Ann_D

Oct 15-down 14 lbs

I'm actually day 8 post op TODAY! Terrible Stomach pains also w/ cream soup (at abt 2 oz), although not w/ protein shakes. Did not like the way I felt after eating the soup!! I will try yogurt tomorrow and cream of wheat (very runny). Also, I like the No sugar added Carnation Instant Breakfast - 5 g protein, 12 carbs, and 60 cals w/ 8 oz skim milk. Don't get discouraged. Keep drinking your water and get your protein in. Our bodies need to heal:)

I appreciate your words of wisdom. Thank you so much! I think I am being harder on myself than anyone else would be. If it comes up in conversation I will own it. I just don't want my surgery to define who I am. I'm excited as heck about this new lease on life God has given me and want to stay healthy on the outside and inside:) Back atcha' w/ a protein shake.

I am encouraged by your words and always love a good challenge (buckling up as we speak). Thanks so much! You made my day:)

Hi Everyone I am 46 yrs old, 4 days post op gastric sleeve and very much on my way to my new life! Surgery date: Oct 15, 2013. I'm 5'5" and weighed 268 lbs in August. I was at my GP's office for a check up and when I stepped on the scale and knew I could no longer live morbidly obese. I'd hewed and hawed for almost two yrs prior, also. So, here I am. Day before surgery my wt was 256. I return for post op visit on Oct 25. Your posts are inspiring and let me know I am not alone. I have chosen not to share the sleeve experience w/ my family yet, nor co-workers, although, I am rethinking this. I go back to wk on Monday and starting to worry I haven't taken enough time off. Does anyone have any suggestions abt returning to wk (how you held it together w/out getting to tired) and how you handled the negative feedbk from others about surgery? I appreciate it.