Sheribear68

Okay well I’m so sorry that you ever felt like “trash”.
Hopefully now that the decision has been made, you can make some strides in the way you look at yourself.
All of us deserve to look and feel like the best versions of ourselves that we can and this is a GREAT tool to help achieve that.
Do you have a surgery date yet?

I completely understand that feeling. I’m less than 2 weeks out and down 22 pounds from surgery and 37 from my starting weight.
Even that much has made such a significant difference

I was sleeved on 2/6. Down 23 pounds so far

Maybe this is a wrong place to post this but I am thinking of getting myself a Motivational t-shirt or sweater. It shall say " I no,longer fear the word . ."Impossible"for it contains I'm Possible within it!" Think THAT is a fine thought!😝📦😝

Mine was 2 events that happened within a couple weeks of each other.
Back in 2009 I was diagnosed at the age of 40 with TNBC, which is automatically a stage 3 and is mandatory chemo.
After a year of chemo and radiation (guess who actually managed to GAIN 40 pounds while on a year of chemo-yup, this girl) I decided that I was never again going to get cancer.
I fought so dang hard for my life and knowing that the #1 risk factor for cancer is obesity, I vowed to lose weight. And I did.
I spent the following 3 years running 10-15 miles/week, going to the gym, hiring a personal trainer, and religiously logging food and eating under 1600 calories/day.
I lost 40 pounds in those 3 years.
Then I got laid off of my job, had a a death in the family and loads of stress. Regained the 40 pounds in under 8 months.
Fast-forward to January 2018.
I went in for a mammogram and I had several enlarged lymph nodes, so my oncologist was convinced I had lymphoma.
Also in January we had a family girls trip to universal Orlando and I fully had to sit out of half the rides because I couldn’t fit.
Okay so I didn’t have lymphoma, but that scare along with the family trip convinced me something had to give.
I still took many months talking to health care professionals and doing my homework and making sure I was truly ready to make this leap, but on 2/6 this year I was sleeved.
Since then, I’m down 20 pounds. And down 35 overall from when I started.
HW: 259
SW: 244
CW: 223
GW: 150
Height is 5’6.5

Thanks for the awesome stories guys! This is going to be quite the inspirational thread. Having a great “why” makes any “how” bearable

Thanks for the awesome stories guys! This is going to be quite the inspirational thread. Having a great “why” makes any “how” bearable

Congratulations - ur an amazing survivor !!i know u will get where u need to be , and most importantly happy and healthy !

This is my suspicion as well.
I also used to suffer GERD all the time so I wonder if this is the acid now without the reflux.
All I know is it causes horrible pain/spasming in my diaphragm area and it’s noticeably worse at night.
Keeping my fingers crossed that when I’m back to semi-solid foods this will improve.

Hello all, I’ve got a question about calorie goals in the first 2 weeks post surgery.
I was given a calendar and it says I’m to be on all liquids for the first 2 weeks and that I need to make sure I get in 3 Proteins, but that’s really all the guidelines I have.

To be honest, I’m lucky if I get in 2 proteins a day (who can actually consume 6 oz in one sitting) and I’m worried that I might sabotage future weight loss if I don’t get in enough right now.

I logged my calories for the past 2 days (was sleeved on 2-6) and I’ve consumed 330 calories.
That’s for BOTH days. 😱😱😱

Anyone else in the same boat?

Absolutely. It was just kinda freaking me out that so much is falling so fast.
Okay, so this might go on for another week and then a stall will hit? In the meantime I’m going to compile a list of non-scale victories to help measure progress so when the first stall hits I’m as ready as I can be for it

I am 5 days post-op and experiencing the same.
My digestive tract is NOISY. I always suffered acid reflux before, but this is like the acid release with no reflux. I’m not due for my 2 week follow up til next week and I’m going to bring it up with my Doc.
Usually some crampy-epigastric pain follows the worst of the growling, but I’ve taken acid reducers and they don’t seem to affect the noise.
I also take 40mg pantoprazole once daily. 🤷‍♀️

I'm right where you are. Surgery was on the 4th, i'm getting about 60 ounces of fluid and then the 3 shakes a day. I'm ready to eat something though other than liquids!