HatheryOnHerWay

Looking GREAT!!

As much as you don't want to, I think this is going to require sitting down and having a long conversation. Sometimes this surgery can affect our significant others in ways we didn't expect.

I think this was posted in the wrong subforum

My surgeon told me at my one month check up that he had to cut my sleeve larger then most only after I complained to him that I wasn't even sure he really did anything at all. He said it was because of scar tissue left on my stomach from the lap band i used to have. I understand his reasoning but disappointed that he was not up front about it in the beginning. I thought I was going crazy that first month ! I am old fashioned dieting. I don't feel hunger so I am trying to use that to my advantage. But I have to exercise lots of will power to keep my portion size small! I have now lost 70 pounds. 45 since surgery on 3-25-13 and 25 post op.

I think that's pretty common for lap-to-sleeve patients, unfortunately. That band can really wreak havoc on the poor stomach!

You look great! Love the short hair

I totally believe that!!

My advice is to learn from your mistake and realize fried rice is a trigger food for you.

Nothing will happen to you; the sugar may not sit well with some people, though. You'd do better to get your chocolate fix from a Protein Bar or something like that. Otherwise it's just a lot of extra carbs.

Head hunger hasn't gone away for me. When I recognize head hunger, I drink something instead and it goes away. That's not exactly useful when you're on the liquid diet, though!!

Thats insane..canada is still crazy though...insurance will cover the lap band in canada but they wont cover the gastric sleeve...its so stupid..at least in british columbia...i know other parts of canada cover the sleeve but dont insure for the band or bypass...

I have to go to Mexico just to get the sleeve cause its a 5 year waiting list just to get the sleeve in another province...

Gosh...you would think they would have removed it as a choice..considering allthe complications..but maybe they just cover there butt by saying "it reduces obesity costs overall"

At least your country gives health insurance to its people haha

I really like to update my ticker, too

I'm just wanting to explore this a little more. Do you really feel that you will struggle with your weight FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE?? I think I know where you are coming from with this' date=' but I think it's just the word "struggle" that caught my attention. I will take care of myself & love myself for the rest of my life, but there is no way I will "struggle" with my weight for the rest of my life. The struggle is ending & the coast is beginning. I claim victory & freedom from the years of bondage that have held me in a place where I've struggled with my weight. There will be a day that I will no longer struggle but I will reach back & help others who will & are struggling just like I once was. THis is in no way a means to start a blown out discussion....just my perspective.[/quote']

Struggle was probably the wrong word. I mean I will always need to remain cognizant of my food choices and never become complacent. The sleeve isn't the be all to end all--weight can creep back on. That's what I meant.

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Seriously...the barbecue chips. Oh.my.god.

Meh, if my hair falls out that'll give me an excuse to buy and wear a cute Korean fashion wig.

The frozen Entrees might be making you retain Water. Very high sodium.

My surgeon told me 1-2 pounds a week would be the ideal loss at my stage. I got sleeved 5/22. So be happy--you're right on track!

If you don't want to raise suspicion, you could be sneaky and just eat the broth.

What I find ironic is how many sleevers like to complain when someone calls WLS the "easy way out", but then get upset that it isn't just that. Guess what? Your weight will always be a struggle--FOR LIFE!! The pounds won't fall off in a week, and when they're gone it still requires hard work to keep them gone.

I agree with a lot of Paul's post. There is a huge reason you see so very few real vets around here. You see a large number of people that post all day' date=' every day for most of the first year...and then they drop off.

Anyone remember Tiffykins? Or Diva? Or even O.T.R.? Hey, my buddy ButtertheBean isn't around as much anymore, either. And PdxMan? He's one of my heroes. They are hardly here anymore, and many don't show up at all. Even cheerleaders like Lissa or regular posters like Catracks are gone!

And let us not forget that it basically falls to a handful of people that are reasonable, with sound experience, to give a lot of the support here. I figure upwards of 75% of the posters here are not regular. They come in, post a vent or complaint or a yay me post and boogie onward without a thanks or a farewell. This is a community of TAKERS with very few people that actually give their time or experience. I can attest to that as most any time I have asked a question I've gotten a handful of responses - more people manage to "like" my post than bother to help me answer a question and quite frankly, it's frustrating to see that a post about sex drive or hating your sleeve can generate hundreds of replies when people have REAL questions or REAL concerns that actually matter. Seriously!

FACT: It is absolutely EXHAUSTING to give your time, effort, advice and experience here. If you're the voice of reason and don't couch your responses in perfectly P.C. encouragement, people actually attack you for trying to help. See, you're supposed to help - you just have to do it the "right" way.

Utter B.S.

I have gone back and forth on this one, myself. I have had super ultra politically correct and supportive months and months where I get so sick and tired of it that I post blunt, hard truth. I've been told I make people scared to post. Well, my opinion? Stop posting silly things. Really - it's embarrassing to everyone here to have the value of this entire community and the easily accessible information diminished by silly, immature posts or by the same darn questions over and over again.

If you want to post a question and already know the answer or already know that nobody is going to okay your poor choice DO NOT LOOK FOR VALIDATION HERE.

But in all honesty? These aren't even the questions that get me anymore. It's the (HT, FYE) hubris of some people.

In the last three days I have read some of the most insulting comments by people that, comparatively speaking, have almost ZERO real experience with the sleeve. I'm glad you're here contributing after four to six months, really, people. That's super swell. But it takes quite a bit of chutzpah to assume you know every challenge on the road ahead, and to insult people for not walking the exact same path as you.

People are not stupid because they eat foods that aren't ideal choices. They're human. This is not all or nothing, there is not only one proper way to achieve and maintain. Do not assume that your way is the only way or that if someone chooses a more moderate approach that they're wrong, they're going to fail, and they're stupid.

Because that's what I'm seeing.

You think this is super easy and anyone who struggles or loses slowly isn't trying hard enough? Come tell me that in a year, or two.

You think the answer to everything is more exercise, more Protein or more Water? Gee, thanks for that. I'm sure nobody ever considered it.

You think that every pound you lose is gone forever, because the only way to stop losing or regain is to go on an ice cream orgy? Ha!

You think this is as simple as eating the "right" foods and getting exercise? I only have crude responses to that. Because this person - the person that says this - is a hypocrite. Because this is the abuse that was heaped upon us by family and doctors prior to our choice to have surgery, so give yourself a nice pat on the back to being absolutely unhelpful, and yeah, a hypocrite.

Look - it's a line to walk. Insult the vets and lose the vets. Ask a question, expect answers. But watch how you ask and answer things, too. I try to be more considerate and thoughtful nowadays. I still have my moments. But people are more likely to listen if their hackles aren't up. Everyone that disagrees with you isn't stupid or wrong.

Paul is a tremendously successful vet and while his approach and mine are different that does not mean that one of us has to be wrong. It means we have two different viewpoints and two different sets of experience we can and do use to help here.

And hey, while I'm thinking of it, lurkers and infrequent posters should consider contributing here a bit more. And hey, to those that are constantly stirring up issues and being argumentative, try to keep your high school drama and clique garbage to yourselves, and, as I tell my five year olds "pack up your bad attitudes and put them in your pockets." All the attempts to prove you have the one perfect and correct answer by going back and forth does is alienate people.

Ya'll make me crazy sometimes.

Good post, Paul. None of the vets here are here to give validation for poor choices.

~Cheri[/quote']

I remember Tiffykins!!! She was my main inspiration a few years ago. I tried to get a hold of her right before surgery, but she never replied. She must not check in at all anymore even to lurk.

Holy moly, you must have hit that obstacle hard!!

What does an MS flare feel like?

Lol do what!?

My body Pre-surgery was nearly identical to yours Pre-surgery

Wow, you stole my "before" body!!

The shock to me wasn't so much that I liked to eat; I mean, I knew I liked the flavors and whatnot. I didn't realize just how pleasure I got from eating large QUANTITIES of food, and being able to finish my whole plate. That's what came as the biggest surprise to me.

Sobe has a yumberry flavor too, and many times I've though to myself "WTF is a yumberry?"