Kermit

Hello, 9 weeks since surgery. 2 stones down, tops sizes from 28-30 down to 22-24, bottoms down to 20 in Next from Evans 22-24. Feeling great! Eating all types of food. My daily calories intake is 1000-1500 a day. 1500 only on weekends when I allow myself to have a little treat, 0.5 of chicken Kiev for example and few spoons of Pasta. Sometimes I'll have a small desert: tiny slice of cake, mi-am, mi-am...Energy levels going up - had a spell of 4 weeks feeling totally washed out, asked forum for an advice: more carbohydrates ( from USA sites ). It worked! Piercing pain in my shoulders due to swallowing air when eating is almost gone. Comes back only when very tired. Started 2 weeks ago my Advanced Pilates classes, still the heaviest girl in the group, but who cares! Renewed my membership in a local gym and next week I'll put on my new set of sweats from Next and will start pumping Iron. Don't want to loose muscles but fat only. Friends keep telling me how much I'm changing for better. Strange thing is my brain knows that my body is reshaping but emotionally I've problem in accepting this. My son lost in the last 2.5 years over 14 stone in weight, when I talked to him about it he said that when shopping today his first choice is always XXL not M. Looks to me like our emotions are the last to adapt. Weird! Went eating out and have lots of fun! My husband tells me that I'm a very cheap date! Hm......I choose to see this as a compliment. After all I can just about to manage a starter and few bites from plates of others, for taste you understand. Life is good and is getting better! I LOVE MY SLEEVE.

Sounds familiar. I'm in to my 4th week after surgery. Doing well, I think. First 2 weeks-lots of bad pain between my shoulder blades. Ugrr.... Painkillers and friendly rub used to help a lot! Nights were, hm... full of lots of pillows, alternating between my bed and my armchair. Only in the 3rd week could I properly and gingerly allowed myself to stretch. Presently, in my 4th week, I can say I feel comfortable in bed. Soreness in my side is almost gone. The biggest problems is tiredness. Very simple task drains me totally. I just feel TIRED all the time. Some of the members suggested that I need to up my intake of carbs. OK. I'll try. Debbie, it will get better. I promise.

All I'll say guys, you're better people than me. I kept quiet for the whole 2 years it took me to have my surgery done. 6 months before D-day my husband opened by "mistake" one of my letters and wow!!! For the next 2 weeks I heard: - you're perfect as you're now - you can die!!!! ...well, you get the idea. At that stage I was considering a band. Soon after I changed my direction and decided to go for VSG. I think you already guessed that I kept this to myself, too. I was under a very strong impression that my hubby would brick doors and windows to prevent me going ahead with it. Sorry, but a girl has to do what a girl needs to do, sometimes. I'm now in to my 4 week after a surgery and doing well. However, before I even came back from a hospital around 20 people heard from my other half about my life " threatening operation". All terms of descriptions were used with an exemption of a "bariatric". I'm sure that 90% of those people had a very good idea of what I had done. My attempt for keeping my privacy was disappearing alarmingly fast. About 5-6 days later I had to had a talk with my other half about his actions. Hm... It went relatively well, I suppose. My "privacy" issues are not applicable now. I'm still rather upset about it. I would've liked to have a choice about informing others.... Very suspicious part of my brain is trying to whisper to me that someone was looking for a sympathy for himself more than caring about my feelings. Of course, that's very uncharitable part of me and I dismissed this motion straight away! I think I understand your feelings very well. On my part I love my husband and I want to believe that his actions were motivated by better reasons than my "darker" self was thinking for a moment.

What are you eating now? What about your energy levels? It's so limiting to feel so tired., I feel guilty looking round my house, watching becoming dustier and ....well, you know! My husband is wonderful but it's really growing on me now.

OK, Thank you for your input. I'm type 1 diabetic on the insulin pump. Had my op on 16.07.11. Generally speaking I'm doing well, I think. I lost 17,5 pounds so far The problem is I feel soooo tired all the time. After completing a simple task I'm shattered! Need a nap to pull myself together. Can't eat a lot. I'm now on mushes and tiny bits of vegges and chicken. Lots of fruit smoothies. Looks like I don't have enough of carbs. I'll try to change that.

I think that you're doing FANTASTICLY well. I'm in to my 4th week post surgery. Down 17,5 pounds so far. I'm type 1 diabetic on the insulin pump. Because I'm type 1, pump and the diabetes will stay with me for ever. Constipation, yes... It' a sensitive point for me, too. I find that amounts of liquids I'm drinking are directly related. The better I'm with my intake the smaller this problem becomes. Eating lots of fruits- smoothies, helps, too. How are your levels of energy? Mine are very low. I feel soooo.. tired all the time.

It'll get better, I promise... I used little sponges on sticks to help me with this cotton mouth thing. Dip it in water and suck, baby. Next day after my surgery I had my first shower. What a bliss! Thinking of you...

Hello there! Just came from my first post op meeting in my diabetic clinic. I'm type 1 on a insulin pump. Since 16.07.11 I lost 17,5 pounds. That's 8 kg, about 2 kg a week. I'm on constant high! I'm slowly changing my food, too. Less of a baby smooth mushes, more small bits included. I'm feeling very good. One thing, I tire very quickly, no reserves I think. Anyone else with this problem?

Hello, Good luck with your op! Don't worry about your post op diet. General rule is: first 2 weeks Clear liquids, than on to mushes for 4 or more, depends how your new stomach is doing. There's lots of information on the forum. If you're a mum cast your memory to early days of your child, when milk diet was not enough any more. I had my surgery at King's in Denmark Hill on 16.07.11. We didn't have any classes to prepare us for things to come. One or two consultations with a surgeon and a long wait with no contact before your admission to the ward. Couldn't make any plans without knowing, even approximately, date of my big day. I had less than a week to ready myself for my Saturday event. Quite a shock after 6 months of silence! Most of my support and information came from people on this site and USA one. Let us know when you're back from hospital.

Only on the second day post-op for about 24 hours. Mr Patel prescribed meds and it stopped.

Hey, I still love food! Even now at my "baby food" stage. Quantities are different and size of my food intake is dramatically smaller, of course. So far I don't feel hunger. It doesn't bother me watching others eat, too. Hair? I'm going to watch my protein intake, which seems to be the key to this problem. Heartburn? I was given by my surgeon an antacid meds. So far so good..... Leaving my family alone? I put my trust in the hands of my surgeon. Before you think that was a bit naive of me, I researched him on the Internet and asked around, too. After all crossing a street is a risk, too.

Hello! I know that taking this final step can be very frightening. I went through this process myself after all. I started with an idea of having a band fitted. Band is so widely popular and well publicised today. Fern from "This morning" and now medium Sally from "Psychic Sally: On the Road" (Sky Living) to just mention a few. All those photographs before and after... For most of my life I struggled with my size and my self image. All those hours I spend in the sport club, 3-4 times a week for 2 hours a go. All those classes I took jumping about, continuously looking at others comparing my size and theirs... Sometimes I was successful more often I wasn't. At 32 I become a diabetic Type1 ( first ever in my family, I was size 14 at that time) and 10 years later I developed Hypothyroidism. I was told that my immune system doesn't like me a lot and it's turning against me. More pills, more side effects caused by taking different medications. Years of taking slimming pills, bought on the Internet or from dubious "medical" clinics. Years of yo-yo syndrome: on pills- weight down, off pills up. 6 years ago I started using an insulin pump. Great help in keeping my sugar levels down but with growing problem of insulin resistance pounds were piling again. You can see, I hope, why I decided to do what I did. I'm now in to my second week after surgery. I feel better every day. My insulin doses are down from 100u- 140u a day to 30u-35u a day. I stopped taking Metformin SR 1500g a day and no more Statins, 40g a day. ....and this is only the beginning! I have no regrets, I don't second guess my decision, either. It feels GOOD, it feels RIGHT for me. I wish you all the best and I hope you make a right decision for you!

One more note from me on that subject. I went to a Chinese medicine practitioner shop and bought from it a small bag of loose sienna leaves. No tablets, extracts or potions! On shelves they have big jars, full of different, dry herbs which are being used by a practitioner to blend individual teas tailored to fit needs of particular client. The tea has a very pleasant, mild taste. Effect is as close to normal as you can expect in our situation, I paid £1 for a gram or 2.

I'm REALLY getting fed up with my baby food. Everything seems to taste the same! Yesterday my hubby made 2 beautiful curry's. chicken and mushroom, too early for me to even try it. Potatoes, onions and spinach, quite spicy. I smelled the aroma and decided to experiment: - 1 "Beef Stock Pot" by Knorr ( pots full of concentrated stock, no additives, very tasty), greek yogurt, 1-2 table spoons of spinach curry. Blasted in the blender (life would be impossible without it) and .... I had the most delicious with a defined taste, cup of soup! Life is already looking better.

Nice to know that I'm not the only one! It's 6th day after my surgery and my back is the biggest source of PAIN. All muscles feel like being continuously held in the state of continuous cramping. I hope it will get better soon.