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I am so thrilled to hear from you! And you are doing so well with fluids. Keep it up!

Oh yes it gets easier!!!! And when I ate a popsicle a few days post op my life was changed, Angels sang, fireworks, such magic! You really won't recognize signals yet. Measure and go super slow. I have an egg timer next to my bed for fluids and still over a month out have to set it for 15 minutes then drink. It really is worth it to go slow. I slimed on water a few times and it is nasty! But I swear on everything holy this gets better. Ask anyone on here who was reading my posts a few weeks ago and I was not a happy camper. Tonight I went swimming and it was bliss to feel like I was in control of this body of mine. I have energy again, and I am a happy lady! Good luck to you!!!

Tiffany the first 2-3 weeks I really was so swollen internally that I could not feel what full felt like. The triggers are weird and full doesn't feel quite the same as it did preop. Measure and then you'll be sure and if you do start to get a runny nose, sneeze, or feel tightness cut it off even if you can't finish. And you aren't kookie for wondering about a leak, or if you are so am I. I asked about a week out because when I would drink it was uncomfortable and I had visions of gatorade seeping through my body cavity!

Mini, I adore you! So, you had a crap day and you dealt with it with food. Guess what? If you are anything like me you did that more days than you didn't before your surgery, and guess what, you have gone 90 days and that hasn't been your norm. You have learned, you are getting it. Shame and guilt are the easy way to go, but that will only create that ugly cycle we all know about where tomorrow you will eat because you feel crummy about today. Don't punish yourself, you are a grown ass woman and can eat candy if you want. Instead retrace your steps and see what triggered you, and where you went wrong. I had a three minute moment of insanity the other day and I realized that every day from about 3 to 6 I still get hungry. I was out and about and instead of waiting fifteen minutes til I could get home and regroup and make a good plan I blew it. I hated those feelings being in me again. I hated feeling like I wasn't in control of my own body. But I was wrong, I am. You are too. Today you learned something from this I'm sure, that leaves you even more prepared for tomorrow. Hang in there lady!

WOOOOHOOOO! Take good care of yourself this little while, how exciting!

I get the airy gurgley burp thing too. Mine isn't food specific, but I notice it based on how quickly I am eating. I am still horrible about speed. I think I'm going slow enough sometime and then quickly realize, I'm not.

I don't know that I am actually answering your question here, but if you have done all of your homework and you like the ups and downs of the two surgeries, thats what matters. The thing that I have noticed is that for some reason as humans we get UBER defensive about the decisions we have made and see it that someone is saying our decision is wrong if they make a different one than us. If you look at the various wls forums, people are very defensive of their brand of surgery, their surgeon, their post op plan. It helps us feel secure in what we've actually done.

Okay so here is my new and revised game plan: Wednesday: Swim w/clients at rec center Thursday: Swim w/clients at rec center Saturday: Workout at SARC do 30 min treadmill

Don't feel silly. There was a small and irrational part of me that felt like after I felt so crappy post op, I should get to arrive home thin! One thing I think I need to do and that may help you see results is taking your measurements. Then the other thing I need to do that may be of comfort to you is have a set time/day of week that you weigh, then nothing else. Create goals for yourself that have NOTHING to do with weight, but that might be, this week I will be able to counter every negative thought with three positive, or this week I will park my car as far from every store as possible. As for the actual loss, I would certainly add more calories, most of the guidelines I can find this early are about 600-800 calories, and that if you think about it is really not much. This is still your fuel, and if your body isn't fueled it won't be able to help you in all the ways you need it to. Have you ever heard about shocking your body into weight loss? This can be through things like calorie variances, or doing something physically that your body has no muscle memory to do. Mix it up! You can do this. I posted elsewhere that my weight does this weird hover thing every week where it will dance around about a three pound area and then BAM one day it is down, to a number I haven't seen in a while and I get to do a happy dance, but if I let all those hovers get to me I would be at the drive thru at burger king daily! It really will happen for you.

Yikes, so I am still struggling to be motivated, but had been excited that I could take the clients I work with daily (adults w/cognitive disabilities) on walks around the river, they all have exercise goals as well, but today I wake up after a night of crazy wind and it is snowing like crazy. Hmmmmm I guess I need a new plan?

Hey Wendy, If you can't sleep and want something they will give it to you, hopefully rest came your way. Good call with the scales. I am driving myself crazy and I've learned that my scaled hovers for about a week then BOOM one day it is drastically down, it ends up leaving me disappointed 6 out of 7 days! I really need your daughter to come get my scale too.

Wendy, hey Wendy guess what? YOU ARE SLEEVED!!!!!! I remember chatting with you when you were contemplating all this and now, you are well on your way!!!!!

Oh that breaks my heart to hear. I hope all is well, we will be thinking of you and anxious to hear how you are.

Be sure to ask for help, physically or emotionally if you need it. Don't compare your journey to anyone elses and be super patient with yourself. You will be great!!!

I tried quoran sp? chicken today and it was so yummy! I can't eat real chicken but that tasted delicious. And only a small amount was a pretty good protein source.

But its not like you just had your pics out there on the internet, both this and OH are specific forums that should be used as methods of information gathering and support BY THE MEMBERS! I would be pissed to see things I have said here floating around because even though this is a public forum, there is an element that we are a group and we respect one another. So sorry! But don't forget, she wouldn't have bothered if you hadn't done such an amazing job!

How crazy! Your body has been through a lot in the last few years, and your a hottie from the inside too.

I have discovered a few things that are also yummy. I don't know what your carb limit daily is, but Mission carb balance tortillias have 18g carbs per entire tortillia, my trick has been to cut them in 1/4's and put hormel hot and spicy pepperoni and mozarella cheese on them. Then microwave them until the cheese is all melty. Gives me the pizza fix. It is higher in fat, but if you aren't focusing on that then it is just plain yummy!

Yay! Yeah there is some trauma. Post op I had gone from 3-4 thousand calories of carby fatty heaven to initally about 200 cal of protein and holy **** it was shocking!

I ended up on loads of phenegran too. It works well, but I learned after the fact that it is a known anxiety causer (I mentioned it in another post but accidentally called it reglan) I also hate that it seems to "burn" my veins. Not unique to this experience, but I my one vein still feels bruised a month out. But yup totally optional. Talk w/ them in depth about it and they can better explain it obviously then you can make a great informed decision.

Be really direct with his staff about the things that make you anxious. The spinal block is optional but I did some reading on it and it really is a great thing for overweight folks. It allows them to use less anasthetic which is stored in the body's fat and makes your recovery happen more smoothly. I promise his staff has dealt with every imaginable situation. I have seizures and they had to get creative about how to medicate me because I was endlessly nauseated and could not hold anything down. Another lady who was there with me had nearly unmanagable diabetes and they found ways to make her comfortable and safe as well. Just be incredibly direct about your needs and desires. Advocate hard for yourself and you will be happy!

No Angie, it is the bomb.com! They give you an ativan, then they IV you, then when you are so far under that you don't care about anything anymore they do the spinal block. It made it so I had NO pain those first two days. My memory of the spinal block is one of those kind of memories that is foggy and you only have glimpses of it, the way people describe being abducted by aliens (hehehehe) only in the end you end up thin with a cute butt!

Oh and another weird thing, at different times of day I can do more fluid. In the mornings I can't drink very much, but in the evenings I drink almost like I did preop.

See I had some weird flukey opposite experience. On my second day home (so 5th day out from surgery) I was getting angry because I really couldn't stomach my protein shakes and broth was horrible too. So, my dear friends ran and got me a bag of sonic ice and I chew chew chewed that and it really helped me!

You are certainly not the only one! Preop I made myself pretty anxious because I thought I would never get to eat certain things ever again. You will, I promise. I am just introducing foods back in and while I can't polish off a whole plate of cheese fries, if I plan ahead I can have a few of em. Most of the time that knowledge is enough for me. I am so excited for you to be able to play with your kids and not even think about your weight! How cool for you and your family. May 20th will be here in not time!