AtlantaRed

Hi my December buddies! December 11th I officially joined to sleevers...yeah! Surgery wasn't that bad and the pain has been tolerable. I was up using the potty and walking by late evening . Don't be brave let them give you all pain meds to help the healing begin. I'm going home today with a drain. Happy happy joy joy
I'll check-in in a few days.

It's my Birthday!! I'll hopefully still be having surgery on Monday, but I wanted to wish all of the 12/12 sleevers a safe and successful surgery and a speedy recovery! I can't wait to hear how everyone's surgery went. I def can't wait to join all you sleeved wonders on that bench!! Sending my prayers up and out to everyone today! You guys are going to do A-MAZ-ING!!!

Let's hear it for the Dec 12 group!!! Hope you all have a smooth and easy recovery! Looking forward to hearing from you all when you are able to check in!
Dec 12 kellymoon Dec 12 honeylove Dec 12 beansmomma Dec 12 jamalyn Dec 12 Kornrockur

Morning December VGS'ers. Well I'm just six days from my surgery date and I'm still nervous about the surgery. This is not my first time at the rodeo ( surgery). So saying that, I'm thankful for this site and the support and encouragement I find here each day. Also, the site is great for information pre and post-op. As I said before the pre-op diet really kicked my butt the first four days until I found the culprit. Since then I'm doing much better and lost 6lbs. Good luck to all on your recovery and and the start of your new life. Blessing to all of the us still waiting and prayers for good outcomes.

Let's hear it for the Dec 12 group!!! Hope you all have a smooth and easy recovery! Looking forward to hearing from you all when you are able to check in!
Dec 12 kellymoon Dec 12 honeylove Dec 12 beansmomma Dec 12 jamalyn Dec 12 Kornrockur

Hey atl red you left me off the dec 12 list! However since im in Australiia im already out of surgery :-) it all went well. i am fairly sore now but much better than when i first wokeup. No gas pains yet hooray! just 1 of my incisions is bugging me. Good luck to my fellow dec
12 sleevers!!

I'm one day out as well and feeling fine. Ready to do my leak test so I can drink something. Good luck to you in this journey.

I did drink caffeine, but not on a daily basis, I would usually have one cup of coffee maybe 4 days a week. I was a big coca cola drinker though. Maybe not on a daily basis as well, but more days than not I would drink it. On day three i kinda figured that all i would have room for carb wise was my Protein Drinks and maybe one other thing like sugar feee Jello. How many grams of carbs is the unsweetened applesauce? I need to go get some. That sounds yummy! Thanks for the advice!!! And keep up the good work!!! You're nearing the finish line and I'm excited for you!! :-)

1 day out and feeling ok. Pain has been managed so I can't complain about that .having a little trouble drinking but forcing it down.

Let's hear it for the Dec 12 group!!! Hope you all have a smooth and easy recovery! Looking forward to hearing from you all when you are able to check in!
Dec 12 kellymoon Dec 12 honeylove Dec 12 beansmomma Dec 12 jamalyn Dec 12 Kornrockur

Let's hear it for the Dec 12 group!!! Hope you all have a smooth and easy recovery! Looking forward to hearing from you all when you are able to check in!
Dec 12 kellymoon Dec 12 honeylove Dec 12 beansmomma Dec 12 jamalyn Dec 12 Kornrockur

Let's hear it for the Dec 12 group!!! Hope you all have a smooth and easy recovery! Looking forward to hearing from you all when you are able to check in!
Dec 12 kellymoon Dec 12 honeylove Dec 12 beansmomma Dec 12 jamalyn Dec 12 Kornrockur

just letting everyone who's fresh out know... i'm a dec 3rd sleever and today i FINALLY feel human! i was finally able to walk more than 5 mins without horrible pain in my right side! i even weaned off the dilaudid and valium pills and now just taking tylenol. I had a few breakdowns in the past week but i can definitely feel my body healing, and you will too!! hang in there everyone!

Hi all my surgery date is December 26 I am NOT new to the website , I had the lap band for 18 months and then had to get it removed due to a hiatal hernia! Even though this will be my 3rd surgery getting first getting my lab in and then getting the lap band removed and now getting the sleeve it doesn't get any easier excited but nervous

My information was submitted to insurance on November 25. I just called and they told me I was approved and a letter would be sent to me. Turns out, it has been approved since December 2nd. I guess they were waiting for me to follow up before sending a letter. Looks like we are good to go for the 23rd!!!!! No pre-op diet.

After an initial denial this morning, I FINALLY got insurance approval this afternoon. Surgery date is next Wed., December 18th! I only have to do 5 days liquid diet with last day Clear Liquids. So relieved to FINALLY know that this is really going to happen.

Welcome to the group! I'm on day 12 of the liquid diet and I think the biggest tip is your mindset. I'm a rule follower so for me, there was no option to eat off my plan. Every day I tell myself "it is what it is" and just chug along. I wanted a crumb of a cookie one day and even picked it up thinking, it's just a crumb. But then I thought, it's just a crumb! It's not going to satisfy anything or help in any way, so I didn't have it. Drink lots of Water when you get real hungry!
That's all I've got! Hope it helps!

Welcome to the group! I'm on day 12 of the liquid diet and I think the biggest tip is your mindset. I'm a rule follower so for me, there was no option to eat off my plan. Every day I tell myself "it is what it is" and just chug along. I wanted a crumb of a cookie one day and even picked it up thinking, it's just a crumb. But then I thought, it's just a crumb! It's not going to satisfy anything or help in any way, so I didn't have it. Drink lots of Water when you get real hungry!
That's all I've got! Hope it helps!

Hello All....
My name is Belinda and I started this process in March 2013. Just got my call on Friday and my surgery date is December 26th at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland. Couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift and way to start out a new year.
I'm currently 5'2" weighing 205 lbs
I have High BP, diabetes, sleep apnea, high triglycerides and hope the surgery will resolve these issues.

Good Morning to all my December 11th buddies. I'm on my way to the hospital calm, but nervous. Peace & blessings. See you on the other side of living!!!!

Exactly, just a few more days and then we can start all over again with our baby tummies!

Here is the December 11 supergroup going in tomorrow! Positive thoughts your way and hope to hear from you all soon!
Dec 11 liciamarie Dec 11 KaminaBlue Dec 11 Only1likeme Dec 11 soul2bleed Dec 11 Volfan Dec 11 dencob1 Dec 11 MnWin Dec 11 Scraglycat Dec 11 kadeetaylor Dec 11 KatSeattle61 Dec 11 DeniseC Dec 11 Katcloudshepherd Dec 11 Cwatters1 Dec 11 luckyyou0521 Dec 11 bmm35 Dec 11 ataylo24 Dec 11 JCalllie01 Dec 11 Mommyofsomany

Here is the December 11 supergroup going in tomorrow! Positive thoughts your way and hope to hear from you all soon!
Dec 11 liciamarie Dec 11 KaminaBlue Dec 11 Only1likeme Dec 11 soul2bleed Dec 11 Volfan Dec 11 dencob1 Dec 11 MnWin Dec 11 Scraglycat Dec 11 kadeetaylor Dec 11 KatSeattle61 Dec 11 DeniseC Dec 11 Katcloudshepherd Dec 11 Cwatters1 Dec 11 luckyyou0521 Dec 11 bmm35 Dec 11 ataylo24 Dec 11 JCalllie01 Dec 11 Mommyofsomany

Exactly, just a few more days and then we can start all over again with our baby tummies!

I'm a Dec. 3 sleever and an at-home homeschooling mom to 6 kids, so I went back to "work" Dec. 4. Haha! Seriously, though, by 4 days post-op, I felt so well, I could have gone back to an office if what was what I did for work. My husband returned to the office yesterday, so I've been full-time on my own with the kids again. Two days of grocery shopping, appointments, errands, in and out of car seats, potty training, piano recitals, and I'm tired now here at the end of the day, but no more tired than I normally am. I did have to add back some liquid Tylenol because 4 of my 6 kids are age 4 and under, and that's a lot of bending at the waist, but I'm otherwise fine.
I weighed this morning, and I've lost 10.4 pounds since surgery. Hooray!
HW: 276
Surgical Consult Weight: 267.2
SW: 250.4
CW: 239.0