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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!!

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

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!!

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!!!

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!!

I also have been on Metformin for years for insulin resistance/prediabetes secondary to severe PCOS. Both my surgeon AND my PCP say I can go off of it as soon as I have surgery as my body will be in a catabolic state (weight loss) and my body will naturally lower my insulin levels while losing weight, even more so over time. They both say it's almost immediate. Note that I am on 1000 mg, twice a day, the maximum dose as there have been many, many studies done that state the maximum dose it's what's needed for PCOS/insulin resistance and anything lower than that really doesn't do much of anything. Metformin isn't really for weight loss....that's a huge misconception and most don't lose weight while on it, but it does help your body utilize the insulin it produces better, and therefore can minimize some of the side effects of hyperinsulemia (high insulin and insulin resistance). Metformin also allowed me to get pregnant after many years of infertility due to PCOS. But, honestly, if you have had the sleeve, you will lose much more weight from that than from taking Metformin....that would be like winning a million dollar lottery, then someone giving you a monthly allowance of $100 dollars - not enough to even make an impact in my opinion. And yes, it will make you feel nauseous and often causes diarrhea....takes your body a while to get used to that.....but it will get better if you decide to take it. Disclaimer here - I am NOT a doctor but have worked in health care for many, many years, specifically in endocrine disorders, so this is just my educated opinion. Many people think Metformin is a magic bullet to help them lose weight, but just as many are disappointed because they don't. Metformin does many things 'behind the scenes" that are beneficial to your body, but weight loss is really not one of them, and if it is, it's very minimal. For many, though, it does prevent them from gaining weight if their insulin resistance is severe. The sleeve will allow you to really lose weight. Hope that helps some....

Good luck, Lozza! We'll be waiting for you on the other side! Take care and post when you can so we know you're okay!

Thank you, Courtines....for the update. So glad your recovery so far is pretty uneventful! I think I will get the GasX strips before I go in....thanks for the input!

Hey, Jen! Thanks so much for checking in! Just take it easy....take your time, only do what's comfortable. Can't wait to hear your story! Here's to a fast recovery and to being home soon!

Welcome, Cat! I'll add you to our roster!