kelley5989

Wow you look absolutely amazing!! One of best transformations I've seen so far. You should be so proud!

Surgery was on Friday in Vegas (Baby!) and I flew home Monday to Portland, OR, around 2 hour flight. I was given the TED socks during the surgery and it was suggested I wear them on the flight and get up and walk around every 20 minutes, if possible, to avoid blood clots.
No problems or complications.

My problem with compliments on weight loss is that they always seem to provoke a barrage of follow-up questions I have no desire whatsoever to answer.

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We were running errands, the wife was hungry, and i figured i could get something soft where we went. I got chili without any of the available fixins. i only ate a few spoonfuls and took the rest home. my tummy made all kinds of noises but after half an hour I still hadn't thrown up. i started trying other soft foods after that.
if you don't tolerate something today, try again in a week.

Hi Kelley
I had the same thing after surgery the more I tired to do the more I was short of breath. For me I think I was dehydrated and doing to much to soon. You might just need to slow down

I started soft foods on week 2; i started with a small portion of mashed potatoes (dinner), a scrambled egg (breakfast), and a laughing cow cheese wedge and Tomato bisque Soup (lunch).

I agree with you. But I'm sure some people adopt the "anything in moderation". Like normally, I'd love to hit up a sushi/Chinese buffet! But obviously now I won't. However, I don't want to give up sushi forever. But something like soda, I'm ok with giving that up forever.
Everyone is different.

Yesterday I celebrated my 1 year Gastric Sleeve post op (Revision from lap band) So glad I got the revision cause I was going NOWHERE with the band!

I would contact a dr because it could be a blood clot in your lung causing the shortness of breath

Hi there! I was sleeved on Wednesday and immediately given the breathing tube thing to work with, since I was taking shallow breaths without realizing it. They sent it home with me. I have to inhale deeply three times a day. Can you contact your doctor to see if you can have one of these? I'm still short of breath, but this is helping a lot. Good luck!
LovelyOne

Thanks Kelley for the note..I unfortunately do not have the funds to self-pay (unless of course I win the lottery in the near future , so will have to stick with whatever I can to make this happen...hoping that WW responds to my email to perhaps speed things up but not holding m breathe on that.
Hopeing your recovery is going well.
Congratulations!!

I pm'ed you!

Good luck to you too!!

I am 18 months have lost over 150,I had some nausea caused by Vitamins I didn't tolerate well early out, other than that no problems. I have complied with all medical instructions and adhere (gladly)to a very rigid eating plan. It's my observation that the vets who make drastic changes seem to have better long term results, I go to the gym at least 4x per week . Sometimes I want to pack it in and give up, then I realize... There are a lot of a-holes I gotta prove wrong!
ABSOLUTELY NO REGRETS!!

Thanks everyone so much!! I feel a little better now!!

Imloozit. Chill out. Don't ridicule her. It's a valid question and its scary when it happens. But you're right I would rather be bald than fat. I can buy wigs!!!

Start weight 206. Surgery date 199.5. This morning weighed 135.5. Sleeved last year, November 27th.

Sleeved 4/10/13
Surgery- 217
Current - 179
Height 5'3
Very happy! My husband says I'm shrinking!

Sleeved 12/13/12
Sw: 208
Cw: 150
Height: 5'6"
I'm at goal and loving it.

Thanks for posting. Makes me feel better about my decision of choosing MX over the US.

This post seems so petty. Why do you feel the need to be so glib about the positive experiences people have had with their Mexico based surgeons? WLS provides the perfect recipe for Medical Tourism thanks to insurance companies being so unwilling to get on board and pay for it. I'm sure there are some quack doctors down there but obviously some very good ones have set up shop across the border and designed an entire operation targeted at U.S. clientele. I see nothing wrong with that. They provide a service that is affordable to the average person but they must overcome the huge hurdle of fear that most Americans have of going to Mexico for surgery. It's clear that most of their American patients take a huge leap of faith in going there. And when they see how well it works out, they come here to tell their story so as to assure others it's not as scary as most of us believe. Without those Mexico based surgeons, many overweight people would not be able to have WLS and would continue to suffer with their obesity.

I am on the eastern shore of md. Just started this journey but hope to use Johns Hopkins Bariatric