TransformerOfYoungMinds

I just got rid of about half of my shoes. Pre-op I wore anywhere from a 9 to 10, usually a 9 wide if I could.
Today I wear an 8 1/2. My feet have thinned out and "shrunk" due to less weight and pressure on them.
I always called mine "Barney Rubble" feet before

So happy for you!!!!!

Hey everyone! I was in no pain yesterday or today after surgery. The pain mess did their job until the car ride home. Since I've been home, I've experienced some pain and discomfort. The Gas-X strips helped a lot!
I hope tomorrow is better..... I get to start Protein Drinks tomorrow so hopefully I'll have more energy.
How's everyone doing this evening?
-- Allison

After six quick months, I will finally be sleeved tomorrow. I joined this site in May right after my PCP put my referral through. I jumped through all of Kaiser's hoops and met some amazing people along the way.
This site and the posters here have been invaluable to me during these six months, and will continue to be as I finally become a post-op patient. The advice, kind words, and support I have experienced here have been amazing.
I can't wait to come back from the hospital on Tuesday and write to you all as someone who has been sleeved.
Thank you for everything!
Allison

Another November19th sleever here
Good luck to everyone, can't wait to follow everyone's progress!

My surgery is also November 19th in California... I'm super excited and super nervous at the same time! I only have to start my liquid diet 2 days prior to my surgery!

I'm all scheduled for November 19!!!! Start liquid diet tomorrow!!!!

I'm on the 19th too!

Hello all!
I just scheduled my surgery for November 19th with Dr. Kim of Kaiser West LA.... so excited! Best of luck to everyone on your journies!

Hi Aimee!
I am also a Kaiser patient. My first Options class is July 26th at Woodland Hills.
Are you So Cal or Northern Cali?
Best of luck, please keep us updated on your journey!
Allison

Not too personal at all.
Add that to my list... I wanna be on top. And look good in positions that aren't just horizontal

You look amazing! I can't believe how dramatic the transformation has been in such a short amount of time. Congrats on your success, I look forward to seeing more progress pics along the way

Just wanna say going threw this he has been right by my side literally doing everything for me as far as wiping me my stomach was so bloated I couldn't reach lol he making all my Protein Drink making sure in doing everything right he truly is the one and only person who be right by my side and I live him for that he's my drill Sargent making me wall every hr drinking sip sip sip it's amases me how lucky I really am and I just thought I put it out their for him i am only 3 days post ob and pain is going away still having back pain from laying on it and the back of my head

Wooooo!!!! That is awesome! I am hoping to be sleeved sometime in the fall, probably November, after jumping through all of my insurance's hoops. Sounds like you are on the right track and will be sleeved before you know it

That is awesome!!!!!
Keep up the good work!!!!

Congrats!!!!!
I have SoCal Kaiser too.... I don't start Options until 7/26, hoping to be sleeved in November.
That is great that you have successfully jumped through all of Kaiser's hoops! Best of luck to you on your journey

Not too personal at all.
Add that to my list... I wanna be on top. And look good in positions that aren't just horizontal

Welcome tabby!
I am pre-op too, so I don't have any experience to share. You're doing the right thing by joining this site... the posters here are wonderful!
This site has erased any doubt I had about getting sleeved. My surgery will most likely be in November, but I have already made big changes in my life thanks to the amazing posts here.
Good luck on your journey

Not too personal at all.
Add that to my list... I wanna be on top. And look good in positions that aren't just horizontal

You know I feel like if I do have any flabby skin or hanging fat, anything is better than how i look now, you know? ****, if I can lose 100 to 150 pounds? I DONT CARE WHATS SAGGING!! lol. I'm gonna show that **** off! Lol!

That is awesome, tmoss! I hope when I get the sleeve I can lose like you

I originally anticipated a Nov surgery date and I've been contemplating hard about moving it up. I would hate to go through the holidays and be sick at the sight of food. I can't wait though, by next 4th we will be in better health and shape!

Best of luck to you as you continue to lose-- I love reading posts like this (I won't be sleeved until November). You're an inspiration!

Shellbell, you will have that.......I really hope! Regardless of your weight!
I am 42 years old. I spent most of my life single. No boyfriend in high school, sporadic dating in university. I met my future husband when I was 35 and we were only together for 6 months. It wasn't the right time for us. I was about 270 lbs at the time, and he was probably around the same (but he's 6'3" and I'm 5'4"!). Our break-up had nothing to do with our weight(s).
Then, suddenly out of the blue, he emailed me 4 years later. It was one of those "movie moments". I saw his email on my Blackberry. I get a lot of spam all day long so I am always deleting emails. On the Blackberry screen you can't see the whole person's name or subject line.....I actually hit "delete" for his email, but you have to confirm the deletion. I second-guessed myself, and kept it (I didn't know it was from him....I thought it was spam!).
Turns out he was apologizing for his behaviour when we had been together 4 years earlier. He had changed his life 180 degrees and wanted to say thank you for giving him a kick start.
Long story, short (too late, I know!), we started dating in January 2009. In December 2009 while on vacation in Jamaica, he proposed during a candle lit dinner on the beach. And we were married in September 2010 (I was 40 years old and this was my first marriage!). You can see pictures from our wedding in my photo gallery (in my profile).
I was over 300 lbs when we were on that beach in Jamaica. He didn't care. He loves me for who I am, not what I look like.
Now we're both losing weight (me with the sleeve, him with the Atkins) so we can be healthier and live a long happy life together. It took me all these years to find (and re-find!) my soulmate. I'll be damned if I'm going to let my health tear us apart!
It's possible that your path hasn't crossed "his" yet. And you may not have a smooth road (we didn't). But when you find your partner, you'll know it. Perhaps losing the weight will give you the self-confidence you need to feel like you deserve that great guy? Who knows. Either way, I hope and pray you do find your life partner, when the time is right.
And right now, it's the time for you to concentrate on getting yourself healthy and making yourself happy with who you are (all over!).