Question:
I NEED ALL THE INPUT ON GOING IN FOR THE RNY TOMORROW IS MY BIG DAY.
I AM 4'11 AND WEIGH 201. I ALSO HAVE SEVERE DIABETES. I HAVE BEEN DOING PROTEIN SHAKES THE LAST 5 DAYS AND MY BOWEL PREP YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING. SO FILL ME IN IF I NEED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE..WHAT TO TAKE TO THE HOSPITAL THAT THEY DONT MENTION IN THEIR NOTES AND WHAT TO EXPECT. THANKS TO ALL IN ADVANCE. — chipley850 (posted on February 14, 2010)
February 14, 2010
Congratulations on your big day, and I wish you an easy and speedy
recovery.
I practically took nothing. I wore a very comfortable pair of pants and
very loose shirt the morning of surgery and wore it on the way home as
well. I did not bring any gowns because I did not want to deal with IVs,
tubes, and changing into my gown in case I did not feel up to it. I just
wore the hospital supplied gowns that made changing easy and effortless. I
took my toothbrush, brush, and that was about it. I never needed anything
else. I am sure there are others that can offer ideas, but I just did not
need anything. I have read if you are really sore, you may want to place a
pillow around you to cushion the seat belt on your ride home. I did not
need or do that either.
— dasie
February 14, 2010
i had the RNY bypass surgery 02/08/10, what worried me the most was the
thought of pain and nausea. to date i haven't had any. what motivated me
the most for this procedure was elimanation insulin shots (60 units) per
day plus oral meds 3 times per day. i quit taking the oral meds 02/07/10
and i had my last insulin injection 02/10/10.
— Gary123
February 14, 2010
wow both answers have motivated me.....really positive and I appreciate
that.
— chipley850
February 14, 2010
You are about ready to have the best year of your life! Congratulations! I
will be praying for you... The first day I was loopy, but walking was the
key to quick recovery! Bring shampoo and a change of clothes - as they had
me shower and I didn't expect that. My surgery was 8mos. ago - down 100
lbs and no insulin since I left the hospital - It is all going to be great.
— ericahamel
February 14, 2010
How so very exciting for you!!! I had my RNY sutgery six months ago and I
am at goal, I have lost 102 lbs.
Make sure you bring flip flops, so you can walk. I wore Fit Flops.
I will tell you this is not an easy road, but it is so worth it.
Good luck tomorrow
— FSUMom
February 14, 2010
I am 4'10.5 and weighed in 237, without diabetes. I took nothing but what I
was wearing...you won't really needa nything except slippers, and event hen
they supply lil socks slippers. I even got them to bring me a fan!
Congrats on everything! You're life will change and be great! Just follow
the rules, change your ideas on healthy eating,, and next year you will be
half the person you are today! I lost 120 lbs and feel great. It is at the
high end of our weight goal, but anything less I feel like I look sickly. I
feel good here at this weight. Ihad gone down to 115 but didn't like it.
Best of luck and I will keep you in prayer for a quick and painfree
recovery! Hugs,Kim
— gpcmist
February 15, 2010
Congrats!!! I had my surgery aug 21, i am 100 pounds down, had surgery at
8am was out by 10, up walking that night. never had to use the pain meds, i
brought my cel, my bible and a journal, and my favorite pillow and loose
clothes cause the beds are NOT comfortable. I was back to work within 2
weeks. walk, walk and walk. I am off all diabetic meds, cholesterol meds my
a1c was 12.5 at its highest and i am down to 5.8!!! you'll do great...
— MarthaJ0110
February 16, 2010
Hey Stephanie, great choice to have RNY, it will probably help your
diabetes a lot. I had lap RNY a week ago today and the doc took me off
everything except pre-meal insulin, which has been cut in half. I'm hoping
the sugars stabilize by themselves before long, but I did promise the doc
not to quit testing the sugar and it hasn't settled by itself yet. But, I
got to stop taking all my other meds, blood pressure, diuretic, aspirin,
Diabetes oral meds, so happy about that. Before surgery i was taking 50
units night time Levemir long-acting and 15-20 units novalog pre-meal.. and
was controlled... now no night time insulin and am sugar was 168 this
morning a week out. Pretty good, considering.
I took my iPod, for which I was glad (I have a charger that's separate from
my computer) as I didn't want to watch TV all day. I took a bathrobe, so I
could feel a little dressed for my many walks around the nurses' station.
At least you should bring loose sweats or shorts to keep your backside
covered, you don't want to be giving a show in your hospital gown! if you
walk 3 or 4 times a day it really speeds the healing and makes you get over
the anesthesia faster. I also borrowed my wife's crocs so I had secure
shoes to walk in that were easy to get in and out of. You won't want to
bend early on. Everybody said to take chapstick, but I didn't really need
mine for some reason, go figure. I left my cell phone home but was sorry as
the short stay recovery in my hospital has no phones in the rooms, I had to
ask the nurse to call my wife. They don't ban cell phones unless you're in
intensive care, at least at my hospital. One thing I did was buy several
mazazines, like Reader's Digest and People... the kind of thing you can
read just a short story when you want to and then put down. They came in
handy, too. Best of luck to you, you'll be so glad you went through all of
this! There is quite a journey ahead of you!! Focus on the goal while
you're in the hospital, all the shots and IVs and all that stuff will pass
quickly and you'll be back to normal before you know it... and losing
weight!!
— Greg K.
February 17, 2010
Well You are almost there! I had mine on Feb 11th. I woke up from surgery
and ran my hand down my stomack and was diaapointed to find that is was not
don so I thought. THe doctor laughte and placed my hand on the sites so
that I could feel them. LOL I figured that waking up form surgery I had
expected pain and there was none. I was able and still am able to move
around easily and was able to position myself in the bed as I like in my
own bed on eithe side or on my back. I was released the next day fro m
hospital. Another lady that I was sharing a room with also had really bad
diabetis and the day after the surgery they brought har off the injections
and put her on a pill. she is doing great ans told me today thather sugar
is almost normal!So good luck to you and keep in touch let me know how you
did.
— OntarioSilk
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