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Vitamin C in quantity and I second the chili peppers - the hotter the better

Good luck
I'm going in today too.
It's a sleeve Party! Yay

You go girl!
You will have many thoughts and prayers for you today.
Check in when you can!

Took a last minute trip with the kids last week to Disneyworld for 4 days. It is also as I started normal food. Was kinda nervous if I'd lose or gain ....
drum roll ...
Down 7 lbs in 5 days as of this AM!!
Lots of walking and while I was eating normal food - the quantities were super small. went to a Pirate show with beef tenderloin (6oz) and could barely eat a 1/3rd
Jyst wanted to share the god news!

Update-Went for the echo stress test today and everything went great! My ultrasound tech told me in aroundabout way that everything was fine. Saw the doctor and he said that everything looked great..I Rocked that treadmill! So grateful!

So excited for you!! Leave it all in the biohazard bin tomorrow (the pain, guilt, shame, excuses) - tomorrow is a new you and you can redefine that however you choose!!!

Me? No, I'm 4 months post op... Down 75 lbs!

The pain is worth it... lol You will be shocked at how fast you start losing. Good luck, its not bad at all.

This is me, 7 months post-op..79lbs lost

Hey Laura,
I had a chance to speak with leeann as well. She really is a positive caring person. I am saddened she will no longer be a contribution here.
The rude, nasty behavior should not be tolerated.
This is not the place to come be sarcastic and dismissive to anyone.
It's a shame.

I remember being pre-op and my favorite thing to do was look at progress photos and dream
I am 6 months, 10 days post op and I am down 128 pounds total. This isnt a very great pic since I have been sick, but i still took it because anything is better than my before!!

I am feeling pretty good. Once the anesthesia wore off and the pain med that I had when I first came out of surgery wore off. I started walking around at the hospital around 8 (my surgery was at 12:30) I did have some gas but not much. I'm very thankful that I am able to get my fluids in my sipping very little at a time. It takes me 4-5 sips to finish 1 ounce of Fluid. But I feel it getting better. I am so glad I did this for me!

Congrats on a successful sleeve! Hope mine will go that smooth!
Keep on sipping!

One day at a time. That's all you can do. We are all human and prone to make mistakes. Just get back up the next day and do your best.
Just because you are sleeved, doesn't mean you walk on Water.
So now after I am sleeved and make the same mistake and beat myself up over it, will you remind me of what I told you?

One day at a time. That's all you can do. We are all human and prone to make mistakes. Just get back up the next day and do your best.
Just because you are sleeved, doesn't mean you walk on Water.
So now after I am sleeved and make the same mistake and beat myself up over it, will you remind me of what I told you?

Mentally I was prepared for this surgery and was not nervous at all. I was wheeled back to the operating room at 12:30 and my husband said I was in my private room by 2. It's nice that it is only private rooms. Anyway, my first thought I had when I woke up wad "What did I do to myself? I am not going to have any plastic surgery." I was in some pain. the lower right side of my stomach's incision was the one that gave me pain. By 8pm, I had to go to the bathroom and took a short walk out to the nurses station. I had a dose of pain med around then. I found I couldn't keep myself away. So I just kept dozing off. the hubby left around 9:30 and I just slept on until 1am. I then got up to go to the bathroom and walked 4 laps around the floor then back to bed. My mouth was really dry, but I couldn't have anything yet until my upper gi to make sure there's no leaks. That came at 12 noon and boy does that stuff taste nasty! It took a few minutes and the doctor showed my my stomach and how he saw not leaks. I got my liquid tray around 1:30. I saw the oragne SF popsicle and decided I just had to have it. 2 bites later,I started salivating and had to spit saliva out then I just sip Water occasionally.By the time 2:45 rolled around, the doctor was ready to discharge me. I was kind of surprised that they let me walk out of there rather than wheel chairing me.I got home and went right to bed...took little sips of Water through out the night when I woke up. I got tired of sitting upright in bed so hubby helped me back downstairs to the recliner couch. I guess the movement made me nauseous and I vomited what looked like dry blood.
Now on day three,I've had my first 11oz of Protein Drink and it all stayed down. I walk around the house, come back to the table, took a sip and did it again until 1 hour 45 minutes later, I got all my Protein drink down. I've got a glass a water here and am sipping it as I type.I know one of the concerns is having a bowel movement and I was able to go after my shake. So besides some tolerable pain, I'm on my way to mending.Ho
Hope everyone else had a rather smooth recovery.
Oh by the way, I changed my display name from "JustSleeveit" to "ISleevedIt"

I just listen to my body and I've always believed that you need adequate amounts of calories to fuel your workout. I take a spin class twice a week and if my cals are low my workouts turn to crap and I burn way fewer calories. For my workouts I need to eat at least 1000 cals and plus I breastfeed but my total cals average out to about 1000 a day but I admit that I rarely count cals. I also eat carbs because that's what you need in order to have energy for exercise.

Today is the day! I'm getting sleeved today. Wish me well.....thanks

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?

Hi
6 weeks after I had my sleeve I found out some stuff about my past that could and previously would have made me crawl back into my own world with my best friend food as my only constant companion.My whole perception of my life as I thought I knew it was changed in one conversation.Moving to a far away place where no one knew me and pretending I was an orphan with no family seemed like a good option to me...lol.
I couldnt turn to food for comfort for the first time ever.It has been a heck of a learning curve and a looong road to take the positives in each day,let the past be the past as I couldnt change a thing about it,and deal with my feelings.Forgiveness has new meaning to me now and my life has never been better.
Accepting that I might always need a "smaller" life than others seems ok to me now.God graciously granted me a life in which I can function well.I might never be able to do "big" things but I am happier being the mom,the taxi,the comfort to my family.I am content with where I am at today.I have learnt that I dont need to make excuses for my life.I need to live with an abundance of joy every day.
I struggle with how different people treat me though.The same people that ignored me for years now want to make friends with me and I am just not there yet.I am friendly but still cannot understand this.I struggle with the attention and I am shyer than I was before.A lot quieter too.
Life is about change and I do plan to overcome more of my stuff.But I suppose it is a process.
For now,all is well with my soul!

I finally received my surgery time. I go in at 6:30am tomorrow. Surgery is scheduled for 8:00am. Will provide updates asap. Good luck to all sleevers! :-)
Yiraini01 - Here's to a speedy recovery!

March 6th. Dallas, TX Dr. Nick Nicholson