CorvetteGirl

Good luck with everything today...hope you have a speedy recovery! See you on the other side!

My surgery was 7/22 and I am doing really well! I've had a remarkable textbook recovery and I was able to get in all Water and Protein from the day I got home. No pain meds, gas, or nausea. I've been really lucky. Started 1 hour per day on the treadmill a week after surgery.
I hope everyone else is doing well also.

My surgery was 7/22 and I am doing really well! I've had a remarkable textbook recovery and I was able to get in all Water and Protein from the day I got home. No pain meds, gas, or nausea. I've been really lucky. Started 1 hour per day on the treadmill a week after surgery.
I hope everyone else is doing well also.

Wishing you a fantastic birthday!

I use Lose It. Works really well to track food and exercise.

I was very lucky. My insurance didn't require any supervised weight loss for 3 or 6 months. My first appt. with the surgeon was May 29 and my surgery was on July 22......7 weeks from start to finish.

HW: 255
SW: 241
Current weight: 233
Eight pounds in 8 days! SO HAPPY!!!!! Best decision of my life to have this surgery!

I'm 1 week post op and getting between 70 and 80g per day. Also getting at least 64 oz of Water.< /p>

I'm 1 week post op and getting between 70 and 80g per day. Also getting at least 64 oz of Water.< /p>

So glad everything went OK for you! It really is easier than you think.

Okay, deep breaths ladies!! It is actually quite touching how this worry comes up, like clockwork, here on the forum every few weeks, with every batch of new sleevers (this month I'm 3 years out). Here's the deal:
Though invasive, lap band surgery is nowhere near as traumatic as VSG, and the weight loss is different. Your body is recovering from major surgery, you just lost 80% of one of your vital organs, it's going to take time. If you had just had your appendix removed, or gallbladder surgery, would you be humpin' it up within a week?
As for sex drive: once you have healed physically and the weight loss has begun in earnest, you will ABSOLUTELY see a change. A very funny, slightly alarming, change. As you begin to lose fat rapidly your body is flooded with all of the estrogen that was trapped in the fat cells, making you super super horny, a sexual T-Rex, a Sex Rex, if you will . This usually happens around month 2 and you will be back here on the boards, posting about how you have become a sex maniac and you are draining the life fluids out of your SO and omg sex is SOMUCHFUN!!
That lasts for about 2 months on its own, but if you are instilling good exercise habits during that time, once you have lost a significant portion of your weight and have also become fit from all the exercise, you suddenly discover SKINNY SEX, and then there will be the phase of posts about that here All the positions you can suddenly do, the stamina you have, the sensations you receive because he can now go deeper than before, etc. etc.
So, in summation, this is all perfectly normal, there is nothing wrong with you, have some open dialogue with your SO, and above all, take tender care of yourself and give yourself time to heal.

http://www.dailymail...tus-symbol.html
Plastic surgery, tummy tucks, liposuction, etc. are talked about freely as status symbols for celebrities and even normal folks.
Why should us bariatric surgery stars lurk around in shadows like we've done something wrong?
A great percentage of new posts on here are about whether to tell folks. A prevailing reason not to reveal is because people are either ignorant, rude or both and you dread their reactions. The problem is theirs, not yours. .
A great majority of sleevers here are thoughtful, intelligent people. I have experienced kindness here that I have not experienced in many a forum. We are not stupid, careless people.
The surgery speaks well of us: we are aggressively taking charge of our lives. We have the courage to do something radical, not because it might work but because it will work. Most of us understand that the VSG is just a tool and we know that a fundamental change in many aspects of our behavior is required. This is no diet fad, this is a decisive people doing what has to be done for the sake of our lives and the lives of our loved ones. Society in general benefits because our defeat of obesity transforms us into more productive contributors.
So what is to be ashamed of? Nothing!
Hold your head high, those belly scars are badges of honor. Everyone has problems. You are dealing with yours head on. It speaks well of your courage and passion for life.
I have been a minister for many years. I know that the way you present something has a great deal to do with how it is received. If you act ashamed the hearers will get the impression that you've done a shameful thing. If you talk about it like you just purchased a Maserati the majority of folks will get the impression that you are on to something great.
Your status is in your heart, in your head, and in your hands. Stand up,... be proud!

You will do awesome! I'm only 3 days post op, and I can tell you this is the best thing I have ever done for myself.
Let us know how you are doing as soon as you are able!

Best of luck today! Hope you have a speedy recovery. See you on the other side.

Hey guys! I was finally sleeved yesterday morning. My surgeon told me everything was perfect. The anesthesia and morphine had me nauseous as hell, but I'm so much better now. Finally up and walking. I barely used the pain killer for my belly, just for my shoulder from the gas. Trying to eat more or rather drink more, but this hospital food blows. Sucralose all over the place bleh. Other than that I'm doing well. Thanks for all of your well wishes. Congrats to my fellow July 22 sleevers, and good luck to all future sleevers. It will be over before u know it.

The time has finally come!!! All packed and leaving at 8 am for the hospital. Not nervous at all, but excited for this step in my journey. Can't wait to be on the other side.

Got my pantry and fridge stocked up, and did most of the cleaning yesterday. I'll finish cleaning today and pack my bag.
Tomorrow I will be with my Corvette club at an event so that will occupy my mind and chill me out.