ShrinkyDinkMe22

YES!!!! CVS is the only place by us that had it. We checked meijer, Target, Walmart, Kmart, Jewel and Walgreens. Ended up at CVS and they carry it. I was also told that you can take childrens and just a bigger does but i wanted the adult version. Hope that helps.

yeah, he came in to see me after i failed my lead test. i think the nurses knew i was freaked out and he came in to calm my nerves. said that some people swell worse than others. i was one of those others and stayed in for 4 days until swelling went down. glad you are dong great!

nice! how did you like dr guske? i loved dr rantis. i saw guske in the hospital. i didnt like that we never saw them after surgery. only the PA's. but oh well. something i never thought to ask when i originally saw the dr's. how are you feeling?

it was a month since preop diet but since surgery its been 21 days . how are you?

thank you! i am down a total of 49lbs. 17lbs on my own prior to preop diet, 15lbs on preop diet, and 17lbs since surgery on 12/10.

clothes are definitely a good tell tale sign! more so than the scale i think. i just put on a pair of scrubs i wore when i was in massage school. i wore them a month before surgery and they were so tight. today they are falling off me. good job to you as well!!!!!

Thanks you guys! I truly appreciate it so much!

Can totally see a difference today! Had to share. Seeing this made me feel I made a good decision to get healthy! Have a long road yet to get but it's a good start! [ATTACH]7609[/ATTACH]

Yum. We love Texas del Brazil. Well used too . Mmmm bacon wrapped filet. My last meal was at red lobster

I take two Celebrate multi chewable. They have Iron in them. I also take these. http://m.vitaminshoppe.com/store/en/browse/sku_detail.jsp?id=NT-1168

I would definitely let your dr know. Especially if on bp meds. You probably need to dosage adjusted. 43 is pretty low. I think they day anything under 90/60 needs immediate attention. Good luck!

But as we all have learned each Dr is so different. But I would definitely call just to be safe.

My diet consisted of 4-5 meal replacement shakes plus sf jello, popsicles and clear liquids and broths for 14 days. My nut said if I felt I had to cheat to eat good protein. I did cheat a couple of times but it was a bite here and there with a chicken breast of beef roast. I would definitely call your surgeon or Bariatric place. The whole reasoning is for the shrinking of the liver. I have seen posts where livers where too big and in the way and Dr closed them up and didn't do the surgery. I took my preop very serious as to not cause complications while under. They will probably tell you everything is ok but to be safe I think I would stick to clear liquids, jello and broths until surgery. Good. Luck and keep us posted.

I'm doing ok. Started purees Thursday night. Had refried beans with cheese and sauce. Which was really good. Today had a scrambled egg. That didn't sit very well. I'm down 16lbs since surgery. Haven't lost any weight in a week. Down a total of 48lbs total. Starting to feel back to normal. Some days I have a hard time getting all my liquids in. Those days I feel tired and weak.

I feel ya. I gave up coke about 3 months before surgery and the last couple of days have been wanting a coke from McDonald's so bad! I won't do it but I want it lol.

I did a lot of measurements. Neck, chest, waist, big part of my belly, thighs, hips, calves, ankles, biceps, forearm, wrists. I think that is everything. I did it the day I met my surgeon, and have done it once a month since then. Then it's just simple math like the above poster said.

Just cut it cold turkey.

Doing good. I'm down almost 50lbs total. 16 of that since surgery. Been at a little stall this week.

You talking to me? Lol. I ended up having an emergency c section with my child as baby's heart rate kept dropping and not coming back up. I had heard nothing but scary c section stories. So when I was told by a group of 20 people (nurses, drs, etx) that I was going in for c section on top of being scared for my baby I was scared of the section. So when I was able to get up and move around pretty well after that scary evening I had I was so happy and blessed.

For me both the c section and the sleeve were comparible pain wise. I had a pretty easy recovery with my c section and was out of bed the next morning. Same with the sleeve. I did however have terrible nausea with the sleeve.

I was sleeved 12/10/12,have had one c section in 2010. My Dr never mentioned that the c section could be a problem. I had single site sleeve gastrectomy and only had two incisions. Not sure of that helps you at all....

I'm only asking you this because I went to through this as well. How many times have you tried to lose weight only to loose and then probably gain it back plus some? I think we are all here bc we couldn't keep the weight off. The biggest thing is hate is that I can't have a coke from McDonald's! I do miss eating big meals but I'm slowly learning that I don't need all that food we used to eat to survive. My thought process is slowly changing the further I go.

Sleeved 12/10, so I'm 18 post op today. Scale has not moved since saturday. Well I take that back in gained almost 2lbs. How does one gain when you are on full liquids and water? I don't get it. I'm not upset by any means but just questioning why? I track everything, am getting my liquids and protein in. I just started purees last night. Overall km down 48lbs since I started this journey in august. I lost about 17 before the liquid diet, 15 on preop liquid and about 16 since surgery. I guess I just got used to it coming off and no nothing for his week and I actually gained. Fooey!