Surgery is Tomorrow

My surgery is tomorrow.  I'm on clears and stool softeners and I'm grumpy but SOOOO excited!!!!!

How exciting! Good luck and remember to visit OH often - it's really a wonderful source of support and information.

Congrats to you!  Grumpy doesn't last long.  Best of luck and remember to walk, walk, walk, and drink your water.

Congrats to you !!! Just remember when you get back to your room get up as soon as possible and start walking.   I think that saved me big time of not getting any gas or having any issues with that .

I started to walk 15 min after I got back and kept walking.  I started around 315 and kept walking till I got released around 7 that night.

I would walk for a good 20 min and sit down and rest for about 10 min and back up to walking.  Dont get back in bed just sit in a chair .


Also if you have fur babies at home when you are sitting down make sure you put a pillow over your belly.  My pups love to sit on me when I'm sitting in the recliner and they like to do the doggie flop on me lol so the pillow will protect you if you have animals

This is really exciting!  I'm only 3 weeks out and feel really good.  The walking was great advice.  Also bring a pillow in the car for the ride home to put between you and the seatbelt.

Good luck and keep us posted!

Thanks everyone! I had more pain than I expected, couldn't walk at first, and so was kept overnight. It was totally the right decision as the next day I was so much better! But that night I needed the extra pain meds through my IV and to be on oxygen overnight. But I have a lapband!!!!