Hey all my Nov. Pals!!!! IM home!!

Congratz on home coming Kamy!! I know my first day was hell i couldnt find a good postion to sleep in. However I finally passed some of the gas they loaded up in my belly who would have know that passing gas was a wonderful thing.I didnt even feel ashamed I called my sister and celebrated! lol ring ring guess what lol. it does get better. Howver world of caution reading the forums will make you laugh and that is so hard to laugh a good laugh after sugery!! Welcome home all *Big Hugs* We are losers now whoooooot!!

Congrats. I'm home as well. My surgery was 7:30 AM CST on Tuesday and I was discharged at 4 PM CST on Wednesday. I'm in a fair amount of pain, but I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end. :)

LOOK AT US ALL WE ARE ALL LOSERS!!lol


HUGS
KELLY

I wanna be a loser too!!!

But seriously, great job ya'll...glad you are home and that everything went well!

WELCOME HOME!!!!!  I'm assuming that all of you peeps who had surgery THIS week and are h ome already had Lap not Open?  Am I the only one having OPEN????  Ahhhhhhh!

nope, mine was open and I was home the next day.

I cannot believe that you had open and was home the NEXT day!  How are you feeling?  How big is your cut?  Please share all!  :-)

I'm feeeling a lot better today. I'm up and around, but not doing too much. I've been sleeping a lot, but some of that is from my pain meds. I don't need them as much anymore though. I haven't seen my cut yet because he told me to keep the bandages on until my next appt, but when I went in for my appt before the surgery he kinda put a pen mark where it was going to be. It looked to be 2 maybe 3 inches, a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Then I have one other hole in my left side for my drain. I've read a lot of people can't stand their drains, but I don't really notice it's there at all. I can only take sponge baths right now, which really sucks. I haven't washed my hair yet because I can't get into a position that won't hurt my incision and not get it wet at the same time.  I'm working on it though. I can bend a little easier today. My binder is what is bothering me the most. I have sensitive skin so I'm getting a little rash from it. I kept it off when I slept last night because I washed it and air dried it. I have to keep it on for 4 weeks, so this will be the most irritating part. I was curious yesterday figuring I would have gained wait since I'm swollen and bloated, but I stepped on the scale to be nosy. I lost 5 pounds. MY mouth dropped ot the floor. So I'm keeping myself motivated knowing it's already working. Now I won't step on the scale until my weigh in days (which I made Sundays since that when I took all my measurements). Hope that was some of what you were looking for. Let me know if there is anything else you'd like to know. :) Take care.

OMG!!  What a bunch of LOSERS!!!  LOL  Doesn't that sound good though?  Who'd a thunk we'd all like to be called a loser!!??!!  It is so great reading about all your recovery stories.  I'll be posting mine here soon too.  Nov. 19th is just around the corner and I can hardly wait!!  Monday I am packing my bag for the hospital.  I have to drive 3 1/2 hours to get to the hospital....or I should say, my husband has to drive....I'm glad he's coming with me.  My Surgeon told me to expect to stay 4 days.  I am having Lap RNY.  I'm alot older than you gals though.  I'll be 66 (11/15/42) and what a wonderful Birthday Present.

Love & Hugs to you all,

Sandy