I'M BACK!

Hi everyone thanks for all the warm wishes, I am back and doing great! So, let me tell you how it went ................ I got to the hospital nervous and excited, checked in, gown on, IV's in and the chaos began. The Doc came in to put me out he said I am going to give you something to relax you while we head into the operating room and that is all I remember until they were waking me up in recovery. I really had little or no pain. I spent the night in recovery because I have sleep apnea and I don't do the C-PAP machine so they wanted to watch me, I barely kept my eyes open all day. The next morning they woke me up to freshen me up and have me to sit up for 20 minutes because that was the rule I needed to be able to up for 20 minutes in order to do the swallow test. I stayed up for 45 minutes excited and ready for the swallow test until I looked at the clock and it said 4:50 so I got back in the bed and slept until about 7:30 and then I anxiously awaited for the test. Finally at 9:00 they came to get me for the test, past the test but still did not get into a room until @ 2:30, I was bored out of my mind and agravated because they kept harrassing me about pushing the darn pain pump they could not believe I was not in pain. finally in the privacy of my own room, I sat up and watched t.v. Wednesday around 5 I was discharged, got my pain meds filled just in case - never needed it and I have been up an walking, washing dishes and just being relieved and happy. My sister has kept my kids because she said I needed the break, that was nice but I miss them and have realized how quiet the house has been. LOL I got up this morning and went to church and even though I have another week off from work I am going back tomorrow because I am bored at home. ******Sabrina****** Dr. Kennedy is a genious, I am sending warm thoughts your way and I will come and see you in the hospital! Rozzy

Thank you Rozzy, I am glad to hear you are doing great. I have one more week and hope to do as well as you( maybe better in the hospital so I don't have to stay in the recovery so long)LOL

I wish you the same ease. Yeah, recovery sucked!

Hey there. So happy to hear how well your surgery went. I'm having surgery at Ochsner with Dr. Richardson on May 23rd. Do you ever go to the support meetings at Ochsner? I'm going to start going on May 17th at 5:30.

Hi! Dianna Lynn You must be very happy you have your date for surgery. I'm waiting for my approval. How long did it take to get your approval and was it with Medicare? Are you getting the Lapband or bypass? My doctor is Dr. Richardson also. What do you think of him? I wish I could go to the support meetings at Ochsner but I live 10 miles below Houma. When I talked to Dr. R he kind of leaned toward the Bypass. But I can't see doing that. He said they are not as dangerous as they were in the pass. cb

Hey there. Sorry it took so long to answer I have United Health Care. It only took about 4 weeks from the day I attended the seminar to the day I got my approval. (I'm guessing here). At the seminar Dr. Richardson said that Medicare is one of the easiest to get approval. I also wanted the lapband first, but Dr. Richardson talked me out of it. (To be honest, I don't even know if he does any other surgery) He told me because I have 150 lbs. to lose, I should go with the RNY. I just took his advice. He's the pro. I have to trust him. I'm so scared and excited.

I went to one right before my surgery and I will be at the one on the 17th.

Thank you, Hope you are feeling good.