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So I am day 3 - post op and experiencing many of the same hurdles so many have posted that had surgery before me... but instead of focusing on those hurdles, I thought it would be nice to lighten the mood a little and see how people will respond to the following prompt:
What is or was your goal outfit?
I think (well... strike that - I know) that I am a little weird in that I don’t have a goal outfit in mind. I thought that I would pick one out before I went in for the big event, but the more I thought about it, it just felt strange to pick out and purchase smaller clothing and honestly I didn’t want the side glances from other people in the store when I purchased a dress that didn’t fall into the three T’s: Tent, Tablecloth, Tapestry. So instead, I decided that my goal outfit will be a kayak. A true kayak - not one of the open ones. When I can get in and out and paddle an entire day without falling dead of exhaustion and perhaps catch a couple fish - - -I will call it GOAL!!!
How about you? What is or was your goal outfit?

So I am day 3 - post op and experiencing many of the same hurdles so many have posted that had surgery before me... but instead of focusing on those hurdles, I thought it would be nice to lighten the mood a little and see how people will respond to the following prompt:
What is or was your goal outfit?
I think (well... strike that - I know) that I am a little weird in that I don’t have a goal outfit in mind. I thought that I would pick one out before I went in for the big event, but the more I thought about it, it just felt strange to pick out and purchase smaller clothing and honestly I didn’t want the side glances from other people in the store when I purchased a dress that didn’t fall into the three T’s: Tent, Tablecloth, Tapestry. So instead, I decided that my goal outfit will be a kayak. A true kayak - not one of the open ones. When I can get in and out and paddle an entire day without falling dead of exhaustion and perhaps catch a couple fish - - -I will call it GOAL!!!
How about you? What is or was your goal outfit?

I also have thyroid issues...currently on synthroid and liothyronine. The little amount of weight I have lost thus far has been hard fought and so, I have been wondering how this will play into weight loss after surgery. I think @Deb9386 might be on to something with the meds...(Good luck with the endno doc - crossing my fingers for you!) Hopefully we can all find that fine line of what amounts we need to take. It has been a long battle trying to get that number correct...I have a feeling it may continue to be one. But, the great news is that your doctor actually has agreed you have a thyroid issue. Most don't even bother testing for it.
Good Luck everyone. I will make sure to post my results as I go along....

Hi @Castrad01 - I wait an hour typically because I used to have a morning coffee and unfortunately just sips will cause interference with synthroid effectiveness. I am no longer drinking coffee (to ward off the side effects before surgery), but I have also have heard that you have to wait at least an hour before eating as well.
With waiting the 4 hours after taking your thyroid meds - you have enough time to get all your vitamins/supplements in during the day?

Hi @Castrad01 - I wait an hour typically because I used to have a morning coffee and unfortunately just sips will cause interference with synthroid effectiveness. I am no longer drinking coffee (to ward off the side effects before surgery), but I have also have heard that you have to wait at least an hour before eating as well.
With waiting the 4 hours after taking your thyroid meds - you have enough time to get all your vitamins/supplements in during the day?

Absolutely surreal to be posting this as I have read so many of these threads! I didn’t think the day would ever come! Excited and petrified. My date is 2/22/21!!
Any February 2021 bypassers out there? I would love to connect and share prep plans and how things go after surgery.

Absolutely surreal to be posting this as I have read so many of these threads! I didn’t think the day would ever come! Excited and petrified. My date is 2/22/21!!
Any February 2021 bypassers out there? I would love to connect and share prep plans and how things go after surgery.

Absolutely surreal to be posting this as I have read so many of these threads! I didn’t think the day would ever come! Excited and petrified. My date is 2/22/21!!
Any February 2021 bypassers out there? I would love to connect and share prep plans and how things go after surgery.

Absolutely surreal to be posting this as I have read so many of these threads! I didn’t think the day would ever come! Excited and petrified. My date is 2/22/21!!
Any February 2021 bypassers out there? I would love to connect and share prep plans and how things go after surgery.

So I am day 3 - post op and experiencing many of the same hurdles so many have posted that had surgery before me... but instead of focusing on those hurdles, I thought it would be nice to lighten the mood a little and see how people will respond to the following prompt:
What is or was your goal outfit?
I think (well... strike that - I know) that I am a little weird in that I don’t have a goal outfit in mind. I thought that I would pick one out before I went in for the big event, but the more I thought about it, it just felt strange to pick out and purchase smaller clothing and honestly I didn’t want the side glances from other people in the store when I purchased a dress that didn’t fall into the three T’s: Tent, Tablecloth, Tapestry. So instead, I decided that my goal outfit will be a kayak. A true kayak - not one of the open ones. When I can get in and out and paddle an entire day without falling dead of exhaustion and perhaps catch a couple fish - - -I will call it GOAL!!!
How about you? What is or was your goal outfit?

HELLO FEBRUARY BYPASSERS!!
I thought I would post this a day early, as I think I am going to be too preoccupied to post tomorrow as my surgery is first thing 6AM on Monday!!!
SURGERY SHOUT OUTS FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEK!!
2/22: Me, @betterme2021, and @MissSmartyPants
2/23: @WahooRach, @Nicossa and @luluplus6
2/24: @MarieMarie, @MDay07 and @Chi2Htown
2/25: @mydyer
2/26: @Glorious Release

Absolutely surreal to be posting this as I have read so many of these threads! I didn’t think the day would ever come! Excited and petrified. My date is 2/22/21!!
Any February 2021 bypassers out there? I would love to connect and share prep plans and how things go after surgery.

So I am day 3 - post op and experiencing many of the same hurdles so many have posted that had surgery before me... but instead of focusing on those hurdles, I thought it would be nice to lighten the mood a little and see how people will respond to the following prompt:
What is or was your goal outfit?
I think (well... strike that - I know) that I am a little weird in that I don’t have a goal outfit in mind. I thought that I would pick one out before I went in for the big event, but the more I thought about it, it just felt strange to pick out and purchase smaller clothing and honestly I didn’t want the side glances from other people in the store when I purchased a dress that didn’t fall into the three T’s: Tent, Tablecloth, Tapestry. So instead, I decided that my goal outfit will be a kayak. A true kayak - not one of the open ones. When I can get in and out and paddle an entire day without falling dead of exhaustion and perhaps catch a couple fish - - -I will call it GOAL!!!
How about you? What is or was your goal outfit?

So I am day 3 - post op and experiencing many of the same hurdles so many have posted that had surgery before me... but instead of focusing on those hurdles, I thought it would be nice to lighten the mood a little and see how people will respond to the following prompt:
What is or was your goal outfit?
I think (well... strike that - I know) that I am a little weird in that I don’t have a goal outfit in mind. I thought that I would pick one out before I went in for the big event, but the more I thought about it, it just felt strange to pick out and purchase smaller clothing and honestly I didn’t want the side glances from other people in the store when I purchased a dress that didn’t fall into the three T’s: Tent, Tablecloth, Tapestry. So instead, I decided that my goal outfit will be a kayak. A true kayak - not one of the open ones. When I can get in and out and paddle an entire day without falling dead of exhaustion and perhaps catch a couple fish - - -I will call it GOAL!!!
How about you? What is or was your goal outfit?

So I am day 3 - post op and experiencing many of the same hurdles so many have posted that had surgery before me... but instead of focusing on those hurdles, I thought it would be nice to lighten the mood a little and see how people will respond to the following prompt:
What is or was your goal outfit?
I think (well... strike that - I know) that I am a little weird in that I don’t have a goal outfit in mind. I thought that I would pick one out before I went in for the big event, but the more I thought about it, it just felt strange to pick out and purchase smaller clothing and honestly I didn’t want the side glances from other people in the store when I purchased a dress that didn’t fall into the three T’s: Tent, Tablecloth, Tapestry. So instead, I decided that my goal outfit will be a kayak. A true kayak - not one of the open ones. When I can get in and out and paddle an entire day without falling dead of exhaustion and perhaps catch a couple fish - - -I will call it GOAL!!!
How about you? What is or was your goal outfit?

So I am day 3 - post op and experiencing many of the same hurdles so many have posted that had surgery before me... but instead of focusing on those hurdles, I thought it would be nice to lighten the mood a little and see how people will respond to the following prompt:
What is or was your goal outfit?
I think (well... strike that - I know) that I am a little weird in that I don’t have a goal outfit in mind. I thought that I would pick one out before I went in for the big event, but the more I thought about it, it just felt strange to pick out and purchase smaller clothing and honestly I didn’t want the side glances from other people in the store when I purchased a dress that didn’t fall into the three T’s: Tent, Tablecloth, Tapestry. So instead, I decided that my goal outfit will be a kayak. A true kayak - not one of the open ones. When I can get in and out and paddle an entire day without falling dead of exhaustion and perhaps catch a couple fish - - -I will call it GOAL!!!
How about you? What is or was your goal outfit?

HELLO FEBRUARY BYPASSERS!!
I thought I would post this a day early, as I think I am going to be too preoccupied to post tomorrow as my surgery is first thing 6AM on Monday!!!
SURGERY SHOUT OUTS FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEK!!
2/22: Me, @betterme2021, and @MissSmartyPants
2/23: @WahooRach, @Nicossa and @luluplus6
2/24: @MarieMarie, @MDay07 and @Chi2Htown
2/25: @mydyer
2/26: @Glorious Release

SURGERY SHOUT-OUTS FOR THIS WEEK (DRUM ROLL PLEASE.....)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MONDAY, 2/15 - @Sleeved_in_MN
WEDNESDAY, 2/17 - @MidnightCat and @addicted2food
THURSDAY, 2/18 - @M4rlene
FRIDAY, 2/19 - @BostonRiley

HELLO FEBRUARY BYPASSERS!!
I thought I would post this a day early, as I think I am going to be too preoccupied to post tomorrow as my surgery is first thing 6AM on Monday!!!
SURGERY SHOUT OUTS FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEK!!
2/22: Me, @betterme2021, and @MissSmartyPants
2/23: @WahooRach, @Nicossa and @luluplus6
2/24: @MarieMarie, @MDay07 and @Chi2Htown
2/25: @mydyer
2/26: @Glorious Release

HELLO FEBRUARY BYPASSERS!!
I thought I would post this a day early, as I think I am going to be too preoccupied to post tomorrow as my surgery is first thing 6AM on Monday!!!
SURGERY SHOUT OUTS FOR THIS UPCOMING WEEK!!
2/22: Me, @betterme2021, and @MissSmartyPants
2/23: @WahooRach, @Nicossa and @luluplus6
2/24: @MarieMarie, @MDay07 and @Chi2Htown
2/25: @mydyer
2/26: @Glorious Release

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT!!!!???? I had no idea this was a possibility! My feet grew with both of my pregnancies, but did not even in my wildest dreams think they could shrink! I have ‘Peggy Hill feet’. Well... almost - 11.5 to 12!! It is sooo difficult finding shoes, I usually have to buy men’s! 😣. Oh my Holy Hannah!!! You have made my year!!! Crossing fingers for future foot shrinkage! Woooohooooo!!!!
CONGRATS on all your successes!!! Thank you for sharing!

I know this is not a new subject thread...but I really need to share with you my light bulb moment! (sorry a little long winded....)
So, to give a little background...I am having a really hard time opening up about my upcoming surgery to people. As of right now only 3 people know, including my husband. I have yet to broach the subject with my 2 sons and am holding off for at least until I have to start my preop diet. I have also skirted the issue with my supervisor and have not asked for time off yet. Luckily, I work in a small company and time off should not be an issue at all. However, I know that I will be criticized by most and I have been envisioning the horrible things people will think and say, so I keep dragging my feet. Which is completely ludicrous as I am already criticized and talked about because of my current size at work. I have been yelled at from passing cars while walking from the parking lot to my work building, telling me to lay off the donuts, I have been oinked and mooed at while checking the company mail and I have been almost been run over in crosswalks several times by cars that find it funny to play chicken with the fat girl. This all sounds like a Lifetime movie, but honestly it has all happened. I have no desire to add to the constant cranking workplace rumor-mill, but at the same time I am really angry that I feel the need to hide the fact that I am having surgery to save my life. I have been recently obsessed with coming up with the premeditated answers to people's probing questions.
Then today as I was talking with my husband about the upcoming preop diet, has asked if I was going to share about the surgery to other members in our family, specifically his parents. I immediately went on the defensive (I've been on the emotional roller coaster since I received my surgery date!!! Ugh!) and asked why in the world anyone else had to know. He then said that people will wonder when I only eat a little at dinner and I am suddenly half my size. I then replied that I can say I am on a medically supervised diet, which would not be a lie. I then began the following rant:
He had no idea what it is like living in an obese body (he drew the genetically lucky card at birth and has never had a weight issue, ever). That he had NO idea what it is like facing the daily horrors of life that come with aches, pains, horrific looks and hateful words from people, to be essentially treated like a circus freak. How people will judge and comment. That people will think that I am a failure and took the easy road out when they have no idea what the surgery is really all about. That they will continue to spout misinformation they have heard through the years and fail to understand how the surgery really works and why in the end I chose this path.
Since this was NOT the first time he had heard this rant, he took a moment, shook his head, took a deep breath and said.... You should NOT be ashamed of this! This is a medically necessary step for a person who has battling this disease since birth. Who cares what other people think? If they don't like it or do not understand, then that is their issue and not yours. You know what is right for your body. If anything, you could be the one that helps people understand. You could be the one that explains why this surgery is life-saving and not a cosmetic operation. That obesity is not a chosen path guided by ignorance, laziness and lack of willpower.
At that I was speechless. For once, I couldn't come up with a counter-argument. He is right! AND he has been listening to me! He has heard what I have been preaching for years. I was taken aback. After what seemed like several minutes of shock, I finally told him he was right. That I shouldn't be ashamed of this and should be preaching whenever and wherever I can. I agreed, but I am also not delusional. I know this will continue to be a hard sell. That until we all go out and spread the word, people will continue to feel free to treat obesity as a chosen path and WLS as a copout.
With that, I go to bed tonight thinking of my favorite quote...and hope that I can muster the courage to talk to my supervisor tomorrow!!
Do what you feel in your heart to be right -
for you'll be criticized anyway.
--Eleanor Roosevelt--

@betterme2021 and @MissSmartyPants we are surgery triplets - my date is also 2/22!! I am 7 days into my pre-op diet and just counting down the days at this point. I feel like I am a zombie!! But, we are half way there!

CONGRATS!!!! AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING!!!

Absolutely surreal to be posting this as I have read so many of these threads! I didn’t think the day would ever come! Excited and petrified. My date is 2/22/21!!
Any February 2021 bypassers out there? I would love to connect and share prep plans and how things go after surgery.