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So far not nervous. Report time 7 am....packed my bags. Cleaned everything in the house including the dogs lol. Now I wait....

Stuck at 207 was 270. Goal is 165. If only I could break 200! Almost 5 months out. Soo frustrating!

oh how I wish I could, they make me nauseous. ever since that hospital stay I cant keep them in. i hit 187 though. goal is 160

Ok soooo im 7 months out. was 270 and now I am 187. I have totally slacked on protein bad bad me. I am sure i would probably weigh a bit less. But every since I was in the hospital my brain says omg throw it up now apparently. Very few of them I can stomach. Once I actually take pictures I will post some. I have to get too 160 we will see how this goes. Lets see loose skin..check! chicken wings and all. Its not too bad though. The belly skin is what bothers me. Thin hair with the protein. It seems to fall out everyday but i am not going bald or anything. Happy journey folks!

For those of yolu worried about getting protein in and calories and even basic vitamins YOU WANT THIS APP!!!!. You can make your daily calories what your dr sets. You can scan the barcodes on all foods or just search for them. Makes life easy. I am supposed to be between 500-600 daily. come to find out I was only getting 400! which can cause a stall. It will track your weight and even measurements. Oh and add friends ---asifitsthelast.

Ok so as of 3/6 according to my nutrionist I am on track with everything. I dont feel that way but she was happy. She wants me to be 218 by my 3 month mark which is 4-14.I am currently 233 was 270. Thats a ways away and only 15 lbs but with the way I get stuck on a weight for over a week at a time kills me. I need to start exercising more but I still have a hole in my side. That prevents alot. I am absolutely horrible at getting my protein in! But I found that the french vanilla protein works well as a cooffe creamer. Plus the coffee masks the protein taste. Oh and I do it in room temp coffee mix it and then add ice. I loooovvveee cold coffee. And caffeine free of course. I was quite pleased. I may try chocolate next week. Make like a mocha. Anywho...Happy losing!

Protein does better mixed Luke warm then put in the Frig to cool

My Dr says no to coffee even decaf bc it still has caffeine.....caffeine makes you hungry

I am in the process for approval with harborview medical center in Suffolk. Any one in the area?

Only in Virginia. Second day of spring and its snowing....

Thanks!

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I had slacked on using it but it keeps my calorie intake up. With out it i was only getting roughly 400 calories a day...

Anyone use my fitness pal app? Counts calories and tells you how much protein and vitamins you have in per day. You can even scan barcodes. Add me asifitsthelast.

I've been told drink water lol.

OK here goes. I have been using my cell to piddle around on here I figured it is time to get on a computer. I have had an extremely rough journey. So I figure it best to give you folks a timeline. January 16th Wednesday Surgery day, everything went well took a little less than an hour and about an hour in recovery to wake up. Once awake they transport you to your room. Its like a blur because you are still groggy. January 17th Thursday Released from hospital wishing they would keep me another day. But that is the way they do it get you in and get you out. That night I was in so much pain I attempted to lay in the bed but it caused so much pain I ended up sitting up on the couch to sleep. I could not get up or down on my own due to the pain in my abdomen. Mainly one incision. It turned out this is the incision they pull the stomach through. I didn't sleep this whole week. Regretting what I have done to myself. I had a few breakdowns this week due to lack of sleep. I would sleep about 2 hours at a time. I have no answer as to why but I would just wake up as if startled. Also I was having trouble getting down my pain meds. Hydrocodone, it was so gross I would at times throw it up. But eventually found they would flavor it. Grape bubblegum is a fav I find that because it is like 2 flavors its way better. Plus now I chase it with a drink lol. My diet is consisting of soup soup and soup with some yogurt and Popsicles.. January 19th Abdominal binder! YAY!!!. An abdominal binder basically keeps everything for moving and promotes circulation and healing. January 24th Thursday First follow up visit. I explain to my surgeon the extreme pain I am in. I can barely get up or down on my own and I am basically in tears in her office. She explained to be that my belly looked fine and all my incisions were healing well. I was told "Well Nicole you know your young you have never had major surgery or kids and this is a lot for you to adjust too." At this point im thinking well im never having kids lol. She then made me get up from the table on my own trying to teach me how to roll and then sit up. I felt as I had ripped my belly open. By later that evening I was throbbing. January 25th I noticed I am a bit more swollen and believe it is due to the drs appt. I start wearing my abdominal binder again. Also I rotated heating packs and ice packs in hopes of reducing swelling. January 27th I am now red and swollen. I was still using the ice packs in hopes of reducing the pain. I had emailed the RN in her office over the weekend because I was having low grade fevers constantly about 99.9 January 28th My surgeon calls trying to get me to come in and is quite disappointed with me when I tell her I have no one to bring me in when she is available due to her timing I would have to wait til my follow up January 31st That morning I go to get in the shower before my fiancee leaves for work. Keep in mind at this point I couldn't even put my own pants on due to pain. I get in the shower look down and puss and blood is shooting out of my incision. I then do what anyone in my position would naturally do...scream for my fiancee lol I go to the drs office and they let me know I have an infection and that they need to clean it out. ME not knowing whats going to happen next goes oh ok. She took a tool and ripped my incision open without numbing me. Then she squeezed everything out. I at this point am yelling. and being told to calm down. And just so everyone knows this is common for drs to do! They feel like by the time they numb it which it doesn't totally work they would be done. I have been told this by quit a few nurses. I am sent home to do my own packing when I went back to the dr my skin had started coming off and I had some necrotic bits. I was immediately sent to the hospital and there I stayed til February 6th. I was nauseous the whole time and didn't eat for almost the whole time I was there. January 31st-February 6th Hospital February 6th Home, they wanted to me to stay another day but I said nope. I was tired of being sick. February 8th Finally no longer nausea's and eating food. Tuna, Salmon, Real crab, Hard time with protein shakes, threw that up a lot in the hospital. Nurses now come to the house repacking every day twice a day. February 13th Changed to silver packing. Only needs to be changed every 3-5 days. Less nurses less money lol.

Dr elizabeth salzberg. my sleeve went perfect.

YES! Has to do with water intake and change in diet.

We picked where we are getting married yesterday I am so excited. Hopefully I am at goal in 6 months so I can get a dress early enough. A gorgous farm (no animals lol) 33 acres awesome barn for reception and its a bed and breakfast. You rent it for the whole weekend. Im excited takes some of the stress away. April 12th 2014 here we come

Suffolk VA

TY! Right no poo for me lol.