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Lots of prayers this morning for all of you and your surgeons. Speedy recoveries to all.

Sending up prayers for both you and your surgeon that GOD will bless his hands and you will have no complications and a speedy recovery. Hugs!

Hi all, I have been looking for a way to start shareing my journey. I am scheduled for the sleeve on November 17th. I start my liquid pre-op diet tomorrow. I am nervous and scared. Not about going through the procedure. I am nervous that I won't be successful. over the past 10 years, have been on several diets, worked with 5 different private trainers, tried several different styles of workouts. I work hard, I eat well, but the weight just doesn't come off. After getting injured at crossfit last spring and getting shoulder surgurey, I decided that I needed some extra help. I know a few folks who have been successful with the sleeve. I am just nervous. However, I am excited to start seeing some results. That is always the hard part after 6 months or more of a progam to get on the scale and not see results. It is so discouraging. I won't say that my trainers gave up on me. However, I got tired of that look in their eye, like I wasn't working hard enough.

So, here I go. I am 44, 6'2" and 312 lbs. Any tips on the pre-op diet? I have a feeling, I may be pretty grumpy for a while.

I swear I posted this same thing a couple of days ago. I'm on the 17th also and not particularly worried about the surgery, just about succeeding after failing so many times. I just started my pre-op yesterday and so far I have been able to handle it. My friend who was sleeved in July said jus keep thinking that there is a time limit on this diet. I'm going to take her advice and mark off the days on my calendar one at a time. Prayers up for you and keep us posted.

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Every bit of information we can share with each other is a positive for all.

I'm excited for you too! And sending prayers up for both you and your surgeon. Keep us posted. Your success is ours!

Sweetie you have a handle on this. I was proud for you just reading this post! You are beautiful, but not healthy and you need to be healthy for that little one.

So we are supposed to stay home and not get bargains because we are obese. Why not just extend it to not buying presents for our children and grandchildren. Maybe we should not be allowed to participate in any Holidays or sales events at all. Well I've got NEWS for the author of the Black Friday article. It is not by luck or chance that I live in America and have access to participate in Holidays and sales events or anything else I see fit. My great grandmother (at 16 years old) sailed by herself from Sweden to Galveston and cooked and cleaned in a boarding house for the rest of her life so that she and her future family could live in a country that allows even FAT people to pursue happiness!! Sorry for the rant, but that bit of trash was wrong on so many levels! Nobody is going to make me feel guilty for living in America!!! Ok, I'll put my soapbox away now.

I agree with you about not waiting. Mine is scheduled for November 17th. At least I know I won't gain any weight this holiday season!!

Your body will do what it needs to do when it needs to do. So unless you are having bloody stools or having a lot of pain with it, I would have to assume it's ok to poop. Keep us posted.

P.S. If you have questions or concerns, nothing is TMI on here. LOL

I've heard a lot of veterans on this site say you should go back to the beginning. Protein shakes and liquids then work your way back through pureed, soft mushies and solids just like when you first had the surgery. Thing is, you already know you CAN do it because you've done it before. This time you only have 10 pounds to lose...even if it is the hardest 10 pounds. LOL Good luck and you've come to the right place for support.

Don't know on how long the l pain lasts, but am very glad you came through well. Prayers for a quick recovery!

I think you've got this obesity thing beat! You are doing so well. I am so jealous, but my day is coming soon. Congratulations, Andy!!

Just reading your post helps to inspire me. I am scheduled for November 17th also with Dr. jaime Ponce de leon.

I can't imagine a better birthday present!!! 53 pounds gone. WOW!

Every little bit of insight helps those of us who are soon to be's. Thanks.

I love this site. The fact that we are genuinely soooo proud of each other's accomplishments! You look wonderful girl!

You go right ahead and vent! I know we all read don't worry about the stalls. However, I am sure it is very frustrating when you are doing all you can and the pounds are not falling. That is what got me here in the first place. Hopefully, not being able to binge with the frustration will teach me patience. Take some quiet time out for yourself to think about all you've been through and all you've read on here. Don't give up! Oops, that's right, you can't give up. This thing is permanent! Sending hugs and good vibes your way

Three more hours I will be going back to into surgery. I'm hoping to wake up with getting through the procedure this time with no complications. It was truly disappointing and a set back for me the first time due to low heart rate. My whole focus was thrown off and depressing. I'm asking all buddies to please pray that this time around be successful.

Sending up prayers for your surgeon and you.

That's really an inspiration for me. My eating patterns were just like yours. I do however like a lot of different vegetables, but gotta' have that hunk of cornbread with it. Guess I won't have room for that anymore! Awe I won't have to worry about that for a good while anyway. I'll be working on liquids and Protein. Thanks again for your insight.

My surgery is scheduled for November 17th. Not scared of the surgery, but of failing myself. When I see posts like yours about how your tastes and cravings have changed, it gives me a real boost!! Thanks.

I am addicted to Sautéed Zucchini squash grilled onions or any kind I can sauté in garlic . It's bad I crave it . I guess it could be worse I could be craving the crap food again

Woo Hoo!!! There is hope for me! Now if you will just tell me you were a meat and potatoes and junk food kind of guy you will have made my day. LOL

Tasha,

In my humble opinion, you are sick and prematurely dying. Obesity is a disease which causes other issues that do considerably shorten your life span. I have Diabetes Type II, neuropathy, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and sleep apnea. All due to obesity, and my BMI is 36. However you choose to fight your obesity, whether it is WLS or some other way, you are working to save your own life.

Best wishes for good choices.

Can you just imagine being stuffed on 2 Chick-Fil-A nuggets? So looking forward to that!

I was sleeved on October 22, 2014.

I have made what I think is a very quick recovery.

I came home a day early. This morning I walked six miles. I'm planning to do 6 miles a day for the first three weeks and then get it up to 10 miles a day. Right now I'm doing 2 miles in the morning, 2 mid afternoon and 2 in the evening.

The scale keeps on falling.

Everthing is sugar free.

Should I expect a stall even with the exercise I'm doing everyday?

I'm planning to return to work next week which is very labor intensive, however I'm going to let my employees actually do the heavy lifting and the hard work for once. I'm going to start slow for when I return to work and maybe work from 8am to 11am daily and then take off and try to build up from there. I own the company so its not like I can get fired. LOL.

This surgery has greatly impacted me already and I've also offered to all of my employees who my company insures that since our health plan won't cover sleeving, if they go to Mexico and pay for the air fare to and from, I'll pay for the surgery should anyone on the insurance plan need it... meaning immediate family members. I've told my employees I'll cover a max of $5500.00 for sleeving. I think more employers need to offer this.

It seems like a lot, but in the end, I think it will make my insurance premiums go down.

I wish more employers were like you. You obviously understand that obesity is a serious health risk. I work for a State Agency and our State insurance does not cover any Weight loss treatment. However it will pay several thousand dollars a month for my insulin, Diabetic pills, cholesterol meds, blood pressure medications and neuropathy meds; not to mention doctor visits and a C-PAP machine. I can't begin to estimate how many others could say the same. Can we say a-s-i-n-i-n-e?

Sounds like the East Texas Crud. Have you been traveling??? LOL