Checking in
Hi everyone,
I'm slowly recovering from Tuesday's surgery. My surgery ran a little long, but everything went well and Dr. Neville did a good job. Regretfully, I didn't get to try the fancy beds everyone talked about. There was no bed for me when I came out of surgery, so I spent the night in recovery. The nurses there were awesome, and made a point of ensuring that I wasn't overlooked when it came to RNY-related information.
The week has been focused on protein, water, resting and short walks. Everything seem to be healing as planned. My pain gets better every day, and I am the burping queen of this household! (Temporarily, I hope.)
A big thank you to everyone in the Ottawa group who willing shared their experiences and provided guidance and advice. It helped ease my mind in the days leading up to surgery - I felt very prepared for what was going to happen.
Referred: Sept 2016 Orientation: Jan 23/17 Nurse: Feb 1/17 PreOp Class 1: Feb 14th/2017 Nut/Beh: Apr 10/17 Nut follow up: May 10/17 PreOp Class 2: June 13/17 Meet the Surgeon: June 15/17 Start Opti: July 25/2017 (-18lbs) Surgery Day: Aug 15/2017 (Dr, Neville) M1: -18lbs M2: -11.5lbs M3: -4lbs (stalled!) M4: -12.5lbs M5: - 1lb (stalled!) M6: -12lbs
Congratulations on your surgery!!! Glad to learn you were so well taken care of despite there being no bed for you. 
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy. 
Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5
Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!
I'm so glad that you are improving and all went well. After 5 months out, I'm still burping much to my husband's horror. Oh well, I don't want to burst or anything - lol.
Continued improvement!
Orientation: June 29th, 2016, Surgery March 22, 2017. Pre-surgery: 16 lbs, (Size 2x, 18/20), M1: 19 lbs. (Size 1x, 16/18), M2: 13 lbs. (Size 16, XL) M3: 10 lbs. (Size 14/16, large). M4: 6 lbs. (Size 14, large/medium). M5: 10 lbs. (Size 14, solid medium - lol), M6: 9 lbs. (Size 12, medium). M7: 8 lbs. (Size 10/12 and small/medium). M8: 7 lbs. (Size 10 and small/medium). M9: 2 lbs. (Size 8/10 - small/medium). Lost 100 lbs by Month 9! M10: 5 lbs. M11: 4 lbs. One year: 6 lbs. Total 111 lbs. lost!
