TAMMY61

New sleeved here - 1 week out today and your truely motivating me !!!!

That blood orange is great !! My favorite

I was so excited to be getting my sleeve , that I wasn't even nervous !!!! You will all do great ! I'm 2 weeks out , about 27 pounds down and living my new sleeve !!!! Prayers for you all !

I'm a march 6,13 sleever . Sx was great ! I was so excited about the life changing surgery !!!! 2 weeks out and I'm down 27 pounds & on soft and full . Doing great . Energy level is awesome !!!!

I'm with you and I feel we can help more people out there !!!! They have us a tool that helps us . It's no different than a prescription for an illness . We must work this daily to correlate our mine & body connection !!!! Proud of you !!! There's so much research that shows this sleeve is a healthy alternative !!! Let's get the word out there !!!!

I'm with you and I feel we can help more people out there !!!! They have us a tool that helps us . It's no different than a prescription for an illness . We must work this daily to correlate our mine & body connection !!!! Proud of you !!! There's so much research that shows this sleeve is a healthy alternative !!! Let's get the word out there !!!!

I'm with you and I feel we can help more people out there !!!! They have us a tool that helps us . It's no different than a prescription for an illness . We must work this daily to correlate our mine & body connection !!!! Proud of you !!! There's so much research that shows this sleeve is a healthy alternative !!! Let's get the word out there !!!!

I'm with you and I feel we can help more people out there !!!! They have us a tool that helps us . It's no different than a prescription for an illness . We must work this daily to correlate our mine & body connection !!!! Proud of you !!! There's so much research that shows this sleeve is a healthy alternative !!! Let's get the word out there !!!!

I'm with you and I feel we can help more people out there !!!! They have us a tool that helps us . It's no different than a prescription for an illness . We must work this daily to correlate our mine & body connection !!!! Proud of you !!! There's so much research that shows this sleeve is a healthy alternative !!! Let's get the word out there !!!!

My surgery day is here ! I'm waiting to go in ! This is a life changing event ! I'm do excited !

I'm a RN of 17 years living 90 min south of Chicago . I've worked ,Med-Surg,ICU,&Outpatient .Im getting sleeved in 2 days !!!3-06-13... So far , third day of Clear Liquids , doing well !!! Down 8# of Fluid !!! Looking so forward to this wonderful tool to help me bring control in my eating habits and return to life !!!!! I'm been missing out as life has been passing me by as I've had some much pain . I also need bilateral knee replacements ! So this weight must come off and stay off !!! Praise God - I feel this is right where I'm too be !!!

I'm a RN of 17 years living 90 min south of Chicago . I've worked ,Med-Surg,ICU,&Outpatient .Im getting sleeved in 2 days !!!3-06-13... So far , third day of Clear Liquids , doing well !!! Down 8# of Fluid !!! Looking so forward to this wonderful tool to help me bring control in my eating habits and return to life !!!!! I'm been missing out as life has been passing me by as I've had some much pain . I also need bilateral knee replacements ! So this weight must come off and stay off !!! Praise God - I feel this is right where I'm too be !!!

I'm a RN of 17 years living 90 min south of Chicago . I've worked ,Med-Surg,ICU,&Outpatient .Im getting sleeved in 2 days !!!3-06-13... So far , third day of Clear Liquids , doing well !!! Down 8# of Fluid !!! Looking so forward to this wonderful tool to help me bring control in my eating habits and return to life !!!!! I'm been missing out as life has been passing me by as I've had some much pain . I also need bilateral knee replacements ! So this weight must come off and stay off !!! Praise God - I feel this is right where I'm too be !!!

You may be scared now , that's perfectly normal with any surgery . I'm an RN who is to bd sleeved 3/6-13 , this Wednesday . While I'm totally psyched I also have those thoughts . But know this ..... If we could lose weight on our own we would have ! Think of this as a tool they are giving us for Lifelong ..... Eating control so we may become healthy. My highest was 321- today on day 3 Clear Liquids I'm down to 313!!! Together with support here we can do this . I hope to hear more of your story and look forwArd to sharing you mine . My friend and coworker was sleeved 1-10-13 and is down over 31 pounds ! She's eating smaller portions of regular food and doing great !!!! Best of luck !!!

You may be scared now , that's perfectly normal with any surgery . I'm an RN who is to bd sleeved 3/6-13 , this Wednesday . While I'm totally psyched I also have those thoughts . But know this ..... If we could lose weight on our own we would have ! Think of this as a tool they are giving us for Lifelong ..... Eating control so we may become healthy. My highest was 321- today on day 3 Clear Liquids I'm down to 313!!! Together with support here we can do this . I hope to hear more of your story and look forwArd to sharing you mine . My friend and coworker was sleeved 1-10-13 and is down over 31 pounds ! She's eating smaller portions of regular food and doing great !!!! Best of luck !!!

You may be scared now , that's perfectly normal with any surgery . I'm an RN who is to bd sleeved 3/6-13 , this Wednesday . While I'm totally psyched I also have those thoughts . But know this ..... If we could lose weight on our own we would have ! Think of this as a tool they are giving us for Lifelong ..... Eating control so we may become healthy. My highest was 321- today on day 3 Clear Liquids I'm down to 313!!! Together with support here we can do this . I hope to hear more of your story and look forwArd to sharing you mine . My friend and coworker was sleeved 1-10-13 and is down over 31 pounds ! She's eating smaller portions of regular food and doing great !!!! Best of luck !!!

I'm in ...:-)

Good luck Matt , I get sleeved Wednesday 3-6-13 so I can truely relate to your excitement !!!!! I just want it over and moving on to the next stage ! Wishing you all the best - keep in touch !!!!

You look fantastic ! Thanks for motivating me . I get sleeved next Wednesday 3-6-13 .

I was sleeved August 27th by Dr Barker!
1. Today is my 1st day of "Full liquids" I am struggling to eat because nothing taste good to me, I have no hunger so I have to force myself to have anything other thank Water. I fear becoming deficient in nutrients, but I'm doing my best. I never made it to pick up more Protein last week so I didn't start my Protein today.
2. I have a lump or ball feeling around the end of my chest sometimes when I swallow, has a little but of pain sometimes but nothing unbareable and it only last 3-5 seconds. Other than that I have now pain, or anything.... My energy level is kinda blah but I do have a 9 month old daughter & 4 year old son to keep me plenty busy
3. Today is 1 week post op and I'm down 20.1 pounds started at 260.1 and I am now 240
Best luck to everyone!!

Im on day 11 so im a real rookie, ill be on liquids until next week, then puree, which im really nervous about! Im afraid of over eating and swallowing ad everything!
Energy blaaaa! Ill be back in school next monday so im excited that i'll have somethig to distract my crazy cravings for steaks and burritos! Ive been doing 30 minutes power walks through my neighborhood, which is great because in NYC its be becoming fall so the scenery is beautiful!
I was depressed for a while but everything serms to be getting better!

Sleeved on 8/9
1. Currently eating the things that I can keep down.. I've been cleared for anything as long as I chew very well.. I do eat a lot of chicken type meals.. I'll be honest, I've had a lot of Pasta but due to complications its all I could keep down for a while.
I try to keep Water with me at all times.. But I can only get in around 40oz a day so far... Slowly increasing
2. What are your activity levels/ energy, and if pain, nausea.. Ect.
Energy is down slightly all day. I do get exhausted very quickly when doing anything physical.
No pain in stomach area unless I over eat.. Still working on figuring out when I'm full and when to stop.
Slight pain in left side of my chest when I breathe BUT I also had a hiatal hernea repaired that I didn't know about during surgery.
Developed a bad Sinus infection on day 10 after sugery and am just now getting over it.. Still have the terrible cough.
I also have an auto immune disorder in which I have chronic hives as a symptom and any stress makes it worse so the stress on my body has brought that out majorly since I developed the sinus infection.
3. How much weight loss.
I'm down 28 lbs as of today!!!
I'm curious to see others responses! I keep reminding myself that my complications could be much much worse but it's still a pain in the butt!
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Hey there! I was sleeved on Aug 14 as well
1) pure Protein Shake in the morning (which I don't like at all), yogurt mid morning, puréed cottage and puréed fruit or hummus and puréed alvacado in the evening. only able to get in around 50 oz Water daily at this point. my portions vary between 4-6oz each setting.
2) my energy is pretty much back to my pre-op energy level...yay! one more week off of work so hopefully I'm ok when I return on the 10th. no nausea but I'm still having a dull pain in my left upper abdomen. it varies from muscle pain to stomach pain and sometimes both. I go back to the surgeon on the 12th so I have to talk with him about this, otherwise I feel pretty good
3) I've lost 37 lbs so far from my weight 2 weeks pre-op when I started my liquid diet.< /p>