See you on the other side!!!

Well by this time tomorrow (god willing) I will be hanging out on the losers bench with you all! I am heading up to Bangor in about twenty minutes to hopefull get a good nights sleep (haha) before heading to in to EMMC for 6:30am.  Nervous, excited, and anxious, but more than anything confident in my decision!

Kristie

I have said it before and I will say it again! Your seat has been polished and I will keep you in my thoughts all day tomorrow! Good Luck!!! :D

Kristie,

I know you'll do great!!!  You know as well as I do, you couldn't be in more capable hands!!!

See you "on the bench" in a few days!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Well I made it! I didn't get much sleep last night so I was out before they even brought me to the OR. Dr. Toder performed my RNY robotically. My incisions are so tiny its crazy! They can easily be covered with a bandaid! I expected to be a lot more uncomfortable than I am...don't get me wrong I am not complaining! No gas or anything. So far I have done 10 laps. The second set of five I think I may have overdid it so I am going to slow it down a bit.
Thank you for all of your well wishes!

Kristie

Excellent!  Congratulations!!!

Were you nervous (I was)?  How did you feel when you woke up in Recovery?  You in your room now?  Did you get a window?  Do you have some privacy?  Don't forget to ask if Casey is your tech!  She's the best!!!

I found when I was laying down that I was most comfortable with the head-portion of the bed up quite a ways, with the leg portion up quite a bit too, with the "seat" (my butt) kinda cupped...That may not apply to you, but, it worked that way for me. 

Congratulations on doing ten laps!!!  That's FANTASTIC!!!

More soon...keep walking!!!

Haven't heard from you for a few days, so, you should be home by now, resting comfortably, I hope!  Drop us a line and let us know how you're doing, when you can.

Today's my b-day, and tomorrow we (wife and I) are headed out camping...but we'll be back Tuesday...Take care, and keep up the good work!!!

Hello! Yes I am home! Day two in the hospital was rough. I had a real hard time getting the gas out despite walking 1.5 miles the first day and 2 miles the second day. The nurses said I just needed to keep walking. Eventually it did pass and I felt a lot better. I got home yesterday around 3pm. I wasn't really thinking about my little puppy missing me and jumping all over me so that has been a challenge, but she is doing a lot better. My dad rented me a recliner from rent a center for the next couple of weeks because I have a memory foam bed and could not even sit on it let alone sleep on it. I slept pretty well on that last night,but sleep seems to be a few hours on and a few hours off throughout the day and night right now.

My biggest source of confusion right now is what I should be eating. I have the phase two booklet but it lists 8oz of protein drinks, yogurt, etc. Am I really supposed to drink 8oz of drinks yet or is that more for preop? as far as my beloved chobani yogurts I am wondering if they are okay to have since even the 0% chobanis have 19 grams of sugar! I really want one but Im a bit scared! I am focusing on my water because I don't want to be dehydrated but I know I need to eat some too. I did have tomato soup in the hospital, and 1 SF CIB 4oz in the hospital and then I had half a SF popsicle at home and another 4oz of CIB  at home. but today I don't seem to know where to begin so Ive just been drinking my water. Any advice would be appreciated!

Thanks to everyone for their well wishes!

Kristie

Hope all went  fine!!!  Welcome to the losers bench!!!!