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I am one month out as well, so i am trying to walk as much as possible, but not quite every day yet. Just need to get into the habit. I will not be cleared for full workouts for another two weeks. At this point he said no lifting over 25 pounds. Be careful! You're still healing.

Well, I'm not walking daily yet, but trying to get in the habit. I try to do a mile on the treadmill when i'm at the gym. And as far as diet, i'm just following the progression my surgeon recommended. I'm on blender foods right now, and I usually get in about 600 calories, and as much Protein as I can but still only get about 40 grams on a good day. That's about it.

So THAT's what you look like! Aren't you just a little hot potato!!!

Your stomach is empty. It will growl until you get to where you can have cream soups or blender foods. Once you get to where you can have more than protein shakes...you KNOW when you're full. If you overeat, it feels awful. It's happened to me 3 times, and it's because I did not wait long enough between bites, then it was too late. I just walk around until it passes. Takes a while though. Feels like you want to throw up, but not really. This sounds weird, but it makes my eyes hurt. I think it's normal to see food and think you want it, but once you start eating... the simplest things are delicious!! Healthy food tastes good!

Did you have a hernia repair?? If you did, it is more painful than the sleeve. And it's right where you are describing.

I'm not sure about Mexico, but I had to pay for my own pain meds (crappy insurance) and it was like...4 bucks for the bottle of liquid vicodin. It's pretty cheap stuff. That was at CVS.

Oh, and just as an update to my original post- The pain from the hernia stopped at exactly 2 weeks. I have one or two doses of the pain meds left. I'm saving it for when I twist my ankle hiking with my family this summer, because I'll be so much more active!!

Well, the inguinal hernia isn't even in the same neighborhood, so I can't see why they'd refuse to do the VSG because of it. Now...if it's a hiatal hernia, like I had, it's right there where they are doing surgery, so most surgeons will automatically fix it while they are in there. I was worried about that disqualifying me too, until I talked to the nurse on the phone and she told me he'd fix it. Since inguinal hernias are also repaired laparoscopically, maybe you can get a two-for? I don't know. All you can do is ask, but I doubt it would prevent you from getting the sleeve.

HAHAHAHA!!! SKIN BAGS!!! LOL Empty wallets!!! Ohhhhh If that's the only downside....

My gall bladder scars are almost invisible now, and they were very similar to these new ones. Crazy for buying smaller clothes? naaaaaahhhhhh just waiting for the reality to catch up because you know it will!! You got this!!!

Where the #%$$# are you hiding 258 in that picture?!?!?!? I want whomever took that picture to follow ME around taking pictures!! LOL

Please tell me that's not a current picture of you....

Depends on your surgeon, his schedule, your insurance...many factors. I was self pay, so they pretty much said..."when do you want to schedule it for??" I traveled to Dallas, saw the surgeon and had surgery 3 days later. Every doc operates differently. If your BMI is lower, you probably won't have to do a 2 week diet. (mine was 55, so I did have to) Some only require 3 days or 1 week. You'll have to see what he says.

Thanks guys!! I knew I could count on you! :wub: Teambrown- important word is YET!! It's coming!!! Count on it!

That'''s weird, because I could never make the emails work! Strange....

I don't regret it for a minute. Or even a second. That said.... There are a couple of posts on this site where people have regretted it temporarily, and maybe even one or two who still do. I only mention those because you need to see EVERY aspect of the surgery and go into it fully informed of the fact that there is a teensy percentage of a chance that you could get a leak and things can go unexpectedly. The national average is 1%. My doctors average is .01% (which is EXcellent). It was a risk I was totally willing to take. Having health issues from being 200 lbs. overweight was a much bigger risk. Hope this helps.

HOORAAAYYY!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

DONE!!

THANK YOU!! (bowing)

ME TOO ME TOO!!!

I'm all about the comfy clothes too. The nice thing about living is Albuquerque, New Mexico... It's a pretty big city, but around here- "dressing up" means wearing your "good" jeans. Yep, I'll be hitting up the thrift stores too. I hope you found something to wear. Borrow clothes from your skinny friends .

Hey All! I'm one month out from surgery today, and I just want to share my loss so far. Who am I kidding, I just need some attention today! So here it is: Weight: From 340 to 300 (40 lbs.) Neck: 1" Upper Arms: 1" on each arm Forearms: 1" Chest (both measurements): 2 1/2" and 3 1/2" Waist: 3" OH YEAH! Hips: 5" (FIVE INCHES!! WOO HOO!) Thighs: 3" !!! Calves: 1" Ankles: 1" Yes, even my ankles!! And, my 10 ww shoes that I could barely wear are loose WITH thick socks on!! So, in 4 weeks a lot can happen. My weight stalled this week, so while i'm waiting for the next drop, the measurements help. --danielle

I'm 4 weeks out. Still waiting. In fact I had a dream last night that I was sleeping on my stomach and it hurt. Not helpful, but now I'll see the answers too!

I seem to remember something about that from loooong ago....... yes..... back when I could find my bones... I will look forward to this!

I was gonna ask if he did an endoscopy. When I had symptoms JUST like you're describing (this was 2 years ago, long before I ever considered VSG) the first thing they did was an endoscopy. I went through the WHOLE G.I. testing series and they found NADA!! Well, the only thing he saw was a hiatal hernia and he insisted that it was not the cause of my pain, although i later decided that maybe it was because of the location, but that's another story... The one thing that helped me was this candida diet: www.yeastinfectionadvisor.com As soon as I started eating this way, the pain stopped. And it solved a few other digestive disorders I had. Just a suggestion. If it doesn't help, it certainly doesn't hurt. It's a very good, clean diet, and you don't have to do it forever. I did it for maybe 5 months.