Greeknugget

Ok, All. I'm ready to make the September Sleevers 2013 group, but.. I have to say who I want to add to start it. And none of us our friends on there yet. So....
I'm private because I'm an educator, so you can't search me. But if one of you wants to PM me your name, I can add you in and we can start this.
Oh goodness. I sound like a shady salesmen.
or we can all just use Sassy Sleevers, which is lovely but HUGE.

One FB group I found - The Sassy Sleevers. It's a closed group, but not private. There are a couple thousand members so there are always new posts. Pretty good! A September Sleevers group on FB might not be a bad idea either!

I'm on the surgery schedule for Sept 9th too, I'm not as nervous as I was, I have a dear friend that's been talking me through the process because she was sleeved in February. She's down 70lbs since Feb, that's with no exercise strictly diet change. She's been telling me exactly what to expect, and what I need to intake to stay hydrated and energized. Also informed me of any worse case scenarios like hers, she tested positive for the H-pyloren and was kept in the hospital another night because she couldn't get her liquids down. She gave me her favorite Protein Drinks to try and premeasured cups for liquids and soft foods. I'm very glad to be out of work for 3 weeks to really invest in healing and closely following doctors orders post op.

So very true. I had to get used to that. I was embarassed when I was in a meeting and there was a pause and my tummy made noises. I sooo wanted to fall through the floor.
Good thing the guy next to me said he was so hungry...everyone assumed it was him. I think he was just being kind (new guy on the team). Bless his heart!

Apologies in advance if anyone has covered this already, but expect tummy rumbles. I'm almost 10 weeks out and manuu times my tummy is my own personal symphony! No pain or discomfort, just noise.

Welp, everything is being sent off to the insurance company...fingers crossed!!!

I want to have a realistic picture of what this surgery will mean. I am trying to tally up the worst case scenarios, and maybe they are just the "likely" or "eh...could happen" scenarios.
From what I've learned on vst, here's what I can expect, in stages: (Although everyone is different!)
-Excitement and counting down the days
-Hatred of pre-op diet
-Nervous, scared, possibly terrified
-Sore, nauseous, tired, puking, thirsty
-Low energy,trouble drinking, buyer's remorse
-Dehydration, weeks of nausea
-Sick of Protein Shakes, miss chewing
-Difficult adjustment, missing food as comfort mechanism, depression
-3 week stall, fits and starts, disappointment in slow loss
-Judgment from people who know
-Trial and error of foods, vomiting when intolerant or too much
-Trouble eating in restaurants, missing old life
-hair loss, sagging skin, face looking older
-Encouraging weight gain, adjustment to new life
-Happiness, feeling of accomplishment as getting close to goal
-Realization that battle isn't won, won't ever be "over"
-Dedication and diligence
-Hunger, capacity to eat increases
-Rededication after small regain
-Acceptance that the fight is eternal
I'm the type of person who feels more comfortable having a complete picture of what can happen. I don't want to go into this with rose colored glasses. Any additions? Subtractions? Thoughts? I know that NOT ALL people have all or even some of these. Again -trying to look at possible downsides so I don't get caught up in thinking this is the solution to all life's problems.

Hi All,
to aid myself and others on this journey, I created a blog of my experience:
http://greeknugget.blogspot.com/
I don't get a single dollar for it, so I hope it's ok to share here.
Humor helps us get through! Today I posted about Pants-less selfies.
Here's to support and weight loss!

I don't usually read a lot of blogs because of time, but I am so happy I read yours. Very funny. Good luck to you! Keep us posted (and entertained!)

Very funny!

I'm just 17 days post op and have only lost 13 pounds. Not stressing over it. As long as the number on the scale goes down that's all that matters.

Surgery was yesterday. I just got home. :-). Everything went really well! Lost 29.7 lbs on the liquid diet. My dr said had not been so faithful on the diet, he would not have been able to do the surgery as my liver was still enlarged! He had to make a couple extra cuts, I have 8. But the only pain medication I had was for the 2 hr trip home. I had to walk 20 laps (which equaled 2 miles) before I could go home. I'm also an a clear liquid diet till my follow up with him a week from today. So thankful for all of your prayers and encouragement! So glad to be on the losers bench!!

Me too!

I'm looking like September the 9th

I noticed a few September 9th also!! Wish you lots of fast healing vibes also!! Do you have to do a liquid diet? If you for how many week/days? I meet with my surgeon again on the 16th so I will find out then.

aBOUT 5 days a week, i have an exercise routine. 40 leg lifts (lay on the ground and lift your legs and butt off the floor), 35 push ups, 5 minute plank, 1 minute wallsits, 15 minutes of Dancing to Britney Spears (my fav)!!!! Thats my nightly work out. My arms look awesome btw

Wow! So many September 9thers! Me too Will be thinking of you and LuckyPants and KTodd. We got this!

Sep 9 for me. Holland MI with DR Jon Schram

September 9th for me too! In Tijuana MX. . I am very excited but I will admit that I do have moments of "can I really do this?". But the answer is YES! Yes I do love food but so does everyone else here or we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place. So I tell myself "self, if they can do it, so can you!!"

There are several of us on Sept. 9th!

Iim September 9th also!!! I'm super happy!!

I'm Sept. 9th also! Nervous & excited here too

I am sept 9! I cannot wait! Jumping outta my skin! Sooo scared and excited!

Sept 9!???? So excited, but doesn't seem real! I didn't want my body to freak out about the post-op liquid diet so I went ahead and started drinking shakes for Breakfast this month and will add lunch next month before going to straight liquids!

I'm just wondering just seems painful