Jbramwell

I will be six weeks post sleeve on Tuesday. I think the food situation is worse now then it was two weeks ago. I get hungry, plan my meal, try to get it down, eat a small amount and then get nausea. For some reason I am getting just full of gas or air. One bite too many makes me feel sooooo full. The only things that sit well are mashed potatoes with the packaged country gravy. Canned peaches in juice sit well. We have smoothie King in our area and they have a child size with Protein, electrolytes and extra Vitamins which is the only thing I can eat with no discomfort. Don't get me wrong I would not change a thing and all is wonderful until it is time to eat. Who would have thought, before surgery I could eat anything and much much more than I needed. I guess this whole eating thing is trial and error. 32 lbs down since surgery Life Is Good!

I will be six weeks post sleeve on Tuesday. I think the food situation is worse now then it was two weeks ago. I get hungry, plan my meal, try to get it down, eat a small amount and then get nausea. For some reason I am getting just full of gas or air. One bite too many makes me feel sooooo full. The only things that sit well are mashed potatoes with the packaged country gravy. Canned peaches in juice sit well. We have smoothie King in our area and they have a child size with Protein, electrolytes and extra Vitamins which is the only thing I can eat with no discomfort. Don't get me wrong I would not change a thing and all is wonderful until it is time to eat. Who would have thought, before surgery I could eat anything and much much more than I needed. I guess this whole eating thing is trial and error. 32 lbs down since surgery Life Is Good!

I will be six weeks post sleeve on Tuesday. I think the food situation is worse now then it was two weeks ago. I get hungry, plan my meal, try to get it down, eat a small amount and then get nausea. For some reason I am getting just full of gas or air. One bite too many makes me feel sooooo full. The only things that sit well are mashed potatoes with the packaged country gravy. Canned peaches in juice sit well. We have smoothie King in our area and they have a child size with Protein, electrolytes and extra Vitamins which is the only thing I can eat with no discomfort. Don't get me wrong I would not change a thing and all is wonderful until it is time to eat. Who would have thought, before surgery I could eat anything and much much more than I needed. I guess this whole eating thing is trial and error. 32 lbs down since surgery Life Is Good!

@, Hi . I am so glad I found this forum about Keesler. I have tricare standard and the local surgeons do not accept Tricare. Are you Standard too and Keesler accepted you? That is what I am wondering. even though I do not recieve care at Keesler, since there is not an option in the community, would they take me on? Also, how long was your wait? Were you confident in the staff and their years of experience? How is your recovery?

I just had my surgery On Tuesday, October 14

Incisions healing well. Will be two weeks tomorrow. Sometimes I have to remind myself I have really done this. Down 20. Feel hungry but after a small amount I am happy.

And congrats on the loss. I'm down 11 as well according to my personal tracking. Will get the doctor's official assessment tomorrow :-)

to much my incisions itch so badly go to my frist follow up
tomorrow to see how much I lost so far, a lot of mode changes but I just hanging in there good luck to all on this
journey

Hello sleevers! I was sleeved on September 30th also and I'm doing very well. I'm not sure how much I have lost because I don't have a scale but I know I feel like I have lost. I got upset bcuz my monthly came and I didn't wanna gain. I don't know. I go back to the doctor on Wednesday so we will see!

I was sleeved on 9/30/14. Feeling good. Some pain in my shoulder and pain when I eat. Dr says that will go away. Can't believe I finally did it.

I had mine September 30th!

Hi all! Checking in. I love reading everyone's updates ! I'm 10 weeks post op & down 55 pounds. Couldn't be happier.
I am struggling to find low-cal creative ways to get my Protein in, beyond chicken, fish, & Greek yogurt. Lol.
Happy thanksgiving all!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I can eat just about everything, although haven't tried steak yet. I'm at 12 weeks tomorrow and also was in a stall for a few weeks there, but am now down 50 lbs as of yesterday! So happy:) A long way to go but I feel good. I am no where near getting in enough fluids and if I can bump it up I know that will help the weight loss.

Hi everyone,, I am total of 41 pounds down. It's been about 10 weeks. I'm finally in onederland.

I've been pretty hungry the last couple of days. Today I've been feeling like its hard to focus on things and I hope to be starting full liquids soon. I still have pain In the right side of my stomach and I don't know why. I have a doctors apt on the 10th. I have problems drinking Water or anything I don't know why but it's very unappealing to me. I hope to recover fully and can't wait to start my new life. I've lost 35 pounds since the beginning of my liquid diet!

I doing good! Just a little pain! Not bad! I had expected the worst, but it wasn't bad at all!

I can not believe I will be sleeved tomorrow !!!!! I'm not sure how I'm feeling. Just praying that all goes well. Best wishes for everyone who is getting sleeved tomorrow & in the up coming months...

That's what I was thinking too. I'm still on liquids so not sure what more I can add yet. I can add some stuff on Tuesday though. Thanks!

10/28,Start myweek liquid pre-Op on the 13th. Excited and a little nervous about the liquid pre Op.

Hi. I am doing well too. Not keeping track (better do that) of fluids but feel I am doing pretty well. Taking in as much as I can possibly get in. As long as I pee I think all is good. Keep sending my husband to the store to get different flavors of what I can have. sleeping is hard I took 1/2 dose of pain med last night and that really helped. Been just recovering plan to see what I can do tomorrow. My Mom is coming Tuesday and I haven't told her about the surgery. So glad to hear from you. Please keep in touch.

Hello, I am so sorry to hear you were not able to have it done the first time! That must have been hard waking up and hearing it was not done! I cant imagine that! I was asked by my dr to lose 20 lbs so I was 408 and I am 386 now I have 3 more lbs to lose and I have my surgery set for Sept 17th
I have been on a modified liquid diet for 2 months and I am ready to get this done...I will be an all liquid diet starting on Wednesday for 7 days prior to my surgery. I think that is sure to lose the 3 lbs with that but just in case, I am also working out like crazy.
best of luck to you and I will be here as soon as I am able to wake up from surgery lol

I have struggled with who to tell and who not to tell (I was sleeved on 8/13). I decided to tell the co-workers immediately around my work area . . . just in case something happened, or I needed their support in some way. They've all (4) been very supportive. I told 2 trusted friends who have been supportive. I didn't tell anyone else figuring it was my business. Now that I've lost 49 lbs, it is starting to "show" and it is interesting how people are responding. I wear a FitBit, so I decided to just tell people that I was eating healthy and exercising. One person in the grocery store just refused to believe me and said "no, really . . . tell me the truth, what are you REALLY doing". Between that comment and the fact that I could do without the judgment of people watching my weight loss closely and critiquing what I eat, I've decided to keep the news to myself.

Does anyone know how to create a group? I'd like to have one with oct people!!!