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Sometimes I mix it with my hot Lemon Tea or just water. It doesn't really have a taste.

I drank on New Years Eve and I had my surgery on the 11th with NO PROBLEMS! As long as you don't drink everyday. They have to lift your Liver to get the the stomach that is why you do the liquid diet and no alcohol. You should be fine! GOOD LUCK!!!

I only stayed 1 night and I was GLAD to go home. I never sleep in hospitals even with the pain killer. I walked a lot too. It is the BEST thing for you! No matter how you feel WALK!!! Just remember when getting out of bed to put your legs down then lift yourself. It was a little painful but SO WORTH sleeping on my Tempurpedic bed at home! GOOD luck and KEEP IN TOUCH!!

Thinbefore40 GREAT JOB on the PRE-OP Diet!! That is wonderful!! You WILL do fine!!! Coop thanks....I know it's all in my head....why can't we BELIEVE more in ourselves?

Everyone is different with the pain and I found out every Doctor is different. For me the worst was waking up and my chest hurting but once they told me it was GAS I was ok. Walking helped that so much. YES you have a DRY mouth...VERY DRY. I was VERY LUCKY I didn't have any TUBES coming out of me.....just the IV! I just spent one night in the hospital and come home the next morning!! I will tell you not to worry my 3rd day and my 10th days after surgery, I was SO SORE! I think the 3rd day...just like working out... you are always more sore the 3rd day. The 10th day because by then I was moving around a lot more. I did have to ASK everyone on this website because I was scared. That is ONE thing after surgery if you have ANY QUESTION you can ASK EVERYONE on this website. Everyone is so HELPFUL!!! Good Luck and everyday gets BETTER!!!

So I posted this last Friday but lost the post because of the problems this website had. OK so I KNEW around the 3rd week I would hit a stall and I'll be honest it hit me at 39 lost! My whole life I could lose 30 pounds and then stall and I would start to eat again. SO the FEAR came back. I'm I going to be the one to fail? I put on my jeans and they were BIG so to make myself feel better I started trying on clothes that were to TIGHT but they WEREN'T TIGHT anymore! So I was confused...IS it POSSIBLE to LOSE INCHES but not POUNDS? I am TRYING not to get on the scale everyday now. Stopped after a few days of going up and down..between 37 to 39 pounds lost. I got on yesterday and FINALLY broke the stall. I know I am NOT eating anywhere near what I use to eat and I'm making much better choices. Why can't the FEAR in my head go away? HOW can I make it go away? I am SO GLAD I got the SLEEVE and I have NO REGRETS at all. I just wish I could get a handle on the FEAR of FAILING it's always in the back of my mind. I wonder if it's because I've always failed at weight loss and because I feel like some people are waiting for me to fail. I keep telling myself that it's HARD to fail with this tool. I HAVE the ADVANTAGE this time. Thanks for your support!

I will be 4 weeks out this Tuesday and I can drink a lot as well. Wondered why so I'm glad you asked!

Welcome to the losers bench!!! LOL I was wondering too why did you have to stay 5 days in the hospital. I only spent the night.

WAY TO GO GIRL!!! YOU DID SO GOOD and YOU LOOK SO GOOD!!!!!!! What an INSPIRATION!!!! I'm PROUD of YOU!!!

I like your attitude!! Keep up the GOOD work and KICK ASS!!!

AWESOME!!!! Isn't it the BEST feeling! The other night I was trying on clothes and the ones that were TIGHT are no longer TIGHT!!! I was prancing through the house and my daughter (who lost 115 on her own) said I wished I could be like you. You lose a few pounds and act like you are SKINNY....I lose 115 and still feel fat! I told her it's all in the MIND and you are skinny now!!! PLUS, I told her NOT TO RAIN ON MY PARADE!!!! LOL She just laughed at me!!

AWESOME!!!!! I wear the nose pillow too but OH HOW WONDERFUL it would be NOT to have to move those tubes at night when I turn over! LOL I can't wait until I get there!!!! Although I must say using my CPAP I don't hear my dogs barking at night or the train! My husband tells me when HE STAYS UP ALL NIGHT HEARING THESE NOISES and he isn't too happy that I SLEPT through it !! LOL I tell him sorry I didn't hear a thing! One time he told me I KNOW I TRIED to wake you UP!!! LOL I'm HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!

Welcome!! I'm 3 weeks out today. The first week my doctor had me on a liquid diet. Then I could have some creamed Soups NO PIECES the second week. I didn't like yogurt either but now I'm a HUGH fan of Yoplait LIGHT FAT FREE...Boston Cream Pie, Lemon Cream Pie, and RED VELVET Cake. Baked fish is good. Wait until after surgery once you can have some of these food. Well I don't know if my taste buds changed but they taste WONDERFUL! LOL The start of my 3rd week is when I could have eggs. Now my NUT told me I can't have shrimp until I'm 6 wks out....I think because of the texture and how my new stomach has to process it. Once you are deprived of food for a while you will start to appreciate anything you can have. I'm in my MUSHIE stage so last night I took left over Roasted chicken and put in my blender with one egg and just a little LIGHT MAYO and some mustard and made a chicken salad. Added a little pepper and it was WONDERFUL! Now I can only eat a little bit of it so I have plent for lunch today and supper tonight. IF my daughter doesn't eat it first. She tried it and LOVED it too! I know you said you don't like this but like I said once you have your surgery and you can't eat food you may find out you do like it. Because it is SOMETHING TO EAT! LOL OH and Mrs Butter-worths sugar free syrup is the BOMB!! It is SO GOOD....NEVER thought I would say something sugar free was so good! LOL GOOD LUCK!!!!

WOW I was SO LUCKY! I have 3 incisions you can see and 1 in the top of my belly button! My doctor told me that is where he pulled my stomach out. YUCK right??? LOL 1 IV and NO DRAIN TUBE and NO CATHETER. I went to the bathroom three hours after my surgery. It wasn't bad at all getting up but I've had eight surgeries for Kidney stones so the pain was nothing compared to those. I do have a very high tolerence for pain. I've had kidney stones since I was 15. Besides I knew I had to get up and walk in order to get rid of the gas pressure! GOOD LUCK and I hope all goes fine for you too!

YES it is like a "BUBBLE" that wont go away but it DOES!!! It takes a while but it gets better I promise! I walked around the house a lot and took gas X strips! I hope you feel better soon! Everyday gets better!!!

YES eating SLOW and really THINKING about it is the hardest part for me! I should n't say hard but I have to work at that. I was used to eating in 5 minutes. Now I have to take my time and listen to my body. Yesterday i didn't and I PAID for it. I went out to eat the other day and by brain told me to order the BOWL of Soup but I had to REALLY think and my stomach said only the CUP. Sure enough I barely could eat all of the CUP of soup. My Mom laughed at me. I told her OLD HABITS are HARD TO BREAK and I'm having to retrain my BRAIN TOO! LOL

I'm embarrassed to write this but I want to warn NEW SLEEVES. LISTEN to what your doctor says! FOLLOW his food rules...HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT!!! I will be out three weeks on Tuesday. I'm on puree food right now. Well I took out a cooked chicken leg last night and I was going to puree it. Only I got a phone call and needed to leave and go to the ER for my father in law. SO instead of puree the Chicken leg LIKE I WAS TOLD TO DO...I ate it. In fact I enjoyed it so much I ate some of the skin too. Well I don't live very far from the hospital so it MIGHT have taken me 5 minutes to get there. I went in and got to go in the room to see my father in law. ALL of a sudden the Chicken hit me. I HONESTLY thought I was going to THROW UP AND CRAP MY PANTS! I quickly found out what happened and what they were planning on doing with him and told him I had to go. Went straight to the bathroom and well lets just say I didn't throw up but I did do the other and just barely made it. I then had to leave the hospital because I felt SO BAD! Had to hit the bathroom several more times when I got home. OMG I know I MESSED UP with the SKIN but that is an OLD HABIT I have to NEVER TOUCH AGAIN! I haven't been sick with anything else and thought I was doing SO GREAT I could have anything. I was WRONG...I HAVE to LISTEN to my doctor! Just because I feel great and normal I'm NOT!! My stomach is still LEARNING! GOOD LUCK everyone!!

My doctor only wants me to take my multivitamins right now. He said at my next visit, which will be 6 weeks out, then we will start on the rest.

So that is why about 5 minutes after I eat or should I say drink certain foods I have to go to the bathroom ASAP? THANK YOU!

I'm sorry but I have a question. I was reading some forums and I say them talking about SLIDER foods. So here is my silly question....what is SLIDER foods? I'm almost three weeks out and my doctor told me to try new foods one at a time. I just want to make sure I stay AWAY from these SLIDER FOODS! I don't want to over eat or gain back any of my weight I've lost already. THANKS!

I'm a few days over two weeks and NO I didn't do potatoes. Liquids ONLY for me for two week. Now I'm doing puree foods and one food at a time. This is how someone explained it to me yesterday. Your stomach was put to sleep, then the doctor cut most of it away and made a baby stomach. Now when your stomach woke up it has to learn all over again how to process. Like a BABY you don't want to feed them a combination of food at once you always try ONE FOOD at a time to see how their stomach will react to that food. I'm a very visual person so that REALLY put it in perspective for me! This might sound silly to some but it HELPED ME! Have a GOOD day and HANG IN THERE it gets better. The RESULTS is what makes it FANTASTIC!!!

Just remember everyone is different! I did have a friend that did this on her thighs and it didn't work. She is still glad she tried it. Now she is 57 so like I said everyone is different. I'm hoping yours is a success! GOOD LUCK!

HOP on there are A LOT of us on the RIDE already!!!! LOL Good to have you aboard!!!

WOW that is GREAT! I was sleeved on Jan 11 so we are right there together....I haven't lost as much weight as you but that is OK. LOL I also want to add GOD was with me through this all too. If it wasn't for HIM I couldn't have done all I did!!! Thanks for sharing!!

I will be praying for you! TRUST in the LORD because he WILL be there WITH YOU!!! That is what I did and I came through with no problems! POSITIVE THOUGHTS!!!! LOL