Lunaya

Thank you all so much for your comments and encouragement! I love this site!

Blessings to you! You will never regret this decision! This is going to change your life so much! I wish I could show you a movie of my life this last four months after surgery because it is not believable! I made a post called Four months and 9 days Post OP. I hope you can read it and I hope it helps you start looking forward and feeling better.

Today it has been exactly four months and nine days since my Sleeve on June 5, 2013. I have lost 88 lbs., 12 Pants Sizes, 2 Shirt Sizes, 1 full Shoe Size and 14 pills! I am so very happy I made this decision. I am amazed at the transformation not just of my body but of the abilities I now have and the goals I have reached. BS (Before Sleeve) I was using a walker to do any walking at all. I could not shower without a shower chair, I could not go shopping in stores without automatic carts, I only left my house to go to the Dr. I could not stand up long enough to cook meals anymore, I had a full time caretaker, I could not clean or do laundry, I didn't drive unless I had too, I could not hold my Grandson because I had no lap, I would not have sexual relations with my husband because it was too un-comfortable and I felt to ugly, I didn't ever have the desire to go visit people, I could not go to parties or out with my friends to socialize at all. I stayed home and moped and honestly just waited for death to come and get me. AS (After Sleeve) I now go to the Mall with my daughter, I go out to lunch with friends, on dates with hubby, I shop, I cook, I clean, I even am working an area for a garden next year. I no longer need a caregiver and was just released from the program yesterday. I no long use a walker or automatic carts, or a shower chair! I only take 3 medications a day. I love to go visit and go to thrift stores and play with and hold my Grandson! I have sex on a semi-regular basis. (I know TMI) The point is... If you are thinking of having this surgery, Stop Thinking!!!! & Start doing!!! It took me over 2 1/2 years to get approval so get on it now and then do your thinking while you are in the process. You can always opt out later. I would never take it back, because honestly I never thought I would be a real person again and I had all but given up on life. I am however, a whole person again, a real person, with a real life, and real friends. I am even considering finally going back to work after six years of disability. I hope this helps anyone in making up their minds and I hope it inspires everyone who reads it. Blessings to all, Candie Before Day of Surgery Day after Surgery Yesterday

Lunaya45

This is funny as I am so opposite! I have always felt huge!! I have lost 70lbs and only notice it in my face, arms, and legs. I feel like my stomach has not changed at all even though my clothes no longer fit and the tape measure says it has. I can't seem to notice any real changes where I wanted them. I can't seem to make myself exercise and I am getting so weak it is hard to get up from a chair. IDK feeling pretty upset and lost at the moment.

I prepare my Cod on a baking sheet with a pam spray to it first. Then I add some fresh lemon slices, salt, pepper and I bake it for about 15 to 20 minutes on 300 degrees. It is so yummy!!

Thank you all so much! I can't tell you what it has meant to me that you are all here and offering support! I got an appointment with a counselor for next Wednesday and I am really hoping it helps!! Again thank you all for being there.

I am hanging in there thank you so much for asking. I am still waiting to see my Dr. so I can get a referral to counseling. Won't be able to get in till the 30th of this month.

Thank you all so much!!

I am so happy I had the surgery! BUT.... I am having a really hard time with my addiction to food. I can't eat much but I do still try to binge and I don't know how to stop! I am so lost! I am so worried! I am so scared! I also have no energy at all!! I am lazy and I need to be doing! I want to be excited about losing weight and I want to be getting up and walking and doing this right!! I can't get excited about anything anymore! I am losing it I think!

I am 17 days out and have had NO problems not even the nausea or vomiting some speak of! I would do this again every day of the week and twice on Sunday!!!

I personally still do not have the energy needed to be taking walks. I am 17 days out.

I personally had lost my health and all of my independence. I had Diabetes, Hypertension, High Cholesterol, CHF, Hashimoto's Disease, the list goes on and on and I could not go shopping at all because I could not walk and our local stores had no scooters. I could not shower alone. I could not walk without a walker. I could not cook anymore as I could not stand that long. I could not clean my home at all. I could not do anything without help. I was sick of simply existing and wanted to live again!!! I new this was the only way I could get better so I did it and I have never looked back!

I think you are AMAZING!!!

A M A Z I N G !!!! TY For sharing!!!