RJ'S/beginning

Sweetheart! Where do I begin......I was 5 months in the hospital due to complications with the sleeve. A leak I went septic and the hell began....coma-19 days, 11 surgeries, addicted to meds...twice, did not eat for 51/2 months, had to learn to walk again, talk again (trachea), write again, eat again. I lost my singing voice. My voice is deeper then it used to be...Have 12 scares instead of 3-5 like others....Had a bed sore castigator 5. Worst place possible....for 5 months after I had a nurse looking after me daily.... This is an overview...Short story..... The thing is that it past..And what you are going through will pass to...I am so happy I had the sleeve not the complications.. It gave me my life back..A slow start true...but I am so happy to be here and finally living instead of existing!!!!!!!!!! Chin up..stay strong....this to will pass!!! Talk to me anytime you feel discouraged...K

Nope..Not yet....Still downsizing and don't want to spend the big bucks until I am there and steady and convinced that I will be there the rest of my life......Then look out...Mu hubby's pocket book is so going to suffer.....hehehehehe!!!!!!!

You sure do deserve it Laura...everyone deserves to be healthy and happy and feeling great!! I never thought I would ever have a life again worth living...And now I do!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to the forum and congrats on your date..Soon you will be a loser like the rest of us on here!!!!!!!!!!

My friend came to visit me early on in my 5 month stay at the hospital....She brought with her a bag of 3 shirts that she thought I would like to wear in the near future....2 things went through my muffled brain....first...that is not even nice...At my lowest I will never be that small....second...Wow she thinks I will get that small that I will be able to wear these tiny clothes someday....Remember I just got out of a coma so I was not thinking to straight... My friend is small..She is a size 2...she brought me her clothes to wear in the future...I had been a tight size 6x up to this point.... Yesterday she asked me if I had ever tried on the clothes she brought to the hospital that day...I laughed and replied are you kidding it is going to take me a long time before I can wear those little shirts....She told me to go home and try them on.... This morning as a lark I took them out of the bag and had NO faith that they would even fit one arm let alone my size....Holy macaroni.. they fit...Even have a little room in them... Could this person really be me.....Have I gotten to the size that I can wear some of my friends clothes....I am gob smacked!!!!!!!!!!

I think you are obsessed with your ass...Just saying......lol

I was convinced to buy Smart For life Protein bars by my daughter who is a foodie, nut for the good, pure and best bang for your buck girl......I am none of that...LOL Smart For Life bars have 190 calories 20 g of protein 7 % carbs 7% sodium All natural no artificial sweeteners... Just started using them as a lunch when I am too busy or on the run....Can't eat a full bar...Can only eat 3/4.. very satisfying and got the crunch.. Never like to write down what I eat because it opens you up to criticism...But anyway...that is the 1 and only Protein Bar I eat...

Well said!!!!!!!!!

I cannot believe that anyone in their right mind would think WLS is the easy way out..For me it has been one thing after another for the 11 months I have been working on this journey..It takes courage and fortitude to do this...The tool AKA the sleeve is just that a tool..We have to work on our heads and what brought us to this point..That is hard work..Not to mention the emotional changes as well as what we eat and how much we eat compared to before... I deal every day with the weight loss. It was my fear that if I lost to much weight I would have other problems...I don't feel that way now...Bring it all on...I am tackling every demon that helped me to become fluffy in the first place..... Wish I could have been able to do this sooner then be on a waiting list for 4 years......

I was fine, excited, laughing. Could not wait to start my new life...I asked the surgeon to get the show on the road and he smiled and said you heard the lady lets get this done..... I think that the way you feel is the most common way and the way I felt was not.....I spent 5 months in the hospital with complications with the sleeve after my in a hurry to get sleeved moments..... I am not sad or do I regret any of it....Most of my friends think that because I was so sick that my stomach shrank and so they don't expect me to eat much...I have not told them any difference..... Today went wit ha bunch for fish and chips at a friends house.. I ate few bites and sat there and carried on a conversation with everyone..No one noticed that I did not eat everything on my plate...It felt so normal for me now...It is the pleasure of the company I seek now, not the food!! That's true for me and it will be the same for you!!!!

That just may be the issue...Do me a favor though..Take your temperature..if it is up at all..please go to the Emerg. and have it checked out..K

That is exactly how I felt! Pretty soon you will be a loser like the rest of us! Welcome to a future new and improved you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watched it...a few times...that was very good! I have always found in life that sooner or later things come back to bite you in the ass.....Sad he had to feel such pain...but very glad he has been able to use the experience and make it a life's work....So many people will benefit......

The thing is...is that you will be able to eat anything you want after your sleeve heals and time goes by.....Just not the amount you can eat now.... I am not sad that I had my food funeral..A lot of people do.....I think as the 11 months went by I might have dealt with it differently.....160 lbs. lost is not sabotage... Feels like success to me!!!!

Well I had to do the pre-op twice because they cancelled the first time due to an emergency...I had lost 27 lbs. up to that point....I kinda went a little nuts...I started a food funeral and then did not lose anymore....The day of the last appointment..I had lost an additional 1oz...The nurse in charge said she did not think I would be sleeved because I did not lose a lot the second visit....Why would I...I was at a food funeral... She phoned up the surgeon in front of me and said that since I kept the original 27 lbs. off that it was a go...I was scared for a minute there.....So no and yes kinda!!!!!

You are stunning....Congrats on your success...A new life to boot..awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

got the shapers in 2 days..Both are a wonderful feeling..Still have a rounded middle but not near as bad as it was!

Will look it up when I am stronger..don't want to feel worse then I already do at this moment......

I will probably cry through the entire thing.....i can't stand how people are treated sometimes....My daughter told me that they have 2 extremely obese people on her floor and the name calling is horrible...One is called and the other is called Moby.....I just wanted to cry.....I watched a video on CBC about Drs. who use code names for obese people and some of the comments were utterly repulsive.....I wonder how many times they gave me a pet name when I had to bother them with a extreme health issue...No wonder people don't go and end up dying!

Hoping that I will never have to buy these sizes again...Well that's the plan anyway!!!!

One of the problems I had was that I had a very low metabolism due to only eating 1 large meal a day...It went to a slow crawl.. They worked with me and now it is better then it was, but the idea of it going beck to a crawl unless I exercise in extreme..Crap...now this is another thing I will worry about.... Right now I can't sit still always on the run....Love the renewed energy...Really, really don't want to go back....yikes!

Well you just showed me that you are serious and ready...Hang in there!!! You got this, your right on there!!!!!!!

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice!

It is just sad how differently we are treated as a thinner person....I stopped joking around and making every body laugh all the time to cover my obesity.( hate that word ). I have noticed a huge change in people looking at me or even talking to me...No one even knows it is me since I had the surgery....I stood by a friends son who was at my house everyday..He did not know it was me and I did not tell him either...Still enjoying my private successes I guess..... I am so happy for you..You are doing wonderfully and really enjoying your journey.....just keep swimming...Things are still going to get much better!!

That is almost 20 lbs. a month....you call that slowly! Come on now.....The norm is between 5-10 a month at the beginning.....Just enjoy the journey...You are really running the race now...it is your turn......