LauraKitty

I know there is an area on this site that allows you to blog, but I started blogging on WordPress.com Please feel free to subscribe to my blog via e-mail or just leave comments! You can find me at; http://bananabelly.wordpress.com Does anyone else blog outside of Verticalsleevetalk? hope to see ya'll real soon! thanks, L

Cool! I'll follow you too Bellabbr Ciao, L

Okay, I have been approved for my surgery, my surgery date is 11-2! Yeah! Okay now for the whining lol, I wanna eat! I know, it's all in my head but it's difficult. I'm only on my 2nd day and I have been doing wonderful but argh I JUST WANT SOME FOOD! anybody else go through this?

Yeah! Congrats everyone on your weight loss! Okay... I was sleeved 11/4 and I am down 41lbs!

Hey anyone out there develop a hernia AFTER surgery? I have a strange feeling in my stomach not sure what it is.... Thanks

Hello! I was sleeved 11/4.... everything is going rather smooth except sometimes when I eat soft foods, which I just started I get back pain? Does anybody else experience this? Normally I just stop eating or drinking but is it normal? Also, I went back to work after 2 weeks... I work about 11hr days and I feel like the right side of my stomach is hurting more than usual. Its not a sharp pain but more of like a tightness. Did I over-do it? Before I could sleep on my side and now it hurts more .....theories? Thanks! L

Hey Lissa, Okay sorry for not being descriptive but it's like a tightness, and I still can't sleep on my left side when before I could sleep on it. But the pain is on the right side of my stomach near the biggest incision. It hurts when I stretch a certain way and maybe when I bend but only on that side. Is this normal? I am assuming that a hernia would hurt way more and they checked for one prior but maybe I developed one from not taking it too easy? Thanks, L

Thanks for the info... so how long did it take for the tightness to go away?

The symptoms are burning feeling in the stomach, bloating 24-7, sharp pains in the stomach.... I'm sure there are others. A lot of people have H Pylori without even knowing they do, the statistics are high with 3 out of 4 people having the bacteria. Hey Terry, I'm getting better with the pills.... still can't wait to finish!! Thanks Ciao, L

Thank you everyone! Yea, these pills are horrible... I swear I have every one of the symptoms from taking them... dizzy, diarrhea, nauseated, horrible taste in my mouth!! Ugh I wish I caught this prior to my surgery! Well, I will definitely lose more weight cause i'm hardly eating! The positive of it. I have to do the same thing .... 8 pills a day for 14you days! Boooo good job on completing it Terry! Thanks, L

OMG! I just had some egg drop Soup, it was so good and settled in my stomach so well. It's super tasty! Anybody have any puree soup recipes? On another note, I had my 1 week follow-up after my surgery and the Dr informed me that I had h-pylori..... anybody else out there have that? I start taking antibiotics tomorrow... I hope it works!! Ciao, L :blush5:

Oops I mean.... WLS team

Hello everybody!! So, today I had my one week follow-up with my ELS team! So yea, I have lost 26lbs! Exciting!! How is everyone else after 7 days? Ciao, L

Hello everyone! Okay, I have a question... I am on Protein shakes for 2 weeks then puree foods then soft then normal...all time lines are two weeks. My question is what's everyone eating in these days after your surgery? I am 4 days out and I am drinking about 2.5-3 shakes a day plus some Gatorade and maybe some broth, very little about 4 ounces. Is this normal or should I be doing something else, I know I need to drink more Water.... Thanks for y'all help vsg group! L

AWESOME! thanks for the input. Yea, I know about the Gatorade and tea, although while I was still in the hospital I asked one of the Dr, what would happen if I don't get all that water down and he said if I had at least 2 32 ounces of Gatorade, I would be okay because of the electrolytes.....but he told me to get in the water. lol My dietitian though, said at this point both are important, water and protein. Can't wait till I get to the puree phase so i can blend up some soups! LOL

Helli fellow sleevers! I did it now i'm on the post-op side! Yeah! I'm doing really good except for the gurgling gas noises in my stomach! Lol I am 2 days post-op and I feel pretty good! Dr said I prepared well and he said all my organs looked nice etc! How about everyone else? My nov 2nd sleevers where ya at?? Lol

Did you speak to your Dr about the problem? I'm 3 days out and I seem to have diarrhea, I think maybe it's still just trapped gas from the surgery... just curious! wishing you well! L

Wow! That's a lot, I can barley get down one protein shake but i'm trying! !

Hey sleeve buddies... so I'm scheduled for my surgery tomorrow and I was super excited, it was supposed to be at 7am but now they postponed the time to 2:45pm!! BOOO!! No drinking not even Water 8 hours prior to the surgery. I have to say I was so set on the morning surgery that it really bummed me out. I guess this is the way it was supposed to happen! Anybody else go through this?? thanks, L

Hello! Everyone is different but I think you have a better advantage then someone older than you and also your skin has a better chance of boucing back to normal because of the elasticity! Be safe, take care!! :coolgleamA: L

What time is everyone's surgery tomorrow? I am alittle bummed because I was scheduled for 7amthe and they just called me and told me they will bae doing me at 2:45pn!!!! Boooo!!!