Day 3...
Congrats on the surgery and I'm glad that the liquids and walking are going well. Keep it up and let us know how you progress.
HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.
I'm on day 4 after surgery and I am going through the same thing. You are definitely not alone!! The one thing that helps me get through it all is what my surgeon told me. "Each day the pain will gradually get better."
I'm counting little victories for myself. One day I'll be able to get comfy in bed... One day I'll be able to roll out of bed and start my day without awful pain. And then the biggest victory of all is to look in the mirror and be able to say I DID IT!!!
Thanks for letting me babble... I'm really loving this site.
Maria
on 2/3/18 8:08 pm
Hey MateoSteven,
Each day it will be a bit easier until one morning I woke up on MY STOMACH!!! It does take a while to get back to normal but it does and before you know it you will be just fine.
referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017
Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!
current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!
Congrats on a successful surgery, and welcome to the loser's bench.
Some of the others posted ads for the wedge pillow, and I have to say, I used mine for 2 weeks and it was a big help. I also used many other pillows to build arm rests around me, so I wouldn't move as much, and a heating pad for my belly (but don't put it on bare skin). I found that helped a lot, and I also had a sore back so used the heating pad there as well.
I had a lot of pain too. Every day will get a bit better and soon the pain will be a distant memory. Good luck!
Pre-Op Visit: Jan. 10, 2017, weight 304, surgeon: Dr. David Lindsay, St. Joe's, Toronto
1st Day of (3 weeks worth of) Optifast: Jan. 11, 2017
Surgery Date: Feb. 1st, 2017
Kathy 
