celticnurse
on 5/1/11 8:49 am - Abingdon, MD

RNY on 05/02/11

i'm nervously excited. i've got my ditty bag packed w/toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, soap, lotion, lipbalm, charging cords for my nook and phone. i'll pack the toothbrush in the morning. anything i'm forgetting???

gotta be there at 8:30 for 10:30 surgery.
surgeon says it will take about 4 hrs in the O/R and another hour in recovery. i hate for my family to wait all that time, but they are insisting....gotta love 'em.

_Donna_
on 5/1/11 8:55 am

Good luck to you!
4 hours seems like a long time, my surgeon says he will take 2.
make sure your lip balm doesn't have menthol... it doesn't mix well with oxygen BOOM
Clean underwear, and slippers. and something comfortable to change into when you go home.

nfarris79
on 5/1/11 8:56 am - Germantown, MD

RNY on 04/13/11

Gas-X!!! Never underestimate the pain of gas post-op.

First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.

SugarGrl
on 5/1/11 9:00 am

RNY on 03/23/11

Good luck and God bless! I hope you have a speedy recovery! Slippers, don't forget your slippers.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER! LET'S GET HEALTHY! STARTING WEIGHT 211.8, SURGERY 23 MAR 11; ONEDERLAND 30 MAR 11 199.2

ToBeAble
on 5/1/11 9:03 am

Best wishes as you begin this life-changing journey!

Laura

RNY 7/30/10 SW 302/CW ~150/First Goal 155 (reached 9/2011)
Extended TT & Medial Thigh Lift 7/16/12. Arms, Butt Lift 2/6/13.

celticnurse
on 5/1/11 9:06 am - Abingdon, MD

RNY on 05/02/11

ah, just using the lip balm for after surgery, not before....thanks for the heads-up on that one!

plenty of underwear (and sox, too). slippers packed. going home in the same thing i am wearing tomorrow.

thanks for the gas-x suggestion, too! i'll have to pick some up on the way.

Cherylkas
on 5/1/11 9:09 am - PA

You will be on oxygen after surgery as well for a bit. Just so you know. I would take a pillow from home with you so on the drive home you have it to hold against your tummy..helps with the pain.

Good Luck!

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Start weight 282, Surgery weight 265, Current weight 131, Goal weight 140

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vitawoman
on 5/1/11 9:11 am

Awsome for you. Do you use moose? a hairdryer? don't forget your deodorant. Would you mind adding me as friend, I would really like to walk this journey with someone, to provide support, and whatever I can offer you here...Will be thinking of you at 1030, god bless and good luck:}

janice A.
on 5/1/11 9:41 am - san angelo, TX

Revision on 04/14/11

Good Luck.. and speedy recovery.. dont forget ur slippers.. dont want to walk on hospital floors with out them..

See you on journey road :)

Janice

long term

SW 303/ lapband/ 244 /335 pre-op/ revision 4/11

Christine428
on 5/1/11 10:24 am, edited 5/1/11 10:27 am

RNY on 04/08/11

Good luck!! Don't forget a hairbrush and slippers. I forgot to bring a hairbrush a long time ago and my hair looked so bad, so now I always remember. lol My doc said it would be 2-3 hours but my dh said it was longer than that before the doc came out and talked to him. I was only in the hospital overnight and was so out of it I didn't do much but sleep lol.

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