Good Luck Tomorrow Eve!

"  i always carry an element of shame and i was embarrassed for people to know i was having weightloss surgery...they made me feel like any other patient"

This made me cry as it really hit home about how much shame that we carry by our obesity.

On the happier note I laughed so hard about the comment you made about your hubby!

Thanks for letting me know how the experience was. I am going up to Bathurst tomorrow for another test and to bank a couple units of blood. Surgery is on Thursday.

:)  good luck!  i didnt bank blood but didnt need any.  I wish i would have just in case but will know for next time i have surgery.  i felt like i was givin blood daily LOL wait i was !!!  just to check levels but it seemed like they always wanted a poke at me LOL

it seemed to take so long to get in the OR then once i did it was so fast passing til i got home.  You must be nervous/excited.  it never really hit me until i was sitting outside the day surgery window with my backpack!!!  AHHHH....  let me know how you make out when you get home!!!

They asked me to bank a couple of units. I am not sure if that is because I have a rarer blood type? I never had to do this before. I think what I am most worried about is the pain levels and being able to move around as soon as possible. 

Another question, how long were you in the hospital for?

Surgery was Thursday, I went into the or around 1145..  Was in my Room around 3 and was up to go pee around 845.  My biggest pain was the gas.... Man it hurts coming out.. Lots of deep breaths.  They gave me about 200mg of fentynol   In recovery but it was wearing off quick so they took me upstairs so I could get something to last longer...  But again the pain was the gas not my stomach...  And I was up hours later.. . I did  not have a catheter so with the iV I had to pee...  That night I continued to ring for shots about every 4-5hours.  They were good about it...  I was slow moving the next day, Friday.... By Saturday I was doing some laps of the unit, lost my iv and was more comfortable ,,,  then was discharged on Sunday morning...   Make sure you eat and drink and all will be fine... I found I woke up every night at 245 to pee and get medicine...  They were quick and sorted me out. 

Thanks this is good info for me. What did they have you eat? I thought we weren't to eat for a couple of weeks only liquids?