Lynn Cannon

You go girl !

That is so great. I agree must be nuts looking in the mirror and wondering who the heck is looking back at you ???

You look absolutely amazing!! Do you mind sharing was size of clothes you started out at and where you are now?

It does get better. Drink all your protein shakes and rest. I took Tylenol for the headaches.

So true that the health risks we are facing are very scary. I was very nervous of being put under and I shared that with the Anesthesiologist. He had the nurse hold my hand and kept talking to me and he let me hold the facemask and I went to sleep very peacefully.Good luck ???

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Way to go! Day one. It is tough but really try to stick to it. Pre op is so important. You want your liver as healthy as possible plus you will get a good start on your weight loss. Get lots of rest and keep focused on why you are doing this. Keep reading encouraging stories of success and check out pictures of before and after. You can do this!!! I am 2 months post op and down 33 lbs. Feels so good ?

What an encouragement you are. I honestly can’t imagine, way to go!

I wonder if you might be grazing with your food. Only allow 20 min to eat your meal. Your snack if necessary shouldn’t be less than 2 hrs. Allow 30 min after your meal to start on your fluids and sip sip. Remember your shake counts as fluid and milk as well. If you wait 4 hrs between meals (no longer) you can work on the fluids. Good luck ??

You are an inspiration. We CAN do this people!!!

You are an inspiration to me. Looking fabulous!!

Love your post sleeved36 and is so real. I am 5 weeks post op and have lost 31 lbs (including preop). We are heading towards way smaller portions of the food we love on occasion not all the time .

Certainly more painful than a normal blood test - not a party.

For me it was lots of diarrhea - yuk

No jeans for sure. I wore yoga pants after that I cuts two slits in so they were comfy and not pressing on my stomach. Best of luck!

Sleeved Aug 23/18. Interesting about the food funerals. Even though I did them I’ve come to realize that I will be able to have a piece of pizza again just not the whole thing ????????! I think it will be wonderful when I can just have one piece and be satisfied. Really be good on the pre-op, very important. Best of luck ?

Sounds good -thanks!!

Where do you buy them Matt? I’m in Canada.

We ARE bloody marvelous ?

Now that’s funny ??????

We all have done the food funerals. I did mine right up until I had to start the prep diet. I gained too - might have been the large cheese with extra cheese pizza I had!!!! It will come off. Be dedicated to the prep diet, very important to get you in the best shape for your surgery. No more tears, you ARE doing this and not alone.

Hi there. Don’t know the answer about whether a Diabetic loses weight slower or not. I am Type 2. Had my surgery 08/23/18. My numbers went crazy prior and after my gastric sleeve, up to 13! They had to give me insulin. They said it could have been stress on my body. Including prop I have lost about 28 lbs. Just got my A1C checked and it’s 6.8. Doc is leaving me on 500mg Metformin and will reassess in 3 months and see where my A1C is. You’ve done the right thing and it WILL improve. Remember although we may not have to take medication we will always have the label of being Diabetic. You must reveal this for any travel insurance.

I’m so sorry you are going through this. It’s dreadful. Just want you to know your “team” is behind you and praying this gets sorted. Hang in there and keep fighting.

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You are such an encouragement to us newbies!!!