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I'm officially a member of the post-op club. - Just wanted to say that I was sleeved on February 6th, and that everything went well.  I won't lie, it was pretty scary, but the pain afterwards has not been very bad.  I don't ...

surgery in the morning. - Talk about cutting it down to the wire.  Some of you may have seen my anxious post that the anesthesiologist had requested a cardiac clearance at the last minute, which required...

surgery in the morning (almost didn't happen!) - Talk about cutting it down to the wire.  Some of you may have seen my anxious post that the anesthesiologist had requested a cardiac clearance at the last minute, which required...

and so it begins. - Well, I'm officially on my two-day clear liquid only diet as of two hours ago.  I can actually only have water from now until tomorrow afternoon because I have to get some labs ...

and so it begins. - Well, I'm officially on my two-day clear liquid only diet as of two hours ago.  I can actually only have water from now until tomorrow afternoon because I have to get some labs ...

and so it begins. - Well, I'm officially on my two-day clear liquid only diet as of two hours ago.  I can actually only have water from now until tomorrow afternoon because I have to get some labs ...

just when I thought I was ready... - Protein is in the pantry, my shaker cups are all lined up on the counter, sugarfree jello is in the fridge, vitamins are all accounted for, packing list for hospital is together...

no nsaids - how did you cope? - I'm having a terrible time with pain since I stopped taking ibuprofen on January 22nd, which was the two weeks until surgery mark for me.  I was taking a lot of it, 800mg at a t...

commencing full-blown panic mode - I just had an actual panic attack thinking about missing food after surgery.  I knew this would happen, but it's starting sooner than I thought it would.  I'm thinking that tryi...

Has anyone experienced stomach pain on Biotin? - I decided to go ahead and start taking Biotin now instead of waiting until after my surgery.  I lose an excess amount of hair already, and I read that others had done this.  My ...

Do you still do surgery day angels? - I remember when I first came to these forums years ago, people talked about being and having angels for their surgery day.  I think I also remember someone mentioning it to me w...

Okay, you have clearly left off the very best part of this new...

i am ready. - I just realized something astounding.  I am absolutely ready for this surgery.  Before this moment, I've been propelling myself along on the momentum of what ifs, being pretty s...

Would this be weird? - I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 am the day of surgery, and I'm coming from a hotel less than 2 miles away.  When I leave the hospital, it will be for the three hour drive h...

preparing to prepare. - I have done everything I can think to do.  This hurry up and wait business is the pits.  There are so many things that I'm on the verge of needing to do, but it's not time to do...

preparing to prepare. - I have done everything I can think to do.  This hurry up and wait business is the pits.  There are so many things that I'm on the verge of needing to do, but it's not time to do...

preparing to prepare. - I have done everything I can think to do.  This hurry up and wait business is the pits.  There are so many things that I'm on the verge of needing to do, but it's not time to do...