Hi there,

Did you call the sugeon yet. I was told not to have on any make up, jewlry or products. I did gel my hair up and made a bun then threw on a curly ponytail and just removed it before I went in!

Imust have missed that one...thanks!

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 am actually had laproscopic RNY.  lol I know my pain sounds like an open procedure but nope it was lapro.  I did pose this question about my pain on the over 50 bmi board because my starting bmi was 57 so I thought that maybe it had to do with my initial weight being higher than many.  The responses there were all different.  One thing that I remembered was someone said that surgeons may have to manipulate your organs more than another patient so that could be part of it.  Right now though I am feeling the terrible build up of gas which may have been what was going on initially but I couldn't pin it down.  My hubby got me some gas x so I hope that it works fast.  I am up and moving a lot though too much more than all the other people on the floor where I was at the hospital.  When the nurse called me today I asked her if it was possible that I overexerted myself a lot initially and I am paying for it now and she thought that was a very possible scenario combined with the gas. 

I have to say though is anyone else here getting terrible bruises from the lovenox shots.  I am a bruiser to begin with but I was kidding that it wasn't really fair that I my arms were hurting now. 

All in all I am trying to hang in there I know for sure there will be a day when I will feel great and no matter what it is worth it.  I am just very envious of the people that feel awesome right now.  Well okay I am jealous I want to feel awesome too.  LOL

Again though for anyone preop I am more than happy to answer any questions.  Feel free to pm me if you prefer to ask privately.  I know I prefer to know the ins and outs of every little thing. 

I'm sorry about your pain...did you have an open rny?  If so, just for a little gauge on pain...when I had my c-sections, by the fifth day most of the pain was gone...hopefully in a couple more days your pain will be gone as well.