SweetTee

Tessie I can't wait to meet you, I am praying for you and I both. I believe God ordered these steps and we are abiding by his plan. Let his will be done.
Heavenly Father, watch over us in our time of need. Protect us as we travel and guide our surgeons hands as he performs each and every operation. Bring peace to our hearts and deliver us from all hurt, harm, or danger. Father we stand on your word as we make this trip across country. We pray for healing and good health, strength and prosperity. All of these blessings we ask in Jesus name.
Amen.
When it's anointed by God, consider it well done.

Good luck. I will be there tomorrow.

Good luck. I will be there tomorrow.

Good luck. I will be there tomorrow.

Good luck. I will be there tomorrow.

I'm settled in at the Marriott. Got here about 2pm...had a nice nap and a wonderful shower. Got together with 3 other sleevers for broth and popsicles in the dining room. Feeling tired but otherwise it is hard to believe that my surgery was only 50 hours ago! As of right now, I'm not taking any pain meds and am feeling fine. Still getting some gas rumblings but they are minor.
Amazing...no hunger or interest in food at all. Care at hospital was very good...will give more details later. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers. I am sleeved and doing great!

Now why did you steal this models photo and put it next to your preop picture?
Girl you look fabulous! You are so beautiful.
Congrats to you for all your hard work. I love the new hair color.

Sannah,
I've been absent from this tread for a few days and am so bummed to hear you have been having gallbladder and kidney issues. I pray that by the time you read this you're already starting to feel better.
I know you've been through so much. I'm praying for you and I hope your recovery is swift.
I haven't had WLS yet, but I have had to endure issues with my gallbladder until I finally had it removed. And you are right about one thing, the pain is horrendous.
I would have episodes of n/v in conjunction with dizziness and sweating, followed by diarrhea. Trying to figure out which end to point towards the toilet took a toll on me mentally and physically.
I'm so relieved they found the problem and believe me you will feel 100% better when they remove that little culprit.
Love you lots and I'm sending you some e-roses as a get well gift! @->>>>>, @->>>>>.
Tasha

Thanks for sharing, I feel more at ease.

That's awesome news! I'm so glad you're doing ok and I pray you had a safe and uneventful flight home. I'm so glad to hear that all went well. Keep us posted on your weight loss and recovery. Congrats!

sitting here waiting to board my flight home. All is well, feel really good. Alma and Ready4Achange arw great. Dr. Garcia, is a very skilled amd caring surgeon, Dr. Luna is awesome, Melissa is awesome, Dr. Paola, Dr. Zavalza, and Samuel the driver down the nursing staff and the great staff at,the Marriott....everybody is entitled to their opinion, but If I had to do anything different, I wouldnt. I was 100% safe at all times and treated like a star! My pain level is zero right now! I was cared for to the max. I would only want to stay at Marriott after passing by the other hotels, like lucerna and others ive seen on the blog....you have a nurse at all times, you hit that button and they are there within 30 seconds, they stay on top of pain management. the first leak test is horrendous, but I passed and kindly asked the tech for the trash can to throw up, the only time I ever did..the methylene blue was far less horrible as the first leak tesy,, which I passed too. my advice would be to rest, rest rest and drink gatorade when allowed for the electrolytes.. I honestly did not feel up to shopping, I wanted to take advantage of rest...besides the beds at marriott feel like melted butter loaded with extra fluffy pillows! The bath gels are yummy! There are some HBO channels and others in English and a whole lot of CSI, also watched Scandel in English, first batch of chicken broth wasnt good, but those there after was yummy to my new tummy!. I NOT hungry at,all even passing by all,these delectable food spots....I,am not in pain, just a little soreness but even that has subsided. and by the way, I crossed back over with the birth certificate and id...no problems......

This is so funny! I will have to chime in. Being able to paint my toenails without doing acrobatic moves.
Bending over to pick up something off the floor and not feeling like i'm squeezing all my internal organs or mooning the entire room.
Being able to cross my legs like a lady
Climbing stairs without going into cardiac arrest
Riding a bicycle without having to call 911 once I've peddled about 3 times.
Bending down and lifting back up only to find my shirt has risen up my big belly showing my 9 month pregnancy
Feeling and looking like I'm 9 months pregnant and 4 cm dilated
Putting on a shirt that I could fit last week and feeling like the incredible hulk
I could go on and on, but I'm pretty sure you guys get the ideas.

WOW!! You look awesome! Congratulations and hats off to you for weight loss success! Your picture is an inspiration to all. It feels so good to see sisters taking control of their life and health and not letting this obesity define/limit us.

3 month update. Down 77lbs from highest, 57 since surgery.

Well here it is. I'm so embarrassed by my before photo smh, but that was me. All 330 lbs of me. Yikes!! My highest was 346 lbs at the start of this journey, but I lost 16 lbs pre op and 134 lbs post op and still going.
330 lbs day of surgery 196 lbs

That's great news! Congrats and please do take it easy. I'm so excited to hear all is going smoothly. I'll be in your place in a few days.

This is so funny! I will have to chime in. Being able to paint my toenails without doing acrobatic moves.
Bending over to pick up something off the floor and not feeling like i'm squeezing all my internal organs or mooning the entire room.
Being able to cross my legs like a lady
Climbing stairs without going into cardiac arrest
Riding a bicycle without having to call 911 once I've peddled about 3 times.
Bending down and lifting back up only to find my shirt has risen up my big belly showing my 9 month pregnancy
Feeling and looking like I'm 9 months pregnant and 4 cm dilated
Putting on a shirt that I could fit last week and feeling like the incredible hulk
I could go on and on, but I'm pretty sure you guys get the ideas.

That's great news! Congrats and please do take it easy. I'm so excited to hear all is going smoothly. I'll be in your place in a few days.

Me too!

That's great news! Congrats and please do take it easy. I'm so excited to hear all is going smoothly. I'll be in your place in a few days.

Well sleevies, its done! I get in Saturday, and had surgery maybe four hours later, did preop and EKG and had some issues with my blood pressure but they handled that quickly...Surgery went will, had a little more bleedjng than,usual, but Dr. Garcia handled that quite quickly even coming back to the hospital 12:30 Saturday nite. I feel great, the hospital is nice and the nurses are great they stay on top of medicine and vitals. The Marriot is gorgeous. Of course I will give another update, right now Im just tired, not really in pain but kind of sore, like three thousand crunches...love you guys....talk to you later

For now, no pain no gas!

Here's another good one........
Literally rolling out from the bed because you stuck in the sink hole you created...........

This is so funny! I will have to chime in. Being able to paint my toenails without doing acrobatic moves.
Bending over to pick up something off the floor and not feeling like i'm squeezing all my internal organs or mooning the entire room.
Being able to cross my legs like a lady
Climbing stairs without going into cardiac arrest
Riding a bicycle without having to call 911 once I've peddled about 3 times.
Bending down and lifting back up only to find my shirt has risen up my big belly showing my 9 month pregnancy
Feeling and looking like I'm 9 months pregnant and 4 cm dilated
Putting on a shirt that I could fit last week and feeling like the incredible hulk
I could go on and on, but I'm pretty sure you guys get the ideas.