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These are good questions for your doctor. With more frequent blood sugar testing, you might be able to better dial in you meds to avoid situations like you're describing....particularly if your diet is very stable like it would be on the liquid diet. As you lose weight and change your diet, your needs for meds might change significantly. Discuss this process with your doctor. Question....why won't you be able to drink a little juice in case of emergency after your sleeve?

If it helps? I had a super easy surgery experience. Zero nausea, minimal pain, no vomiting, perfect recovery. LOVE my sleeve:) I've felt terrific from the day of surgery. Worst part for me was the presurgical diet. Everything else was much easier than I expected. Figured it couldn't hurt to hear good experience....while you're reading horror stories. LOL:) (and everyone does that, too)

So I had a NSV today..... on the plane back to the UK from my holiday to Lanzarote, I got to fasten my seat belt easily AND tighten it up by at least 8". I always just automatically set it to the longest it'll go and squeeze it shut, sitting uncomfortably until we're allowed to take it off. Well, not anymore! Yipeeee!

Hi I am a month out haven’t loss any weight I went from 259 on surgery date to 245 a week later and since week two I’ve been at 240-241/242 I don’t know if I am doing something wrong sometimes I can see that I am losing inches and sometimes I can’t [emoji30] any suggestions I’m 27 and 5’7

Oh PoMo , i am without a doubt the very last person who should be answering your post. All the advice you seek is in your post. dont eat every 2-3 hours cut out the sugars increase protein increase water add exercise after the surgery it is all a mental game and you have to commit to winning the mental game or the physcial one is lost. Start by cutting out the sugars then the refined carbs- if its located in the middle of a store it is not a good idea. replace with protien and start walking and dont stop. walk all the time as much as you can whenever you can. drink water pls. If you have to add 0 calorie flavors to help. Last - Dont Surrender come back everyday and lets us know how you did and how far you walked and google wls support for you city and find a grp of local people going thru this so you can feel connected. Just dont give up

You are 1 week from having a very major surgery. everyone heals and recovers at a different pace. Nothing but water is a Must. everything else is a "as you get better thing" When you feel better (not if) cause you will get better with time you will add in the protein and then work thru the rest but your PA was right it is all normal cause normal is a huge range and not everyone gets back to food at the same pace. Relax and work on liquids. dont force anything on a artificial timeline. Every average has people on both sides of that supposed average. Find your own pace and get comfortable with it. listen to your PA and try to enjoy the next part of your life. Dont sweat the small stuff and at 1 week post op if you are not dehydrated it is all small stuff. drink up and enjoy good luck

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Wow, that's nice!

Hey everyone! I was discharged today. Surgery was 4/9. I am feeling a gurgling when I sip my fluids... did anyone else feel that with their new tummy?

I hear you on the deductibles! Milk that free healthcare as much as possible. Yoga is fantastic. At least, it should be. Not tremendously easy to do when you are larger (despite what those "Plus Size Yoga!" books claim. I want to pursue that after surgery, it's supposed to be great for your mind and body. I also plan to get a personal trainer, dependent upon whether I can find one that doesn't charge a small fortune. I don't think I will need them too long, just a few months to tell me how to do things, which exercises to focus certain areas etc. I haven't seriously worked out in over a decade, and I highly doubt the exercises I did then as an athlete would be the best idea now. I also have a nice expensive elliptical I hope to actually be able to use. I purchased it at my highest weight, then swiftly realized that if I used it for me than 10/15 minutes my knee would swell to the point I couldn't walk. Yeah... my knees haven't taken this whole being 280+lbs thing very well. The thing that I am looking forward to exercise wise is to be able to go for a run. I used to love it. Hopefully, I'll get back to doing morning runs every day.