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Thanks for responding! I do have pain meds and I took a shower yesterday!
I also had my first post-op bowel movement today and that seemed to help a bit! Walking does help but it's been rainy and there's not much space to walk around in my house! Thanks for answering!

Thanks for responding! I do have pain meds and I took a shower yesterday!
I also had my first post-op bowel movement today and that seemed to help a bit! Walking does help but it's been rainy and there's not much space to walk around in my house! Thanks for answering!

Holy moly! You're doing so great!

Surgery went great! I'm feeling pretty good! Drinking is going fine! they did have to straight cath me, though because my body wasn't letting me get any of my fluids out but hopefully that will resolve the issue! Otherwise everybody says I am doing awesome and I can't wait to start the losing process :')

I hate the diet as well!
I'm down 16 pounds and my surgery is May 11th! We got this!

You are a-okay! Mine is in a week and I've cheated 3 times during these Protein shakes! Just make sure if you're going to cheat off it, choose HEALTHY options! You're doing just fine! Don't kick yourself when you're so close!

Hi Lena & welcome!
I had my surgery at the end of September and I am down 96lbs. I have about 50 more to go.
I had gastric bypass and my only regret is that I didn't do it 15 years ago!

I just had mine yesterday! In the hospital, currently. I have 6.

You are a-okay! Mine is in a week and I've cheated 3 times during these Protein shakes! Just make sure if you're going to cheat off it, choose HEALTHY options! You're doing just fine! Don't kick yourself when you're so close!

Good luck fingers crossed for a smooth sailing complication free surgery.

Being 19 years old and diagnosed with hypertension. (I am now 21)

I've had a gallbladder removal surgery so I'm expecting intense pain from gas but otherwise thank you so so so much for your well wishes!!!! I'm glad you're getting to feeling a little better! Yay buddies! I report at 10:30! How is prep going ???? I start in 50 minutes or so! Good luck to you as well! Looking forward to hearing how it went!

Me too with the bypass! Doing prep now and suffering through, lol. Surgery is at 10am tomorrow with 8:45am check in. Best of luck and keep us posted!

Good luck to you! I'm sure you will do fine. I just had my surgery on Tuesday morning and will tell you that Thursday was my day from hell...(my own fault as I expected I would feel a lot better than I did, and thought I would be over the bad pains by Thursday - so it made it all worse) . but after talking to some mentors and becoming a little more accepting of how I was feeling ,it has been going great. I am hoping next week will bring even better days! Keep us posted on how you do =)

You will be surprised just how much your body changes. And it's not like you CANT have pizza! You can have significantly less pizza than before! My sister told me the most surprising thing after getting surgery was the fact that she was full off 3-4 bites of food. Just remember not to overeat and you will do swimmingly well!

I haven't had my bypass yet but I had my gallbladder removed when I was 17 and honestly the gas pain was the worst part about the entire thing. I was also more sore around my midsection because she had to wade through a bunch of muscle that I had accumulated from playing basketball for 8 years! Just walk and keep up on pain meds!

You're going to do fantastic!

My surgery is May 11th! I'm only 21 so I only told my parents and my sister and my immediate boss at work. I did not tell my brother or my sister-in-law either or my grandparents. Maybe when the time comes I will, but right now this is what I feel needs to happen and I'm sure you feel the same! It's your choice who you tell!

Your new life is just beginning! Happy things went well!

Also thinking about you! Mines the 11th! Give details, please! ????

I'm Jenn and my surgery is May 11th!

I started 250
pants 18
shirts XL-XXL
dresses 20-22
Now 147
Pants 4-0
Shirts M-XS
Dresses no idea 12-4 all depends on the dress

Yay!!! So happy for you! You look AMAZING!

Hi everyone! My name is Jenn and I am 21 years old living in Iowa!
I am 6'2" tall and currently 317 pounds.
My highest weight was 335.
Two years ago I was diagnosed with high blood pressure at the age of 21. I knew deep down it was weight related but tried to stay positive. I tried dieting and lost 30 pounds but soon my new hypertension meds made me unable to exercise like I was used to and I gained it all back.
Last year my sister was talking of getting gastric bypass and actually went through with it! She had surgery in February and has dropped more than 70 pounds since then. I wanted to wait and see how she did before I asked about surgery and seeing how she did gave me the courage to call my main doctor and ask for a referral. He gave one and I had my first appointment March 26th with the surgeon and nurse practitioner. Everything went great and after meeting with the health insurance rep I was pleasantly surprised that the only things I needed to do were the psych eval and a nutritionist eval before being able to have surgery! I saw the psychiatrist and nutritionist on April 16th (my birthday). They called a week later and set up my surgery. I'm currently on the Bariatric Advantage Protein shake diet until my surgery and have dropped close to 15 pounds in just about a week! My main goal is to rid myself of this awful hypertension so that I can live a healthier, longer, more beautiful life! I'd love to hear advice and stories and see pictures of progress so I know what to expect ???? the attached picture is me at 320 pounds!