Getting closer to setting a surgery date!! Excited and scared.

I only have two more appointments left then the doctors office can do all the insurance stuff then I will be able to get scheduled.   The scheduler is guessing it could be the middle to end of July!  I have mixed emotions about this.  I am excited because of how I will feel in 6-8 months.  Scared because of the surgery part.  I have severe asthma and I had attempt the Roux-en-y open surgery in 2006.   15 mins into the surgery I had an asthma attack on the table and they had to stop the surgery.  :(  Although things are different now.  I am not smoking anymore and I am able to manage my asthma very well.  Plus a few weeks prior to surgery I had a pretty bad cold.  So a lot of factors played into the attack on the table. They called it the perfect storm.  But I am still scared/nervous.  Does anyone know the average time for the sleeve surgery? I know my doctor mentioned it but I cant remember.   As we get closer I hope it will be ok to ask for prayers..            

Thanks

The total process for me was about an hour and a half, including getting wheeled back from preop, going into recovery, etc. The surgery itself was 30 minutes approx (is what I was told)

I hope your breathing is not an issue this time.  My surgery was less than an hour. Not too bad. 

best wishes,

Carol

Congrats, you'll have a surgery date soon!!   I think the surgery time is about an hr.   I am not sure, it's been a while for me.   Good luck to you!

Congrats on your journey & on being so close to surgery time!  I am near the same point as you, I will receive my surgery date soon and nerves are certainly increasing! It is certainly ok with me to ask for prayers!!! I will pray for a successful and safe surgery and recovery for you! Glad to hear you no longer smoke and your asthma has improved.

I was wheeled into the OR around 8:15ish (I might be off by 15 minutes; I was so drugged up that I don't remember exactly), surgery was scheduled for 8:30, and I was in recovery around 10am. I spent more time in recovery than I did in surgery because the pain meds (Dilaudid)/anesthesia were making me really, really nauseous.

You'll do great! The only time I ever had any regrets was when I was really nauseous that first day and felt so, so sick. Once they changed my pain meds, I felt a million times better and haven't regretted it since. I was up and walking same day, home about 36 hours after the surgery, and up and moving around my house (and even unloading my dishwasher--slowly!) by day three.