bluehat

Have any of you ever been treated rudely at a restaurant when trying to order smaller portions?? We went to Red Robin and I tried to order off the kids menu and was told I wasn't allowed to because I'm over twelve, and then I tried to split a plate with my mom instead and the waitress was really rudely side-eyeing us like we were being rude for only ordering the one meal. She was slow and only brought fries for my mom -- which, fine, I don't really need fries, but the meal was a split??? And Red Robin has unlimited fries anyway??? And she made sure we knew the drinks were "at separate cost," like, yeah, we know. Whatever. I mean, nobody else has ever minded me ordering off the kids menu. It made me feel bad, like I was wasting space or something. I haaaate that feeling, it is terrible. /venting

I was sleeved on June 20th, so I just had my three month check-in. I was 360 at the start of my journey, 325 on surgery day, and weighed in at 280 this morning. My dietitian said I'm perfectly average in the weight loss department, so, I am perfectly pleased. I'd been worried I wasn't losing enough, but I'm all inspired to keep going to the gym now. And, you know, avoiding all that Halloween candy... My only issue was that apparently my high blood pressure from pre-surgery disappeared, but I was still taking my blood pressure medicine, and that meant, yeah, low blood pressure, which was making me all tired and headachey. But now -- no more blood pressure meds! Woohoo!

I'm not at 250 yet, just hit 279 on the scale this morning, but I felt like I'd been stuck at 283 forever! But, yeah, I'd definitely say loose clothes is a nicer result than a number on a scale.

I was sleeved June 20th at 325lbs and weighed in at 290 this morning. Two weeks to go until I hit the three month mark! I hope my dietician is happy with me, haha.

So, I'm a little over four weeks post-op and have lost twenty pounds since surgery, fifteen of which was in the first week. I was a little down at not losing anything for three weeks straight... but I measured my waist on impulse this morning and I'm two inches less than a month ago!? I don't even know if that's normal, but I'm rather pleased with it. Just felt like sharing the happy today.

Insurance paid for the whole shebang for me, so I never saw an itemized list or anything, but at the pre-class, the estimated number they were telling people was $26,000, and that was with the discount for self-payers, I believe. I wouldn't be surprised if it was $40,000-something for insurance. They had me stay in the hospital for three days and the doctor came by to check up on me each day, along with like six different nurses about thirty times a day. It was never-ending (especially when I had those leg things on and couldn't get up on my own when I needed to use the bathroom), so I'm sure they got a pretty penny for it. But, I mean, if the insurance company is willing to pay them... I'd never have been able to afford it self-pay though.

Hey, so I'm a little more than two weeks out and just started the blended/soft solids portion of my post-op diet. I've found that my stomach feels uncomfortable (full and a little nauseous) after eating nearly every time. I mean, I just eat a tiny bit -- like, a couple bites of tuna or mashed potatoes or casserole, and I make sure the food is well-mixed and smooth and then chew really well before swallowing, but my stomach protests nearly every meal. Is this normal? Am I just getting full? Is it just going to be a bit uncomfortable to eat from now on? I'm allowed to eat up to 3 oz. at a time, but I start feeling sick before I manage that much... I never used to feel sick upon getting full, so it's really weird.

I don't know if its the vegetables or whatever, but I had really bad breath at the hospital -- despite brushing my teeth -- but it got better when I got home, and I *did* start drinking tomato soup and V8 vegetable juice as my main "meals".

I'm 4 days post-op Gastric Sleeve, and have gone home. I'm having this weird fluttery skip-and-hop sensation just below my breast-bone at seemingly random, though maybe more just after drinking water (sipping from a bottle). It almost feels like internal hiccups. When it happens, I almost can't breathe for a half-second -- think hiccups -- before it calms down. It's rather painful in the way that coughing is painful on the more-sensitive side of my stomach. Is this normal? I'm thinking it might be some sort of gas issue, but am also worried because the sensation is so close to my heart/lungs. I'm allowed to be paranoid four days after life-altering surgery, right? But I don't want to be ridiculous and call up my doctor on a Saturday over something as silly as hiccups. In other news, anybody have a recommendation for how to get a cuddly cat to leave your tummy alone? She's used to sitting in my lap and is very disgruntled that I keep shoving her off when she hops up looking for love and petting.

I'm two days out. I managed to drink 4oz of water an hour in the hospital, so long as I wasn't sleeping. However, due to my sleepiness, nausea, and the three hour car ride home earlier today, I haven't been really keeping track since we left. I'm guessing maybe 20oz today... I'll have to start tracking it tomorrow morning again. Supposed to get double that. I will say though -- I thought 2oz of tomato soup was never going to be enough, but it took me nearly an hour to get it all down! I'm kind of worried about how I'm going to keep up eating/drinking as much as they want me to.

I'm at home! No more nausea, really. I think it was the pain meds that were making me feel that way in the hospital. The problem now is that my belly hurts like hell every time I go to move around. /sigh How long did everyone have fairly significant pain after the procedure? Surely it doesn't last two whole weeks?

This is my third day in the hospital. First day was surgery, apparently everything went well. I didn't need a catheter or a drain or anything else. However, on the second day, threw up various pain medicines all day long. They finally just took me off the pain meds because I feel better without them. (I felt so terrible, I was genuinely regretting my decision to have surgery for a few hours there. Nausea is the woooorst.) It's the third day now, I just woke up from a fairly deep sleep -- slept a solid nine hours, I think. That's good, right? My stomach still hurts, and I'm still nauseous, but feel better than yesterday for sure. My doctor is going to visit, and I want to ask if I can get a picture with him before my discharge... wish I could get a picture with the whole team. Anyway, I have officially joined the post-op ranks!! Nice to meet all of you. Edit: It's still the second day. I slept like an hour, not nine hours. I thought it was 7am not 7pm. /cries

I like to window shop, but I am way too afraid of jinxing myself to actually buy anything smaller than my current size.

I just did the math and I've lost exactly 8% so far... surgery is in a week. Cool! But I'm jealous they checked your liver before surgery -- they didn't do that with me. It's just an automatic six-to-two week pre-op diet for everybody that they work with, depending on BMI. I'm really curious what my liver looks like, and if it's gone down in size at all since starting my pre-op diet three weeks ago. All that being said, I didn't have a supervised diet though my insurance did require I lose 5% within a specific time frame (and keep it off until surgery day). I'm not having any terrible problems with the pre-op diet now though. I have cheated a few times, but I've only had a couple of those little cups of sugar-free pudding and some beef jerky. My biggest problem is drinking all the shakes they want us to have on top of all the water we're supposed to get. It's a lot of liquid and makes me feel nauseous.

Haha, I bought a $30 one from Wal-Mart, and it always tells me I'm about five pounds heavier than what the scale at the doctor's office says. I actually like it -- when I go to see my doctor, surprise, I'm a little less than I thought. It's nice. But, yeah, nude vs. leggings/t-shirt vs. jeans/sweater can make the scale read completely different numbers. I've also noticed that I weight about five pounds less in the morning than I do in the evening, even when I haven't had anything other than a few protein shakes during the day. Bodies are weird. Still, 19 pounds is a big difference -- maybe it's faulty? Try taking it back and getting a new one. You can try it out in the store before taking it home to see if it works better.