Had Laparorscopic DS on Monday, home now

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    SpookyXXL's AvatarSpookyXXL , 04-29-2010 11:11 PM
    I finally went through with it and i realize it all appened the way it was suppose to.
    I had gained weight in August when preparing for my surgery the first time and had to put it off til I lost 33 pounds, I did so then schedualed for Jan 6th of this year and I posponed it when I had last 44 pounds and they agreed to give me more time to lose/maintain weight loss so we scheduled for April 26th 2010.
    In the mean time I have lost 52 pounds on own and found a bf who loves me and is willing to try to face what I am going through and will be going through.
    The kicker is 2 months ago my dr started doing DS laparoscopically something he told me I could not have and the scar and healing from that terrorized me for about a year then 2 weeks ago when I informed him I was down to nearly 410 he told me they would give it a try, check me out laparoscopically and then decided from there. 3/4 of the way through he almost gave up and opened my abdoman but decided to give it one more chance and was able to finish the surgery with only 5 minor wounds and 2 small drains.
    After 3 days in the hospital I am now home and have only 1 small drain and I am able to care for myself with a little help from family but as long as I am not lifting things I am doing great.
    I am only on lortabs 7.5mg (vicadin) and liquid tylenol for pain and have to take it more for the arthritis and sore back from laying in bed for 3 days. I am only suffering minor stomach pain lately and I am learning to manage the gas and mild diaharea which concidering I am on full soft for 3 more weeks i am not surprised by.

    Anyway that is what I have been up to this week, I hope to be able to get to the point where I can live a basicly normal life after DS
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    Duckslove's AvatarDuckslove , 04-30-2010 11:33 AM
    I am so glad you are doing well! remember to walk as much as possible and drink as many fluids as you can. you'll feel better soon
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    jiffypop's Avatarjiffypop , 04-30-2010 04:53 PM
    SPOOKY!!!!! i'm so proud of you - i know you've had lots of doubts, and issues, and adventures. It sounds like you're at peace with your decision, and doing great!!! and BTW, you and the BF look very happy together!

    keep us posted!
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    Mama's AvatarMama , 04-30-2010 06:24 PM
    Congratulations! How exciting! I look forward to learning about your progress here. I didn't know DS could be done laproscopically (sp???) but I'm still in the learning phase of things.

    Here's to your new life!!
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    jillybean720's Avatarjillybean720 , 05-02-2010 09:05 AM
    Congrats!! When I left the hospital, they gave me a prescription for liquid oxycodone, but no one around here could actually FILL it, so I ended up with only Tylenol 3 (which really doesn't do much for me) for my first few days home. I still didn't think the pain was too bad, though - maybe because I was fully expecting to feel like I'd been hit by a Mack truck!

    May I ask who your surgeon is? I'm wondering if he is on the list of surgeons at www.dsfacts.com. If so, and he just started doing the DS laparoscopically, I can let the owner of that site know so she can update accordingly. If he's not on that list at all, I'll still let her know that there's another potential DS surgeon to add to the list!

    Mama, lots of DS surgeons do the DS laparoscopically. There are also some who do "hand assisted" or even "robot assisted" procedures where, instead of being opened from practically sternum to belly button, they do the procedure mainly laparoscopically with just one longer incision that's about 4 inches for them to use one hand (or a robot arm, as the case may be).
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    Mama's AvatarMama , 05-04-2010 07:31 PM
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jillybean720

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    Mama, lots of DS surgeons do the DS laparoscopically. There are also some who do "hand assisted" or even "robot assisted" procedures where, instead of being opened from practically sternum to belly button, they do the procedure mainly laparoscopically with just one longer incision that's about 4 inches for them to use one hand (or a robot arm, as the case may be).
    Thanks for that info!!
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