shellyd88

I don't talk about it unless someone asks then I say I had surgery and if they want to know more ok I'll answer any questions I feel I made this decision for myself I don't need any approval from anyone whoever doesn't agree well they don't have to get sleeved or bypassed etc everyone who knows me though knows that I don't give a shit what your opinion is about my health and that I'd say so to their face if they tried saying anything like that to me or about anyone else and anyone who thinks it's the so called easy way out they should try following the guidelines we have to do wonder how long they will last eating only a few bites of food at each meal ?

I was very weak and tired from a couple days after surgery for about 5 weeks could barely shower I started to force myself to get up walk around and do something anything if even for a few mins at a time once I started to be able to get fluids in in the amounts recommended I started to feel better I work on my feet all day I was so nervous cuz I didn't think I'd be able to do it I was lucky that I had a two week period where I was uh shall we say without a boss so I could go at a slower pace for a bit and work back up to my normal level which helped a lot

I feel for ya I quit in 2008 I got sleeved in February of this year and they won't operate if u smoke so I'm grateful I did it before cuz with this process being so stressful not sure I could have done it at the same time well without needing bail money anyway kidding... Sort of ... Anyway I found I needed to keep my mind off of it so I tried to find things to do with my hands sewing etc anything u like to do that keeps your mind off of it and your hands busy as time goes on and u stop having cravings and break the habit of reaching for it it will get better

Great news !!! Congrats

Hi glad something is helping it's really a struggle to get everything in at first and it can seem like it will never improve but I promise u it does the discomfort u feel may be swelling which just takes time to go away I know I had trouble swallowing for a while had to do very tiny sips went through a lot of things trying to find stuff I could tolerate took me a while to get able to work back up to sugar free drinks that I liked prior to surgery everything tasted awful even water eventually it got better I was allowed to use baby apple juice watered down and v8 juice for a bit until things got better jello broth Popsicles I too felt like I wanted to eat after about ten days which surprised me and at first I lost so much (30 lbs in two weeks )weight really fast that my surgeon took me off liquids and put me on cream soups cottage cheese cream of rice cereal scramble eggs after only one week it scared me a bit but everything stabilized so things will improve every day every week etc

Ok breathe calm down. .... are u supposed to be having these goods in these amounts? What has your dr or dietician told u to do ? Were you given a list of allowed goods and amounts for each stage? With a timeline or sample of what your day should look like nutrition wise for the stage your at follow whatever instructions u were given by your team with soft liquid type foods u may not feel full so be careful and speak to your medical team good luck

It does get better the first few days can be rough wishing u the best and hope u start feeling better soon warm drinks and broth really helped me those first few weeks

I had these issues as well initially I was told I would be contacted re this that or the other test well that didn't happen I had to call and call and call these surgeon groups tend to deal with a select set of testing facility's psych Drs etc and u have to wait several weeks minimum to get an appt then u have to get all your records faxed to the surgeon then u hear no we don't have it we never got it meanwhile the dr u requested it from swears they sent it it's a shit show of pass the buck finally I took a day off went to each individual dr office got my copy's of records to hospital to get test results to sleep clinic etc etc and walked them up the the surgeons office myself just so the bullshit would stop I started my process in June of 2014 didn't get surgery until February 24 2015 so I know your frustration

At mine they did a weigh in blood pressure temp blood work urine test chest X-ray talked to several diff ppl I will tell u allow for more time than they say I ended up being there for 5 hours u go to one area for this u wait on to another area for something else and u wait etc etc

If you have done your research on the surgery the surgeon and the facility and u are comfortable with it all do it if u want to no one can understand if they haven't been through this they don't have to live with being overweight and all that comes with it if u don't have health issues now that's wonderful however that could change and sometimes health issues aren't reversible even if u lose weight sometimes when the damage is done your stuck with it so ultimately you have to decide if others opinion or judgements are going to keep you from doing what u feel u need to do for yourself keep in mind you don't have to justify or explain this personal decision to anyone

Good luck hope all goes well and u have a great recovery

Chuckles at inner surfer girl this happened to me as well with the shaving I take Coumadin due to Afib but was off that and given shots for a week and while in hospital of heparin I was bruised so badly like I had been beaten and as I said I also nearly butchered myself shaving legs try using an electric shaver if u have one or can buy one

Hi yes I'm sorry I guess I must not have been clear I have had my sleeve in late February it turned out someone on the staff put incorrect info In my file as far meds I told them it was wrong and they could call my pharmacy and check that I had the right RX and blood test me so it turned out ok thank god cuz I was sure at my limit with patience and had no good humor left by then after months of tests and delays and u send records over and they deny relieving them etc was just a long process and very stressful I sure hope others have easier times

I got through it it wasn't fun and really aggravating at times but I wanted to do this so I had to suck it up and get thru it no choice really I hope I didn't discourage you

It can't be your friend anymore when u start losing weight u won't want that friend as much u will realize it's not a good friend if u have Hobbys involve yourself in that more take up a new challenge take classes clean closets walk your dog work out go to places locally u never visited volunteer keep busy if u can boredom tends to invite mindless eating and don't keep trigger foods in the house

Oh wow can I relate after months of a special diet a million appts and tests etc etc finally I was approved for surgery and then told I'd have to wait ten weeks as the surgeon was going on vacation lol I screamed I was like for ten freakin weeks? now I know why this procedure costs so much clearly I need to go to medical school .... after my meltdown I got on the schedule and calmed the hell down that day I can tell u I wished I still smoked then the day of my surgery came finally I get there for all the crap you gotta do and the surgeon comes in three hours later after I had been there since 530 am and said there was a mistake and my surgery wasn't going to happen that day honey I was like well prepare for an autopsy ... Yours... Omg I was freakin pissed turns out the staff entered incorrect info into my file it was like a shit show from beginning to end with one thing and another during this whole process I started to wonder if they just screw with you because they can

I guess it just seems so small compared to how it was at first I'm most nervous about seeing the dr and getting criticized for not losing more they tend to be very critical there they said I should lose 25 to 30 lbs a month that's not really happening so kind of feeling a lot of pressure and anxiety

exactly you kind of need to be your own main cheerleader it's funny how people who had cut me out stopped inviting me etc are now suddenly interested in my life again it makes me sick to think that now that I'm losing weight I'm suddenly an acceptable and worthy person? that's ok though I don't forget how people treated me I say thank you etc and I keep walking I wasn't good enough before now I can't make room for those kinds of people in my life

I started having hair loss at about 3 weeks post op I'm 4 months post op now and the loss has been massive I had extremely thick naturally curly hair that grew like a weed the 13 th I went to get my hair done cut and color didn't need a cut more than half my hair has fallen out I wake up to hair all over the bed brushing hair ends up with wads of hair in brush same in shower I can barely make a puny ponytail used to be I could barely get the elastic tie around the hair I'd stretch them out after a couple weeks and have to use new ones constantly it's getting scary I'm eating everything I'm allowed can only manage a few bites per meal drinking fluids like crazy taking all vitamins I was told to take and to add insult to injury my weight loss has slowed a lot last three weeks is about three lbs a week before was at least 6 lbs a week I'm down about 90 lbs since surgery in late February having an appt at bariatric July 10 my first since my post op appt I'm worried I'm going to get told I'm not losing enough which is just going to bring me major anxiety which I don't need on top of the hair loss the one thing I didn't hate about myself when I was fat uhh ok still fat but now losing the one nice feature I had so depressing.....

I agree people do feel so free to make comments last week I was told by my bosses mother that she was glad I lost weight because I'm too pretty to be so fat .... a woman I've met three times in a dozen years I was like ohhh k I kept quiet out of respect for her age almost 90 but felt very insulted none the less I almost asked her if she had thought I was ugly it would be ok to stay fat?

Yes I have pb2 was recommended to me by the NUT at my surgeons office it's ok I find it tasteless and it does pretty much the same thing as the reg stuff I think it has artificial sweetener in it which absolutely hates my stomach pre surgery and post surgery I don't eat much peanut butter anyway so I guess I just won't be having it at all I liked the sugar free pudding jello and crystal light but cannot tolerate any of it I get very sick if I eat any of that sighs.....

Mine was the same one page of a few questions asking about general feeling of mental state do u feel hopeless worthless are wanting to hurt yourself and a brief chat with the shrink and at the end was told I'd be approved oh she asked the reason why I wanted the surgery and what my expectations were etc I was just honest mom had diabetes and died as a result of not being willing to change habits etc and that I knew it wasn't going to be a miracle that I'd have to comply with the right foods and some excercise etc the whole thing was maybe 30 mins I sat there for two hours waiting while they had overbooked patients all for the same time and what can u say if u get pissed or leave u get denied

Good luck everyone I'm a couple days away from being 4 months post op hope you all have a a quick recovery first few days will be a bit uncomfortable but it passes and was tolerable

A few sips won't hurt you on special occasions however u won't be able to eat and drink at same time especially carbonated drinks and pls don't try this until u are at least three months post op trust me when u have had the limit u will know the tummy will over rule you in a big way lol and u won't want anymore

@@anaxila everyone is being so politically correct these days perhaps they are uncomfortable acknowledging what can for many be a touchy subject and don't want to make work relationships awkward with bringing it up or putting a focus on you that they feel u might not want or setting off gossips? I know I myself would only privately say anything not in front of anyone else do as to not embarass someone in case they don't want to publicly discuss it I'd be embarrassed if I caused someone to be embarrassed or humiliated by gossip mongers by bringing unwanted attention to something