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Two years ago my husband started the process for WLS - he failed the psych eval. I always knew he had a bad attitude and they confirmed it ! The psychologist felt that my husband was not prepared to make the changes necessary to make any type of WLS successful and she was afraid that he would end up hurting or even killing himself because he wouldn't follow the disciplines necessary. What a putz ! Anyhow, he is actually eating less now and losing weight (that seems to be all that most men have to do :-) just because I don't put so much on his plate.

amen sister !

ShapeShifter said, "ensure that what you take into your body is worthy of feeding the goddess in your temple." wow . profound words ! I am a christian so I will translate the phrase to "our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, so ensure what you take into your body is worthy." Love and care enough for yourself Ali to embrace and fulfill these words of wisdom.

very cool :-)

blame ? failed ? good gravy Marie ! 92 pounds lost in 7 months and you consider that failure ??? *smack smack* wake up ! You must be dreaming because there is NO way that you or the sleeve has failed !

sure thing ! My life circumstances didn't change, there are still a lot of sucky things going on, I don't feel lighter or healthier or smaller or prettier or less full of pain and when I did my weekly weigh-in I was up 2 pounds. Yep, it stinks. So, what can you do? In the past, I would have said, "screw it" and soothed myself with food or atleast hurt myself with gorging but now.... I can't ! Oh, ok, so the sleeve does actually work - it prevents me from over eating. Now, let's pick ourselves up, shake the dust of the day off our feet, and thank God we decided to have this surgery. We will lose weight, we will get healthier (unless we get hit by a bus, of course... who knows, eh?), and we will enjoy living this life.

Now THAT's significant - away from home for 3 weeks and you LOST 10 lbs ? yowza !

Frankfort

you meant 20g of carbs, right ? You're supposed to be eating Atkins induction like levels of carbs. My doctor wouldn't actually tell me that it was ok to follow Atkins rather than liquid silliness but he did say it would accomplish the liver shrinkage he was looking for. I didn't do liquids until I had to after the surgery and then not for very long. I'm stupid enough and can't risk getting any stupider

*gulp* I ate a 2 foot tall chocolate rabbit. It took me a week, but every night I broke off pieces and gobbled them down. I did record it in my daily calories and it didn't replace any healthy food... it was just excess totally useless calories. I'll see tomorrow if I lost weight this week. I don't think I have :-( Good news is, the rabbit is gone

I'm so relieved to hear other women having this issue! I am almost 56 yrs old and thought I was post-menopausal. HA ! Not only am I losing weight, I am getting younger !!! I haven't had a heavy period but definitely a period and it seems to be lasting for a couple of weeks rather than the old normal 5 days. I wonder what other things I have stored in my fat..... the 70's are kind of a blur....

Hey Amy ! I was sleeved 2/13 and I'm doing great - I can eat anything I want, just not a lot of it which is exactly what I wanted to achieve. I have to be careful to eat the right things and it does take some thought and planning to get enough protein in each day but all in all, this is the best "dieting" experience I have ever had - I don't feel deprived, I'm certainly not hungry, and I CAN'T fail ! Very cool

***BIG HUG*** your post made me want to call my mother today, not wait until our "appointed time" on Saturday. My mom is 83 and she won't live forever and God knows I will miss her so much. My mother-in-law passed over 25 years ago and my husband still misses her. On the otherhand I plan on living forever so my children won't have to miss me

hello neighbor !

I stayed in the hospital 2 nights because I couldn't even keep water down - turns out I went in suffering from the stomach bug (great timing!). I haven't thrown up since :-)

I live in Frankfort but I figure Lexington is pretty close :-) I had mine at Georgetown hospital, Dr. Weiss, on 2/13/12 .

You know what's wonderful about the sleeve ? Even during a really bummer 8 week stall you COULDN'T give up ! Any other "regular" diet would have been trashed after a 2 month stall. Hooray for sleever victory !! woop woop woop !!!

You may not get too many responses, since you wrote this to your blog rather than to a forum. That being said, atleast someone reads blogs :-) I was sleeved on Feb. 13 and yeah, they can keep that dang morphine - I couldn't even keep water down, thought something horrible had happened to my stomach. But as soon as I stopped the pain meds I was fine and haven't thrown up since. sheesh ! About 2 weeks out I turned into an emotional mess - mostly RAGE at everything and everyone. Thank God my family loves me a lot or they would have booted me out of the house! I still have my moments, but I'm much better now. The bariatric center psychologist told me that if got intolerable I should think about taking an antidepressant or mood stabilizer. As for eating, I was really resenting my family being able to eat whatever in copious amounts but that too is better now that I can eat anything too, just a lot less than they do. We all went out to dinner last night for the first time since my VSG - I ordered a dinner and shared it with my 8 year old grand son and ate until I was full. No weird looks from the waiter or other guests and no worrying about wasting food. I'd say be kind to yourself. Find something you really enjoy eating and by golly, enjoy eating it!

It probably does mean that you're the youngest VSG patient period ! How hope you heal quickly ! Please, do exactly what your doctor tells you to do.

wow. How could you live if you were allergic to water ? You're pulling my leg. No way ! You could call your allergy the Garden of Eden Malady

oh yeah, I had a month long stall. I think I'm going to be one of those "stall, lose, stall, lose" step-method of weight loss people. Frustrating but to be ignored Favorite food: lamb - ground or chops or roasted with mint/apple jelly .

allergic to apples ? I have never ever heard of anyone being allergic to apples. That is so sad ! I'm allergic to shrimp and lobster (but no other seafood that I've found so far). Usually it's pretty easy to avoid. Imagine being allergic to grass or dust. ouch !

I was sleeved on 2/13/12, have lost a total of 32 lbs (including pre-op diet), I am eating about 1100 calories a day (trying to get in that 70 gms of protein!), and feeling pretty dang good. I have to start moving more. I have been so sedentary for so long I think I have forgotten how to be otherwise! I did a scary thing yesterday - I ordered summer clothes online in two sizes smaller than I am now. We are going to Florida in July (which is also insane) and I needed to get some clothes, but I didn't want to buy clothes that fit me now. I think this is called "counting your chicks before they're hatched" :-)

The only option left to her is the lap band or the new thing I saw where they stitch up the pouch to restrict it. I don't think you can "sleeve" a pouch :-(

EEK !