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Thanks everyone for the support I really value every comment you're all right I really should start being more selective with my food, I didn't end up having spaghetti Os but cooked it for my niece and nephew, the smell made me a but nauseous too

Consider yourself lucky.. I had mine a week ago, I was in excruciating pain for 2 days and I puked my heart out! The most unpleasant and painful experience of my life! I was only allowed one dose of a controlled pain reliever every 7 hours, which was definitely not enough for me!

This has been so traumatic I'm glad it's over! Feels like a month already

Ok ok I had to post this to see if anyone else does the same thing!!

Went out for lunch with the team at work today. We went to a pizza place that had a 10 8inch pizza deal...the 12inch pizzas were like up to 15 and the large around 22... Me with my new sleeve assumed everyone would go with the 10 deal and I ordered an entree for myself of chorizo as a treat lol

Well EVERYONE ordered the large size pizza - and I'm talking its MASSIVE like bigger than a Pizza Hut pizza and I thought how I would've done the same once and now I'd get through maybe one slice!!! It is soooo strange to watch ppl eat so much food and sitting there waiting for them all to finish after I'd eaten my tiny bit of Protein and feeling so full lol it was so strange...

Anyway I can't help but think that everyone eats way too much lol like I never thought that a person could survive on what I eat now but I realise that you can!! I love my sleeve but I'm forgetting what it's like to eat so much and I just look at everyone wondering why aren't they sick lol

I just got sleeved a week ago.. I'm not planing on sharing the news with the whole world, but my skinny-over eating friends will notice something is up when I start doing the same.. I think it's gonna be pretty obvious and I might as well just tell everyone I know :/

Is spaghetti Os ok for the purée stage? Is love one table spoon of that!

I'd love*

Is spaghetti Os ok for the purée stage? Is love one table spoon of that!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! Great post! And so so very true..

Thanks!

I think this is true pretty often. There are nasty fat people too but for the most part' date=' especially women who GREW UP FAT usually have to work harder and develop a bit more character because we could never bat our pretty little eyelashes and get whatever we wanted. Now of course, not all thin people had it that easy either, but I am talking generally. Generally the thinner, prettier you are, the easier certain things are going to be.

I was afraid I would not be taken seriously as a professional, and its a major reason I had this surgery.[/quote']

I never thought of that until more than one person asked me how can I be a health professional and be overweight? Very rude and insensitive!

*regrets reading this thread*

One of the perks of being over weight is having a fat personality.

A fat personality is someone who is sensitive, loving, funny and caring. Just like a teddy bear!

I'm not trying to discriminate, this is only my way of seeing things and I don't take myself seriously, so should you!!

Ok so, I think most fat people always have better personalities than most skinny people!

People who have always been overweight may care more about having a good personality and a sense of humour, they also tend to be more affectionate and forgiving. Maybe it's a psychological compensation mechanism?

I hope I never lose my fat self..

Dear god, please make my body thin and my personality fat.. Amen.

I wouldn't feel particularly comfortable by skinny people coming to ask me what I've done! I'd simply say that I cut back on portions! (Which is kind of the truth)

But I'd definitely tell someone if I know that they struggle with their weight themselves or know someone close who does...

Thanks everyone! Walking around does really help with that!

You look great! Congratulations!

I have pcos too! It's very common and I think having the sleeve will help you lose a lot of weight and losing weight will eventually help ease the pcos with time!

Thank you so much!

I guess that I'm still mourning food and dreaming of being able to eat a bacon cheese burger again.. Head hunger

Hi, I'm one week post op now. I just drank half a cup of skimmed milk too fast! Not too fast but too fast for the new pouch!

I'm in a bit of pain and discomfort, I'm trying to lie on my back at the moment (don't ask me why I think it helps).

Should I be worried?

Diarrhoea is normal, better than Constipation if you ask me! The only thing you should be worried about is dehydration! Try Gatorade until the diarrhoea eases off

As for the nausea I don't know? I've been on meds for that since I got out! Are you on any meds for nausea or heart burn?

Thanks for sharing! Is there anything that you feel you cannot eat still?

The secret is to keep "sipping" Water all day long so that at the end of the day you have had a decent amount!

I had mine on the 7th. It gets better everyday. I had it on Thursday and was discharged Sunday.

So far I lost 10 pounds in 5 days. Is that too much too soon?

And I'm still freaked out about developing a leak even though I was clear when X-rayed post op.