Obesity surgery

Congradulations Bobette, I was unaware that your surgery was sooo
soon. Hope this gets to you before you go. I had a wonderful, (if
you can call being in the hospital wonderful) experience when I had
my surgery done. I felt so much better when I woke up and knew that
everything was ok and finished. Although, I did get my hospital bill
today and almost had to go back for heart failure….over $33,000.00
for just the hospital. Now I get to wait for all of the other bills
to roll in. I am sure that they will not take long to get those out
huh?!?

Things for me have been going great, I walk everyday sometimes two or
three times a day. Just depends, we are having some bad weather
right now so it is hard to take my 4 year old daughter out in the
stroller to get out and walk. I just make her freeze along with me,
ha ha kidding!! I cheated and weighed on Saturday after I promised
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not that i am counting lol. i really am excited!!! thanks rebecca i
wish you the best and will think of you on thursday. the feeling i am
feeling going into this is like no other. i have had 4 other
surgeries before but this one takes the cake. i am not sure if it is
cause i know this one is to give me better health and a whole new
self or if it has been the 4 month wait (tired of thinking about it
every waking moment or dwelling on it shall i say) and now it is
finally here. i am excited and ooooo so ready to move to the thin
side. i have had a pretty emotional weekend. i did what i enjoy most
both sat. and sun. and that is fishing so i got a little more sun
than i should of but not to bad. had a good time thats what counts. i
sat down to supper last night and just started crying because it is
so hard to understand that its not my last meal cause it sure felt
like it. today has been pretty tough i have ran the past comments
thru my mind over and over:your not that big, you will do fine, oh i
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Good luck on Tuesday! I was heartened to hear you say that you wanted to get
the fear behind you. My surgery is this Thursday, and I feel exactly the
same way. I know the odds are in our favor, but worry just the same. Again,
Good Luck
Rebecca

Didn’t mean to post yet, had a SNAFU here… ANyways…back to my
story, feel great, gobs of energy, never hungery, BUT…(there’s
always a but) I have had several people tell me that I have changed,
my demeaner and attitude are alot more aggressive. Is this possible?
There have been post before about the High(?) divorce rate of
successful bypass patients, now I am not married, but I think I can
relate, now I never took alot of crap from anyone before, and all my
friends and family have been/are very supportive, but I dont feel
satisfied with my job anymore, I think I am trying to erase my past
altogether and I’m not sure how healthy that is..maybe I need a
shrink. I have a lady in my support group that is telling me it’s a
type of post op depression and I should talk to the Doc about prozac
or Zoloft, but I think not…..ANyone else just not satisfied with
the OL routine now that they have had this life altering procedure?

Hey everyone….This is Sharon and I am 6 days post op, at home and
doing fine. Just thought I’d drop you a note….it is still a little
hard to sit at the computer. I will check back in later in the week.
Just wanted to say Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers….

best of luck to you on the 31st. i am no longer counting the days now
i just say my surgery is tuesday, wow isnt that a scarey thought.
today is the day i feel like i must eat everything i enjoy–pizza
hut,burger king,chinese food,milk, and the list goes on and on lol. i
am not doing that though, yet it is early. just kidding. i was
wondering how tall you are because i weighted in yesterday at preop
at 226 and i am 5′2". alot of people have told me the same thing "oh
your not THAT big. well i hate to tell them that i feel THAT big and
if the doctor feels i am THAT big then yes i am THAT big. on some
days they had me close to convinced till i try and do something that
my weight says oooh no you cant. my doctor said i will lose a whole
person when i reach goal, cool. no wonder i am always so tired. well
i will quit rambleing on here. my bags are packed and i am ready to
go, so glad to meet you and talk with ya soon. say a prayer for
me>>>bobette:0)

Hi everybody!…I’m having the gastic bypass surgery on May 31st and
I’m a little scared. All my family keep telling me that I don’t look
that fat.hahaha! I weigh in at 271 and I don’t look fat…what are
they looking at? Anyway I just wanna hear from people who have had
the surgery. Tell me everything.

Thanx,

Cheryl

Hi everyone! I had my surgery on the 7th and got home on the 14th.
they did an open RNY. I was only in the hospital for two and a half
days then i had to stay in Reno for the rest of the week in case of
complications. I live too far away with little to no medical
treatment centers around for 200 miles. So it was better for me to
live in at the Hilton for a week…ha ha! I weighed one week post-op
and had lost 14 lbs. I havent weighed since. I have been walking
everyday and want to do more exercises but not sure if i should or
not. Does anyone know when it is ok to start doing other exercises?
I would love the input.

Sharon, I hope all went well with your sugery I have been thinking
of you. Not sure if you are at home yet or not but maybe you will
read this one of these days!

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Dee,
Sounds like your surgery was a success and with no complications. I’m so
happy for you. I can’t wait for the day I can say the same thing. I dream
every night about being thin and how I will look and what style of clothes
I’ll wear..
I have my consult with Dr. Suh in Roseville CA on May 28th [if all goes
well and schedules don’t change, for a 3rd time]. Wish me luck!
What is Edema? Congrats on being off all your other meds. That’s got to
be a big relief as well. Not having to swallow all those darn pills.
Well, I’ve gotta go, but wanted to send my congrats to you! And remember,
drink lots of water, protein first and exercise.

Well………my lap gastric bypass was on April 30th.
I stayed in the hospital for 2 days!
I’m still sore, but the Dr. said that would be normal for
about a month.
I lost 10 lbs, the 2 days I was in the hospital.
In one week, I lost 27lbs & 18 1/4 inches!
I am now 17 days post-op & my clothes are hanging on me &
I couldn’t be happier!
It was the BEST decision I ever made!!!
I’m still tired at times & am having problems with edema,
so that is still being regulated.
I am off of ALL of my other medications, though.
The last time I took my blood pressure medicine was the night
before surgery.
My B/P now is 110/68. It used to be 190/110.
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