Large2Ncharge

Check with your dr to see what is the best fit for you I'm on multi , D, B1 and B12s Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

Thank you so much love. I will have to try the ice pack technique. How are you feeling? I'll be praying for you! ❤️ Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Doing better. The ice packs are a constant comfort. Hope all is well with you! Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

Gasx and Codine are my new best friends. I also put a wrapped ice pack on my main incision...much better. We all will heal differently...and I'm sending positive thoughts your way. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

I took off my nail polish as instructed. A nurse commented on me having nice nails Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

Oh yes..and I am sipping. I think the surgeon put a mini T. rex in my stomach before she sewed me up. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

This is my second day post-op. Thanks for all the kind msgs and positivity . Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

I'm glad it is something that was caught before it turned into something worse. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

Just let them know it is a public calendar for anyone on MBP, and that it is separate. You are doing a good job. GOod luck on your upcoming date @OhHeyMarina

Any Sleever for December 2016. I'm not sure everyone understands the diff between the forums and the groups. If they list their MBP username, I shoot the group's link to them and let them know that they can access the group via a laptop/desktop computer. I understand, I was just asking cause you posted that in a fourm that was posted to the group lol so i just wanted people to understand the calendar I did and that i post on people surgery day to show them support was strictly for group members so that it can be a private group support type thing because there way to many people in December haha I'm getting so many private messages asking why they aren't part of it, so thats why i asked lolThere is a ton of sub groups out there and lots of active folks. A couple of facebook groups have also sprouted up. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

Glad you are up and walking. Sending positive thoughts your way. Hang in there!

As I set up my Youtube and other social media to document my sleever process, I'm on the look out for others who are/have done the same. If you are a Sleeve blogger, vlogger, instagramer, tweeter, youtuber etc.....leave a note on how I (and others) can follow you. Thanks! My info: Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/large2ncharge/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/large2ncharge/ Youtube: https://goo.gl/iyCvmd Facebook: https://goo.gl/bqvq34 My Blog:http://large2ncharge.blogspot.com/ CC

I'm in Texas as well. went to my presurgery last week and still haven't gotten a hospital total yet.No word from my anesthetic dr either. My surgery is next week. My actual surgeon is collecting her full cost tomorrow. I have Aetna and I'm required to pay my surgeon $5000 plus a co-pay of about $1000 more. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

Dec 15th here. ???? Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

I started a pound less than where you are now and I'm down. To 380. My surgery is next week.... if I can do it, then you definitely can too. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

There is a December sleevers group under "groups " and you can access that if you are on a laptop or desktop computer. Also, you can find a sleeve buddy that shares your December surgery date: It's free! Anyone here can post on it and view it so you can find an "accountabilaBuddy" or surgery twin. You don't need to create an account to post. Just use the URL to go to the calendar: https://teamup.com/ks5074f51794efefeb *****Make sure you are looking at December 2016 and not November Click on your date Under Title: Put your MyBariatricPal user name Under Who: Put your actual name or name you pref your friends to call you Under Where: Put your location Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

Sending positive thoughts your way. Congrats on your new life ! Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

I really hadn't told anyone except my supervisor at work (and I only told her that I was having some surgery for a health related issue). If I need supportive people, I can find them here, in this community of folks who knows exactly what I am going through. They've said it best...your life, your business....tell or not tell anyone you want. We will be here to support your decision.

Any Sleever for December 2016. I'm not sure everyone understands the diff between the forums and the groups. If they list their MBP username, I shoot the group's link to them and let them know that they can access the group via a laptop/desktop computer.

I cleaned up the Team Calendar, and it appears that out of the dates that the December sleevers have shared, December 21st is the most popular. Anyone who hasn't posted are free to share and find a buddy: https://teamup.com/ks5074f51794efefeb Click on your date Under Title: Put your MyBariatricPal user name Under Who: Put your actual name or name you pref your friends to call you Under Where: Put your location

I was given specific instruction from my surgeon: Protein 80 g/day low Carbs less than 50 grams/day no sugar (5 grams limit/meal) and low fat less than 30 grams/day I'm not sure that applies during all the different stages. I was told that nutrition goals are going to be revisited during follow up appmts.

Are you having any particular troubles?

There is a December 2016 Sleevers group in the forum already up and running: http://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/1221-december-2016-sleevers/ Would be great to see all the new faces there. Also have a team calendar where you can post your date and find an "Accountabila-buddy" It's free! Anyone here can post on it and view it so you can find an "accountabilaBuddy" or surgery twin. You don't need to create an account to post. Just use the URL to go to the calendar: https://teamup.com/ks5074f51794efefeb *****Make sure you are looking at December 2016 and not November Click on your date Under Title: Put your MyBariatricPal user name Under Who: Put your actual name or name you pref your friends to call you Under Where: Put your location Looking forward to connecting, CC

I'm going in to clean it up today:) We will almost be surgery twins.

If you are the cook, then you can influence what is eaten in the house. Earlier someone said that they learned to eat what was provided to them (as a child). What better way to introduce your family to a gradual change than by bringing in new dishes that are healthier than what they have previously had. Do you go to a support group? My support group welcomes family members so they can have intimate insight to what the surgery means and what support is required. Sending positive thoughts and prayers that things get better for you.... you deserve it. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

The way it was explained to me is that Water doesn't sit for too too long in you new stomach, but it does sit like anything else. You would get full off the liquid and not desire to eat your nutrients. I was also told that water would help move food from the stomach into your intestines without a lengthy digestion stage in the stomach. I'm not a dr, so I just took the bariatric nurse's word on his, since I had the same question as you did. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App