Finally!!!!!

Thats great news glad they are taking good care of you!  Thanks for the tip about the ensure i may try freezing them after a week or so id say i'll need something different to help me get thru.  I have to do 3 weeks i wi**** was only 2.  But im so excited, scared and nervous. 

I love hearing about your experiences  i'll definately watch out for the cough syrup and keep my drinking half an hour before or after my meal.  I hope I dont experience dumping syndrome.

After your surgery did anyone go over the pills you have to take after your 2 week liquid diet?  I dont remember all of them that they went over in the information session.  I remember materna but thats the only one i remember.

Have you had much pain from surgery? Are you very mobile? Hope you are doing well and I wish you a speedy recovery!!  Take care

I ain't gonna lie!.... the first 3 days were very painful.  Getting up and down from bed was extremely sore.  But again, I had developed an infection so don't know if I was just extra sensitive or what.  Two weeks + after and I am almost pain free. Home care has to come in and clean my "wound" every day so that is a bit painful but looking back over the last few weeks, I can say that I feel 90% better. I was even dancing a little bit in the kitchen this morning with my sister so things must be looking up!!  I am starting to sleep on my side again pain free too so getting lots of rest.  I am finding it a bit of a struggle to keep hydrated and eating but I'm sure that will come.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.  I may not have the answers but it feels good just to know that someone else out there is experiencing or will experience what I've gone through.  Weight-wise,of course I've lost weight.  I came home  3 days after the surgery and weighed 12 lbs heavier than my pre-surgery weight.  Yikes!!!!  Apparently though it was from IV's and water retention.  That was a bummber but that weight has now gone away and I'm actually now down 10 lbs. from my pre-surgery weight (so actually 22 lbs. post-surgery??).   I see light at the end of the tunnel now and I just can't wait to get up and at it as far as getting back into my exercise routine.

 Congrats on the date.... so exciting and scary lol

Just a few question for you Babykissw.........

Wondering how long from when you got referred to the surgeon until you met the surgeon

And then also after you met him how long until they gave you a surgery date


thks so much for the info
and congrats again!!

Thanks

I started the program in Janurary.  Met the Surgeon in May and made my decision to have bypass and got my surgery on OCT 23!!!!

Hope this helps