LidiBell

I never dreamed I would say this, but I am dreading the fact that I have to go shopping this weekend. I am so nervous. I do NOT get on the scale. I only weigh when I go to the doctor for my check ups. I have put off shopping except for a couple of shirts here or there, but this weekend I have to do the dreaded.....I have to buy jeans. I have put it off and put it off, but I can't any longer. My jeans I have from pre surgery look horrible. I have lost 40+ pounds and a lot of inches. I was in a size 20/22 before surgery. I am going to start with 18's when I begin trying them on. I have bought 1 pair of 18 capris and they are super baggy now. If I can get in a 16...y'all will hear me screaming from Talladega Alabama. I have worked my butt off so I know if I do get into a 16 if it well deserved. I run/walk everyday...rain or shine and I do strength training as well. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
I hope everyone is doing well and having much success.

I never dreamed I would say this, but I am dreading the fact that I have to go shopping this weekend. I am so nervous. I do NOT get on the scale. I only weigh when I go to the doctor for my check ups. I have put off shopping except for a couple of shirts here or there, but this weekend I have to do the dreaded.....I have to buy jeans. I have put it off and put it off, but I can't any longer. My jeans I have from pre surgery look horrible. I have lost 40+ pounds and a lot of inches. I was in a size 20/22 before surgery. I am going to start with 18's when I begin trying them on. I have bought 1 pair of 18 capris and they are super baggy now. If I can get in a 16...y'all will hear me screaming from Talladega Alabama. I have worked my butt off so I know if I do get into a 16 if it well deserved. I run/walk everyday...rain or shine and I do strength training as well. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
I hope everyone is doing well and having much success.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

Good luck. Walk walk walk after surgery to get rid of the gas.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am 12 weeks post op today (Sleeved 4/9). I had a rough time in the beginning (had to go back in for emergence surgery 5/12), but now I am 100%. Running and walking daily. I have so much energy. Always have to be on the go. I thought I would post a picture of me taken about 2 weeks ago. I am very pleased with the success thus far. Good luck everyone.

I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life.
Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL...
I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck.

I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life.
Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL...
I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck.

I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life.
Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL...
I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck.

I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life.
Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL...
I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck.

I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life.
Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL...
I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck.

Thanks for sharing your story. So many people get the impression that WLS is a walk in the park and are blindsided when it turns out different. I want to officially call "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!" on my doctor who said I should only expect to feel "mild discomfort" after my surgery.

I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life.
Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL...
I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck.

I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life.
Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL...
I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck.

I am now 2 months and 9 days Post Op. It has been a rough road. I had surgery on 4/9. I could not regain ANY of my of energy, could not eat/drink hardly anything.On May 11th I was sitting at work and began to have severe pain in my shoulder. I laid down in my car during lunch and went back to work after lunch....at this point I was in tears to my boss I was in such pain. I finished the day out, went home and went straight to bed. At 5:30 the following morning I called my mom to take me to the ER...(she lives 2 hours away) by the time she got to me and we got to the ER it was around 9:30am....by 11am I was in surgery again. I had a perforation where my esophagus meets my stomach (basically I was filling up with air). It was probably the worst pain I have EVER endured. I wanted to die. Honestly, I thought I was dying. Within a week after surgery I was FINALLY beginning to feel human again. Until this point I regretted the surgery. I felt I had made the worst mistake of my life.
Today...2 months and 9 days later..I am 37 pounds down.. Not sure how many inches I have lost, but I can tell a HUGE difference. I have so much energy. I have never been a go go go person, but that has changed. I want to continuously be on the go.I no longer feel like shooting myself in the head at meal times. I was finally released for exercise last week and let me tell you....my exercise partner is hating me this week, LOL...
I know I am rambling, but I wanted to tell my story incase anyone is having a tough time or having regrets. It WILL get better. I wish everyone the best of luck.

I am 5 weeks out this week. On Monday 5/12 began to experience MAJOR shoulder pain. I went straight to bed after work and could not even get up to use the bathroom. Tuesday 5/13 I went to the ER within 3 hours I was in emergency surgery. There was a perforation (sp?) where my esophagus meets my stomach.
My point is to be very careful. I thought mine was gas as well. Even when I got to the ER I thought they would tell me I needed to pass gas or some other minor fix. I NEVER thought I was be going through surgery again. You know your body better than anyone.
I hope you feel better soon.

That's the Vicodin talking, wait till that wears off
I'm kidding, but seriously, keep moving. I will hurt like heck but it will help you recover that much faster.

I am so glad I came across this post. I am on day 10 and have not been feeling like a million bucks to say the least. I have cried and cried, I think I have actually thought I would be better off dead. I am so weak, so ready to chew food, and so ready to be human. My first couple of days home from the hospital was great. I felt awesome and boy that went down hill FAST! I have questioned myself so many times "why did I do this, will I EVER feel normal again?" This post has made my day a little brighter. I have been sitting here all day wondering how I am going to go back to work in 2 days. Thank you so much for posting.