ShhhhDontTell

You are looking GREAT!! I love the pictures!

it creeps me out too! lol just feeling that thing is freaky. But I can see mine. Mainly when I lay down. maybe it is just me knowing it is there?? LOL

I can see mine sticking out some. I had my surgery on 10/5. I am just wondering if I need to lose more weight before it is hidden, or if it will always be sticking out. It is flat but you can see the raised section under my skin where it is. Just curious.

There were 2 times i had an odd feeling. 1 time I ate the smallest I mean the size of a big pill but I chewed it up good but it was a bagel. I felt like I had a lump stuck. Then I had scrambled eggs & I think I just ate a bit more even though I was full. But that time I just felt like I ate to much I did not have that lump feeling. When I went to the docs for my 1st follow up I told him about the first feeling & that I was hungry. He told me to try 1 meal of blenderized and to see if that helps & if it does I can keep doing 1 meal of it or move to 2 etc... he said if it is a day or 2 before the next stage it is ok to skip forward if I am feeling well. So I am on blenderized but, last night I ate tuna and I did not put it through the blender, I chewed it very well & I felt fine. It was actually the best I have felt. I felt like I actually ate a meal. It is hard with my daughter & hubby eating pizza right next to me. I can not punish them & make them eat what I am. They do basicly eat healthy, but still seeing them eat a chicken breast & veggies it is hard. So that tuna was like a dream! I am a few days away from the next stage as the soft foods so I think I was fine with the tuna. I go back on the 5th for my 1st adjustment. I know I will need it because I love thanksgiving & that will be rough. I have not told anyone I got this done. I figured it is none of anyones business that I work with. Just my hubby daughter & 3 of my best freinds. The rest of my family does not know, that is a whole story in itself, if ya want the details I will spill them LOL but I will not bore you with those details. That is why I was surfing the net looking for support & found this forum. I am so happy to have found it. Thank you for the reply.

I lived in Maple Shade until 1977. My hubby grew up there & did not move out until we got married. :eek:

Hi... I live in Medford... I went to Penn Hosp with Dr Kirkland. He is a great doc! I would refer anyone to him. He listens to you. As I have read in here some docs are making people wait for their 1st adjustment. Dr. Kirkland wants you to be sucsessful & does not want you to have the hungry feeling at all. So me having my surgery on 10/5 he is ajusting me on 11/5, then again before Christmas. I feel like I need an adjustment as I am starting to get hungry. Good luck in your search. Check out Dr Kirkland. Google him and you will see he is a great doctor.

good luck with the surgery!

I am starting to get hungry now. It is also tough because I have a husband that can eat anything & a daughter that takes after him. They are eating pizza etc. I know it is probably mental but WOW I smell it & go crazy. I am eating scrambled eggs while they induldge on all of the junk that got me where I "was". I had lost 12 pounds on my 2 week visit. I go back on 11/5 for a fill & maybe 1 more before thanksgiving depending on how I am feeling. If I am feeling ok then I get one before the holidays. I feel like I am not loosing anymore & I am afraid to eat. I have only eaten 2 meals the last few days because I do not want to gain. I am hungry but afraid to gain weight. I only have my husband & daughter for support & I feel like I am going crazy because they can eat anything. I feel totally alone. I am so glad I found this site, I hope I can get some support here, I feel like I need it badly. How is everyone else dealing with everyone around them eating what they want? Is it driving you as crazy as it is driving me crazy? Any tips?