Hi Amanda... You are definitely not alone in how you feel. I too felt exactly the same way right up until they wheeled me in the operating room. I had surgery on the 5th and its been almost 2 weeks and I can already tell you that its the "BEST THING I EVER DID FOR MYSELF!" I'm not saying this is easy but its better than the way I was living. My clothes are getting looser, my bras are getting bigger, and I just feel better about myself. After surgery when you wake up your first thought will probably be HOLY **** - WHY DID I DO THIS and TOTALLY REGRET IT and I promise that will pass fairly quickly. I was fine after the first day - so please don't worry and know you will be okay. Hang in there!!!! Everything will be fine. Heather

Hey everyone! I am at home and doing well. I have no major complaints and I am taking it easy. I will posts more later after my first post-op appt, Lady T.

I wish you the best, I am waiting on the scheduling department to schedule my surgery. Just got the letter from the insurance company last week.

Hey all, I hope all is well for you. I had surgery on Tuesday and came home yesterday. I'm off my pain meds. I still have some discomfort, but it's nothing that requires narcotics, it's very tollerable. I did a 14 day liquid diet instead of the 10 day my surgeon required. I hold most of my weight in my belly, so he was worried that he would have to do an open proceedure to be able to get at what he needed to, but he said the diet I did shrinked my liver so much that he had more than enough room to do everything. He also finished the surgery a hour faster than he thought he would have to. In general, I'm feeling great. I'm having problems concentrating on things, but I think that is the hangover from the narcotics. I'm drinking and walking just fine. Anything I drink makes me burp. I have 6 incisions. Five are covered with Steri-strips. The one with the Jtube (now removed) hasn't healed yet and it's a little tender. My stomach is covered with bruises from the Hepron shots they gave me while I was in the hospital (6 in all?). I've got a dark purple bruise from where my IV was. My belly and arm are covered with adhesive residue from all the tape. Even though it's too soon to get results from the surgery, I'm glad I did it. Best wishes to all. I hope all of you have as nice of a recovery as I'm having. I"m astonished at how well it's going. HUGS to all

Hi Sherry! I had my surgery Aug 3rd and I had heard similar, that people experienced no pain and it was such a breeze. When I woke up from my surgery I felt horrible, honestly I felt like someone had cut me in half it was bad, my mom and boyfriend stood by my sides and tried to hold my hands but all I could do was gouge at their hands with my nails because I didn't know how to deal with the pain. Now once the epidural kicked in that was another story all together, I felt NOTHING after that baby kicked in and anytime I felt the slightest bit of anything I would push that button and I was good to go. When they took my epidural out, it was painful but about 5 days out I was feeling pretty good. Congrats on getting the staples out!!! Julie