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[emoji3059][emoji3059][emoji3059][emoji3059][emoji3059] I'm sooooo happy to hear this!!!!!! YOU DID IT!!!!! I'm happy it was uneventful and you an even make this post! Get some rest and come back tomorrow to tell me more!! Super proud of you!!![emoji173]

It's MY time!

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Well I made it! My surgery was at 4pm so I didn’t make it to my room until late. That first night was tough. I woke up from the surgery in a lot of pain but the nurse wasn’t giving me a lot of pain meds because I was breathing slowly. Luckily I was able to have my mom there because she works at the hospital. Yesterday was better. VERY sore at the incision sites, hard to tell if it’s the incisions or my insides that were hurting but the pain meds help wonders. Don’t hesitate to use the pain meds. Luckily I didn’t have much gas pain, I think they did a good job at removing the majority of it. I was still very sleepy from all the meds so I only walked 3-4 times during my stay in the hospital. They wanted to discharge me last night but I ended up staying last night and got discharged this morning. Only a little nauseous when I took the liquid Tylenol but they gave me Zoltan and oddly enough waving an alcohol swab in front of my nose helped wonders. I’m home now still in some pain but it’s most just tightness in my abdomen, still using the pain meds. I was a mess crying all the way up until I when to sleep but I survived and so will you! I’m having no trouble with Water or Protein Shakes so that’s good

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Yay!! So good to hear that everything went well! I’ve been checking the forums to see how you did! Keep us posted on your healing and weight loss, we did it!!

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