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Thanks everyone for the explanations. This gives me a much better idea of what to expect. Sounds fun!

I just need one more approval for surgery to happen next month and I have to go back to my PCP tomorrow to see what she says. I needed a CT Scan for my kidneys and now she wants me into discuss it. I am hoping its just instructions or something like keep a close watch on this. I am so tired of doctors right now.😬

My BMI was 54 last week when I had surgery. I was leaning toward bypass because of my BMI and diabetes and sleep apnea, but my surgeon said he won't do a bypass unless he can't do the sleeve. I ha E GERD as well, and if there had been any anatomical concerns with my stomach that were contributing to the GERD that would have meant bypass. Overall, 5 days out and I feel great and have no regrets. Sent from my SM-N950U using BariatricPal mobile app

I couldn't resist, countrygirl. It was such a cheap shot to pick on such an easy-to-make typo. Shame on me! I lived most of my life in the city until my widowed mother remarried a bachelor farmer with 1000 acres in SE Kansas. I loved living in the country. My stepfather raised steers and had a lot of land set aside as HIGH GRASS PRAIRIE full of native wildflowers, blackberries, etc. He passed away two years ago, age 92. I loved him dearly. (He still has two older sisters living, btw. How many 92 year olds have older siblings? One is 97, the other 96). Back to your user name. Is it misspelled because someone else signed up as COUNTRYGIRL or was COUNRTYGIRL a typo? I won't be able to sleep ever again until I find out. BTW, my father grew up in Tennessee. We spent every summer there. In Spring City near Chattanooga. I don't know what got into me. I've been writing irrelevant blabber with no rhyme or reason. Being it's 3:30am, perhaps sleep is in order.

for many of us, yes. And things get a lot harder when they do...so use this time wisely - it'll never be easier to lose weight!

My husband, my two daughters (teen agers) and my best friend. That was it. Didn't tell my work, my mother or my sister. Told work I needed to have surgery and would be out for a few days. When my diet changed after surgery, I told people it was doctor's orders. When people have asked how I have lost 150 pounds I say I eat 120 grams of protein a day. I do not eat anything with added sugar. I do not eat white flour or regularly eat bread. I limit my carbs to about 100 g per day on days when I work out otherwise, 70 grams. I drink almost a gallon of water and work out for a minimum of 1 hour a day. All of that is true. It is how I have kept 150 pounds off for 2 years now. It is your body and your choice. If you were having a GYN procedure, would you tell people?

Sleeved in late October and I have the same thing. Losing all my weight in my legs, butt, and boobs. I had to lose 50# before I dropped a pant size. My old pants still fit perfectly in the waist, and were droopy drawers in the butt and legs. Not at all how I lost in previous attempts (except the boobs - they're always the first to go). For example, my first month, I lost a half inch in my waist, 2.5 in my butt, and an inch in each thigh. way out of proportion to their original size. I can only hope that it'll eventually even out. I suspect that since I'm in my 40s, the belly weight will just come off slower. It did catch up a little in month 2 in terms of inches. I'll have to see at the end of the month how its looking now.

Welcome to hell. You'll eventually get there. It may take some working out, may take some lipo and surgery...but you'll get there!

My doctor put me on two weeks of clear liquids which I am wrapping up today. I have lost 17 pounds in those two weeks. I am shocked but happy. Tomorrow, I start full liquids. I have been worrying about that move because while I am excited to eat something different, I don't really want to deviate from my current path because I don't want to go back to old habits - eating just to eat or because I want food - not that I need it or am hungry for it. I have been reading about people not being succesful or gaining weight. I don't understand fully how this happens. If your stomach is smaller, how can someone eat beyond what they are supposed to eat?? So, last night, I had a dream that I was able eat just like I used to. I felt that I was a fool for having the surgery thinking of course I lost 17 pounds in two weeks I am only drinking and barely taking in any calories...when I can eat again I am in trouble and this won't work. Someone please tell me how somenoe gains weight after having the sleeve. I want to make sure that I don't do that.

once again thank you all for your nice sentiments "choking game" crazy - what these kids do!! they see stuff on the internet, copy, joke, hold their breath peer pressure, see who can do what, for the longest time.!! terrible. update about the tragedy police officially ruled this an accident. we didn't know this, but apparently policed saw his phone on the floor. "they" are thinking he dropped the phone, bent down to reach it and that's when the problem with the rope happened. January 3rd the world got a little darker with the passing of my poor grand-son, andrew. thanx for listening Such a tragedy we will never forger