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Well guys it’s my first official day on this life adventure. Today I start my liquid diet and Surgery is March 7 wish me luck

My sleeve is scheduled for this thursday and I 100% percent am certain I want to do it but my anxiety is awful. I’ve never had surgery before and i just keeping running the worst case scenarios through my head. Can anyone tell me what helped them calm their nerves and re-assure them. I don’t want to go in with such a negative mindset.

I hope you are ok. Thanks for sharing what happened.

Totally normal! Your body's putting a LOT of energy into healing right now, getting used to a huge drop in calories, and trying to figure out why it's losing so much weight so quickly (which will cause the stall that's coming, so don't freak out about that when it happens!).

I’m starting my 6th week post op and dr also told me no picking up anything over 20 lbs but to walk walk walk everyday it helps for u to recover faster and also to avoid getting blood clots walking is exercise.

I'm 3 months out,yes I think it is normal. Remember you are healing take time to rest. Naps are really ok[emoji4] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

One week! woohoo. Your Dr will release you. He/she will give you instructions on how much weight to lift when you start to heal. Rest up after surgery!

My recommendation is to call your doctor's office and ask. No one on BP will have the answer you are looking for. Any advice you get will be a guess at best.

I knowwww, I feel like we got in WAY too early and now we have to sit and wait for the general public release lol. But, they just posted a new teaser trailer on their facebook!

1. your phone and charger. 2. Chap stick. Your lips will thank you. 3. Lounge pants or PJ bottoms with a loose waist. You'll have to wear the hospital gown because of your IV...but putting bottoms on will make roaming the halls a lot nicer. 4. Don't worry about slippers or socks. The hospital has color coded safety socks they'll make you wear. Yellow means you're a fall risk and need to have someone with you, and grey means you can walk by yourself. 5. I wanted to get the hell out of there...so I brought all my grooming stuff...hair dryer, make up, the works. Took a shower and shampooed the next morning bright and early and looked well groomed and ready to go when my doctor showed up....which I hoped would contribute to me getting discharged right away:) Seemed to work:) 6. Wish I'd brought biotene spray because my mouth was dry as sandpaper right after surgery...and it takes a while until you can drink enough to make the dry go away. Biotene spray would have been a nice comfort item. 7. My own pillow. It comfy, familiar, and smells like home...and that made it easier to relax.