeling great!! My surgeon has me progressing my diet every 10 days, so yesterday was puréed foods. Just an FYI- the nurse in the hospital told me about the Bariatric Fusion Cherry Iron chews and they’re like eating starburst!

[Charity G 46]

@frust8 I was 304 going into the surgery, and somehow came out of the hospital at 312!!! But, today I weighed 296.8. So, I'm down 8 pounds since surgery, and now officially 100 pounds down from my highest weight (396 back in January 2011). I've been doing pretty good getting in the 64 ounces of Fluid and the 60 grams of Protein. However, I must have missed the memo that i'm supposed to be eating 2 to 4 oz. at a time. I had been eating a 5.6 ounce yogurt once a day for the last week (granted it took me about an hour to do). So, I'm being much more careful and paying more attention.

[PCOSSUCKS 96]

May 31...liquids start today! My husband is deployed so when he comes home in September I will be a new girl!

[Frustr8 7,886]

And I'll be excited hearing of all your losses. How,are you doing with your li1uid diet a few days in?
I anxiously read everyone's tales of woe and frustration, I think if such a problem shows up I can say oh so-so had that and it got better, so maybe mine will too.😛👍😛