Sleeved&Hopeful

I am 3 weeks out on Friday and I swallowed a Prilosec pill

It might be different with a coordinator. I was going directly through him and had to send a bank wire and not a cc payment.

Glad to hear you're doing well. I am wondering what they are going to do with the clinic. They really should make the lobby/ waiting area larger and add a few new patient rooms. Interesting! Did you get to see what he plans on doing?

You will do fine! It can be a little weird or scary to go there if you've never been to Mexico or TJ. However, the van drivers are always with you and the hospital is clean and well-run. You will of course meet the others going with you in the morning at the airport before leaving. I actually made a few good friends that day! Friends I will talk to for a long time, I'm sure. I wish you all of the best and success! :-)

My goodness, what a touching story! God bless you and your inspirational sleeve journey. I hope you get to your goal weight and your goal degree. Best of luck and best wishes to you and your freed heart. I hope you feel like you can do anything you want to do now.

Capt Derel, congrats on a successful sleeve! Glad your feeling better! I think the IV drove me crazier than the drain by far LOL. You and your wife have a safe flight home!

Hey Pasquini! Congratulations on your weight loss and on getting "checked out". I bet you are having more fun going out and maybe flirting. I was born in Lawton and my Uncle and Aunt still live there and a lot of other extended family. I love going there when I get a chance. I keep wanting to go back to the Indian casino. I hit a pretty good little jackpot there one time :-)

thank you for posting your pics! So motivating ! Congratulations and keep up the good work.

Hey there. Don't give up! I heard that many sleeve patients lose like another 10-15 % additional weight in the SECOND YEAR too! You still may be able to hit that 100 pound goal. I agree that working at McDonald's after having the sleeve is like an alcoholic working in a bar. I understand you can't quit. Try to eat something before work like some of the other people have said so you are full and not tempted to eat there. I don't even know anything I would eat at McDonald's except maybe the oatmeal and I'm not even sure i would eat that. Good luck girl!

Your story was very interesting. I appreciate your honesty. I am glad to hear you have reached goal weight and even beyond and now. I'm glad you can eat more variety now, that makes me feel better. I am so new to this and hoping I can eat ok one day.

good luck dooter so happy for u

Yup I am 12 days out and I refuse to step on the scale until around 1 month post op. I will only be weighing myself every once in a great while. The scale has caused me a lot of problems in the past when I didn't like what I saw. I am not going to do that this time

Oh man. I ate a little bit of eggs and cottage cheese this morning for the first time since surgery and they went down ok. So I ended up trying a little more of them tonight with cottage cheese and my sleeve rejected it within a minute! I violently vomited all of it up. It was very unpleasant. I am wondering since it went down ok this morning but not tonight, if it was the food or me. I wonder if I ate it too fast. How many bites do you guys normally take? I heard 5-7 good bites is what to eat. I don't know what I did wrong but I think I will figure it out with trial and error.

Hey Capt Derel! I hope everything goes good for you in TJ. I think you will be one tough son of a gun you know? You just strike me as that. You will probably rock the sleeve hardcore. I just know it! Please update when you get a chance.

Good luck and congratulations! I hope you lose as much weight as you want and feel better. I am glad you are feeling so good.

Heck yeah post some inspiring pics for the newly sleeved here. Motivation is awesome and congratulations on your successful weight loss!

Congratulations on hitting onederland! That is amazing!!

Hey 15.5 pounds in a couple of months is actually not bad! Hold your head up! That is actually a good start. I think you may just be expecting huge numbers but your numbers are actually good and steady. Think about it. 11/29 was just a couple of months and a week or so ago!

Hi. I am curious if you have any room for fills left in your band? Have you considered that? Maybe you don't have enough restriction.Also, I have to say I know a lot of people who got lapband revised to a vsg after either not losing enough weight or having their band erode or slip. Good luck I hope you can figure it out.

Since the band has not been successful for you for a variety of reasons, have you considered revision surgery such as the vertical sleeve? I am sorry it didn't work out

Hey I was hungry on day 5 too. It will get better. Chicken broth will help.

OK, I know someone personally who got pregnant after the sleeve. I met her on a gastric sleeve support group on facebook. She got pregnant several months after the sleeve and hit her 100 pound goal a year and a half after VSG. She had a healthy baby and she continued to lose weight easily after the baby was born! It just took her a little longer to hit goal. She didn't have much to lose either. She is tiny. Many people who need to lose 100 lbs or less take 12-18 months to lose it all.

That makes me excited! I hope my diabetes goes into remission as well. Congratulations

I am truly sure you are just having a small stall. I have read tons of stall posts on here. Don't get discouraged. Stress makes you hang on to weight ! You will lose again. Wishing you the best!

My tummy is growling less today. Thank you guys for your posts. I know its normal now. I am trying to get used to this tiny tummy lol. I am going to be trying some creamy soups soon and I cannot wait.