scorpion509

this is great news. I hope my cardiac doctor would do the same this is my last appointment now in mid September.

I don't think you need to postpone the surgery. I even think you need to go for that. base on the age your kids are big and all of them including your husband can take care of themselves. I think now is time for you. you need to be healthy to take care of them later on. about recovery, I think you will be able to do it on your own, but I am sure your girls would help.

Good Luck both of you. and keep us posted.

Thanks.

I like this tread. I am waiting for a day when i can tell the same story. but now I am still in my 22w-24w pants ( depend on the brand) and have whole bag of nice clothes from size 16-20 from my previous diet victories. I doubt that I would go below 12 but even 12 so far look a miracle to me.

AnewG2012, who was the second surgeon on your surgery? I will have surgery with Dr. Sadek and I was told that 2nd surgeon would be Dr. Lisa Dobrushkin. I will have in in centralstate hospital in Freehold.

I hope you will go home soon, but did they figure out why this leak happened?

Congratulation!!! you know I am always hate to fly because I cannot buckle my seat belt and feel very embarrassed to ask for the extension. so I minimize the vacation which include the flight. I really hope that after surgery I would be seat in the air plane seat and don't worry about that belt.......

Did you try Isopure? it is Protein Water. Isopure Plus 0 Carb Protein Drink 15 grams of protein (100% pure whey protein isolate) Zero Fat; Zero Carbs 60 Calories Lactose Free

the scale number actually depend on the floor. we always assume that floor is flat but it is not true. try to move the scale and weight again. I found 3 places in my bathroom where scale shows different numbers. I just choose one which sound more true and always put it there to get weight.

today my NUT said that I should expect to drink the shake even 6 months after surgery, but after that try to get protein from food as much as I can

Thank you for your stories. It really helpful for us pre op people.

My Dr and NUT said that after the surgery I would need to put in 60-70g of protein. But I don't sleeved yet so have no idea how hard it would be to achieve.

Sorry for that tough experience, but glad you are better now. Speedy and painless recovery. Keep us posted.

It depend on the pre op diet. I need to be on full liquid diet pre op so my protein intake should be between 70-80gm

Pam- you need to be very self discipline but I am sure that we can do this. it's just in our head. if we decided that we need to be discipline we can and no matter how many cake everyone else next to you would be eating....

look like your pre op diet is not full liquid.I cannot have bake potato/fruit/chicken so you are lucky. good luck

feel better. Sorry that you need to go through this

sept, 21 - my date.

I don't have the surgery yet, but base on my previous experience yes you would need some I am sure they would notice you are moving differently.

Thank you very much for your answers. I know that pain will be forgotten but result would be VISIBLE.

Thank you. I know the person who did the vsg 3 months ago and she said that pain is manageable, but when I told her coworker ( he was with her at the hospital after the surgery) that I want to do what she has he was in shock and ask me if I want to be in such a pain. So I assume we are forgetting the pain because we have better outcome but our people who saw us in pain cannot forget it .

I heard a lot about terrible pain right after the surgery. and that pain killer meds will help. but only now I realize that in the hospital you probably have it through IV but what about home. you have liquid pain killer meds? how do you take them if even the Water is hard to manage? I doubt that we should take pills.

NYC has whole food store I think around 23rd street. and they have healthy food to eat. See if you are near by. I I would say go with soup. it would be better then anything else.

Hi, you look amazing to me. the number 22 to 8 sound unbelievable to me. But base on your weight and height I would go to 160lb. so 10 more lbs. Again this is only my opinion because I has the same height as you are ( but more weight) and I think that 160 is the biggest number I want to loose. If I can do it to 148 It would be IDEAL.