Share Your Funniest Post-Op Moment

I was on allot of meds pre op (diabetes, hbp, gerd....) so I got to know the people at our local pharmacy pretty well.  After surgery I went off all my meds but Previcid so I didn't have a need to go to the pharmacy for a while.  About a year or so after my surgery I had to go pick up antibiotics for my dog.  So one day on the way home I went through the drive-thru to pick them up.  Well the pharmacist herself came to the window to dispense the medication, when she looked at the name on the order she asked me....' hey there's a girl that used to come in here from this family, she was going to have gastric bypass....how is she doing, I haven't seen her in awhile.  I started laughing and said 'she's me!' 
You should have seen the look on her face, she could not believe I was the same person!  That was a great moment!

Love that! So good :)

Now this is a great story!! I am new to this site and was looking at the before and after pictures. One word came to mind, AGMAZING!! I honestly had to take a double look at some of the pictures because the after photo looked nothing like the before. Some actually looked like completely different people.

You sound a lot like me. I have been diagnosed with pre diabetes and prescribed Metformin, Borderline high blood pressure (prescribed a low dose of Toporol). In addition, I have recently been prescribed cholesterol medications. All of this within two years. :( I stay fatigued all the time and suffer chronic pain, Fibromyagia, neuropothy, degeneration, and arthritis. I am 5'8 and weigh 296. I have recently been researching gastric bypass and want so desperately to have the Roux-en-Y. I have litterally tried every diet under the sun and took almost every type of diet pill they make. At this point I am in a fight for my life. I am only 39 years old.

Does anyone have any advice?

You and I have a lot in common.  I was 307 pre-op and I am now 287 post-op 1 month + 1 day.

I also took Metformin and had high BP. And I am 34. 

I was also tired  all the time and in pain a lot.

I had my RNY on 2-15-11.  I am happy with it.  I was in a lot of pain and I did have some complications.  Still, even with the complications to be able to ose 20 lbs in a month is pretty amazing.

The only thing I wish I had done is research the Gastric Sleeve more.  My HMO wil not do the LapBand anymore because of all the complications and removals they have had to do.  My HMO also will not do the D/S.  So it was between RNY and the Sleeve. 

I hope and think that I made the right choice but more reading probably would have been better.

We are pretty close to twins.  I was originally scheduled for this surgery in 2004, but by the time they approved me I had been diagnosed with breast cancer, so needless to say that  took a precedence for a few years.

I'm now 3.5 years out from GBS.  I initially lost 115 lbs but regretfully have regained about 25 (normal from what I've heard, but I'm working on it :) ).

I'll be totally honest I love the fact that I had this surgery and would do it again in a heat beat,  no doubt about it.  However, I do struggle with alcohol now.  If you have a history of drug or alcohol  addiction, do not have this surgery (my opinion).  I did not have a problem pre-op, in fact I was pretty much alcohol free off and on over the years (I've re-read some journaling over the years).  But now I struggle with it and I HATE that.  Everything else has been awesome, don't get me wrong, it's allot of work, but isn't everything worth having???

I am no longer on ANY medication (just LOT's of vitamins!) and I'm going to be 49 in May!!!.  I'm no longer diabetic, my A1c has went from 9. something to 6.8..... youzer!  My cholesterol is now 145 and my BP after doing 3 flight of stairs to get to my Dr.'s office last week was 127/78 !!!!!  Again, sooooo worth it, except for the alcohol problems, so do be aware.  I  like others had heard about it, but never thought it would be a problem for me.

Good luck,  and PM me if you'd like to talk further.

Edie

This is my funniest pre-op moment.  I had just told my son, Kenneth, who is 16 years old, that I am going to be having gastric bypass surgery.  He comes to me about an hour later and says "Mom, I don't know if I am going to like having a non-fat Mom"  and I said "Non-fat?, what am I, Milk?" 

 hhhhhhhhhhhhhh that really made me laugh out load loool non fat mum .. why did he say that? I too cant picture my mum thin

thanks for making me laugh :)

So I just had my surgery on Thursday and came home with a wonderful JP port.  I am on the clear liquid diet and i have been drinking Crystal Light Fruit Punch non-stop.  Last night I was in pain and decided to take one of my pain pills(boy are they strong).  So I am sitting in front of the t..v. and decided it was time to empty my JP drain.  I was too lazy to get up so i had a used Fruit Punch cup sitting next to me.  Due to the pain meds getting the best of me I accidentally thought I still had a bit of Fruit Punch left to drink and drank my blood.  Thank god I realized what it was before I swallowed.  I could never be a vampire!

My doctor doesnt send you home with a drain tube..

I was 5 months out and I was standing in front of  a rental car place waiting for my partner to pick me up.  I had just gotten home from a week long business.  I saw him approach and he looked right at me... and then drove right by me....
He circled round and again... approached me... stared at me long and hard... and drove right past me. 
"O M G... he's checking me out... he's cruising me... he has NO CLUE who I am"

I picked up my phone and called him.  "Where are you I've been driving round and round looking for you" 
"Well, you know that guy out front of Avis that you've been cruising for the past 5 minutes?"  SCREEEEEEECCCCCHHHHHHH

I didn't know whether to be mad or estatic...  All I know is I felt HAWT!!