Jessyeish

Wow!! I never knew how many people commented on this one! I am sorry to be out of touch. The hunger is still there and I am 10 months out. I can definitely eat a lot more than I could in the beginning. Sometimes it scares me how much I can eat. Carbs tend to take up a lot of room in my stomach (rice, bread, pasta) so I try not to eat as much of those so I can focus on Protein. Drinking Water and exercising has been quite helpful for me!! I can exercise I a lot more now since I am so much smaller. It is the only thing that helps, especially, since I felt so HUNGRY at about 1 months until about 8 months. I am 93 lbs down since 4/3/15, which was date of surgery. Dr. Sudan's team at the hospital is marvelous! I had such a great experience there, the nurses are wonderful and everyone is so nice. Every visit I have had to Sudans office post op has been very good, he always says I am right on target! Billing at that office has been a bit of a dilemma, just never pay a bill if you have a question! Make sure to stay on them about it! I have had to, but it might be that I have duke insurance. Good luck with your surgery! You will do awesome! Just remember to ask questions, if you need to. I felt like such a failure because I was hungry all the time. I do not know if it was head hunger or not, somedays are better than others. I now get hungry but not quite like it was. I had this conception that I wouldn't feel this hunger anymore... that I would be like Scarlett O'Hara and never be hungry again! Alas, it was quite different from what I thought! But in reality I find that if I exercise as much as possible, like 4 to 5 times weekly and push the water, I do much better. As for my diet I do a low sugar (by choice, because it sends me on a roller coaster ride of emotions) (low sugar for me is NO white, raw or processed sugar, fruit is okay, very little honey, I try to stay below 5 grams per serving, with natural sugar only), high protein (chicken, fish, Beans, I don't eat red meat or piggies by choice) But I have NO issues with any foods, besides foods that have high fructose corn syrup in them, those will send you to the bathroom with promises of "never again"!! I wish that I had done low sugar from the beginning like 3 months out. I only started that at about 8 months. The low sugar has helped me substantially, emotionally and physically. I think my cravings for for food or that hunger that I felt so much was the sugar wreaking havoc on my body!! I am a sugar addict, I was before and I will always be. Thank you for responding, everyone! It really does feel like I have come so much further than I think some days, because reading through this and how different I feel now. I will update my profile with new pictures too!! Again, good luck! Feel free to contact me on here too if you wish!!

Thank you! I will get on the drinking more Water and exercising!

Hello all! I had my DS surgery at Duke University in Durham NC with Dr. Sudan on 4/3 and am doing really well. Have tolerated mostly everything on my soft diet. I did have to stay in the hospital for 5 days and the 2 week post op liquid diet was rough! I made it through and feel lots of energy and have lost about 40 lbs so far. I had a question. Since everyone's surgery have any of you been hungry? Or what you "think" is hungry? When I met with the psychologist, which was required where I had surgery, she said we would not experience physical hunger for 6 months to a year. I am one month post op and I feel hungry or what I perceive as hunger. I am eating every 3 to 4 hours as I am supposed to. Getting in my 80 to 100 grams of Protein everyday, but I still feel hunger. I am trying to re train my brain that I do not need food all the time to function. This has been challenging for me. What I have mostly identified in my body is that when my stomach is empty I feel the need to eat.... Has anyone else experienced this? Is there anything that has worked for you? Thank you so much! Jessye

Thanks everyone for your support! I am super excited and yes, time will fly I hope!

Hello Everyone! This is my first post in this forum. I decided a couple of months ago to start researching WLS and I went to a talk done by Dr. Sudan at Duke, where I also work. And was interested in getting the DS surgery after the talk. I have done all of my initial visits, Dr. Sudan, Psych, Nutritionist and have been cleared. I still have all of my other testing to get done, Aka, sleep Study, EGD, Blood work, chest X-ray. I am spreading them out over the next 6 months that I have to wait for my insurance company to approve it. When I first learned that I would have to wait 6 months to even be approved, my insurance requires me to be in Weight Watchers for 6 months going once a week to be weighed and exercising 3 times a week. I was very upset that I would be "forced" into another diet, but once I let it go and just decided to submit to what I had to do to get my surgery, I felt much better. I figured if I lose weight before my surgery it will be all the better! Although, going into weight watchers once a week to be weighed like cattle makes me feel anxious, embarrassed and pissed off. But it is just another hurdle to get to my ultimate goal of sustained weight loss! Just saying hi to everyone! I am looking at possibly getting my surgery in April 2015. Whoohoo! I hope everyone has a great day! Jessyeish