Finally it happened!

I had my surgery on Tuesday. I had the best team of people despite my serious anxiety issues. I told my anesthesiologist about my serious anxiety goin into the operating room and wouldn't u know he put me out without me knowing it. The last thing I remember is hugging my family and saying Oh that feels good as he put meds to "relax" me in my IV. Next thing I remember waking up from surgery. I had the best nurses in the hospital. I even had a nurse who had roux n y and sat with me for over an hour about her experience, advice' etc. Dr. Teel was phenomenal and I am now four days out and taking in all my vitamins and prescriptions. Still working on getting all the protein in and the fluids but overall I am doing well. I was 319 on day of preop diet start and 14 days later I was down 13 pounds to 306 before surgery. My preop diet consisted of two protein shakes a day and two lean meals a day. 64 oz of water and walked 30 min a day for 12 of 14 days. That's all I did. Now I am down 20 lbs total since I sarted this process in January. Super pleased and can't wait to see where this sleeve takes me. Thank u to everyone who posted about their journey to prepare me for mine. I will be in touch :)

So happy to hear you had such a positive experience. Congrats on your weight loss. Keep the the great work.

Congratulations on your journey so far! I had my surgery on Wednesday and am so inspired by your recovery and attitude so far! Keep up the great work! 

That's so great! Makes me feel good as my surgery is in a few days.

I am thinking of you and wishing you well!!!

So great! You are on your way!!!

That's so awesome!  You sound great!

Thanks for sharing - it makes the next few days less anxious for me. My surgery's on Tues. Please keep posting your journey!

Sounds as if your experience mirrored mine. I'm in total agreement, Dr. Teel in Dayton, OH is the best. The nurses at Miami Valley are fantastic! I too was really scared but I had no reason to be. I'm SO happy you had such a great experience. Let me know if you plan to go to a support group meeting. I have not been to one since I had the surgery but I would love to go and it would be nice to meet you.

Good luck, message me if you need anything!

I think you're going to find that the way you feel and your weight loss just get better and better.

If you get hit with a stall or depression, please know that those are normal and temporary, and you will feel better.

Best wishes on this new adventure!