Pre surgery check list
Hello all. I have an idea of what to bring to the hospital and to have after my rny on Tuesday.
Any tips of what I may not of thought of would be helpful.
Thanks. You have all been so supportive!

Nancy Geoghegan
Take as little as possible. You should focus on resting, sipping and walking. Don't take cash or valuables because they could be stolen. My hospital gave me a small pillow for squeezing when you cough. It also was good for cushioning the seat belt on the ride home. Otherwise just heal!
Congrats on your surgery!
Thanks - yes, about that small pillow. I went to our support group meeting Tuesday and don't you know the speaker was a post op nurse! Perfect timing. She showed us the pillow.

Nancy Geoghegan
Chapstick :) your mouth might be very dry afterward and my hubby wasn't allowed anything to drin****il that evening (his surgery was early morning). They gave him those sponge mouth swabs. They also wanted him to walk the floor if he couldn't sleep, but he's so tall and was so big around that the hospital gowns left little to the imagination so he would have liked his own bathrobe.

HW: 340 SW: 329 Goal: 170
CW: 243
Surgeon: Dr. Kalyana Nandipati (Omaha, NE)
Yes, I was glad for a bathrobe too.

HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.
on 1/20/18 4:21 pm
Earplugs and extra underwear(ahem had a little accident I did!) slippers and chapstick.

referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017
Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!
current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!
Hi. I have been listening to a book called The Big Book on the Gastric Bypass on audible and they mention the underwear too lol.

Nancy Geoghegan