Miss Thinner

GOOD LUCK LADIES!!!!!! Very exciting! You'll both love it!!! It's truly the BEST! I feel amazing and healthy and looking nice too (so they tell me). Couldn't be happier....

Mine is the 25th also..super excited. Good luck with yours and have a great Valentines get away!

I was down another 3 lbs at my visit today, for a total loss of 19 lbs since my first visit with the surgeon on Nov. 17. She wants me to get my BMI under 50 for the surgery, but she says she's confident that I can do it.
Hubby and I are sneaking off to Vegas for Valentine's Day weekend. I plan to be fairly good and continuing to avoid bread and Pasta and focus on lean Proteins, but I will be having adult beverages and not skipping dessert. As long as I stick to the plan before and after, I should be good. I will have 9 days of preop diet after the trip. Her preop diet is less than 30g carbs, at least 70g Protein, and fats in moderation. Clear liquids the day before the surgery.
She uses the Da Vinci robot. The plan is for outpatient surgery with 23 hours of observation, so I will be spending the night but it's technically outpatient.
I reacted badly to a pain medication after my last round of lithotripsy, but I don't rememeber what it is. I have a call in to my urologist to find out. I know I'm allergic to codeine, so finding a pain med could be tricky. I know I've taken hydrocodone a few times and I am hoping that it's not the one I reacted to.
So excited!

It's totally normal to feel like that. I just had my surgery done on the 13th of this month. I had your same thoughts and doubts but I read a lot of people's testimonials and their journey and I have yet to come across someone that regrets it and they are all able to eat out(just smaller portions of course). It's only been two weeks but I feel great, I've lost that anxiety to eat. I haven't regretted it yet. Good luck!!

My husband and I eat out together at least twice every single weekend. We did this even when I was still on liquids only.
Restaurants are very accommodating, I ordered a chicken type Soup and asked for the broth only.
Now I order whatever looks good and is mostly Protein.

Define normal. Is it "normal" to be morbidly obese? Is it normal to worry about whether you fit in a chair? On a plane ride? Is it normal not be able to go into a department store and shop for clothing? Only you define what's normal for you your life and people redefine their lives all the time.

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HI there, I will give you my honest opinion being that I am 3 weeks out of surgery. Everything you felt I did and then some.
First, I went with the surgery because of your very same reasons. Health issues. No doubt about it. This is not to become a diva, a fashionista, an Olympic athlete. This is to get off the "feeling like shit" wagon.
Pre surgery jitters? _ I sure did. I was doing so well on the pre-op diet I said, I can do this myself. WRONG. I still went with the surgery because I knew deep down inside I am not disciplined that way. The only reason why I did so well on the preop diet is because of fear of contaminating myself for surgery or any other life threatening thing that may happen. Yes I cheated too. I even looked up how long it takes for digestion (2 hrs) so I know when I can cheat. (chicken Soup never tasted so good).
Normal life? - You will have a normal life once you get over the hump of healing. Which healing alone is 6-8 weeks, meaning you will eat like a chipmunk. I hear at 6 mths it starts getting better and at a full year, you will be able to eat a kid's portion meal and get full. (It will be up to you if you cheat, eat more and stretch it)
Going out to dinner? It will be a struggle the first 6-8 weeks, no lie. On my8th day I went to Boston Market and got chicken soup. I was only able to put down 2 ounces of broth down. I had to take the rest home. Yes, it was embarrassing, and frustrating. But shit happens. Your esophagus is the size of a pencil because of swelling. So figure putting food down at the width of a pencil. Your taste buds will change after surgery. At first it will be a radical change. (But it gets better after a while). You will feel like a pregnant woman not liking anything and things that smelled good to you will stink. (It did for me anyway)
You will be able to eat enough Protein with time, but at first they rather you concentrate on hydration if anything. The hair loss thing, I hear it comes like 4 mths after and it is temporary. Some shedding nothing dramatic. Heck we lose 100 hairs a day normally. When I stress, I can grab handful of hairs from my head in the shower. So that will be nothing new. Doesn't matter how many Vitamins or Protein, it will happen from what I have read in the forums. (I am not there yet)
Wrong foods? Your stomach will be so small at first that you will WANT something nutritional, and not crap. Because one noodle can fill you up. lol during your 6-8 weeks of internal healing you will know what your stomach can handle or not. It is your very own little newborn to nurse. You will go through a testing period of food. You will nibble here and there and see what you like or not like. Common sense will be to stick to protein first always.
Enjoyment of food- Yes you will be able to enjoy food eventually after you heal and learn your quantity. Instead of having an entire wrap sandwich you will eat half. (You will have lots of leftovers!)
Think of it like this, you will eat the portion that should be given to a child. It is nutritional and satisfactory with no gluttony whatsoever.
Now, ask yourself. Do you want to be happy with food and fat forever? Do you want to diet on your own and fail eventually and start all over? Or do you want the surgery to help you have self control and live a happy energetic life without focusing on food as the main event?

I was very surprise to see that number. It's over 28 yrs that I don't look at scale and see 198. Wow!

February 25 I started my pre op diet a couple of weeks early just to get a jump start. Emotions are crazy from one day to the next but I see others on here that go through the same so that makes me feel better.

I did it! Everything went well. I'm in some pain, but it's being well managed and I'm relatively comfortable. Water goes down slowly and I had to have a catheter for my first pee( ouch! ). But overall doing well. The future is bright.
Not only am I going to be healthy, but while here got good news regarding acceptance into a school to learn winemaking and viticulture. I've been working hard to improve many parts of my life, and I'm starting to see it pay off.
Anyway, for those that are worried, it's not anything we can't hanfle.

eeek Stuff just got real. I Scheduled my surgery date with Dr. Ortiz (A Lighter Me) for Feb. 25th, bought airline tickets and paid my deposit on surgery date. Im super excited but a little nervy.

eeek Stuff just got real. I Scheduled my surgery date with Dr. Ortiz (A Lighter Me) for Feb. 25th, bought airline tickets and paid my deposit on surgery date. Im super excited but a little nervy.

Congratulations!! That is awesome

eeek Stuff just got real. I Scheduled my surgery date with Dr. Ortiz (A Lighter Me) for Feb. 25th, bought airline tickets and paid my deposit on surgery date. Im super excited but a little nervy.

I was the day before you December 2nd...and today was my second dr's appt...he said am doing great and its reflected in my clothes...get some Vitamin B12 it does help with your energy.... i started taking B12 last week and it does help...keep u the good work!!!!....sleevers!!!

Hello everyone. I had my gastric slevectomy on Dec 3. I was very gung-ho about the possibility of having this awesome opportunity until I went to the orientation. I came home and cried. I was NOT having this done. It was more than what I was ready for. I mean come on, no more tacos??? Well I have a great supporting family and they reminded me of the reason I wanted it in the first place. I did have the surgery and I can't say that it has been easy, by far not easy. But everyday gets a bit easier and I see remarkable changes in my weight. I started at 280 lbs and today at 214. I have to say one thing... I still have very little energy even though I am working and when I can exercise. I'm working on that as much as I can. Just a thought.....I can buy a new small size swim suit for summer!!!!