Dooter

I'm sad and happy for you!

I know someone having the same problem, but I don't know what advice to give, because i have not had this problem. I'm hoping you'll get some good insights on this post....

Well, it's weird...I keep expecting this to happen....but I have not- not even one single time- had the slightest comment about anything i've ordered, eaten, not eaten, taken home, etc... They just ask if I'd like a box, I say yes please, and that's it. Maybe it's because I'm dining with a husband and three preteen boys, and I just kind of sink into the background? I don't know. I mean---it's FINE with me. I hate being conspicuous or gaining undue attention. I don't get second glance though.

Wow. You poor child. I will pray for you. Even if I had heard something similar or had any inklings, I think it would be irresponsible of me to dispense any opinions on such a serious condition. I hope someone has a concrete answer. Is there a nearby surgeon or doc that would see you for a second opinion?

I love it. I'm an "addictical" now! (i think I made that up;) ) I started at 3 minutes--cursed the thing to hell---then next time I made it like.....FIVE minutes, then six. I've added one minute every time I go to the gym (almost every time). Now the most i've done is 45 minutes, and I do little "sprints" when a really good song comes on, and get my heart rate up several different times during the workout. My minimum goal for a workout is 2 miles and 200 calories. The rest is gravy in my mind. Just bite off a liiiiiittle more each time. You'll start to look forward to it!!

I can't WAIT to see you take off with this!! It will be exciting to see!

You're going to have to change your tag line!! You've LOST the pounds....AND the inches!!

Good grief, are you pregnant??? hahahahaha

Oh, once I was on solids and could tolerate just about anything....I went pickle CRAZY!!!

Oh!! SAMs too?! I did not know that!

OOooohhhhh....Sandyd, huh!!! Cool! Congrats!!

PAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Haven't seen that in a thousand years!!!!

4 months out and I am still BLESSED to have not experienced this!!! I'm hoping that means I won't?!?

OH, I was a total freak before the surgery. It didn't help that my husband couldn't come with me. I was an emotional wreck. Afterward- not a problem. (A lot of people report emotional roller coasters AFTER the surgery. Not me. All before.) You will feel much better once it's done and you're on the road to shrinking.

NICE!! Congratulations!!!

Premier shakes from costco are tasty, low sugar, not bad on the calories and high in Protein. They are pre mixed, however.

Well...wait a minute....what was your name before? what picture did you have up? I need to get my bearings here....

It will get better. I was so very sick of food and its rule over my life that i just didn't care what anyone was eating. They were eating the enemy and I hated it. (dramatic, I know.... ) When you start shrinking, you won't give a rat's....well....you know. Stay strong!! We got this!!

Here is what i was told in my post op booklet: You pretty much have to drink one oz of liquid every 15 minutes during all your waking hours to get your liquids in. Or at least 4 oz per hour. I was told to eat Breakfast, lunch and dinner and one "Protein power up" mid morning, and one mid afternoon as well. All of this should be around 600-800 calories. with 60-80 grams of protein. (a "protein power up" is a low fat protein snack, like a cheese stick or 1/2 cup cottage cheese or half a Protein shake or something like that) OUtside of that, he says no snacking.

My GP has never had any patients with a sleeve so he's very interested in the whole thing. Wants to know all about it and how i'm doing. He barely remembers me from one time to the next, but it's a change of pace for him from "my knee hurts, I need antibiotics, I've got a rash.." and whatever else he deals with every day. Every time I come in, I weigh less, and he's just tickled! It's pretty cool.

My doc's leak rate is more like...1 in 1500. If you are not comfortable with his rate, I'd shop around. Keep in mind also...Leaks are not always caused by the doc. Some are caused by non compliance in the post op diet. I don't know the percentage of each, but there is patient responsibility involved in preventing leaks as well.

If you're like a lot of the rest of us, at 43 you'll end up at 350, or even 400. That's 10 years from now. Not to be negative or a downer, but that's been the reality for me. My losses were rewarded with triple gain. I wish I'd had this done 10 years ago. The "not being able to eat" (for me it was 5 weeks) is so very temporary, and TOTALLY worth it!! It goes by like a blip on a radar screen and you'll barely remember what it was like as you start trying on smaller and smaller clothing! Just sayin'...... you could do it....easy.

I know that exact gnawing feeling you are talking about!! I had that until I was two months post op. It stopped right at two months, and now i feel "normal." Or at least the NEW "normal." It was explained to me that the hunger hormones still had to get out of the system. Made sense, because it shut right off right about when this person said it would. If I didn't go to bed early enough, my stomach felt like it was trying to eat itself!! It was a real, physical feeling, and I was plenty loaded up on prilosec and whatnot. Hopefully your shutoff is coming!