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This community has some very vocal bad apples, don't let them bring you down.

You should have told her the easy way out would be to never have tried at all and continued the destructive behaviors. Going on a liquid diet for a month is not easy. Going into surgery and recovery is not easy. Trying to change your eating habits for good is not easy.

Im so proud of myself! I had the sleeve 02/26. I weighed 353 and im now as of today 204.4.
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You guys sure are uptight. You post how you like and I shall post how I like.

It's official. I have just 9 days left! I was at first very nervous and extremely moody from the diet changes, but I am much happier, have a positive mind set, and the liquid diet is going surprisingly well. I don't even think about food. I am all about the discipline. No is no and that's that. I'm so ready to start my new journey!

So sorry to hear what you had to go through, but it is great that you are on the mend and now you are aware of your condition. Good luck!

I was sleeved on Oct. 1st and did good for the first week. The second week I started to go downhill ...quick. I had extreme pain in my lower back and right side near my ribs. I just assumed it was gas pain combined with my already low pain tolerance. Finally, the pain got so bad, and so constant, I checked myself in to the Emergency Room at the nearest hospital. There, they discovered I had blood in my urine, and ordered a CT Scan. Almost immediately after the CT Scan, the doctor came back and told me they discovered blood clots in a very unusual place: the arteries going from my spleen and my liver, as well as my lungs.
I spent the night in the hospital and the kept me on an anti-clotting drug called Coumadin, and dilaudid for pain. They paged my surgeon who came in first thing the next morning to tell me he had been brainstorming with numerous other doctors on what went wrong and what could be done to save my life.
He told me the hospital I was currently at did not have the team of doctors nor the medical equipment necessary to help me. So I was immediately transported by ambulance to another hospital in Denver.
To say the least, I was TERRIFIED. Immediately upon arrival at the new hospital I went straight to the ICU where my husband and grandmother were waiting. They spared no time in getting me prepped for the first of three surgeries to remove the clots.
I remember only bits and pieces after that. Mostly just the extreme pain, and fear. I remember being so weak, and my husband and grandmother stayed by my side the entire time. (Backstory: my grandma raised me, so she is more like my mom.)
My husband brushed my hair, held my hand while they poked me endlessly with needles, and even brushed my teeth. One memory I have was right after my second surgery, and being so afraid, so I asked my grandma to hold my hand.
Thanks to God and my team of doctors, upon completing the third surgery, all blood clots (with the exception of the one in my lung) were removed. I was then able to get out of the ICU and into a private room.
Then the hardest part began: finding out why this happened. Every day for two weeks they drew blood two, sometimes three, times per day; sending the samples to various places around the country for testing.
Finally, they found the answer. I am part of 2% of the nation that is a carrier for a genetic mutation/blood disorder called Prothrombin 20210a. I'm 31 years old and have never had any symptoms. But the only way of knowing about this genetic mutation would have been for me to have genetic testing done prior to surgery (which is extremely expensive and most health insurance companies do not cover that). Also, six years ago I had surgery to remove my gallbladder and had ZERO issues.
The moral of the story is this: There are risks for any surgery. It's not my surgeon's fault, it's not my own fault. It it what it is. Would I go through the surgery now, even knowing about my blood disorder? I would have to talk to my surgeon to see if, knowing my problem, there would have been any precautions that could have been taken to avoid me almost losing my life, or see if my surgeon would even think I could be a candidate for the sleeve surgery.
Bottom line is, I'm happy to be alive. I'm happy to be blessed with so many people that love and care about me.
Just know that no matter how much planning we do, there are always risks involved.

Listen to your doc.

I have lost more than 100 pounds just in the nick of time for my surgiversary! 101 pounds to be exact...but who's counting (I AM!!)!
I am now 'overweight', no longer 'extremely morbidly obese'.
I sleep less, I feel a million times better, I don't tire and need a nap in the middle of the day, and I EVEN go to the gym every morning!!
WOW! 1 year ago today, I would have never thought I'd make it this far already! CRAZY!
Here's to 100 lbs, just like my darlin' Clemintine, GONE AND LOST FOREVER!! AND, to my 1 year surgiversary on the 3rd!
I LOVE THE SLEEVE!!

So I was sleeved on June 24th
and I am very happy with where I am at and the progress
am now 102 lbs from my highest weight which was 2 weeks before surgery and now 85 lbs since surgery
Today I went to the gym and did 4 miles in 52 minutes on the treadmill
feel more energy and so much better
I do travel a lot so getting all my Protein in on the road is at times a challenge, but I am still learning and doing better
and as I said all along, I was not going to go crazy on this strict food plan - i wanted to be realistic and practical, smart and yet not deny those things that i like but thanks to the tool really control my portions.
so, I do eat a halloween size pack of Peanut M&Ms every now and then - so yes all 6-7 of them little candies - the old days it would been a whole pack
I have had a bratwurst (no bun) at a football game
I have had pizza ( mostly just the toppings and very little of the crust and its a thin crust) - if i have 2 slices of toppings that is a lot - compared to used to eating a WHOLE pie
I do have the Skinny Cow 100 cal fudgesicle most nights when at home
sometimes for Breakfast I have 2 slices of Cracker Barrel Cheeses (individually packaged so very nice) with a 100 cal Pack of Goldfish (nut said crackers were good to help with nausue on occasion from chewable Multi-Vitamens
and my biggest bad thing - I will drink diet soda - i get the small can 7 1/2 oz and drink slowly - used to drink 6-10 full 12 oz cans a day
I do drink through a straw in public and yes at a restaurant i get soda and small sips when eating, but i have never emptied a glass
So i am not perfect, but I am doing well and making progress, i could see how i could go backwards, but the portion controls is huge and I am eating so so so much better and working out so so so much more
Used to wear a size 50-52 w pants and now i am doing 44-46 shirts were a 5XL and now 3Xls are almost to big Goodwill got 4 huge bags of clothes!!

Listen to your doc.

Probably sky diving.

Probably sky diving.

I can relate to this. Sometimes I feel like I am afraid of succeeding. I think I fear the perceived expectations people will have of me when I lose weight. Like everyone is watching me and judging me. I just want to crawl back into my safe zone.
About 8 years ago I went on a diet and exercise plan and lost 90 pounds. I looked fabulous. I had so much trouble with haters. I even got talked to by my manager about "toning" it down. She told me that I should want people in my meetings to remember what I have to say not what I look like. WTF?
This time around I am not going to let anything discourage me. Haters can go pound sand.
You can do this!

Can't take credit for this as I found it googling ways to use Protein Powder but it sure was good and thought it was worth sharing.
Protein pancakes
Mix vanilla Protein powder with enough Water to make a pancake batter consistency.
I used a small amount of coconut oil in a small skillet and pour in the batter, cooks just like pancake batter, sprayed on some butter spray and a small bit of sugar free maple syrup!
Amazing!!! What a treat and a great way to use up the protein powder that most of us are tired of drinking and an awesome 27 gram start of protein for the day!

Fantastic, nice job!

Ok seriously this was not meant to be combative what so ever. I was simply stating that some people are very set in their ways and if anyone goes against that they can be negative.
I posted because my dr was saying so many things that I questioned from this site that it was hard to believe what I read. I was writing my personal feelings down about what my dr said as many on this site do.
I follow my drs rules I do what I am told and I learned a lot from this site.
Yes I posted that I had family problems and really appreciated everyone that resoonded. Didnt take it for granted. I explained myself and said sorry for the name of the thread I should have calles it something else.
I find it hard to believe that so many people got so mad about a thread titlle when all I did In my original post was state that some things are hard to read because my dr says that it isn't true doe sleeve patients. Maybe he is wrong maybe he isn't. I really couldn't tell you.
I never said I had a problem with alcohol I don't drink. My mom was an alcoholic all my childhood and far into my teen years.
I have made some mistakes and ate the wrong things and stopped losing but I decided to change my eating and I am losing at a good rate again.
I am a young woman who wrote one stupid thing on a SUPPORT forum so please forgive me if any of it sounded so rude that I needed to be reprimanded by you all.
I will go back to reading posts that I want and not saying much its not a big deal.

Had to chime in again. Some of the newer people on this site choose not to post because the vets are a bit abrasive under the veil of being or trying to be sarcastically funny with one another. They really crack themselves up don't they? I've attributed it to the hormone shift once you get closer to your goal weight. We will be there one day as well. What I will do if I'm still posting on this site in one to two years is be mindful of where I was at that point in time and if I can't control myself and feel the need to be pushy with people on a support site is find something else productive to do with my time and log off. Or maybe start a private group somewhere else where I dont have to try to resist being overly aggressive with nervous preop/freshly postop fat people. There's a difference between tough love and being snide, but just like in our real lives when we have to deal with dumb a@ comments- some people just don't know any better. {)i(} Sent from my iPhone using VST {)i(}

Just keep buying scales till you get a number you like.

It's funny really. I used to say I wish there was some kind of magic that would make me physically sick when I ate crap and would make me crave healthy foods. Now when I get cravings I remember that I got the magic (sleeve) that I wished for and it really helps the cravings to pass... it takes time for your body and mind to rid itself of a lifetime of bad habbits... fortunately. .. it can also become just as accustomed to new habbits. Give it time. You can do this.

That's exactly how I was. Then i started the soft food stage, mealtime is fun. You think wow I could eat this whole thing. you take 3 bites and you're done....lol....Love it, but how in the world am I ever going to get in my Protein like this....lol

Why would you say that? I read his post and his post has all the relevant information to his situation, nothing anyone else posted mattered.

Real mature that some people hijack this thread and fill it full of mindless bs in order to drown out the original posters message. People acting like a bunch of petulant highschoolers should be ashamed of themselves. Frankly I think the OP was giving that other person a dose of tough love. So go back under your bridges trolls and stop bringing the community down to your level.

So let me get this straight?? I've been told to "go to hell"? Been told "FU" called a food porn bully (really that ones so silly I almost can't write it )
And now called along with others here a troll?
And somehow I'm a bully!
I think I might go cry. Ok you have me crying now!