Congratulations on your success! I'm so happy to hear good stories.

I can't wait to join the losers bench myself. Only 8 more days...

Had Lap RNY on Monday the 18th.  Couldn't believe how smoothly everything went.  Wasn't nervous and the hosptial staff were great.  Mostly was bored from all the waiting. The last thing I remember before going out was hearing In Between Days from The Cure (my favorite band) and then waking up wondering where the song was... realizing I was in recovery.  My adult son was there with me and said everything went smoothly.

Went into the OR at 3 PM and woke up in recovery at 6 PM.  Stayed in the recovery area for about 6 hours.  Was very groggy and not in too much pain.  Used the pain button mainly to help me sleep.  Got up to my room at midnight.

The next morning after some rest the work began.  Went down for the radiology to make sure there was no leakage and when that was confirmed, got the tube out from my nose and throat.  People had said the tube was painful, but I was surprised that it didn't really bother me that much and neither did the catheter.  The catheter was also removed shortly after the throat tube.  Took about 5 walks that day and started on my liquids.  The pain pump worked ok, used it mostly for going to sleep.  Found that the liquid tylenol worked the best for the pain.  Overal, the pain was not so bad.  Only really hurt when I tried to sit up or lie down.  No nausea from drinking the water or the shakes the next day.  The hospital staff did a great job with my IVs as they were not very painful either, and I've had pain from those in the past.

Finally was able to pass gas and have a bowel movement...So I was good to go home Wednesday afternoon.  I'm drinking my shakes and water without any trouble at all.  This is really a lot easier than I thought it would be.  I'm keeping myself somewhat sedated on the painkillers mainly to keep myself from moving around too much because I don't want to upset my incicisions.  Had a great night's sleep last night and woke up refreshed.  I hope everything continues to go so smoothly and that the weight starts to come off. 

As I read here in other posts, I did gain back the weight I lost from the 2 week pre-op.  So I hope that will be gone shortly and there will be permanent loss.

Good luck to everyone else here who is about to have surgery.  What a great journey we're all on!

Best wishes today on your surgery, and hope you have a speedy recovery.

Hey all you May babies - congrats! I had my Lap RNY last week - wed, May 13, and my tummy started itching a few ( 2 or 3) days ago  - not on my incisions at all, but the rest ot my tummy. Now, it's looking red and rashy like. The weird part is that I can see white outlines around my steri strips and incisions, and the rash seems to be around my strips and coverings when I was more swollen, before my incisions went down. My best guess is that it's some type of topical anti-biotic or cleanser that they put on me post op after they sewed me up and I'm having a little reaction. I'll call my doc tomorrow AM, but I was just wondering if anyone was having the same or similar issues? 

Thanks!

just today it popped up on my tongue.  They say its because they pump so many antibiotics into our system while in the hosp.  I don't know, but it's yucky.. Hopefully a good RX rinse will clear thi up!