Virginia B.

I had my sleeve done on 11/18/2019.  It's been a trying time this month but the dietitian says I am doing great, even with the stress level I have been under.  My husband, who has been on hospice since September, passed away on the 1st of December.  It has been a whirlwind of activity since then with the funeral planning and getting through the funeral itself.  In the meantime, I have completely cleaned the house and threw a lot of stuff away, gave a lot of the groceries that I can no longer eat at this time to my cousin who really needed the help, bagged my husbands clothes and donated them to a local church thrift store, and gave his niece and 2 nephews items that I knew he wanted them to have.  Although I have a gym membership, I am waiting until after the holidays to go back to my workouts (I am trying to get over a head cold at this time).  My weight loss is starting to slow down a little but it is still moving in the right direction and should pick up again once I can get back to the gym.  I can still only eat between 2-3 ounces at a time and I found that food I liked prior to surgery either makes me nauseous or gives me really bad heartburn.  The dietitian says I can begin trying some new foods to see what I can tolerate, especially vegetables.  Hopefully I can expand my diet to more than just soft foods.