How did you first find out about bariatric surgery and what were your initial impressions of it?

BY READING ABOUT IT AND I DO PREOP WORK IN A LAB FOR SURGURY

What was your stay in the hospital like? How long where you there? What things are most important to bring?

HOSPTIAL STAY WAS FINE HAD CLEAN ROOM GOOD NURSES AND THE FOOD YUMMY 2 OZ OF THE BEST JELLO IN TOWN

Did you have any complications from the surgery? If so, how did you deal with them?

HAD SOME THROWING UP OF BLOOD BUT DR MARSHALL EXPLAIN THAT BECAUSE HE DOSENT PUT THE GASTRIC TUBE IN YOUR NOSE (THANK GOD) THE BLOOD HAS TO COME OUT SOMEHOW

In the weeks after you got your surgery date, how did you feel? How did you cope with any anxiety you might have felt?

MY HAUSBAND GOT VERY ILL THE DANY AFTER I CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL I WAS DRIVING TO SEE HIM IN THE HOSPITAL EVERYDAY I KNOW I WASN'T SUPOSSED TO BUT I HAD NO CHIOCE BUT I KEPT MY MY ON HIM I DIDN'DT EVEN TAKE ANY PAIN KILLER

Describe your first few weeks home from the hospital. What should people expect from this period?

SORENESS ,TERRIBLE TASTE IN MY MOUTH FINALLY SUCKED ON A LEMON AND HAD RELIEF WAS BACK TO WORK IN FOUR WEEKS

How far did you travel to have your surgery? (If far, how did this affect your aftercare?)

30 MILES

Please describe in detail what things you could and couldn't eat in the weeks and months following surgery. What foods have been off limits? Please explain how your dietary tolerance changed week-by-week, and then month-by-month since surgery.

NO SUGAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COULD EAT SOUP TUNA LEMONS BUT I WOULD DO GOOD ONE TIME BUT IF I ATE THE SAME THINGS IN A ROW THEN I WOULD GET SICK

What was your actvity level in the days and weeks after surgery?

HIGHER THAN MOST DRIVING IN 6 DAYS\LOTS OF WALKING 6 DAYS POST ON

What vitamins and/or dietary supplements have you taken since your surgery?

IM VERY BAD AT TAKIG ANY

What side effects (nausea, vomiting, sleep disturbace, dumping, hair loss etc.) were worse for you? For how long after surgery did they persist? How did you cope with them?

NONE OF THE ABOVE

What aftercare support group/program do you have? How helpful/important is this?

I WORK TWO JOBS REALLY CANT ATTEND

What is your scar like? Is this what you expected?

LITTLE 4 LINES.YUP

Please describe any plateau experiences you have had since surgery.

I HAVEN'T LOST ANY WEIGHT IN A YEAR BUT IM WHERE I WANT TO BE BECAUSE I FEEL GREAT AND LOOK GOOD TO

Do you notice people treating you any differently now?

OH YEA PEOPLE WOULD LOOK OVER OR RUDE TO ME NOW ITS CAN I HELP YOU