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Hi everyone . Mercy hospital rockville center with Dr. Angstadt. I am 2 1/2 weeks post op. Nice to meet you all. i took offf work for 2 weeks . I bartend and was tired after my shift ' date=' maybe went back too soon but i have to start walking more and maybe that will help. If i had a desk job would have been noooo problem, but i on my feet for 8 hours or more...everything going pretty well just have some anxiety issues i have to learn to deal with.[/quote']

Congratulations and welcome to the bench! I'm almost 7 weeks postop.

Been there...I was sleeved 2-19-13 and am still trying to eat s l o w e r. It's a work in progress. Good luck!

I was sleeved 2-19 and I have lost 54 lbs since starting the pre-op diet. I am eating around 500-600 calories a day. Is this ok? I'm not really hungry.

I have a desk job i took one week and one day off. But everyone is different with their recovery. I would tell your employer two weeks and come back early if you feel well enough.

Hey Mark 6 months it is! September 19th - it's on my calendar! Thanks!

Thanks! You convinced me. I'll wait!

I'm 6 weeks post op. I haven't asked my surgeon about smoking an occasional cigar. What has been everybody else's experience? Anybody know the risks? If any to the stomach.

That sounds great! Ill have a lot of questions for you lol

How was your recovery?

Recovery was quick. Went into hospital on Tuesday out by Thursday. Went back to work on the following Wednesday. liquid Diet for four weeks post op.

I'm from Oceanside --- Had it done by Dr Nishimaru at SNCH ... I go to a monthly support group there every first tuesday of the month

Hi I'm from Oceanside also. Was sleeved by Dr. Vohra on Feb 19. Going to first meeting April 2. When were you sleeved?

Good Luck to you. I'm 5 weeks postoperative. Lost 44 lbs in 7 weeks. You can ask me anything on this thread or send me a PM. Glad to help!

Hi Lee - were you sleeved yet?

So all my "numbers" looked good.. But something weird about the calcium....

My Calcium ( and d) were good but they also look at your "blood calcium" it's hard to explain but if you not getting enough calcium your parathyroid pulls it from your bones. Now I had good calcium numbers but for some reason the parathyroid is out of whack and those numbers are 169 ( they are supposed to be 10 - 50)

I really don't have a lot of answers yet But what they are concerned about is the 4 "parathyroid" glands on the sides of of the thyroid.. The test indicates that I have an parathyroid "adenoma"

So anyway I am going the hospital Monday morning for imagining ( Sestamibi scan ) of these glands to see which ones have it so they can remove them.

The thing I wonder right now is this is a pretty obscure test... So is it something that can happen with this surgery??? I didn't really have the presence of mind to ask at the time..

But the surgeon said it is a really good thing they found it??

Symptoms being very tired' date=' depressed, headaches, aches and pains and just not feeling well.[/quote']

Good Luck Laura! I hope all goes well. Thanks for the info!

Be careful what you wish for!! My numbers are off now I'm going into the hospital Monday morning for a 90 minute 1500 dollar scan....

Laura, what numbers were off? I'm going for my first blood work soon. Sorry about going in on Monday for scan. What type of scan?

Just got out of the hospital and on my way home now. Just a speedy (hopefully) 2 hour drive. I will have to catch up on the post-op thread tomorrow' date=' in between catching up on Dexter. I ate some cream of wheat and pudding in the hospital, did alright. Kind of felt like crap after eating a couple tiny bites. I will have to really figure out where my full feeling is.[/quote']

Congrats!

Just found out I need to do clear liquids/protein shake for four weeks post op!

Anybody else have to do this?

Best of luck to everyone getting sleeved today!!

At this time tomorrow' date=' I'll be going into the OR myself![/quote']

Good Luck!

Awesome! I was discharged today from the hospital doing great. Haven't taken any pain meds yet.

Lexsan - great news!

Was sleeved on Feb 19th. Was discharged yesterday. Sipping crystal light every five minutes. Incisions feel ok. Can't sleep on my stomach but I got about four hours sleep. Feel everything that passes through stomach. No nausea or vomit. Sound normal?

Can I have an invite also?

JayneD - that's great! Do you remember if he placed a drain in?

just got my surgery time!! I'm first tomorrow morning have to be there at 6am! so excited!!

In scheduled for tomorrow at 6am also. I'm so glad. Good Luck!

I'm on Tuesday at 12:45 in Chicago. I have to be at the hospital at 10:45. I've been really nervous all weekend and now I'm getting really scared of surgery stuff like needles and anesthesia. But we're all going to do great!! Good wishes to all you!!

Good Luck Lyrakl!!

Hi everyone out there' date='

Where is your head? The ONE BIG thing I learned before I had Weight Loss Surgery was that I had to be willing to do exactly what the Doctor wanted me to do if I wanted to be successful and Weight Loss Surgery. I had to have my head in the right place and be willing to choose a healthy lifestyle forever. I knew how I had been eating and that sure didn’t work for me because I was NOT eating the right things. So if you are NOT willing to give up the junk food and snacking all day long you are NOT ready to have WLS. Your head has to be in the right place. I am NOT saying that I never have a treat or eat desert. I do have that now and then, just not every day! I may only have one small cookie not the whole bag of Cookies. :wub:

I have also learned that you can eat yummy and good healthy foods. You have to be willing to look for different ways to cook your food, and be a bit creative when it comes to what you are eating and look for healthy ways to convert some of the things you eat into a healthy recipe, it can be done because I have done it. Here is just a small example. I used to eat a fresh fruit salad with whip cream on it. Now I have a fresh fruit salad with Greek Yogurt on it and I love it. I just look at food differently. I learned that snacking (or I call it grazing) is a killer and something that you shouldn’t do—sometimes people eat because of stress or being bored. However you can do this: how about having few healthy Snacks around such as fresh veggies. You can eat them raw or steam them.

WLS is not your miracle cure. It is going to be your TOOL to allow you to get the weight you want to achieve. After the surgery it is going to require work and effort on your part and some exercise is really helpful too. Take it one day at a time, don’t let it overwhelm you. Don’t look at it and think I have to lose 125 pounds. Look at it and say I am going to lose 5 pounds and then go for the next 5 pounds. You DID NOT get fat overnight!

I had a sleeve and I had this surgery over 4 years ago. I never feel hunger any more. It is a good feeling to not feel hunger, but I do know that I should eat 3 meals a day. What I did struggle with was “head hunger” that is where our good old brain tries to tell us we are hungry; the brain can play nasty tricks on you. 99% of the time you are NOT hungry. We now have a very small stomach which does NOT require large amounts of food. For your entire life you have been consuming large amounts of food. Now all of a sudden you are eating small amounts of food and you brain is saying “hey you” where is all the food we used to eat???? It really does take a little time to re-train the brain, that you NO longer need large amounts of food. When we go out and eat, we share a meal most of time, because they serve such large portions of food and NO one needs to eat all this food.

I believe having WLS has changed my entire life and all for the better. But, if I wouldn’t have had my head in the right place it would have been a huge struggle for me. I wanted to lose this weight more than I wanted anything in my life. It worked for me and I have kept it off. It can work for you too!!!! To maintain that weight loss, I eat healthy. Nothing feels better than being healthy and being thin.

It took me about 6 months to make up my mind that I wanted WLS and the sleeve was going to be what would work best for me. I also did a lot of research and I knew at the end of the 6 months that Dr. Aceves was going to be the ONLY Doctor that I would consider going to. It was my choice. His patients were all very pleased with their results and having WLS with Dr. Aceves. He has an excellent staff of Doctors and Nurses. The hospital is fully equipped. This made it the right choice for me. I was going to pay for this myself and I wanted the best I could find. I was older than a lot of you, and I wanted my recovery to be in a fully equipped hospital. I can only speak about what I experienced, and I highly recommend Dr. Aceves. I know if you are sitting out there trying to make your mind up you have 100’s of questions about all of this—I did and I had some wonderful patient people who answered ALL of my questions. I am always here to try to answer any and all of your questions about Weight Loss Surgery and Dr. Aceves. You can contact me here or send me a private E-mail. My E-mail address is Suzannesh@aol.com

Suzanne[/quote']

Suzanne - Great Post!

Jasayles good luck to you I go on the 19th