joseph

She said her opinion,[VIOLATION OF FORUM RULES] and hate on her,calling her an idiot,you are the idiot,if you disagree alright,[VIOLATION OF FORUM RULES].

she dont mean [XXXXXXXX VIOLATION OF FORUM RULES], she said what happened to her while doing the surgery so everybody's aware.

i don't mind messin wid em

Plenty of us don't do preop diets. I think there are pluses and minuses to that.
On the one hand, a pre op diet usually means you won't lose as much the first month. You'll have already shed some of that weight beforehand. However, being able to stick to a pre op diet shows you exactly what you're in for post op, when you're on a very restrictive diet for several weeks.
That said, I think that some of these doctors think up painful pre op diets on purpose, just to torture their patients! It's so much harder to stick to a diet when you don't absolutely HAVE to do it and when the stomach is still whole and you're hungry all the time I imagine it's truly a challenge.
But it's all on your surgeon.
I also flew from overseas to have my surgery, but I went to Mexico. How long do you plan to recuperate in the states? If you're concerned, I flew back four days after surgery and while it was tiring it was fine. I got some extra shots of Lovenox to prevent clots and made sure to walk on the flights as much as possible.
I also have a maid but choose not to have a cook. I cook our food and it really does help me to know every ingredient. That said, there's nothing wrong post op with sitting down with your cook and going over a new menu of options. I bet she can make a ton of Soups that will make your liquid diet more bearable and give you more variety. Your diet should be restricted for some time while you heal, and even if your surgeon has a very lax plan you'll still find that you simply don't eat the same way as you did prior to surgery.
Good luck, and welcome.
~Cheri

She said her opinion,[VIOLATION OF FORUM RULES] and hate on her,calling her an idiot,you are the idiot,if you disagree alright,[VIOLATION OF FORUM RULES].

I'm curious...what seems exaggerated?

While you may strongly disagree with the OP, there is no need to resort to name calling. The name caller is the one put in an unfavorable light, and it is against the forum policies.

she dont mean [XXXXXXXX VIOLATION OF FORUM RULES], she said what happened to her while doing the surgery so everybody's aware.

OTR - I AM really old! So I like old music.

Good luck

I Think It too much soon.

Lol epic thread.

At this point, only 5 days out of my 2 week pre-op diet, my arm is looking quite tasty!!!! LOL Were any of you really hungry?? What did you do besides drink Water to curb the hunger? I'm drinking water as I type. I've lost 5.5 lbs so far.. So almost a lb a day doing the diet- Not too shabby and going to the gym. Only went twice so far this week. Getting my sleeve on 12/14. I named it Sleevey B. I'm becoming delirious... LOL

Good luck.

Hi All,
I've told very few people I know that I've had this procedure as I thought I'd just keep it to myself HOWEVER I have told some people that I trust but wish I hadn't I've told maybe 10 people & of this 10 people at least 4 have said "oh you cheated" and the others just simply disregard the subject of weight loss because I can tell they are thinking the same "cheated" rude thoughts. I tend to get defensive when they say it to me and reply with something like "oh yeh I've cheated hey, let's see I spent 8k to have 3/4 of my stomach removed and I now have to watch everything I eat more than ever before"! Uh huh yep that's cheating!.......has anyone else experienced this stupidity?

Is it possible what your experiencing is actually acid reflux? That sensation feels very like hunger, after this surgery.

Good luck lady.

You can get particles of food in the incision. So you are not supposed to be eating anything with little pieces of anything that could get stuck. That is what I was told. I would eat ice pops so once you are cleared from drinking clear fluids I imagine you could have froyo. But...ice cream in any form is a trap.
Give yourself some limits...Like I promise not to drink Alcohol until month six. I promise not to eat chips or fries until 1 year. Whatever is appropriate for you. Making sure you are in control of the driver's seat is important. The first year you won't have much control, but after a year or two you could easily lose focus since are natural instinct is to over eat.

congratz!

I am going to be honest, I was addicted to food, I ate when I was happy, sad, mad, you name it. I was amazed at the amount of food I use to eat. People always told me that after the surgery that I would be full after only a couple of bites of food, I was like yeah right. People around will you say I know you're going to eat more that, I know you cant be full. I am year out of surgery and last night I ordered a grilled chicken salad and I was only able to eat half of it. The moment that did it for me is when I saw a friend that I have not seen since college and he did not know who I was because the weight loss. The really felt good and let me know that it was all worth it!!!

Youngest one here.sleeved at 15 years and half about to turn 17.

I picked the sleeve over the bypass because statistically it had fewer complications for about the same amount of weight loss. The sleeve also allows a person more freedom in food choices and does not have the malnutrition artifacts like the bypass. I have been super happy with the sleeve so far.

I can hardly believe it..15 days of Slim Time and Water ....done, finished, completed...no cheats...a lot of gagging though...tomorrow I go to the hospital at 6 am to be sleeved.....I am so excited and nervous at the same time....the whole world is opening up to me after this.....it is up to me to see what I want out of it next.....
Been packing and cleaning the house.........
All you Nov.6th sleever....congrats.......will be remembering that I am not the only one on this path today.......

I agree with Joseph, we needs pics, before and after prefereably from many angles

I'm dead.