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A weight loss surgery blog by brand_e on BariatricPal. 2 entries on surgery, recovery and progress.

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Recovery is harder than I thought

I took a week off school and work, but going back was a test of my strength. I can't believe how tired I am. I'm not sleeping very comfortably. Not to mnetion my dogs like to lay on my legs. I've done good with the post-op diet but I miss pizza so much. I already lost 14 lbs and it's only been a week and a half. It's hard for me to find pants to wear. My dress slacks for work were pushing against my incisions. I had to skip out on my internship because I was so sore and had nothing to wear. At l

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• brand_e
• February 19, 200917 yr

Read more about My surgery

My surgery

So my surgery went well. It was the after care that I struggle with. When I woke from surgery I thought I was going to die. The pain was so intense that I couldn't talk. I rated myself a 12 out of 10. It felt like I had been stabbed a billion times over. Childbirth was nothing compared to this. The pain for childbirth is internal. This pain went through me outside and in. Then I had back pain because of a car accident that happened a couple years ago. I had been on my back so long and the pressu

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• brand_e
• February 11, 200917 yr