Wow! Way to go, girl! You are looking incredible!

Hi Shelley. I found you on Facebook and sent you a friend request. Thanks for the link. I am still awating a date for surgery. Tomorrow I am having the psych eval then I have a sleep study in 3 weeks and consults with a cardiologist and pulmonologist coming up, an EGD scheduled beg. of March, and then I will see Dr. Myers again, and then hopefully we can schedule the surgery!!!

HI Shelley. Nice to meet you too!! Thanks for the link to your Facebook page, but it didn't work for me? Hope you are doing well.

Hi! Things are going great. This was the best thing i could ever have done. Its been hard to get alot of protein in but im tryin. When im released to do more exercising, I want to check with a local gym and get a family membership there. My kids really want to stay fit and it cant hurt. Since i've had the surgery done, I have a few other family members asking about it and interested in doing it. I let them know everyone's experience is different and learn as much as you can. And I tell them about this site and how useful it is. Take care

I'm on full liquids now. So working on protein. The first day in the hospital i was aloud to drink anything at all. They gave me the sponge thing to wet my mouth. At 8 am, the next day i went into xray to check for any leaks and after they showed no leaks i was aloud clear liquids. Day 2 and day 3 were hard for me to sip stuff cause i would get bad gas pains with each sip. Yesterday was better. I could drink more amounts before i would get gas pains. Now today, I have no gas pains. Just the occasional burp or two. I just drank some unjury chicken soup/broth protein shake. It really tastes good. I only have a couple sample packs but I know i wanna by the big container next. I'm very glad i did this. Good luck Joe

HI! Good to hear you are doing well. I got home yesterday evening. The only time i took stuff for pain was monday also. I was lucky and didnt feel to much nausea. The pain wasnt have has bad as i was expecting. The real pain is from gas and when i'm up moving around my abdonmen is a little sore but very tolerable. I'm not suppose to start on the protein till next week. I just took a chewable vitamin and it was like a meal lol. *Cheers* to finally making it to the "other side."

Hi Shelly, good luck tomorrow. I gotta be at St. Vincent at 6 am and surgery is at 8. Was hoping for this time slot. I'll try to post when i can. I'm not bringing my laptop but i will have my phone so I'll try to post when i can. Depends on how I feel and how long i will be in there, I might have someone bring me my laptop later. I'm very excited and anxious to do this. It's hard to believe it's actually gonna happen. I've been wanting this for 10 yrs now lol. Good luck and you'll be in my prayers. Can't wait to compare experiences.

Have a great surgery and congrads on the first day of a healthier you

Happy Birthday!

Thanks Shelley!! I am very happy with everything so far ) Do you have a date yet? My husband grew up outside of Pittsburgh, beautiful state you live in.

I am post op 3 days now and feel great. Yesterday and day before were rough but I survived and now I know ok can start living. This site is great to get all your info from so good luck on your decision!

It went very well, thank you! Very happy with my decision so far