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That's okay let's see you swimming in your gown.

Thanks all Sleeve4me is going to have everyone start a whole old bridal dress revolution!!

Wow I agree great butt! Congrats.

Sleeve4me inspired me to try on my wedding dress too and twenty one years later it fits! The back is suppose to be open its not that I could not close it Oh and ignore the camera's date I took these today....unbelievable.

Hurray!

Crossing my legs and being able to do my walks when it is hot out without feeling my heart do the cha-cha.

For me bread is blah I use to love bread but now I just don't care for it.

Hi, I am a tummy sleeper and when I first got home I had the pillows all set to sleep upright and we have a recliner which I thought as back up. Neither felt comfortable so I grabbed my body pillow and sort of prompted myself up on my side almost on my tummy and that worked perfectly for me. I could only sleep on my left side like that I had a drain on the right side until day 9 but the right side also felt more tender.

Hi, Glall stones are fairly common typically it hits women who are overweight, fertile, are forty (doctors learn it as the 4 f's female, fat, fertile and forty) so while you are younger and no longer heavy there is a good case for them having developed before surgery and since no one can prove it I think they would have to cover it. The further out you are the harder it is for your insurance to cover it. I am 11 months out and I get bouts of diarrhea about once a week I also get bouts of constipation it goes in almost a predictable cycle.

Hi All, I just found a yummy Peanut Butter flavored Protein powder I use to when making surgar free chocolate pudding and using calorie countdown chocolate milk to maka shake add a banana so yummy. Its made by About Time.

I like making my chocolate protein shakes and sugar free puddings with Hood's calorie Countdown chocolate milk same amount of calories as skim milk and less sugar. Your body is still recovering from surgery so things can be a little wacky you'll feel better with each passing day.

That is amazing! The dress even looks big on you so pretty.

I am sorry you are having such a rough post op time. The swelling is there and the staple line doesn't fully heal for 6 months. Right now your liquids and protein are your most important goal to meet. Its weird but the more dehydrated and deficient you get the more nauseated you feel. Are you taking any kind of PPIs like prylosec? A lot of new sleeves develop acid build up issues for a while after surgery I didn't but many describe the acid build up feeling like hunger.

Oh yes walking is great especially if you can do hills. With your knee though maybe you should try water aerobics

Hi All, I am in the same boat! The head hunger is crazy I didn't have it as much before surgery! It scares me silly. I try to snack on fruits only and strawberries cut up and mixed into sugar free vanilla pudding. Watermelon is a real tummy filler.

Hi All, I have a question about vigorous vs moderate exercise. I am in my fifties and have what I think of is a good regime I walk 2 hours with hills five days a week and a second 30 minute walk at night 7 days a night averaging over 20,000 steps. I wear a bodybogg which logs my walking as moderate when I was heavy I'd hit vigorous on the hills. Do I need to get in the vigorous zone or is two hours in the moderate zone okay?

I am with Shanny I love walking. I walk a little over two hours with hills five days a week and take my dog for a brist 45 minute walk every night. I like to call it my mental health time because I can hear myself think. Most days it doesn't even feel like exercise.

They did my test the day after surgery. I had a hard time keeping it down in the end they only got a single pass.

Kristie, Maybe you should ask your mother if she rather you too end up needing PT after heart surgery due to obesity? I am almost 11 months out 70lbs down no more blood pressure or cholesterol drugs, sleeping through the night can move so much easier and loving my sleeve. Seeing now what I need to eat to maintain I know that there is no way I could have of ever make 1500 calories a day a life long commitment pre sleeve. Like everyone has said it has to be your decision. I imagine with your mom a lot of her negativity is just plain fear no mom ever wants to see their baby undergoing surgery when in their eyes there is another alternative.

Hi, I really liked the grape flavor I would mix in Walmart's grape flavor crystal loight which helped.

I have very thin very fine hair always have so losing it after surgery was a big fear of mine. I take biotin which I started before surgery and still drink one protein shake a day to make sure I get enough. I have been using Nioxin Shampoo and conditioner system 4 "for visibly thinning colored hair" and it seems to have made a difference.

I am sorry you are still having problems. One of the biggest problem with dehydration is that it tends to make you nauseous which makes you take in less which makes your dehydration worse which makes you more nauseous. The thing that you need to fix it makes you feel worse at first. I saw you wrote about getting some grape isopure that was my favorite. I would mix in some grape flavor crystal light to make it tastier also there is Ocean Spray diet cran-grape. Right now it is more important for you to take in fluids then protein. Feel better.

It really depends on what kind of things you may need to do around the house. You won't be able to lift anything weighing more then 8-10lbs bending down is a chore, no driving. My husband was able to pretty much leave me to my own devices after a couple of days. I'd say depending on how you feel as long as someone can come over if you need them and will check in with you a few times a day you should be fine after a couple of days.

4oz 3 times a day isn't enough that's only 12oz a day and they want you to try and get in 64. You may want to try chicken broth since it has electrolytes in it you can mix in a scoop of unjury's chicken flavor the warm liquid felt good in my newly sleeved tummy. Also try drinking some diluted apple juice get the light sugar free and dilute it to 50% strength with water you can even use Walmart's crystal light in apple flavor. Also look into Gatoraide's G2 their diet blend.

Tiff that is so funny! I was stuck with my high beams because the tubing from my drain was wrapped under my breast and no bra worked for me.