It is official, I am now a real loser.. The surgery is over and I am back at home.

Went in the the hospital on Thursday morning for my LAP RNY and everything was ready for me. Several visitors came by to wish me best of luck and then they pushed the "happy juice". I remember about 5 minutes post getting that injection in my IV port and the next thing I knew I was in recovery. My surgery ran longer than expected due to a minor complication, but nothing to be freaked out about. Dr. Williams said that he had to go behind the bowel and that takes a little longer. Something about makeing sure the connections were not tugging at all. Whatever he did, he did great!! I was rolled into surgery at 7:30am and finally in my room a little before 3pm. I was in recovery a good while due to nausea and such. The rest of Thurs is but a blur to me. I have no idea what I did. I know I walked but there were several people assisting me. Fri and Sat were long and my god does my butt hurt. Laying on my back for that long has done a true number on the ole glutes!! However, I have a donut cushion now and it feels SO much better. I was hoping to come home Sat and due to a temp issue and not passing as much gas as he hoped, I was kept yet another day. So I knew I was in for more butt pain and lots of walking. However, my goodness did the winds blow on Sat.. LORD HAVE MERCY.. I was "tootin" all over the place and even combined it with a bowel movement one time. Do you all REALLY need to know that ?? HMMM. But I love to share!!! I will say that I love "delotid" (if I am spelling that correctly). That pian med is the stuff. It was administered via direct IV push and nothing bothered me for 4 hours after getting it. The good doc came in this morning and everything was looking good so he released me to go home and I finally arrived here around 11:45 and have not been able to get really comfy yet. This computer chair is pretty darn comfy, I will tell ya. I weighed in at 308.2 the morning of surgery and when i was weighed yesterday morning I was t 302.1. Not too shabby.. I am still in pain and the pain meds are helping but every day will get better and better. I am a loser now and have my butt cushion in hand to sit on that losers bench.

Hey Kevin! You are too funny. So glad you're surgery is behind you and you're feeling good. Don't be too obsessed with the weight just yet. You're still swollen from the surgery I'm sure. Have a wonderful evening..keep us posted on your progress...umm..whether it's TMI or not! LOL Phyllis

Hey Kevin, You are on your way now....life is going to get sooooooooo much better. Have a good day and don't worry about the weight now, you are swollen. Alice

Congratulations on a successful surgery! Your sense of humor will go far with this! Keep us posted!

Yaaay! Congratulations!! My RNY was performed on the 13th by Dr Dennis Smith in Marietta. He kept me an additional night because my Phospohorus was low. I was soooooo happy to leave that Friday morning! The bed was a bariatric bed that leaned to the left where folks got in and out of the bed. I guess the bed was an old one. I was lucky and stopped using my pain meds late the day after surgery. The 'pressure' I felt in my abdomen didn't register as 'pain' to me. But let me tell you, the PICC line in my upper arm was a horror I never want to relive!!! I guess 15 minutes of very localized pain and pressure registers as 'PAIN' to me!!! In 2 weeks, I've lost 21 pounds so far! Amazing since I only lost 15 in the 1.5 years I dieted while preparing for this surgery!! So far though, I can't see the weight loss except a little in my face. But, I'm glad to be 239 and that I'm now a loser and starting strong!!! Sue