Kelsan

Hi Michigan - I'm about to get sleeved in about a month. I've jumped through all the hoops to get approval and now I'm just waiting for the six month waiting period my insurance company requires. However, I'm now starting to have second thoughts about my surgeon. I'm sure Dr. Hendricks will do great, but I like UofM's after program and I think it offers a lot more in those terms. Anyone else get sleeved at UofM?

That's wonderful progress!! And you look so happy too. Congratulations on everything.

I just finished reading this article published on Yahoo for ABC News. Male jurors are more likely to find obese women guilty than lean women, but they didn't show the same weight bias against their own gender, a Yale University study found. "I think it's one more nail in the coffin of how painful it is for people that are of larger sizes," Lynn Grefe, president and CEO of the National Eating Disorders Association. "These people could be healthy. We're judging people. We're making stereotypes. We did this with race years ago. We did it with religion." As if reading this article wasn't depressing enough, I then ventured into the comments section expecting to see some humanity, compassion. Boy was I naive! It's so sad to read what people think of overweight/obese people. Like we're lazy, we smell bad, we're disgusting, etc. It's actually making me tear up a little bit. There were hundreds of comments like that. I've always new this wasn't an ideal body image, but I had no idea of the disdain people seem to have to overweight people. Truly sad! Just had to vent, thanks for reading. Have any of you experienced discrimination because of your size?

I totally agree with you SoCal! What I find really offensive to ALL women is after a famous woman has a baby she poses in a bikini/magazine cover. It's so disgracful. What they don't mention in the article is how the woman starved herself and stressed about the photo shoot for the first 4 weeks after baby was born instead of just enjoying motherhood.

That does sound strange. I had to see a nutritionist to move forward with my surgeons office before I could get a surgery date, but I've never heard of the mandatory NUT meetings afterward. I think I might skip it too. What could the possible repercussions be? Did the Nut say you could eat salmon? Just kidding.

I was 195lbs when I got prenant with my child and after telling my husband's family the great news, my father-in-law said, "just try not to eat too much, or anything that's not necissary." I was floored and tried to convince myself on the way home that I heard him wrong. I was 240 when I left the hospital after giving birth, so sorry father-in-law!

Congratulations on your success! Very inspiring. As far as your co-works go, all I have to say is - haters gonna hate.

Sorry to hear you're going through such a rough time!! I have not shared your experience, but just wanted to offer you some support. From what I've read about others who have gone from a band to a sleeve, they are very satisfied.

So true Ms. Skinniness. Reading that article/comments has really opened my eyes about other people's perception, especially for a child.

I haven't heard of anything like that. I would try the potassium too and more water. Try a heating pad if you have one. Good luck.

Wow, sounds like you've had a lot of hurdles to jump through to get to this point. Good luck on the rest of your journey!

I hear people say that walking helps a lot. I hope he's feeling better soon!

Congratulations, you look beautiful and happy!

Sounds like everyone is doing well. Hard to believe everyone can do so well on so little calories. I guess that's why I'm still chubby, considering surgery. A new normal.

This has been an interesting post to read. I was curious about people who have lived with the sleeve for more than 12 months. My mom had a gastric bypass five years ago and said she never knows which foods are going to bother her stomach from day to day. She doesn't throw up anymore, but she gets cramps. I was going to do the sleeve in Feb. so it's really nice to hear some success stories. Thanks for sharing! Merry Christmas.

They sell pill crushers at pharmacy too.

He probably is feeling insecure and thinks you're going to change and not want him anymore. I've heard this a lot when people loose weight and they trade their spouse in. Maybe you should extend an olive branch when he's not moody. Also, I remember a post you did after getting sleeved. Are you feeling better and did you ever find out what the cause for the fever was?

Stop talking to him! You're on a different path now and he's an X for a reason.

Congratulations on all of the hard work! Glad to hear a success story.

This is something I'm afraid of. I've read a lot of people experience hear burn after this surgery. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'm not one of them!