Slim Lola Slim

Hi, Just found this group and hoping you all are still around :-) I've been a member of VST for about a year, when I started researching WLS and the VSG in particular. At that time I was in California and was planning to be a self-pay and head down to TJ. But the opportunity for my dream move presented itself and I now live in beautiful Sweden. I am now waiting for my information/surgeon meeting on Weds and hope to have a surgery date soon

Hi all! Not much to say, I'm a bit emo, that I posted in the other thread and was pretty much ignored. Tried to be encouraging but guess it was unwanted. It's difficult not to sound dramatic when trying to express a hurt, I'm not searching for sympathy, just wanted to explain my reason for going on my merry way as far as participating. I'm not good at these forum things so I will just say best of luck to you all on your journeys.

Yep! That constipation is a doozy! Glad you got a plan to deal with it now. I'm going to have to look into Miralax too. Hope the next food stage transitions well!

So I've texted my fingers to cramping, lol! You all are so awesome! I'm 3 days out, already in soft foods per guidelines here in Sweden. And do far have eaten cottage cheese, cream cheese on hard bread, a meatball and mashed potatoes. All went down fine, and chewing till it's liquid, kinda gross ate a while. I want scrambled eggs which is on my ok list but I'ma little leary as many have trouble with them. In waiting fir after 2 weeks, I can't imagine vomiting this early out. Getting in 1.5 liters of h20 is my focus. I can eat about an ounce or less of food then I'm hiccurping, hiccup/burp. Still gassy and try to walk around but in truly exhausted with most activity. Still self injecting a nightly heparin shot, they are stinging less now. I have no appetite and would rather not eat, but I have head hunger and cravings. Good I have no appetite to even want to follow thru on them. Keep aiming for your goals! Until next time

I must applaud you for your enthusiasm and support here! I am going to try my best to stick to the boards, so when your time comes round that I can cheer you on like you've been doing for all of us! I may not respond or comment on everyone's posts here, as some get missed as it's hard to navigate by phone at times. But I try to read them, sometimes I'm feeling like bad and it's all I can do to just read and find comfort in everyone encouraging and lifting each other up thru the good, bad and ugly times. Just wanted you and everyone to know I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart! Thank you all for being sparkly, sunshine faces! It makes the journey even better! :-D

It's just around the corner! You can do it! Excited for you!

Yay! That's coming up faster than you know it! You got this! Happy for ya!

I'm excited for you! You've got the right mindset and positive attitude! Your determination and desire for this are definitely signs of your future success! Don't over do the walking as you will get exhausted faster than you expect. I'm sure you're going to do great! Best wishes for a smooth and speedy recovery! You've got this!

I cheated and planned the times to be honest. I knew I would not make it thru the holidays if I didn't allow myself to participate. No judgment here that's for sure I had 4 weeks liquid diet and I cheated with small meals during the holidays. I still lost 21pounds and shrunk my liver. I'm not saying it was good for me to cheat but if I didn't I'd most likely have binged non-stop for days once I got to frustrated. Best wishes for a smooth surgery and keeping a spot warm on the Loser's Bench for ya!

Love your profile name and pic, it explains your calm I'm 3 days out and have been using positive affirmations/mantras/prayers to get thru the nit sui great moments thus far. When I worry I turn to positivity and it has gotten me thru. Welcome and I look forward to following your journey!

First I will say the jitters are normal, however, when I'm going through them they are magnified at least for me they are. Surgeons are busy and even still must be reminded. I don't think your surgeon is careless, as I've met 3 on this journey and will say they always were in a hurry. Maybe it's because they have a heavy case load or (which I lean toward believing) that due to the nature of their work"time is of the essence" to them. In surgery time is calculated and accounted for, maybe it ingraines in their daily natures too. We also need to be our own advocates and double check for our own sakes. You are being proactive in your care and always question and double check. We are all human and can overlook, miss and make mistakes, doesn't mean we are careless just perfectly imperfect humans. Wishing you well on your next segments of this journey. Just remember to take it a day at a time, write down your questions and concerns and continue to advocate for your health. You're doing great!

Glad you are in good spirits despite the complication. Hope the swelling will calm down soon. Wishing you speedy healing and that everything from here in out goes smoothly!

Hope all is going well kind Sir Just joined you on the Loser's Bench yesterday! Not much pain at all, a little odd for me. Just the gas is a bit of a nuisance, can't burp much.

The time will go by fast especially the last week. I'll keep a spot on the bench warm for ya!

There's plenty if room come on over! Great job on your pre-op diet, it's not easy but do worth it!

You'll do great! Still not much pain but the gas is slightly uncomfortable. Best wishes for a smooth surgery and recovery!

Just popping in today I'm on the loser's bench! Surgery went a smoothlyand I have no pain so far. It hurt alittle as I was waking up in recovery. Had a different surgeon than expected, talk about eye candy! Lol! Hope all continues this smoothly! Hope you all are doing well today and congrats to anyone just post op and best of luck to those soon to be operated. :-D

Congrats to those who got their dates, hang in there fit those on the pre-op diet and let's do this for this having surgery soon! I had my pre-op appt Wednesday, blood work, ekg and final weigh-in. I was of by 1 kg so I basically made goal. I have surgery in 5 hrs. I tried to sleep but no dice. I had to take a double shower with Descutan an antimicrobial soap and will take one more before I leave to the hospital. Also had to give myself a heparin shot, the needle was nothing but the injection burned a little. Packed my bag, journaled and now just trying to sleep and wait. Oh and I will take 5 prophylactic antibiotics before I go too. I'll only stay one night and visiting hrs are dumb from 3pm-7pm. So I'll be alone majority of the time. Not really afraid, just anxious to get it over with so I can start healing. I'm hoping pain won't be too bad as they don't give an Rx for pain meds, it's Tylenol after discharge home. Got all that, lol! Sorry it's so long...

Good luck Betsy and Eroper! I'm joining you all on the Loser's Bench Thursday!

You are working that pouch like a Boss! Super human willpower! Lol! I hope my post op will transition so smoothly. Keep up the heat work! Still on preop liquids and that scrambled sounds like heaven!

I hope the bypass will resolve your bile reflux issue. Definitely a difference mainly with sugar and vitamin maintenance. I'm sure you will do great

I'm going in on Thursday the 9th, and having ask kinds of thoughts in my head. But it's technically the 8th in theUS as I live in Sweden You can do this! And so can I! It's not a light choice or a whim, it's for a healthier, happy body, to be around for my husband, kids and grandkids but also to participate in life fully. Be a better physical version of me with no excuses for not taking this chance to lessen my weight burden four good. It's going to have its ups and downs, good, bad and sometimes ugly, however the end result will be worth it :-D Don't know if this was what you were asking but I thought I'd give us both a peptalking to We got this!

Just ordered their chocolate syrup, hoping it will help flavor my protein powder shakes. I saw they also make salad dressing and dips too thinking they might be good post op.

I'm just exhausted and a little gassy. I feel jittery when my sugar starts to drop and headaches. Not to bad in the bathroom department. My insomnia is ridiculous I'm getting 2-3 hrs of light sleep with dreaming vividly, waking in between the bizarre dreams to fall back to sleep into more.

Day22 of 4 week liquid diet :-/ Surprisingly I have managed a loss of 17 pounds. Got 6 pounds left to lose in the next 7 days. The diet wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't during the holidays.