had surgery March 9 and all is well?????

Ok- is it just me- or do way to many of you keep saying no pain??? I hurt like H.E.L.L!!!!lol I went in on March 9 for a 12:30pm. surgery, surgery lasted almost 4 hours and let me tell you I hurt, hurt, hurt!!lol I had an open RNY with gall bladder and feel like someone cut me in 2- lmao actually- am feeling better each day- but if you would have asked me even 2 days ago if it was worth it I would have screamed NO!!!! well 7 days out and am back to my pre surgery weight ( which was down 15 from last doc visit) and have lost another almost 7- so yes- you do lose the weight- lol food is not my best friend anymore- and it feels so good- yet- I at this point just dont know where all this will end up-lol any other Northern MN Marchers????? support group anyone???? Dena

Hi Dena, I hear ya girl, I thought I got hit by a train! The morphine pump was worthless and it took them over 24 hours to take the damn thing off me and give me pain shots. All I can say is thank god for drugs !!!!!!!!! hope your feeling better, you will its been 12 days for me and I feel pretty good and the inision is almost all healed close. Debbie -22 pounds woohoooooooooo

Maybe in the drug fog, we forget after the fact? I went in expecting to have 2 weeks from hell, and really was surprised to feel as good as I did by the end of the first week. I'm starting week 3 now and still have some soreness, but I would only call it pain when I do something stupid (like pick up my 24 lb grandson!) I don't have much stamina yet, but I keep hearing the energy does not come back in force until about a month out. Right now the exercising is taking brute force, but is not so bad once I get started. I look forward to that getting easier. Other than that, no real complaints. Joy -18 lbs/ 15 days

I had a lot of pain compared to the other patients I saw around me. They were all talking about going to the first support group two days later and I'm like ARE YOU NUTS. I also had a post surgery infection which seems to have slowed down what loss shows on the scale. I've read enough journals that I've found a bunch of others who have these patterns -- and it's heartening to see their post 3 months later or so that says "I feel great and have lost 50 lbs." Whenever I'm low, I go flipping through the before and afters.

Look at all these Dena's/Dina's around here! LOL! Sorry to be one of those parade rainers, but I had an open and I'm one of those saying "no pain." I asked my surgeon why I had no pain and he said it was because he doesn't cut muscle or nerves. Well, Deanne, who was in a week before me and she had extreme pain. I have a theory that maybe those who have a lot of pain may have had a nerve that was stray and in the way where others don't have it. Just a thought...hope it gets better for you quickly... Dina ---who is between Dena and Dena