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Once I started to feel better, it was miraculous! Got better and better hour by hour and haven't looked back since! Good luck to you both. :-)

My adult kids were also disapproving when I first mentioned it. So I never mentioned it again (for a year!) until a couple of days before surgery! Fait acompli! They are very supportive now. I think what I read as their disapproval was actually their fear - they didn't like to think of their mother being chopped up.

I'm sorry, I'm too new to have advice. But I do thank you for the alert about popcorn! Don't beat yourself up though. One cup of popcorn isn't going to do long term damage. BTW I am 10 days post op and still on fluids.

I'm so glad! You were very brave getting it done together :-)

How is your mum?

First couple of days I was a bit ill. After that, I have felt fantastic. It is waaay easier than I thought it would be. You will be fine and soon you will be on the losers bench! :-)

I couldn't swallow a thing for a good 36 hours. Everything I swallowed came back up! 1 day later, I was as good as gold. Still have to remember not to gulp though. Sip, sip, sip!

Hooray! Your day is here! Good luck :-)

You'll be great! :-)

I'm in Browns Bay, North Shore. We couldn't be further away! :-(

Whereabouts in Auckland are you? Perhaps we could be walking buddies. I didn't go for a walk today - raining :-(

Excellent! I have been thinking about you :-)

I think it was just a mistake. The man was not impressed, but I did see the funny side. Mind you, it wouldn't be funny if it was me!

I was really crook for the first 24 hours also - then I started to rapidly improve. Sending positive thoughts to you and your mum.

Did you see the story about the big guy here in NZ who bought 2 plane tickets? - They gave him 2 seats in 2 different rows!

How you doing?

Woohoo! Way to go!

Are you and your mum in the same hospital? It must be hard to look after yourself when you are worrying... Take care, and hope your mum is better soon.

Everyone has some last minute worries. But honestly, it's really easy. I am so glad I made the decision to go ahead. I've lost heaps of weight already!

I didn't have a leak test. At least not whilst I was awake - maybe they did it whilst I was still under the anaesthetic...?

I starved too, and I cheated! Only lost 3 kg, but no one seemed to care! Got sleeved on 15th October. I did feel hungry first few days, but it gets better every day. Woke up this morning with no appetite at all. Yesterday, I barely got in 200 calories, so I'm having a Protein shake (with benefibre) for Breakfast today, and will try to remember to make another protein shake later on. Good luck!

You did it! There's a ticker :-)

Yep, that hour by hour improvement is exactly what I experienced. Couldn't believe how quickly I felt better. First night was painful, first day I felt terrible. Told visitors not to come just to watch me vomit! I thought something had gone terribly wrong, but my surgeon wasn't worried - told me it would pass, and lo, it did. Went home the next day fit as a flea!

Congratulations! Howz everyone else going?

Don't freak! You'll be fine :-)