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Yes, Me, please update soon! Do they think this has been a really slow leak since surgery? I'm assuming you passed the leak test the day after surgery? I have so many questions, and I bet you do too!! Please get better and kepp us posted. Sheesh.....I'm scheduled for tomorrow and now just freaked myself out....

Wow, Apple!!!! Didn't see that one coming!!!!! Congratulations, honey!!!!!! A least i hope it's congratulation???!!

Thanks so much, Steph, for checking in! I'm so glad things are getting better for you....that swelling must have been horribly uncomfortable It sure helps us to hear things like that, though, so if those things happen to us, we're not terrified and thinking the worst. Keep us posted on how you keep progressing!

Good luck, Mocha! Let us know how you are doing as soon as you can! We'll all be praying for you and wondering how you're doing!

Hey, Ivy....I am exactly the same and I also take Lisinopril! Have you recently started taking it? I had thought it was a different med I'm on, but then again, it could have been the Lisinopril as I started them both at the same time about a year and a half ago. I also sweat a TON from my head, not much anywhere else, and yes, my hair looks soaked. This can happen just chopping veggies and preparing dinner in the kitchen! I absolutely hate it! I can't wait to have my surgery (this week) and then stop taking my meds to see if it will finally stop....ugh!

Hello, Phyllis. A 'bump' means it moves the topic to the top of the forum.....it's 'bumps' it up. You can just type a comment, but it's more fun to do a smiley! Our roster list was getting lower and lower and i wanted to move it up so our new October Sleevers couls find it. All is well on this end!!

Hello, kygal1982, Terry H,. Bakomom, A New Day, Pixie Jen, Courtines, Angelica. Wanted to wish you guys a huge good luck today and let you know we're thinking about you! Feel free to share your experiences with us when you are feeling up to it and please at least drop a quick note to let us know you're safely on the other side so we don't worry about you! Take care, sip, sip, walk, rest, repeat!!

Aw...Heller, thanks for checking in! So glad everything is going so good!!

Oh, my gosh...it's finally here! Here's to Heller2U, smallgirlsxthree (SlenderStephSleeveSisters - say that ten times fast!), terrih1, oknev, and AmberP. You will all be waking up tomorrow nervous and ready to get this show on the road, and you will wake up after your surgeries ready for a wonderful new life full of awesome opportunities! We'll be thinking about and praying for you all day tomorrow. Please check in as soon as you can so we all know you're all right! Be strong and we'll be waiting for you on the other side!!!

Hey, Anne! Thanks for checking in! SOOOOO glad you had such an uneventful surgery and recovery so far....let us know how you're doing as you come along!

Oh, Kara....I'm thinking about you! You're a day before me, but will only be about 20 miles away......can't wait to share stories!

Welcome, guys! Come over and join our little family on the 2011 October Sleevers Board! We'd love to have you and hear about how tomorrow goes once you're up and about!! Good luck and we'll be thinking about you!

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Welcome, Pat! We're all with you....I'm envious of our October Sleevers who are done and on the other side...at least the nervousness and anxiety about the operation are gone! So glad you're here and I'll add you to our roster!

Welcome Saints, I'll add you to our official roster!

The link is in my signature line I will start posting more as I keep getting closer, and especially after!!

So....CT brought it up and I have been thinking about if for a while....anyone have any good ideas for a group name? Let's throw out some ideas and then I'll compile and we can put it to a vote!! Here are some I was thinking of: October Optimists October Originals October Outlaws October Octolosers or Octosleevers? Anyone else have any ideas?? Need some creative juices around here!!

Thanks, guys, for checking in! So glad you posted on how you are doing. I keep hearing each day gets a little better, so hope that's true for you guys as well! We're all rooting for you!

Aw., Monty.....great words from someone who has already been down the path! Thank you so much! And thanks on the blog comment, too. I will definitely be posting more once I get closer (just one week from today! Yikes!)

I hear you guys, too. I'm next Thursday and I feel like I've been waiting for this for SOOOO long....most of the anticipation/excitement has waned and now the nerves are starting to set in. And I never get nervous about surgeries, etc. Trying to isolate what is making me feel this way so I can take out those emotions, examine them, and somehow reconcile those fears so I'll be okay.....otherwise next week, I will really be a wreck!!!

Wow.....like we don't have enough stress without having to worry about the airlines and a possible strike! Sheesh!! Do you have a backup plan in case of worst case scenario? I'm starting to get a little freaked out, too....have to really examine what I'm feeling weird about and try to tackle it or I'll be a mess by this time next week!

Oh, no, Heller!! I'm sorry, lol! I didn't even realize that! I only said that cause her name is 'smallgirls'!! I'm sorry! It was not meant in any way to size....oh,man....and here we all are, persecuted our whole lives cause of our size, and I have to go and put my foot in my mouth! So, you can be SlenderSteph!!!

Oh my gosh, Leah....again, you have described me to a T! I also have a wonderful hubby and a little boy. I have been where you are at for months. Everything I say or do is "I can't wait until_____", or "I'll do that after the surgery". It's horrible! There is this HUGE line in the sand of my life, BEFORE and AFTER and I am not living until the after arrives. I am not like this, either....it's so odd, this paralysis. I just can't wait to be on the other side, either. I'm three days after you....can't wait to start LIVING again!

Let me know how it tastes! I've been eyeballing it for months, but afraid to buy in large quantities in case I don't like it!

That, my dear, is a LONG explanation on how it's supposed to help lose weight. First, your doctor must think you're insulin resistant, or he wouldn't want to prescribe it. If you have not been diagnosed as insulin resistant, or prediabetic and he simply wants to have you take it for weight loss, he is an idiot....sorry. If you are insulin resistant, that means your body has high level of insulin all the time and doesn't use insulin like it should. To make a very long complicated story short, if you have high levels of insulin in your system all the time, your body wants to store fat, not lose it. It's much more complicated than that, but that's the Cliff notes on how it works. So, by taking Metformin, your body is better able to use the insulin it produces, thereby theoretically not wanting to store fat all the time. Now this sounds good, but in practice, like I said before, almost no one loses weight by just taking Metformin - if they did, EVERYONE would be on it and it would all over the news as the magic bullet/pill everyone is looking for and none of us would need surgery!! Your sleeve has put your body in a catabolic (losing) state already, which has already forced your body to produce less insulin and use it more wisely - that's why I can't see how on earth at this point, you taking Metformin would produce any sort of weight loss. So, all that being said....you have lost almost 16 pounds since surgery on 8/31. That's 16 pounds in 5 weeks.....sure it's not as much as some lose, but we are all different. I also noticed that you were on the 'smaller side' when you started and in my experience on these boards, those that don't have a large amount to lose, tend to lose slower. You also lost weight prior to your surgery, and that's fantastic, but that also could mean that you wouldn't drop weight so dramatically after your surgery as your body wasn't 'shocked' like those that didn't lose weight beforehand (like those that didn't have to do preop liquid diets, etc - they tend to lose more right after surgery). I honestly think you need to look at your calorie intake and the makeup of foods you are eating (carbs, Protein, fats). If you are not eating ENOUGH calories, that will definitely slow down weight loss, as well as they wrong type of calories. You can certainly try the Metformin, it won't hurt....I just don't want to see you disappointed when you don't lose weight on it. And, any doctor that tells you that your weight loss to date 'sucks' needs a quick swift kick right up the ass, in my opinion. What a horrible, horrible thing to say to your patient! You have lost an average of over 3 pounds per week! Which is amazing compared to all other types of weight loss plans. As long as you are losing, and the slope is downward, keep your chin up, honey. Don't get discourage...you just may be one of the 'slow' losers. But it will come off!!