OhHeyMarina

@@mamasasuperhero sure!!!

Yea I'm the same as all of you, I do still order off the normal menu most of the time and take the left overs home, but there is this one place by me that me and my family love but they are just so extremely expensive that I don't wanna pay $40 anymore for a dish that now I can't finish, so I use the card there to order off the kids menu haha because they aren't very nice when I just ask so I do gotta use the card there to get them to let me, so I do think the card is great for certain situations and I've talked to about 5 people whose team didn't give them a card! So I was curious who has one and who doesn't and how often you actually use it

I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

I'm in the Orlando area and my surgery is December 16th! would love to find other sleeves in my area for support especially with my surgery being in a month the nerves are finally kicking it

That is so great! I sent you all invites to the group if you would like to join, so many people have told me they wanted to join but every time I go to the group it still says I'm the only member lol and some one told me when they accept the invite it told them they couldn't join so if anyone accepts it and it doesn't work could you please let me know, idk why it wouldn't let the other person join i sent them an invite and made the group open its not even invite only so anyone have any guesses on that? thanks

I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

I'm in the Orlando area and my surgery is December 16th! would love to find other sleeves in my area for support especially with my surgery being in a month the nerves are finally kicking it

I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

This post kinda has me laughing because it shows how every bariatric surgeon does and says a bit of different things, like my bariatric team does call our sleeve our new "pouch" and does say to NEVER drink soda or any carbonated beverages again or it will stretch. So I think thats why we all think one way to another, not to say anyone is wrong, but maybe we all should just realize that when people write a post there is a good chance they are saying what they were taught by their surgeon and honestly should probably follow that, so just keep that in mind if you were taught different and wanna correct someone, thats all I think its great to hear peoples experiences with things like this, because I honestly could not imagine never being able to have sparkling Water which i actually love, so I'm happy to hear that people been drinking carbonated beverages just fine, like my mom is 15 years out from surgery and drinks soda and maintained her weight all these years, but my friends dad had it drinks soda all the time and his weight aint so good 5 years out, so everyones advice is great! just keep in mind everyone will react different to things! what works for someone might not work for you! either listen to what your surgeon says or take your own risk and see what happens may work for you may not but much respects to the vets who are trying so hard to help all us newbies!

I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

Thank you everyone!! Everything went great!! I was the first one of the day yesterday at 7:30am! I only needed 4 incision instead of the normal 5-7, not really sure why I'll ask doctor when I see him today but it could be because maybe I shrunk my liver to a great size nurse said he wrote in his notes I was one of the easiest and fastest surgerys he ever done, I was only in there for 30 minutes!! And I've had no gas pain just one incision hurt and it hurts in my chest when I swallow liquid because it's still tight, but that's about it. I keep doing laps around the floor since 3 hours after my surgery yesterday and everything I actually just got done doing 8 laps now and it's 5 in the morning by me lol it is going way better than I ever thought I hope you all get as lucky, cause I know I really am!!! I'm swelled up about twice my size lol but I think my incisions look great!
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@@jtraub12 no problem!!! yes the ricotta bake is a classic puree stage food I was told so had to make it! lol its one of those great things thats already soft and doesn't need to be pureed so it doesn't go from being a solid to mush which makes me nauseous looking at lol

if you like spicy a can of chicken, 1 tbsp mozzarella, 2 tbsp ranch dressing, 1 tsp buffalo sauce and a little salt and pepper, then puree it all, makes a buffalo chicken puree, also the famous ricotta bake, 8 oz of ricotta, 1/2 cup of grated parmesan, 1 large egg, a bit of garlic powder and italian seasoning, 1/2 cup marinara sauce, and 1/2 cup mozzarella. mix ricotta, parm, egg and seasonings, put in an oven dish, pour marinara on top, and top with the mozzarella bake at 450 for 20-25 minutes, it taste like lasagna without the noodles, both these dishes make a tone of servings and are delicious! also baked Beans with guacamole and taco seasoning, a puree turkey meatball, sugar free applesauce, mushy eggs, canned tuna and light mayo, grits, oatmeal, salmon, white fish

I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

Thank you everyone!! Everything went great!! I was the first one of the day yesterday at 7:30am! I only needed 4 incision instead of the normal 5-7, not really sure why I'll ask doctor when I see him today but it could be because maybe I shrunk my liver to a great size nurse said he wrote in his notes I was one of the easiest and fastest surgerys he ever done, I was only in there for 30 minutes!! And I've had no gas pain just one incision hurt and it hurts in my chest when I swallow liquid because it's still tight, but that's about it. I keep doing laps around the floor since 3 hours after my surgery yesterday and everything I actually just got done doing 8 laps now and it's 5 in the morning by me lol it is going way better than I ever thought I hope you all get as lucky, cause I know I really am!!! I'm swelled up about twice my size lol but I think my incisions look great!
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Sorry for the last post had a hectic morning! But depending on where you are at I either hope your surgery went great or is going to go great! good luck!
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I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

I sent you an invite! please invite others you know in December, or pass the group name around so people find out about it:)

I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

Good luck!
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if you don't see your name and date here please tell me!

I made a group called "December 2016 Sleevers!" I would love for everyone who has a surgery date in December to join! lets be a great support system for each other and go on this journey to a better us with great friends. Share our success and failures along the way, cheer each other on, wether you already have support from your family and friends or from nobody at all like I've unfortunately seen from some, lets make sure we definitely have each other to lean on! btw they say you normally gain weight around the holidays, are we crazy?! haha

Every who has had surgery already, how are you feeling?! How was your experience? And to everyone waiting for their surgeries, are you excited?! Hows pre op going? I'm assuming most have started by now and if not are you dreading starting like I was?! haha, i have 2 more sleeps till my surgery and I'm so ready for it to be over with!!!!

God Bless
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