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So got a call today from my dr's office saying btw we have had a cancellation and wanted to know if you would like to move your surgery up a week. So I'm having surgery on 11/17 next Tuesday instead of of 11/24. My mood is going between ???????????????????? and ????????

Sleeved yesterday and doing ok. No nausea at all but gas pain was overwhelming. Whew! Only managed one shake today and Water so 25 Protein and 170 calories. Hope I can get more in tomorrow. How are ya'll doing ?
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No, this is your DAY! In caps, because it should be a celebration of all you've gone through to get here. I remember my DAY. I woke up smiling and I don't think I've stopped smiling since.
You've got a brand new wonderful future awaiting you. Go get it! ????

vitamin patches are so much better and don't upset your stomach. They are called patched.com. And now also available from the Bariatric Pal Store
I saw two Drs on a two month check up and took the outside to the visit and they were really impressed by them
They are also cheaper

this made me lmao!

It sure doesn't hurt that Dr. Carlton is easy on the eyes! He performed my egd as well. Congrats on having a hiatal hernia, girl!

The stitch popped today! It was the worst and the best feeling all wrapped up into one! For over 3 weeks I haven't been able to bend, sleep on my side, laugh.....it was actually the only bad part of my recovery. I was walking when it popped. ...like a rubber band kind of snapping, popping feeling. It hurt....took my breath away for just a bit, but then, almost magically all the pain was completely GONE! I can bend again! I can laugh without holding my side. I can shave those scraggly hairs right above my ankle! It's glorious! Just had to share!

chewable Multivitamins stink! So, I thought I was clever when I purchased a bottle of liquid Multivitamin. ...holy moly! I was waaaaaay wrong! I didn't get sick, but I wanted to. The blood rushed to my face and my neck and face got itchy!
I honestly don't want to continue putting things in my mouth that aren't a necessary. ...that's kind of, sort of why I had my surgery in the first place! I ordered the multivitamin transdermal Patches last night and look forward to getting them on Monday. One thing that I don't have to worry about taking that I KNOW is going to make me feel blah!

I do reach my Protein goal, but I do have to do that with shake supplementation. When I met with my NUT last week, we kind of agreed that I'm not able to consume very much volume. dinner time is especially difficult, so I try to have my largest volume at lunch. Can you also share some advice eating over 30 minutes? I had read where someone said to take 3 bites, wait 5 minutes, then repeat. I tried that last night and ended up miserable and walked it off. I chew the best I can, but braces make that part a challenge. By no means am I whining, I love my tool! I have never had the "buyer's remorse " feeling at all. I'm thrilled for this journey and to see what it brings. It's just a new tool that I have to learn the in's and out's of.

Pureed cauliflower is amazing! I have been using it as a replacement for mashed potatoes for over a year....long before my surgery. It is not a starchy veg, so virtually no carbs. You can add plain greek yogurt and parmesan cheese to add Protein to it, plus it will kind of taste like loaded mashed potatoes. Yummy!

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I love, love, love this post!

I love, love, love this post!

I still look back on my "last meal" fondly. My wife made my favorite, hot Breakfast sausage I made from a pig I had butchered, gravy, and scratch made biscuits. Oh, and a fried egg on top of the biscuits, but underneath the gravy.
I could probably eat the sausage gravy now, I always made it lean. But the flour for the gravy would have to be coconut flour. And the biscuits are out of the question entirely. But honestly, I don't miss it. It was a great thing for that time of my life, but it is not something I will need. I have watched my kids eat it right in front of me while I ate a one egg omelette with spinach or ham. I love the appreciation they show my wife for making it and that is good enough for me.
I think that was why it was so special to me. My wife is hispanic and this was something that she never made before me and she only made it because I liked it. It was just another way that she said I love you without words. Now she measures out portions and it has the same feeling to me. She wants me to succeed and that says I love you more than the food ever did.

That is not including pre-op! But my SW was higher than most at 394... So that's probably why. But I am thrilled either way ????

i'm on soft foods as of today! one week of this and then i can eat anything.
i'm down 30.2 lbs since surgery day but i think i'm stalling as i've only lost a few ounces in the last 4-5 days. my energy came back last week. i haven't felt this good in YEARS. i took the kids on a two hour hike, chased them on the sand (which is a WORKOUT), played basketball with them the other night. i don't even feel out of breath and i'm sleeping so well on the nights that i do that.
i'm back to work tonight (i'm a photographer) and i can't wait!

My sleeve and hernia repair were done as out patient. I checked in at 6:30 am and I was home by 3pm. I was blessed with no nausea and my pain was minimal because of a numbing medication that was injected around all the incision sites, which lasted for about 4 days. I was able to sleep without interruption and monitored temperature, hubby kept my med schedule and all was great. No complaints at all.

Today I decided to add Unjury unflavored Protein to Soup. "Add it to 8oz of fluid" the directions say.....I think I will be eating this "cup of soup" for the rest of the day! It's been an hour and a half and I'm not even half way through! Hahahahaha! I share this only because a month ago, this 8oz would have been an enormous bowl with bread on the side! My mind is blown!

Today I decided to add Unjury unflavored Protein to Soup. "Add it to 8oz of fluid" the directions say.....I think I will be eating this "cup of soup" for the rest of the day! It's been an hour and a half and I'm not even half way through! Hahahahaha! I share this only because a month ago, this 8oz would have been an enormous bowl with bread on the side! My mind is blown!

Today I decided to add Unjury unflavored Protein to Soup. "Add it to 8oz of fluid" the directions say.....I think I will be eating this "cup of soup" for the rest of the day! It's been an hour and a half and I'm not even half way through! Hahahahaha! I share this only because a month ago, this 8oz would have been an enormous bowl with bread on the side! My mind is blown!

Okay, then don't be stuck up and shallow?
You've transformed your outside considerably. You are gorgeous. But when I see someone with a shitty personality in a gorgeous package, it automatically makes me look at them as ugly.
Make your inside just as pretty as your outside. Beauty fades, but an awesome person who treats others with respect and dignity is forever

Nicholson is performing my sleeve in the morning! Having the hiatal hernia repair as well. Everything has been very smooth.

I never would have dreamed of showing anyone my weight on a scale. I absolutely dreaded weighing in at the DR's office. As if they cared right?!. Scale numbers are the thing nightmares are made of in my world. I think I was traumatized as a child when they would do "health checkups" at school, everyone would get called to the cafeteria and have to be weighed in front of the people standing behind you. Horrible experience!! Not today folks!! I am thrilled to share my scale experience! My starting weight 10 months ago was a even 267 Lbs on the day of surgery. I am now officially over 100 lbs lost (barely). This process has defiantly been a complete life changing experience. I still have a hard time accepting the numbers, it just doesn't seem real so I weight a good 5x in a row just to make sure I'm not delusional Only 5 more lbs and I will be considered "normal" I have never wanted to be more "normal" in my life From morbidly obese, obese, overweight to normal in 10 tiny months! I would do this surgery 100x again if I had to just to have these moments. I'm incredibly grateful. God is good all the time!!

August 31st sleever too! Everyday has been better and easier to get in fluids, but I can't drink water! Lol! I was a HUGE Water drinker before surgery and now it's kind of "slimy".....weird, right!?! I have been enjoying Vitamin Water Zeroes along with my Premier Protein and broth. I just had creamy Tomato Soup and it was one of the best things I have ever had! I have felt really good throughout the last week and I'm so grateful for it! Glad to find you guys! ????