LidiBell

I am almost 1 year out (4/6/2014) and I still have not attempted a straw. Pre surgery, I drank everything thru a straw. It was a hard adjustment, but now, I am used to it. Don't even think about it anymore.

Every Sunday I boil 5 eggs and grill 5 pieces of chicken for the week. It is boring to eat the same thing every day, but it works. It is easy to grab and go during the week. Boring I know, to eat the same thing every day, but it keeps me on track.

I drank this past Saturday and I am not brain dead. If that matters. Although, I may have been a lil brain dead before I drank. lol...I enjoy vodka with a splash of cranberry w/ lemon. I have no problems with those. Definitely can't eat and drink though. Priorities....I drink 1st. lol...J/K. Every doctor is different. Every patient is different. No need to get panties in a wad. If you want to have a drink, have one. If not, don't. Some people are strictly by the book, then theres us who live on the edge. lol... BTW...I am 9 months post op.

I felt it my my waist up. You wouldn't be able to breathe if it was a leak. I had a hard time breathing because I was filling up with air as well.

I felt like a new person after the 2nd surgery. Before...I cried every night to my husband...that I had ruined my life. Begged him to shoot me one night. Looking back, I would go through it all again to be where I am now.

I had a leak. I was sleeved on 4/9, everytime I ate or drank anything I would vomit. On 5/11, I started having substantial pain i my left shoulder/chest area. I toughed it out the remainder of that day and night. The next morning 5/12 my mother took me to the ER and within 1 hour I was in emergency surgery. The doctor told me if I had waited much longer I could have died. It was the WORST pain I had EVER endured.

I will not be a statistic. I am simply having a "small setback". It is back to the basics for me. What I know works. I was dropping upwards of 6 pounds a week less than 2 months ago. I have a 20 year class reunion in about a year and I WILL BE at my goal weight.

I have actually lost a little more than 70 pounds. I am craving sweets as well. I MUST get back to my boiled egg for breakfast and piece of grilled chicken for lunch and dinner. I WILL I WILL I WILL. I have been through too much and came too far to fall back now. Ladies....WE HAVE GOT THIS. WE CAN OVERCOME THIS lol...

I am 7 months almost 8 months post op. The last 2 weeks, I feel as if I could eat a horse. I have been eating more in the last 2 weeks. I do not know what is going on. I cannot continue like this. It will NOT be good. Has anyone else had this problem?

Ahhhhmazzinnnggggg

I recently had a girls weekend. At one of the bars, I noticed they had small cups (like the ones you buy for your bathroom to rinse your mouth). I asked the bartender to use those cups instead of the larger ones. The large cup just exhausted me to look at it. To know I had THAT MUCH to drink overwhelmed me. I had about 2 1/2 of the small cups. Mostly vodka with a splash of cranberry. I got a little buzz, but not too bad. Definitely could not have eaten and drank all of that. I opted for alcohol instead of food that weekend. lol...I didn't gain any weight and wasn't yacking either, so all in all, I guess I handled it pretty well.

I was a month post op and got pain in my shoulders. I continued my day at work (somehow, not sure how), went home and went straight to bed. I was miserable. Woke up the next morning, went to the ER, within an hour, I was in emergency surgery. I had a perforation. The 2nd surgery was 10x worse than the sleeve. If you have ANY pain that far our, you need to see your surgeon.

My husband tell mes me everyday that I have changed. He is correct, I have changed. I am a happier and healthier person. He cannot handle the attention I attract now. Anytime I mention ANYTHING about a male (mostly coworkers) he accuses me of "wanting" them. Typically, I am just telling him a story of something that happened throughout the day that I thought I could share with him. It can have NOTHING to do withe me personally, but he ALWAYS twists it into "they are trying to hook up with you". My husband has a touch of bipolar as well and has recently stopped his medication. We have been having problems since I was sleeved in April. I have recently rented an apartment and we have decided to take some time apart. I think it will help both of us to be apart right now. I do not want to resent him, or vice versa. I hope you guys can work out the issues you are having as well.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....I did and it urnt a hole in my stomach. I had to have emergency surgery. Almost died. DO NOT TAKE IT! Take Tylenol.

Surgery Date: 4/9/2014 Emergency Surgery Date: 5/12/2014 (Had a hole form) Weight on Surgery Date: 257 Pants Size: 22 Shirt Size: 2X Today: Weight: 195 Pants Size: 14 Shirt Size: L