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hey ! how are you doing ? You okay?

Wow thank you so much for asking! I am doing alright... 🙂 I didn’t tell anybody that I was having surgery- I took a week vacation from work and I didn’t tell my parents or siblings (or any extended family) ... so other than hospital staff you are the very first person to ask me how I’m doing... and I might be a little emotional because it made me tear up

I am glad to hear back from you . I know it could be rough at first but the day will come when you look back at this day and be so grateful for the new life that is odviously ahead of you. sorry it took me so long to notice your reply.. you know you can message me anytime with any questions or concerns I have been on this forum for three months before I even had surgery and on it at least 6 hours everyday at work . so im here for you....just keep drinking water,water,and more water it is soooo important......

It will be interesting to watch as this theory develops. Thanks for posting!

Congrats WHat surgery are you having done?

VGS.

I had originally wanted VSG but my endoscopy revealed a hiatal hernia which disqualified me. SO I switched to RNY. 🙂

Welcome to the site and congrats on your success so far. Sounds like you're doing great! Hope to see you in the forums.

you are doing great Mark! Keep on keeping on (off)!

You are the sun and the moon. You are ab fab.

wow...just wow!

You look fantastic! What a wonderful change. Keep going strong.

Congrats. That's amazing!! I can't wait to get there either!!!

Wonderful!

The pre op sucked... I found I added flavor seasonings to make things taste different better etc... it's long and hard I had to o a month liquid diet through thanksgiving... and my birthday i will admit it sucked bad you can do this!! and it is worth it

It will be so worth it when you look back a year from now. You will be so glad you did everything they said to do, all the bad parts of this process will be behind you and you will be looking so good!

Oh yeah. Pre op sucks but it must be done. Directly Post op isn't much fun either.

Holy cow FINALLY!!

Thank you all again! "@High functioning fat man" - that's a little odd but I hope at least it was in a good way! :-)

I recall a couple of days ago that you said that you had your appointment and that you were hoping to get scheduled. If I hadn't seen something it was on my mind to send you a message asking how it went. Your posts are obvious that you are prepared for this.

It certainly does and is.

@WLSResources - mine used the word "only" as well. She had asked what my final goal weight was and asked how I would feel if I only got down xxx instead of my goal. I think she specifically chose the word "only" to see what sort of reaction it would trigger in me. I was pretty impressed with her - there were definitely times where she used likely trigger words to gauge my reactions, not because she was being insensitive.

@heidikat72 I believe that's what mine was doing as well. I don't remember the exact wording she used but it didn't bother me.

Thank you!! I actually sat and cried today...total happy tears!! I truly believed I'd never feel this good about myself again!! I am so blessed!

awesome.....so happy for u

welcome to the losers bench!

Thanks to both of you do you know what kinda of question this dr will ask me , if so let me know.

that's awesome and super quick. they will ask you about family life and if you are ready for the change. once you have the psychological exam and pass, they will order your blood work and EKG. are you at goal weight?

thanks the appointment went fine and i meet the surgeon tomorrow. Im so excited already

You'll get there, just a little longer.

You are going to love it! Almost there!

Woohoo!

What app is this?

I had my surgery 11/17 and hit 299 this morning! Rooting for you!

Congrats I’m at 289 now. Its a wonderful feeling, right!?

I had a very difficult time finding protein shakes that tasted okay and didn't make me sick. I ended up drinking FairLife Core Power protein shakes. I love the chocolate (tastes like chocolate milk to me). I like to blend it with some ice and PB2 powder (or real PB) to give the smoothie consistency. I also found that if I put Panera's Turkey Vegetable soup through the blender, I could eat it. I survived off those two things. My chest pains were from the gas, which was incredibly bad and took so much longer than I expected to resolve. I'd definitely stay away from bars or anything solid until you've conquered liquids. I'd love to tell you the dry mouth will get better soon, but it didn't for me for a very long time (months). The plus to that was that I drank a ton of water. The good new is I suspect you are close to the light at the end of the tunnel on this first and hardest part of the journey. It gets SO much easier after this part.

I am 2 days post-op and really struggling with everything. My depression isn't helping any. I couldn't even finish one shake today and swallowing meds is just excruciating.

That’s a great problem to have!!! Glad you had a quick remedy.

I had surgery 12th Oct and returned to online work (one of my jobs) after 12 days.

I did a one-hour home-consultation with a referral customer on the fifteenth day. (Fri Oct 27)

I returned to my Tuesday evening office job, a 1:45pm-6:45pm regular slot on the 31st (last Tuesday).

It seems we are on a similar pace with work.

(I'm officially retired ... July 2016 ... but I have a skill set in demand which means I get almost as much part-time and casual work as I want.)

Is your work full-time, part-time, casual?

I work full time, usually 8-4 in a professional setting, so slacks, shirt, tie, or polo daily. Today is my 5th day back and all has been great so far. Just keeping up on my liquids and protein. Thankfully, the owners are understanding and supportive so I can do as I please for the most part.

Sorry to hear that you're having a hard time with the shakes @Sosewsue61 have you tried different shakes? I had bought the chocolate and banana Premier Protein shakes from Costco, and some 4oz plastic cups with lids (like you'd get a side of guacamole in at a restaurant). Then I just pour out a 4oz serving 6x a day. Once I get cleared to blended/pureed, I think I'll be down to 4-5 meals a day. It can get boring, but having the pre-mixed shakes have been a huge time saver. I'm just focusing on getting enough water in between my shake portions now.

So, you're 6+ days into a new life.

Congrats on the calm post-op period.

So so happy for you!