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Yay! I am! Fairhope, actually. Feel free to pm or friend me on here!

I haven't seen too many threads on exercise after surgery. I know that nutrition and what you put into your body is a HUGE part of success but I am interested to hear from anyone about their experiences with exercise(s). What sort of exercise do you do (if at all)? How intense can you get? Any weight-lifters? I believe that exercise is going to be a key to my success (surg. date 10/13) and I am looking at what I should expect.

Hi all! This is my first post on the forum. I've never joined any kind of forum before, but you guys seems so lovely and warm and supporting, so I couldn't help myself joining you

I am having my vertical sleeve 9.19.2014, you can imagine how excited I am. I am 216 lbs now, I am hoping to be 140-145. (I'm 29 years old)

I have some questions for you, if you can answer any of them, I would be very very very thankful.


1- I was never slimmer than 180 lbs (except my childhood). Sometimes I believe that goal of 145 is just impossible. What do you think?

2- If you believe that it's possible, (just a wild guess) how long will it take? A year? More then a year? Maybe some of you had your operation close to my weight, so you can compare/guess.

3- Any of you used to drink nutritional shakes like Ensure, Glucerna etc in the first days of your liquid diet phase?

4- What is your opinion about Protein Shakes?

5- This question is for you gals I forgot to record the date of my last couple of periods, so I have no idea when I will have it. I guess I won't be able to use any drugs to delay it. Would it be impossible to deal with a period if it occurs on my surgery date? Any suggestions about it?

6- My last and the most important question. A year or a couple of years later the surgery, do you start struggling with your hunger and appetite again? Like we all do before surgeries?

My worst fear is day by day gaining hunger and appetite again, after a few months...


Thank you all!

APPROVED!!!!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY.... MAKING SURGERY APPOINTMENT TOMORROW.
Had a voicemail on my phone during a hard sweaty exercise. Called the clinic back. They approved me. Less than 48 hours after paperwork was submitted. words can not describe how happy I am. I am thinking that I will be having my surgery on Sept 10.

I'm about an hour away in Fairhope, AL. I have relatives in Vancleave, MS so I go that way regularly. My surgery is September 23rd. Feel free to friend/message me on here and we can keep each other updated. Started my liquid pre-op diet today.

Day THREE post sleeve.
My first day I felt great! Easy-peasy. No nausea, no shoulder gas pains. Next day I was so sore! i finally hit the pain pills but still no nausea. I guess I skipped the gas pains. I have a script for nausea but the anesthesiologist put a patch behind my ear and gave me something extra in the drug mix. I still have the patch on and it seems to doing a great job.
I'm not hungry at all. It's a strange reality. Normally a bag of chips is like a siren to me but there is one on the counter and I haven't even considered it.
One issue I had was a large hiatal hernia--which my doctor was planning to fix. However, it was much larger than he expected so repairs were not made. Waiting for my 2-week post appointment to see what next steps are for that.

Well, I have had my sample package of various multi and Calcium and powders? utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury for some time. I have slowly tried them. So far I like the calcium chews in raspberry caramel and lemon. The chocolate not so much. It tastes like a bad tootsie roll. I like the chewable calcium. In class we sampled cinnamon and I loved it. It tastes like red hots if you like them. I also liked the berry flavored. I did not like the orange. No way. I have not tried the crystals nor the losengers. Lastly, today, I have tried the Unjury vanilla. I am so amazed at how much it tastes like a shake. I mean a real vanilla shake. Others in my class have complained of how thick the Protein Meal Replacements are and how awful they taste. Well for me I have at least found one I really like. I think I would also like the chocolate if the flavors are true to their names. I finally used my ninja blender my kids got me last Christmas. After making the shake, I realize I can do this quite easily with very little effort. At first in the back of my mind I was thinking about the pain I would be in the day after returning home from surgery and could I really get myself up and prepare the different fluids that I will be needing for myself. The answer is yes. I now can stop focusing so much on the pain. I have said all my life how low my pain tolerance is but this time Im all in no matter what. Plus I just love my ninja! Just a cheery note this morning to share. 20 days to my surgery. yeah!

My surgery is set for 9/23. Pre-op diet starts today. However my pre-op diet isn't as brutal as others I've seen. I am in Apollo Beach Florida. 34yr old 5'8 starting weight 307. Need some pals...

I don't have a roller coaster story. I've always loved them but as my weight increased I avoided them all together. Also having those fears that I alone would break the ride.
My story is that one day while volunteering at my daughter's kindergarten class I heard a little boy say to my daughter "your mom is so fat". Now, I could care less about what a five year old has to say, but it was the feeling that I have now embarrassed my daughter and put her in a position to have to defend her mom. She just replied "yes, but she's so beautiful" . My eyes filled with tears and I will never forget that day.

Hi All,
I've been reading this forum for months and decided it was time to join the fun! As the title says I am having WLS tomorrow! It's a new type of surgery called Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty. Two doctors at mayo have developed an endoscopic technique that is basically like a gastric sleeve but it's done endoscopicly with no incision. I am so excited yet nervous at the same time! Prayers would be greatly appreciated!