14 days to go. . .

Hey,
I have having the RNY procedure on the 30th.  Can I get some feedback, about how the experience was for you guys?  How did you feel after the surgery (waking up from anesethia?) ect. . .

Hey!  Welcome here and CONGRATS!!!  Feel free to post away - you're bound to have lots of questions and nervousness in the next 2 weeks, but that's totally normal!

I didn't have a stereotypical experience, as I had a bit of extra "work" done at the same time - so for me, I was groggy as hell that whole first day!  But after that, the more I walked, the better I felt.  I spent 3 nights, and was VERY READY to head home that 4th day (a hospital is NO PLACE to get rest!!!)    LOTS of gas and uncomfortable bloating for the first week-10 days, but that resolved itself...

GOOD LUCK to you!!!

I had a "textbook" experience.  They did the lap RNY and took my gallbladder at the same time.  I felt groggy/normal coming out of anesthesia, but was nauseous (that always happens to me under anesthesia.)  I spent 2 nights in the hospital - pretty uneventful, but night 2 I got the dry heaves after taking my tiny birth control pill!  I did have some alarms going off because I wasn't breathing as deeply as I should have been when I was sleeping, and that interrupted my sleep.  That was the extent of my complications!  I don't really remember a lot of pain or any major discomfort.  Best wishes to you!

I was surprised at how well I felt after surgery.  I was a little uncomfortable in the hospital and the 3rd day gas pains really hurt but walking helps a lot.  By the time I left the hospital I hardly even felt like I had surgery.