Messy39

Hi Newbie, I had my sleeve done on Oct. 8th. I'd been having leg pain for several months, but got worse by week 2 after surgery, so called dr and went on prednisone dose pac. That didn't help so yesterday I went to pain management dr and had epidural steroid injection, helped a lot!!! He said I had classic sciatica. The pain radiated from a bulging disc in my back, down my butt, into my thight and if I stood in one place for more than a few minutes my foot would go numb. Problem is the steroids sure don't help with losing weight. I lost 21 lbs in first 2 weeks. I'm close to one month out now and have not lost another lb. Even gained a few, but those are gone. Also went through dehydration between week 2-3. Sure hoping things get back on track here soon. Getting pretty discouraged. Hang in there!

The night of my surgery,in the hospital where you get no sleep anyway, I lay awake and wondered, regretted and blamed myself for what I had done. I thought I was crazy to have done this and SO full of regret. The next afternoon the dietician walked in and told me one thing I may feel in the first couple of weeks was depression and regret for the surgery and it was a perfectly normal reaction. I thought Thank God , I'm normal. Still "bluesy" as dietician called it, but it comes and goes.

Valdosta, I'm right there with you. Having a hard time getting all my Protein and Water in. Just taking a shower wears me out, dont have any idea how you handle two sick kids. Congrats on your loss so far. I'm 5 days out and my loss is more like 10 lbs. Actually gained a lb yesterday, I'm sure since not getting enough protein. Today working really hard to get everything in, but it's all consuming. I need to be outside starting exercise, but just no way right now. Hang in there, we'll do great!!! Shannon