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07-06-2006, 10:17 AM
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| Big Loser  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 155
Weight Statistics 7/26/06 Start Date:
10/3/06 Surgery Date:
Height: 314 lb Start Weight:
145 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
169 lb Weight Loss:
53.821656051 % % Lost:
10/3/07 Goal Date:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |  Mobility after surgery? My question is about stairs. Did you have any trouble walking upstairs after your surgery and you were released from the hospital. This is a concern because our bedroom and bathroom are on the second floor and the kitchen and livingroom are on the 1st floor. Did you have any problems getting up stairs or should I try to stay someplace all one level for a week after surgery?
__________________ Jessica  Surgery date 10/3/06   My before pictures http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/JLR12679/ Follow my WLS journey here: http://tazdevil12679.blogspot.com/ My myspace website http://www.myspace.com/jess12679  |
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07-06-2006, 10:26 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,755
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
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Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   | ONLY thing i can add here is i didnt use the steps in my home till 12 days post op.....I would think i would have been fine to do. I just found for myself i got winded fast so even my walks were just 3 houses down and back ...it was also 90 degrees and humid after surgery.....so it was hard hugz
__________________ LISA  http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass  |
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07-06-2006, 11:41 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, USA
Posts: 2,495
Height: | I remember going up our stairs very slowly once I got home from the hospital, but I would recommend listening to your bodies signals since not everyone has the same experience with healing and what their bodies can tolerate. One thing that helped me was that I didn't have to deal with a drainage tube. Good luck with everything and keep us posted. Janae |
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07-06-2006, 12:38 PM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 155
Weight Statistics 7/26/06 Start Date:
10/3/06 Surgery Date:
Height: 314 lb Start Weight:
145 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
169 lb Weight Loss:
53.821656051 % % Lost:
10/3/07 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52 BMI Start:
24 BMI Current:
24 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Quote:
What exactly is a drainage tube? What is its purpose? Thanks jess
__________________ Jessica Surgery date 10/3/06 My before pictures http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m94/JLR12679/ Follow my WLS journey here: http://tazdevil12679.blogspot.com/ My myspace website http://www.myspace.com/jess12679 | |
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07-06-2006, 01:02 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,755
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I also didnt have drainage tubes...i jsut had my lap incisions covered with tape! THEY healed awesome you can barely see the lines 1 year later! I dont know all the reasons of the tubes but they allow stuff to weep and ooze from the incisions as it heals. MANY surgeons use them and im thankful mine didnt. I hear they hurt until they come out a tiny a bit. HOPE that helps some im sure someone that had them will tell you more
__________________ LISA http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass |
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07-06-2006, 10:01 PM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh
Posts: 476
Weight Statistics 11 May 06 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
230 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
70 lb Lb Left to Lose:
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| Hi Jessica, I found that the steps were not that big of a deal, but I avoided them the first few days I was home. When I did use them I only did once or twice a day. You will find that after a week, you will feel a little bit better and they are not so bad. Yes listen to your body, you will know what you can tolerate. I had a drainage tube my first week home. It was uncomfortable enough so that it was hard to lay on my side to sleep and move around. It come out in one week. It just helped the yucky stuff come out... Your surgeon should explain to you what to expect. They all have their own ways of doing things. Good Luck.... ROBBIN
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07-07-2006, 12:37 PM
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| WLS Master Guru | I was fine with the steps. My livingroom and kitchen also are on the first floor, and to use the bathroom i have to go either up or down 14 steps. I am sure I took it slowly, but was able to do it several times a day as needed. I had a drain, but it was removed before I left the hospital. S
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07-24-2006, 04:03 PM
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| Guru In Training | I had a drainage tube, only in the hospital. They were connected to round plastic little jugs with lids that drained my Lapro sites. They were not a bother, I actually felt like a "man" for 3 days, haha because they felt like 'testicals" and they took out the draingae tube and there was no pain, taking them out. The tubes were fairly long too, I made the nurse show me how long they were.But I do have a high tolerance of pain, but it really was no problem. Peggy/Fargo
__________________ Peggy Be who you are and say what you feel Because those who mind , don't matter And those who matter ...don't mind... Dr. Seuss |
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07-24-2006, 08:31 PM
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| WLS Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh
Posts: 476
Weight Statistics 11 May 06 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
230 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
70 lb Lb Left to Lose:
25.8064516129 % % Lost:
| Your funny, but I never heard of the drainage tub being so low. Mine was up on my left side. Again how different each medical facility is on how theey're procedures are. It is interesting to hear about them. ROBBIN
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