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I am only a month out of surgery, 25lbs down since then but my body is already changing and I have mixed feelings about it.. I obviously love the smaller figure already but my excess skin around my belly from carrying my two 9lb babies is getting wayyyy worse and my boobs have already went from a D to barely a C in just that small amount of weight loss. I'm almost not excited to lose more weight because I know my boobs will just get smaller and my stomach will just get worse. I can't afford any surgery right now because we are in the process of buying a new house so I am stuck being discouraged about my new body

I regretted the surgery the few weeks out also. Now I'm 6 months out and I don't miss food, I don't crave food and I look at food as a fuel for my body instead of something I need psychologically. I lost 62lbs, feel AMAZING about myself and my confidence has skyrocketed. I'm with everybody else who says hang in there. Surgery is a very emotional thing. Your body is all out of whack from the changes going on and you just need to give it time and give the surgery a chance.

Surgery is July 25th! So close!!! I am SO excited but very nervous also! I am new to this site but would be great to have somebody besides my mom to relate to in this journey!

2 months out of surgery and I have esophageal stricture and kidney pain that ER docs ruled out kidney stones and infection. Both are new diagnosis so I haven't been to specialist to even see if it's related to surgery yet but I was curious if anybody had either of these problems after surgery??????

I have been debating telling my inlaws about my surgery. My family and close friends know but it feels like I'm almost hiding something from them not telling them. DH's family except for him and his brother are all morbidly obese and proud of it, everything about them revolves around food. Anyway, right now they think I'm just been on the liquid diet and having surgery to fix my hiatal hernia which is only half a lie I suppose. It's kind of funny because the 12 days of liquid diet I've been on so far we visited them twice and both times she made a chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream which is my favorite and she NEVER makes when they all knew I was on this diet. I sipped on my Protein shake and watched them all eat and acted like it didn't bother me. I can see just from that they wouldn't be much support if they think I'm on a liquid diet for having to have something repaired idk how they would act if they knew I elected to have this surgery...... what would you do??? what do you tell people if they ask why you won't have another cheeseburger or hot dog (because I know they will)?

First couple weeks after surgery I felt amazing, everything went down well the more I graduated into soft foods. Lately though the last two weeks I'd say everything I eat I take a bite and get nauseous. I throw up probably twice a week and not because food is stuck (trust me had that happen I know how that feels) or just I'm full it's literally my first bite and just because....I didn't read anything about this being a side affect, is this normal???

I have Reglin I think it's called? For stomach and nausea, a nausea patch and ondansetron so three different kinds of nausea meds. I felt fine the first 3 weeks I'd say but now it's all day and comes in waves. It's getting to the point where I don't even want to eat because I know one bite and I won't be feeling good. It's impossible to be in a social setting right now. I hope it gets better I just want to feel normal again...I'm a slow loser also so right now I'm regretting surgery a little bit.

I have an app with him next week. Any idea what could be wrong?

I'm glad somebody can relate to me! You're right the skin is easy to hide I have some amazing jeans from Kohls that suck everything in lol! My boobs are the main thing, I am a low BMI sleever, now 180s so my boobs were always my thing I didn't like being heavy but I loved how huge they were lol so I miss them but I am def going to try some of those natural simulators hopefully I can get some fullness back.

This is great advice thank you!!!! I know I can't do anything right now anyway it's just frustrating

I'm two weeks post op and having a hard time with this new stomach. I can't drink anything without getting instantly full and then I feel either nauseous or lousy when my stomach is full. I was already in the hospital for severe dehydration which IDK how because I always have Water next to me. I can't get enough Popsicles or water because I am SO THIRSTY! Before surgery I guzzled water all day, water bottle after water bottle. In 2010 I had 3 surgeries to get rid of a kidney stone the size of a ping pong ball so ever since then I make sure I get enough water. Now it seems impossible since more than a tiny sip makes my hernia repair and sleeve upset. Because I'm taking in less water my kidney stones are back! ughhhhh what did I do to myself? Thanks for listening to me rant and rave lol. Hope it gets better from here

omg crackers and cheese sound amazing! Lol it's TOM and I want everything. Usually this is where we have chinese food twice in one week but as good as general tso chicken sounds right now I'm pretty sure it's not on my liquid/mushy diet! Lol you are right nobody said it was going to be easy, only thing that keeps me going is the 17lbs I already lost

When I was in the hospital for the dehydration the Dr. let me have eggs. They went down fine so I have been having things like eggs, burrito insides and cheez-its because they dissolve easily in my mouth. My biggest obstacle is the hernia repair make my opening to my stomach the size of straw so if I don't chew things good enough or take a big bite of even apple sauce it gets stuck and hurts like heck. I actually have some b-12 dissolve pills so I'll try it and see if it works. Thanks!

Happy I can relate to somebody lol. I don't enjoy food at all right now and I just hope it gets better. Like you said I want a meal, a small meal but eating something without feeling lousy after would be nice. I am tired too, literally ALL THE TIME! I had to take a nap every day since surgery which was 2 weeks ago today. My husband went back to work Monday and I'm struggling with fatigue and taking care of our two toddlers. I just don't have any energy to run after them and keep the house up so currently my house is a mess. I hope it gets better for us!! The doc at my post op app told me I had to stay on full liquids and some mushies like eggs for another 4 weeks but I just can't wait to eat something normal I feel like an outcast when the rest of the family has to cook something different for me when everybody else has a steak lol.

Hope everybody is doing well! I had my post-op appointment today and I was kindof bummed when he told me I had 4 more weeks of liquid diet! I thought I could do purred now but guess not. Other than that I am feeling good and down 17lbs a week and a half post op plus the week of liquid diet so feeling good

I was sleeved a week ago today. I have this pain in my esophagus kindof right in the middle of my boobs. Feels like I dry swallowed a huge pill and it got stuck. Not terrible stabbing pain but an annoying ache that gets worse when I inhale. Feels like I really need to hick-up or burp but the gas won't come up it's just stuck there. Anyway, I called my dr to ask about it and she's said go to the hospital where I had the sleeve done and go to the ER! What?? Why?? what is it???

Lol they were suppose to leave the monitor in me. It was a device that stayed in for a couple weeks to measure how much acid comes up to see if I needed my hernia repaired also. The device was a little bit bigger than a pill and it was suppose to just come off my esophagus and digest but it got stuck in my hernia repair then bounced around my sleeve causing some pain.

I had mine St. John on Moross Rd. Good because I didn't have a roomate on the surgical floor which made my stay really easy.

Just got home, I got admitted over***ht. Turns out the esophageal monitor they had in me for my acid reflex they never took out after surgery. It was about the size of a pen cap so when it went through my hernia repair then my sleeve it caused some pain and discomfort. Was pretty dehydrated too which I have no idea how to prevent at this point since I'm constantly sipping on water or Popsicles. Doing okay now tho thanks for all the well wishes

SO excited to step on the scale today and was 197!! I am officially out of the 200s and I hope to never see them again. This sleeve is the best decision I have ever made for myself. I haven't lost a ton yet, it's still early but I'm already confident in myself and learning to love myself again with every pound that comes off. Thought I'd share since this is a huge milestone for me

Not sure how much Water you drink a day but somebody on here said the more water she drank the more she started to lose again. I took her advice and it worked for me

Omg you look amazing!! I'm hoping to lose 65ish more lbs to be in the 130s

Thank you good luck to you too, have you had your surgery yet?

I had my surgery Wednesday and I am feeling great! My stomach feels like I did 200 sit ups when I get out of bed or up from the couch but it's nothing too painful at all. I started the surgery at a lower BMI, highest weight 240 went to the hospital after eating lean proteins for a month and then 2 weeks of liquid diet at 211lbs.

I know I had a little bit of blood in my stomach from the staples and the nurse told me the taste in my mouth was from that. She said it's normal and will go away. And yes that sounds like gas pain and the grumbling in my stomach at least for me is just the air moving around. Gas X strips works for my gas pain and makes that hungry feeling in my stomach go away. Oh and drinking water helps too