2 Days Post OP!!

Hey everyone!!! I just wanted to check in with you all and let you know that I am home.. I had my surgery this past Monday with Dr. Loggins at CMMC and things went GREAT!!! I just got home a few hours ago, and feel wonderful.. It went very smoothly, I am not in very much pain, and I am just grateful for everything that Dr. Loggins and his crew have done for me... I start my "full liquid" diet tomorrow.. That should be interesting.. I am a little scared to eat things though because I don't want to "dump".. but hey we all have to learn what our bodies will take and what they won't.. Does anyone have any suggestions on the first few days/week of being post op???

Thank you all for your support and good luck.. I think it worked!!! 

No advice, because Dr. Loggins hasn't done my surgery yet  .... but I just wanted to congratulate you! WTG! I hope all goes well!!! Have you given yourself an injection yet???

Oh yes! Actually I have given myself a few, and honestly I am going to go do my night time one right now.. It's not bad at all! You inject the TINY needle into your belly, and you don't even feel it! It's not bad at all! The worst thing that I have found was the "bowel prep"... When you have to drink the Fleet Phosphasoda... To get cleaned out! It was absolutely terrible.. If you compare the bowel prep to the surgery.. The surgery and the injections are a "walk in the park" compared to that bowel prep...  How far in the process are you with Dr. Loggins? Are you excited??

Welcome Home, Tarka!!  Dr Cobean doesn't do a bowel prep!! Yay!!  Also, these injections you are giving to yourself?? What for??

I'm BEYOND excited. I've done all of my testing etc. and did my initial consult with Dr. Loggins etc. I did my class with Corinne and then met with her individually today. (What an absolute DOLL she is!!) and I'll be meeting with her again in 4 weeks. HOPEFULLY she'll be able to clear me after that and I'll have made enough of a dent in my 10 percent weight loss that I'll get sent out for insurance approval after that! I feel like it's going to take forever until I finally get to surgery!

Congratulations!! I can't wait for my turn on Sept 10th.  I'm so glad to hear you feeling great with hardly any pain. Can the bowel thing be mixed with anything or jus****er? How much is it that you have to drink? I heard that was the worse part also. Not looking forward to it at all. Best of luck with your new life, Cheryl

Well the injections are for Lovenox.. It's a blood thinner.. They make you do it 2x a day for a week, just to prevent blood clots.. Honestly though, they aren't bad at all! Because you inject them into the belly fat you really can't feel the needle going in..

 Yes, you are able to mix the bowel prep with 4 oz of clear liquids, but let me tell you, it doesn't help! You have to drink 2 bottles of it.. The first bottle, I mixed with Crystal Light Pink Lemonade and it was barely tolerable.. Even plugging your nose it would make you gag! The second bottle for some reason, I decided to mix with Cranberry Juice.. OMG!! Don't do that! I couldn't even get it down! I was seriously throwing it up... --But hey, if you can get past that, the rest is a breeze!!! I can't believe that I was just discharged yesterday, had the surgery 3 days ago, and I feel as good as I do.. It's wonderful! I hope that all of you get to your goal soon so that you can get your surgery.. It's such a change, but I can't wait for the results!

 Keep in touch!!

Ugh! That sounds REALLY gross! I''m pretty sensitive to smells and have a pretty awful gag reflex ... so this WON'T be fun for me! What does it taste like? Would mixing it with a stronger crystal light work or maybe adding more splenda or something???

Congratulations!  Sounds like your doing great!  Keep us posted on your progress so we can celebrate with you! Blessings, Yvonne