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I am not sure what slider foods are, but I am 2 weeks post op and I can tell I CANT eat more 4tlbs of food at a time if that. For example, today for the first time I went out to the Mall with my friend at lunch time. I offered to have lunch somewhere that had soup. We went in a place and she ordered meat loaf and mashed potatoes that came with chicken noodle soup. I mixed about 2 tbl spoons of potatoes with about a 3rd cup of broth and I was completely satisfied with that. Sure her meat loaf looked great when it was put on the table, but I that's it, looked good. I had no desire to dig in and when I was almost finished with the potatoes/soup mix I was more than satisfied and could not finish the last two bites.

I have BCBS of IL PPO and I was approved in August no problems. I do not know what their requirements are but my bmi was 41 with co morbilities.

Sorry to hear that, I know would have been crushed. You sound like you have a good perspective. Best of luck on getting it done next week!

My thoughts before??? Well I was scheduled for 4 pm on the 23rd, then they called at 6pm on the 22nd and said to be there at 530 AM! I was like Cr@@! I had this whole list of things I was going to do around the house to keep me busy. I made lots of Jello before I went, and made sure I had Soups and oolong tea in the house. I slept suprising well the night before, got up and showered and headed to the hosptial. I think I stayed fairly detached from feelings as I was like ok lets get this done! The the doctor was late so I sat in the pre op bed playing with my phone in between things they came to do to me,,, ( iv, bp, weight,anesthesiologist) Then the doc finally showed up and he said see yo in about 20 minutes, then the nurses came and put 3 drugs in my IV,, I never seen the doc again I vaguely remember him waking me up enough to tell me that the surgery went a perfect as it could and then the next thing I remember is waking up in my regular room.

Congrats!

I have one incision on the left side of my abdomen that is still quiet sore and painful, it that normal this far out? It feels almost raw law, but there is no rawness on the skin, if I keep moving around after the raw feeling starts then I just get plain sore to painful. This feeling is right under the skin, not deep inside so I don't think it is a leak and I have no fever or other symptoms.

I love my Chopper. My daughter sells Pampered Chef, so I have quiet a few things from them.

Ok for those of you who have had no prior surgeries, I get your fear. Let me share this with you.. I have had 3 knee operations, 4 csections, gallbladder and Achilles tendon done in the past and most recently I had the sleeve done. I would guess that shows the odds are in your favor of coming through the surgery just fine.

Awesome! Keep us posted!

How long do the spasms last? I had this horrid pain in the hospital, it happened after an unexpected cough. I thought it was a diaphram spasm as the pain was horizontal right under my lungs. I heard a nurse whisper to another one about esophageal spasm but they never said it to me directly. I had to go back on the iv pain med that night and the pain lasted for about 6 hours. The next morning I felt like I had been punched around the rib cage over and over. No one seemed overly concerned, but it was painful and I don't want that again.

Why only 400 a day? Every thing I read and have been told 7 to 800 a day is the norm. Did you have a hernia or something repaired that requires liquids for so long?

Best of luck! Keep us posted.

Could it possibly be acid from being empty for the night? Or perhaps you need a small snack late before bed to keep your tiny stomach satisfied?

Hang in there Dawn. The fist week I lost 3 pounds and stayed there. Then all of the sudden in 3 days I have lost 5 pounds? Crazy right?

You have lost 65 pound in 4 months, say that out loud to yourself. It takes most folks about a year to loose 50 pounds with no surgery. Purging is a sign of other issues going on and I really think you need to talk to someone so it does not become a physical or emotional issue.

Congrats! Were you able to get a doctor in your network?

I am only 10 days out here so I am not sure what is to come. I do know that I was so sure about this operation I did not once have any buyers remorse I hear of that folks experience in the days right after. I am just so excited and thrilled to have this tool I sought all of my 47 years. I have been stuck in this go forward and it will all be good mode since Jan of this year. I took off 50 pounds pre op and never even thought to "eat it up" before the surgery because soon I wont be able to. My thoughts were the more I can take off now, the less I have to take off after the surgery. Now if this is all temporary and I get depressed, well you wonderful folks are the very folks I will turn to, as you all great folks and no one who has not gone through this would never understand. So for any of you struggling with this depression I would like to be the first to say, We are here for you!

I just had mine 10 days ago and I had some of the very same concerns. I even had an abnormal EKG, that latter turned out was fine. They do a ton of tests to rule out complications. I think if you were to compare the risks of surgery vs staying overweight you find the latter to be higher risk to yourself. If you stay heavy you take time off your live, time of the quality of life with your child, not to mention it is better to raise your child with a positive role model at a good weight in addition to showing healthy eating. In the end after you pray and truly weigh your personal circumstances can you come up with the right move for YOU. I do not suggest giving in to fear however, logical thinking with brutel honesty with yourself is the only way to come up with your HONEST answer for you.

As a former lunch Mom I have to agree those federal meals are horrid and I would hope that is one thing that would be addressed. However I think the point here is there is a problem in America and people don't know what to eat to be healthy, otherwise we would not have the obesity rate we have in America. I think that anyone who wants to step forward and help America learn healthy eating be in Michelle Obama or Nobody from no where, more power to them. The answer to this problem is education. I don't think Michele is trying to dictate to anyone what they have to eat, I think she is taking on the very needed role of education America. What we do with the educating is up to us.

Tiff as always you are right, I will still go on vacation, just not there. What bothers me the most none of these people are hiding anonymously behind their computer. We have all met over the years and see each other at least once a year.

I belong to another travel related forum that is a bit like a family type atmosphere, (we all go to the same place yearly and meet up), so any way one person who had been out of a job for a while posted she got a new one and it was a bridal center. Every one joked because tact is not her thing. Well then she posts after one day she was out of there since the size 46 bride came in expecting her to make her look skinny in a dress. Well then the posts started about fat people, fitting this object in to that ect....... Well I posted " I hate to see you all really think about heavy people on this forum." Not a word, just more jokes. I just feel this is incredibly insensitive of them considering I know there a few of us on the forum that fight the fight. I am actually considering cancelling our tirp this year as my husband is large and not ready to deal with his weight just yet and although I might be down quite a bit by the time of the trip I do think I like these people much anymore, not to mention I don't want my husband hurt by them. Am I being too sensitive given I am just 9 days post op or do I have valid feelings here?

I never even asked, just seems so no important right now in the realm of things.

That was the weirdest thing, there I was for WLS and at no time did they weigh me.

Heck I think I am in a stall right out of the gate. 3 whole pounds the first week.

Wow, 25 pounds in 2 weeks??? May I ask where you started at? I am one week post op and I have only lost 3 pounds and I am getting a little discouraged.