i'm on my 9th week post op and i have lost 34lb so far ,so i think i'm on the right track....

there are days i can't meet my calorie intake......i never thought that this would be possible before surgery.....,and other days when everything goes down very easy.

one problem i have is that my full feeling comes too late, so i "over eat" or i'm close to that most days. it hurts but i can tolerate it....but i'm also afraid i will stretch my sleeve too early. one thing i'm thankful is i never had to throw up,and i never got the slimes.

i need to work on that one ,hopefully i will find a way to stop eating the right time. one tiny bite more makes all the difference and be in pain.

sometimes it is just too fast,(not too much) but the feeling (pain) is the same,so i wonder later if it was too fast or too much....

drinking plain Water got better,it doesn't feel heavy anymore,as long as i don't drink too fast.

i don't have real hunger yet. just a feeling in my sleeve that reminds me it needs food.

i'm still on 15mg acid reducers one per day for another month,my doc want me to stop taking them by then.

tdriver,

Keep up the good work. I know what you mean about the hurting when you eat to much or to fast, I just started making sure I quit eating before I get to that point.

Good Luck on your journey.

taxi I just heard today from my doctor's surgical assistant that since I know that I tend to eat too fast, I need to buy a baby spoon. She said it will save me a lot of pain and grief. And she said that everytime I take a bite I should wait a while before taking another one. Sounds pretty boring but I am like you... I sure don't want to stretch my new stomach.

Gary, you're the only other person I've seen who's from Hope. Are you as cool as he is? :-) Congratulations big time on your phenominal weight loss! Maybe if Bill had gotten the sleeve years ago, he wouldn't have had the heart surgery. I know they didn't have it back then, but I'm just sayin.

BJean,

I'm not as cool as Ole Bill is, I don't play the Sax, I do play the drums however. Yeah he was born here in Hope but was actually raised in Hot Springs about 75 miles away from Hope. But, I will say him making it to the White House did help bring some money into our small town.

Thanks,

I have played the sax before. I definitely think that drums are harder. Glad that Hope realized some benefit from his PR piece that was awesome. Best of luck for your continued success!