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Good luck to all 6 of the people scheduled for surgery tomorrow. I hope to hear that everything went well with all of you as soon as you are all able to update!

I can totally relate!! Same exact fears- to a T!! My surgery is July 23 and I’m terrified lately. Getting sick is so horrifying to me!! I know tend to eat badly when I’m lonely or bored. Obviously need that to change!!

I’m June 15th with Dr. Alvarez has in Piedras Negras, MX. I start my pre-op on the 10th. I’ve got the same emotions going on I’m so ready though.
Stats: 5’6 SW:200 GW:130

Mine is June 5th also. Clear Liquids tomorrow

Mine is June 5th (2 days left). I am doing my first clear liquid pre-op diet today. I am drinking Premier Protein for now, but I just ordered GENEPRO Protein Shakes too, as I heard that PP can get nauseating post-op from research. Good luck everyone!

Potential June sleever here! Submitted to insurance and hoping for a date the week of the 25th. Surgeon's office thinks it's possible.

I, too, have been cooking for my husband and kids. Some nights I could eat my helpings plus theirs!!! But I’m too chicken sh*t to risk complicating the surgery so I’ve powered through and you can too!!! It will give you a new meaning to the words ‘will power’ that’s for sure! I’m scheduled for June 6th. Good luck to you!

Mine is scheduled for June 28 in Tijuana, Mexico with Dr. Ponce. I’m going by myself. I’m scared, nervous, excited, a whole slew of emotions going on. Any June sleevers being sleeved in Mexico?

So far this is day 6 on my liquid diet, it’s getting a little easier, I’m trying to keep myself busy with work, tv, movies, and talking with friends, I think the smell of food is the worst for me!!

Today is my last day of regular food. Surgery prep starts tomorrow. So nervous but so excited! I had my surgery preop on Thursday. I am all ready to go. Good luck to everyone! I started a vlog to really help me process my emotions. If you are interested in watching , let me know. I have four videos up and my preop appointment recap coming soon.

Mine VSG surgery was May 16. I am down 28 Lbs. I did Paleo Protein (Egg White Protein)108 Cal/25g Protein. Been back on it after surgery.

Good good luck Monday June 4th! Please update us when your surgery is complete, we will all c3lebrate with. you!😛

Tomorrow is my date. Can’t wait! Taking my before pics in the morning to use as my base and my continued motivation to stay on plan.

Tomorrow is my date. Can’t wait! Taking my before pics in the morning to use as my base and my continued motivation to stay on plan.

I’m so excited for tomorrow!! One more sleep and then I’ll be on the other side. Im nervous and having doubts/concerns, but thanks to this forum I know that’s normal. This group has been a font of knowledge and support. I’m looking forward to us continuing to support each other as we all walk (and maybe jog one day) to all of our goals.

I have a cruise booked for 13 August. I’m planning on avoiding the buffet and eating at the restaurant instead. On my last cruise I gained 1kg using this strategy. This time around I plan on doing the morning yoga too.
I.m thinking of packing my scales to keep me on track, do you think this is a good idea?

I too am a yo yo dieter. Losing x amount of weight only to regain it and then some. My reason for WLS was for my health since I had many co morbidities. I lost 60lbs and my diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea and other diseases are gone or are very manageable. I recently went on a vacation at a place I go to often. Around my hotel is a place that makes a particular pastry which I can only get there. Day one I bought one just to savor it, eat it and put it behind me. Unfortunately, I ate one each and every day that I was on vacation. My rationalization was, I can't get these at home and I'm on vacation so I am allowed to eat them. I was wrong, I knew I was wrong but I did not stop myself from eating them.
Upon my return I sought a therapist who specializes in abnormal behaviors.(I couldn't find one that specializes in bariatric patients) I soon realized that I have a problem with food. I am a compulsive eater and WLS alone would not cure me. My therapist also suggested that I join Overeaters Anonymous (OA) I have a great sponsor who speaks to me each day and I go to meetings which gives me support. For me, WLS was only a jump start to weight loss. If I did nothing else I would have gained back the weight over time because as SillyKity said "It will not fix your head."
I am really beginning to see that the WLS was only the beginning of my getting healthier it wasn't the end. I have a lot more work ahead of me and I'm glad that I realized that I had a problem and there are avenues to help me correct or at least work around it. I've learned a lot about myself and why I have the relationship I do with food. I still need to find out more though. Please don't think that WLS will solve all of your weight related problems, it looks as if you might need to look for a support system to help you succeed. Good luck and remember you are not alone.

I hope everyone that commented see's this. Thank you all so much for making me feel better. You all gave great advice.

I really love this group, it's one of the few places where i feel safe to discuss my journey and all the stuff that comes along with it. Thank you all, you're awesome! [emoji847][emoji847][emoji847]

So i was sleeved in december of 2016, and i'm very very private about my journey. (For all kinds of reasons i want credit for all the work i'm putting in and i just don't want negativity or judgement around me.)
But i'm in multiple groups online because i genuinely like helping other people through their journey.
So a former friend found me in one of those groups and outed me, and now i'm humiliated. I'm not at all ashamed of my surgery, but i just feel like it's my business to tell and she's honestly the last person i would ever trust anyway. (She's known for doing horrible a*****e-ish things lol)
So now what do i do? How did you handle that if someone has ever done that to you?
I'm honestly trying to just get over it, but it's easier said than done.

I’m just posting this in case anyone searches this thread and is looking for info. I had my sleeve done 5/15 and I was using a cup. BAAAADDDDD IDEA. When they inserted a catheter (which I was told they wouldn’t during the operation), it pushed the cup up further than its ever been before. It was a nightmare to get out. They had to remove the catheter earlier than they wanted to, and I spent at least an hour trying to dig the thing out, because it was lodged and going on 18 hours in there. That is zero fun post op . My recommendation - ask for pads and do NOT use a cup.

That’s exactly it! And it’s still friggin happening! Good lord! I’m going to call tomorrow to see if they have and suggestions but I’m definitely not canceling. I’m sure this has happened before and they’ll know what to do. I’m not ridiculously crampy anymore, but I definitely want to let them know that this is most likely still going to be going on. [emoji849] Stupid lady stuff! [emoji23]


HW: 311
CW: 257
SW: We’ll see on May 10!
First goal weight: 191 lbs
Second goal weight: 159 lbs
Goal weight: 142 lbs

5’6” 34 yo female in NC

When I was Keto (which you likely are with that kind of Protein intake), my cycle was HEAVY. Like murder scene every day for 8 days heavy. It’s something about estrogen being released and giving you the bad period. I hope it stops for you before surgery day!

I am almost 2 weeks post OP. I have been following the liquid diet but I haven had many carbs. I have been running a fever of 99 to 102 and have to take tylenol every 4 hrs. I am exhausted and feel awful. My surgeon told me to increase my fluids and that would help with the fever. I ended up in the ER a few days ago and was told nothing was wrong with the surgery but i do have a urinary tract infection. Should i be adding more carbs for energy

Had an appointment at my weight loss clinic today for my 30'ish day check up and decided to post an update. This is a summary of the past 30 days and will include....
THE GOOD, THE BAD, and THE UGLY..... wahhha..wah. wha.. wha (okay as close as I think the good, the bad, and the ugly theme would sound like in print)
The Good: I have lost 40lbs post op (I weighed in at 271 lbs, my surgery weight was 311) I do not include my total weight weight loss from start of the program, just from the surgery date (I weighed 329 at my heaviest).
I am getting my energy back, slowly, but I feel it coming back. I am able to go to the gym and use the treadmills with my wife and son, walk farther, go up stairs without feeling my hips and knees grind, and I can mow the lawn and do yard work again.
This next one may sound silly, but to me it meant a lot. I was able to take a bath. Normally for the past several years I have showered daily, but there have been days I would have loved a good hot bath to just soak for a bit. For years I was afraid of lowering myself and slipping and falling, and even the last time I did take a bath I displaced so much Water into the run off drain it was basically just me laying in about 2 gallons of water. Our tub is a normal size garden tub. I was surprised to not only be able to bathe but actually see space between me and the edge of the tub.
My family has been very supportive. My kids think it's great i am looking out for my health, and my wife...well some days she is like a Marine Drill Instructor while going over my food choices and if I took my Vitamins or not.
I may need to buy some new clothes soon. I normally wear XXXL T-shirts and XXL pants but have noticed my shirts hanging on me a lot lower. Before I did not have to tuck them in because my gut would hold them out like a circus tent, now I feel like I am wearing a mini skirt with the shirt bottom hanging so low. My friends and family say they can see the weight loss but I think a lot of us have body dysmorphia and just can't see any improvement, so all i have to go on is my clothing feeling loose an dthe fact I don't have to turn sideways in supermarket aisles to let others pass.
I do not feel hunger. Do I think of food I can't or shouldn't eat? Hell yes I do!, but it's more like food memories of what i used to eat for comfort, and I know that's what they are. Not feeling hunger is a double edged sword because I do have to remind myself to eat and it is very easy for me to go an entire day and realize I have not eaten anything.
THE BAD: This is where I confess all the things I should not have done, but did anyway, and the consequences.
The first, I have to come clean to upfront. I was a smoker for 30 years before I quit for the surgery. I felt I had quit the habit for good by the time of my surgery but during a stressful time I stupidly bought a pack of cigarettes and spent the next 4 days smoking that pack. (Now I can hear the boo's and hisses coming through the internet and the comments of "But you had quit! why did you start again stupid!"). I am not going to explain it or give any excuses or ask for any forgiveness except from my wife. Here we come to the main reason I mention this at all. I developed the worst case of GERD's, acid reflux, heartburn, etc I have ever had. I am still trying to clear it up. Stupidly I kept asking myself what was causing it. The food I was eating was the same, my liquid intake was normal, what could it possibly be I would ponder as I took another drag off of my cigarette. Yes I am a slow learner (Just ask my wife) but the correlation to smoking and immediately afterwards having a severe GERDS flare up finally dawned on me. What chantix could not do, severe burning hellfire in my esophagus was able to do. I put the smokes down for good.
I have experimented with some foods I probably should not have. I figured I eat chicken salad and softened chicken...I should be able to eat a chicken nugget right? I do not know if it was the breading, that fat it was cooked in or what, but I was throwing up (Dry heaving really) for about 20 minutes. There have been other experiments, and I do forsee more as my food choices increase. I do not go out and try to eat a double cheeseburger in one setting, but I may tear a piece of meat off the side and nibble on it (and then dry heave for 20 minutes, make a mental note not to do that again and foolishly go and find something else I shouldn't eat and nibble on a bit of it) I did mention I am a slow learner right?
During a phase of nausea I had my wife go out and get me a bottle of diet ginger beer. This is non alcoholic and is basically ginger ale except 10 times stronger in the amount of ginger in it. I opened the bottle, poured a shot glass worth and let it sit for an hour until most of the carbonation had worn off. Drank it and it did really settle my stomach. We since that worked a week later after working in the yard I got a can of ice cold soda..yes plain old sweetened soda. First mistake is I gulped it (I go more into liquids below), second mistake I did not allow the fizz to dissipate, third mistake well was drinking the damn thing at all. This time I threw up for real..kinda..just the soda coming right back up and even up and out my nose. sigh....Now I know you may not have heard this...but I am a slow learner
THE UGLY: This is where I mention things that are kinda sucking that I actually did not cause to myself. At least i think so..maybe.
Drinking, no not booze (not yet as least) I mean just normal drinking of water, fluids, etc. Before surgery I used to love to just guzzle a soda, or water, or even the first cup of coffee of the day. (Aha! I can all ready hear you all out there wagging your fingers saying "sip, sip, sip") Well as many of you post ops know, that doesn't quite work for many of us now. Even an ice cold glass of almond milk can be an enemy if I drink to fast. The other issue I have is not drinking with meals, or before, or after etc. It is an ingrained habit that I will admit I am still struggling with (easy fix is just not having liquids around me during meal times).
Hypoglycemic events. I have had two and they scared the bejeesus out of me. I don't know if it was from lack of food, from eating/drinking something I shouldn't have or what but as soon as I start sweating and shaking, feeling sleepy and weak i check my blood sugar and normally I run 100 and to see it down in the 60's or 70's is scary.
and as promised really shameless before and after pics.....not for the weak of heart

Smoked for 2 months regularly. Have my last appointment with the surgeon coming up on May 29th with some lab work that I know I’ll be having but unsure what it’ll be. I’m guessing there’s going to be a nicotine/continine test. Quit cold turkey on the 20th. What do you guys think are my chances of it being negative?? I’m starting to freak out a lot and I don’t want to screw up this opportunity that’s such a big deal. Any opinions??