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I don't think you are having a panic attack with physical pain. I have had 2 episodes of the stabbing pain and I think it was esophageal spasm. The first one happened after a coughing spell in the hospital and I had to be put back on a pain shot for the night. The second happened just this past week at work and lasted all day, just not as severe as the first one. I did almost go to urgent care for pain relief but I got home and laid down on a heating pad and that helped and it was gone when I woke up. Gal bladder pain usually feels like some one is blowing up a very large balloon under your right rib cage and that you are going to burst!

I think for skin health I will most definetely get a tummy tuck, if I go under for that AND I have the money i will get the girls fixed at the same time as they are way south and deflated One more time under anestia is enough for me! I have had 4 csections and a gall bladder removal the old way so there is no way I will ever have a bathing suit body, but that has not been the point of my weight loss. I need to get healthy and I can be healthy with flabby skin!

Prayers for you for no complications, and you will HAVE NO REGRETS!

Yes you WILL !!!!!

My initial weight loss has been slow also. I have lost 21 pounds in 5 weeks and I thought it would be more like 40. When you don't have a much to lose it seems to be that you don't get those big numbers at first. Be patient and it will start coming off.

Thank you all and Pam we should go have a Party!!!!

Glad you are doing better! What is a pain ball??? Happy New YEAR to a NEW MAN!

The scale GOD was GOOD for New Years! I am at 199! I officially have not been at this weight since high school over 20 years ago! This is going to be an AWESOME NEW ME in the NEW YEAR!!!!!

Pam, the scales were good for New years, I got to 199 today too!! Who HOO!

Hope all went well for you! Looking forward to an update!

I was on 4 blood pressure meds and my bp went extreemly low after surgery. I came home on no meds and in the 5 weeks since I have had to go back one med. When I asked the surgeon anything BP related he ALWAYS says to go to my PCP for that . So he is being typical.

So I really did not look in the mirror for the first 5 weeks, I honestly had no idea how much my body had changed. I went back to work and by day two my uniform pants were so large I asked to wear regular clothes the next day as my uniform should be arriving. The boss said it was ok, but it had to be business casual. So I had to head over to Good Will and get something. I grabbed a bunch of size 18 pants and one x shirts (formally I wore 22 tops and 24 pants), some jeans that looked new in different sizes and headed to the dressing room. When I tried on the sweater top and slacks I stood there and cried. i could not believe that was me looking back at me. I continued to try on the clothes and for the fist time in many many years I like what I seen below the neck line. For at least 10 years, when I looked in the mirror I only focused from the neck up. Funny thing was a few hours later in my head I was back to the old self image. I guess it will take a while to get to know the new body I have now and what is to come.

can you have sugar free pudding? Something about the texture and richness of the chocolate helped me in those times and those times only lasted about 3 minutes or 3 bites and then I am full!

You look FABULOUS darling! I can't wait till I look in the mirror and look slender like you!

I am only about 5 weeks out and I really did not mind the liquid diet for two reasons,,, 1. it is hard as heck and time consuming to even drink at first, there just is not room for it! 2. As you heal and can consume more, sugar free choc pudding with protien powder was my best friend! I am just now experimenting with regular food, but let me tell hunger is a thing of the past! My surgeon always uses a drain, yeah it was a pain in the butt, well belly really, but no physical pain with or with it coming out. I had a catheter for day one and since your are drinking so little after surgery having to go to the bathroom was not an issue much. If my hair thins out, small price to pay for all the weight that is gone! I went to the hospital on 4 blood pressure meds and a blood sugar med and came home on none of them! My daily back pain is gone and I have dropped 3 sizes in a month!

Chilo, the amount you ate, was that self control plus the sleeve or just what your sleeve lets you eat? How far post surgical are you?

OMG OMG me TOO!!!!!!!!!! I could scream! 202.1, 201,200.8 AND today 200.1 ! I mean REALLY! Is there a scale god messing with us???? When I firmly see 199 or lower I am going to do a happy dance since I have not weigh under that since high school so many years ago! Maybe we will wake up tomorrow and get a NEW YEARS present of 197 !!!!! I am doing a little more wii fit than usual tonight.

I have to admit I was not completely honest in my evaluation as I work for a police department and we use those tests and I had to take them several times. With that being said, I worked on my issues with food from Jan last year to when I had surgery in November. I started to re train myself on eating. It started just with educating myself on what calories where in what, especially in Restaurant food, Chili's for example, I thought 2 chicken tacos was a good lunch, well somehow the manage to pack nearly 1000 calories into those two tacos! Then I really started looking at the calories and fat grams of everything and put myself on the diabetic diet. Learning to eat right was the best thing I could do before hand, I don't miss or crave the wrong foods now that I can't eat them. If your insurance wants just 12 sessions and there is the smallest chance it will help you with the head hunger then I would go for it. Think of it as an investment in your future for a better self. Beating the head hunger if half the battle!

Congrats! You must have a really special Doctor, very rarley do you see them express emotion!

Congrats! I remember that day was so exciting!

I had a horrid allergy post nasal drip going on for weeks before my surgery, I have to tell you what ever they gave me to dry me up in the pre op cocktail ROCKED. My sinuses have been clear for 5 weeks since the surgery. Next allergy attack I am telling the doc I want what ever that stuff was!

I have had zero nausea since my surgery and tonight I did not have nausea but tried a new food per nut. She keeps pushing fish, so I tried talapia. I baked it with Parmesan and lemon juice on it. It tasted great going down and then about the 5th bite I had that stuck feeling, I have had the stuck feeling a couple times but a burp or three and walking usually helped. Tonight no, the the pressure built and built and then I knew it had to come up. It was not the painful gut wrenching experience I imagined, it ALL just sort of slipped right up and out and ohhh what a relief! I still feel a little uncomfortable hours later, but the big pressure is gone. Any ideas on what happened? I have already decided tomorrow will be a jello/yogurt day.

NO! If I could have, I would not have been fat all these years.

My daughter got that card and only tried using it once. The waitress basically accused her of trying to be cheap. (the cave restaurant in Mo). The whole experience there was a nightmare, but that pretty much made up my mind that I would just order chicken breast and take home what I can eat or if I am out with someone close to me I will just eat some of their meal.

Congrats! I am sorry you are not being understood by your family, but you have a family of Sleevers here who will! As for protein Shakes, I really like the Premier Protein Shakes. They are ready made with 30 grams of protein and only 2 carbs. You can get them at Costco or order them from Amazon.com