Good luck, you are in great hands with Dr. Toder.  I had my gastric bypass last Monday and she was my surgeon.  I too have younger kids and missed them terribly but I called them every night that I was gone.  I might have been a bit out of it but I still called them. LOL  I was in the hospital for 2 nights.  Walking is the key to getting home sooner. LOL  I walked my butt off to get home.  I am not going to lie and say it has been a piece of cake but you will get thru it. LOL  Just keep on the nurses to keep on top of your pain. Every day it gets better.  Hopefully you will have a good support system when you get home.  This will be your schedule, rest, sip,bathroom, walk and repeat. LOL  You basically have this for your first week.  Towards the end of that first week you can do a few more things.  Good luck.
Kim

The Beck Diet solution weight loss workbook by Judith S. Beck.

I love this book and find it to be helpful with the brain game. Since they only operated on the belly not the brain, but the brain still wants to be in control!

Debbie

Thanks I was feeling pretty depressed that evening, after my visit with the nutritionist. I am now going to the pool at P.E.A.K. and working out in the weight room doing a water walking class , walking laps on my own, and then coming home and walking the dog two miles. I am also trying to follow th book they gave me but I don't eat half of the stuff they use as examples so I find it hard to do exactly as they say.

I am going to lose this weight even if it's at a slower pace than they want it will come off!!!

  Thank you Kristi for wheeling me down to the support group.  It was awesome meeting you.  I walked my hiney off at the hospital so I was able to go home today.  Still trying to figure out my pouch.  My belly has been making lots of noise.  They had me try some vanilla instant breakfast and I was able to have amout 2 oz's of that but that was in about 45 to 1 hour.  I just took  my time drinking it.  Just sips here and there.  At lunch time they had me try tomatoe soup.  I had a few tiny spoon fulls and my pouch got a little grumpy from that so i told them I wold not eat anymore of that and told them to bring me down somemore instant breakfast.. I drank about 1 oz of that.  Supper I had 1 oz of protein shake.  Not too certain that my ouch liked that much.  I think it is still debating. LOL  

I went for a 4.6 mile walk/jog last night OUTSIDE!  It was so great to be outdoors again.