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woo hoo! So happy for you. Can't wait to see you on the loser's bench. AniO

Welcome Wedding Planner! I think most of us were nervous at this point. When you feel nervous, remember why you're doing this. That always made me feel better. AniO

I'm so glad you went through with it and that you're already home! Keep us posted on how you're feeling. My first week was the toughest, but here I am 9 days later and I already took myself to the dentist and went to the grocery store by myself today. AniO

Thanks for all of the replies! I have been looking at Egg Face's blog. I can't wait to try her things. I'll be on mushies this coming Wednesday. Now, I'm just wait for the kids to serve me the wonderful "Play Doh Surprise" dinner they are making for me. Yum! AniO

So I know that eating bread is difficult for a while. That being said, how long usually until a VSG'r can have pizza again? Will I at least be able to eat the toppings any time soon? I am one week out. Of all the foods I thought I'd miss, I didn't think pizza and toast with butter would be at the top of my list. AniO

Congratulations! I had gas pain right away, even more I started taking fluids. I hope that you continue to be gas pain free!

I'm eight days ahead of you, but I'll still be your Sleeve Sistah! I hope and pray everything is going well for you today. Can't wait to hear from you once you're feeling well enough to post. Take care. God bless. AniO

Ruth (Flaca2Be), It's so nice to hear from you! I'm so glad everything went well. I'm so happy to hear that your pants are already loose on you. Woo hoo! Between the one day liquid pre-op and the first week post op, I've lost 11 pounds, but my pants are still the same. lol. But in my experience, I've found that when I'm 200+, it takes a good 20 pounds to lose a pant size. Anyway, I'm not ready to go shopping yet, so it's all good. AniO

Congratulations!

Welcome! I think you've made a good decision.

I'm adding my hugs to the mix! (((((HUGS!!!!!))))) We're here for you and cheering you on Carrie! I think at this point you have to wait and see what the medication does and adjust accordingly. AniO

My current "God song" is "How He Loves Us" by JesusCulture. This song makes me weep.

My current "God song" is "How He Loves Us" by JesusCulture. This song makes me weep.

Hmmm....I have sippy cups here. I wonder......

I'm 2 days post-op and I feel the same way. Ugh. I'm wondering how long this is going to last.

I have a 38 BMI and my doc uses a 34 bougie. AniO

Hello! I had my surgery yesterday. Everything went very well. I mentioned to them right before surgery that I was having more gas pains than normal. They almost canceled my surgery. They did an EKG to see if everything looked good there. By the time that was done, I told them I was able to burg it all out. So the surgeon and anaestheseologists had a meeting and decided to proceed. When I woke up, they told me that they were having a hard time getting my blood pressure stabilized. So today I had and Echocardiogram and they thought they saw something on my aorta. So they put me in ICU and started me on meds to get me ready for the dye for the CT Scan. CT scan was done and everything is OK with my aorta. They just trying to get my blood pressure under control and I should be able to go home tomorrow. As for my sleeve, everything is well there. Very little pain. Nothing compared to my c-sections. How are you doing? Anissa

9 hours from now I'll be on the operating table getting my Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy! Woo hoo! I'm so excited to continue this journey. Thanks to everyone for posting such great info. See y'all on the loser's bench. Anissa:thumbup:

Chana, I only have to do a one day pre-op liquid diet as well (actually 24 hours). Nice to know I'm not the only one. I thought it a little odd, too. I woke up at 6am today to eat Breakfast. Since my liquid diet is 24 hours before and my surgery is at 7:30 am tomorrow, I figured I'd get my last meal in. I had waffles and coffee. I should've probably had something better like eggs with tomatoes or something. I was feeling very nervous this morning, but once the hunger took over at about 11 am, my nerves went away. I'm in a bad mood. LOL. I'll go ahead and update everyone soon after the surgery. So glad to have found some Sleeve Sisters to go on this journey with!

Yes. Well said.

Thanks for the encouragement Flaca! I'm looking forward to cheering you on your journey as well.

@teh Ericka, Since the videos aren't mine, I don't know if I can post them. Plus, I don't think these particular videos would make your boyfriend feel any better. Some of the relationships changed for the worse. You can check out my vlog, MrsAniJO100 if you want, though. Check out the people that I subscribe to. I especially like Kellawanda. On a video she posted yesterday or the day before she touched on relationship changes just a little bit and what she said was positive and realistic. I think the problems come up when you lose focus on why you have had/or are having the surgery. We've got to be realistic with our expectations and constantly check our motives throughout the process. Or at least, that's the conclusion I've come to. I don't say that to be judgemental of anyone's journey. I've just been watching the vlogs to see if there are any red lights and things that I can watch out for. I really recommend them. They've been very helpful to me. One of the cool things about the YouTube vlogs is that you can see videos of people from before they got their surgeries through to where they are now. Some of them are at goal and have been maintaining for a while.

The doc wants me to just do high protein/low carb for now and then I start my clear liquid diet on Tuesday. I've been doing more Protein, but not necessarily less carb. I really felt like I was going nuts the last couple of days. I've been wanting to eat every sweet I can get my hands on. I was wondering what was wrong, I've never been one to gorge. I've normally spread my Snacks throughout the day, that's how I got like this. But I was wanting to eat everything in sight, even looking for excuses to go out so I could get a coke through the drive-thru. Then yesterday morning I started my cycle. It dawned on me last night that maybe that was part of why I've been wanting to binge. Still weird, though, because the need had never been that strong before. My hubby and I had a heart to heart the other night after I saw (another) YouTube Vlog about relationship changes after weight loss surgery. We talked about what kind of changes I might go through and I asked him what would make him feel uncomfortable. It was a great talk and we're even going to sit down and talk to some friends of ours that are married. She had weight loss surgery three years ago. We just want to talk to them about the changes too and see how they handled them.

I'm sorry to hear you have to wait longer than expected. Do they maybe have a list they can put you on in case someone else cancels or postpones?

@Christina, thanks for being my buddy! LOL. I look forward to cheering you on through the process. One of the cool things is that I've got the same goal as you (145). And no, I don't think you're crazy for writing those things down, you're prepared. Have you thought of maybe leaving a love note there, too? I think I'm going to work on that this weekend. I went for my pre-op appointment with the anestheseologist (sp?) yesterday and they gave me info on a living will. I need to look that over too. @ teh ericka, you're right. I need to keep remembering why I'm doing this surgery. I keep looking at my babies and wondering what would life be like for them if I wasn't here. Instead, I've got to look at them and keep remembering how great life is going to be for them WITH me here. I'm going to have more energy to play with them. I can look forward to being around for them well into my old age and theirs! God-willing, my high blood pressure is going to be gone, I won't have such a high risk of getting diabetes, my sleep apnea will probably go away. All that leads to better energy which makes everything better. When are you going to be sleeved?