Surgery was Monday!

[AmberS.]

My friend said the same thing. She regretted it for a couple weeks, but now she's down over 100 lbs and would do it again in a heartbeat. No regrets.

I've lost 126 lbs since.. I have no regrets now!! congratulations to your friend!!

 

[ljwinterh]

I had my gastric bypass one week ago on 6/15...I agree that the pain was more than I anticipated and asked to stay 1 more night in the hospital as I was worried about being sent home with mostly Tylenol and wanted to make sure I could get pain controlled...I was trying to figure out what kind of pain was it - incision pain? gas pain? is this nausea? too much organ shuffling? When I was talking with nurses on my mini walks and started understanding the gas pumped in, she also said a lot of initial pain is from that...movement helped with getting myself to pass gas and that def helped...home now for 4 days and still have pain but manageable now...I too have had moments of "um why did I do this?" but I'm trying to focus on the longer term with a "this too shall pass" mantra in my heart. good luck to you and may you pass enough gas to feel comfortable again

 

[Garner]

I had my gastric bypass one week ago on 6/15...I agree that the pain was more than I anticipated and asked to stay 1 more night in the hospital as I was worried about being sent home with mostly Tylenol and wanted to make sure I could get pain controlled...I was trying to figure out what kind of pain was it - incision pain? gas pain? is this nausea? too much organ shuffling? When I was talking with nurses on my mini walks and started understanding the gas pumped in, she also said a lot of initial pain is from that...movement helped with getting myself to pass gas and that def helped...home now for 4 days and still have pain but manageable now...I too have had moments of "um why did I do this?" but I'm trying to focus on the longer term with a "this too shall pass" mantra in my heart. good luck to you and may you pass enough gas to feel comfortable again

I am now 2 weeks post op and feel MUCH better.....1st weekend was the worse but after that everything got better day by day.....my biggest hurdle is definitely my own mindset and missing food in general......this is a whole new way of life, not just for me but for my family as well......hope you are doing well......the pain will surely pass soon.

 

[Garner]

My surgery was June 10th as well. It is absolutely miserable and I have found myself questioning this decision. I hope it gets better.

Hope you are doing better now?