I had a couple of mild bouts of nausea in the middle of the night, but nothing serious. I woke up with a burning throat, so my very first thing consumed was about an ounce of skim milk with 40 mg of Omeprazole. I'm not going to erode my esophagus just to be sparing of the Omeprazole!

Overall I think I'm healing much faster than my girlfriend did; I took my milk in a single gulp -- not to show off or anything, but simply because I know that I can drink that much (but that's about my max) in one mouthful without pain or restriction. She was astonished and a little worried because she said that would hurt her. That made me a little concerned that I'd stretched my pouch, but honestly, I've only had about a half dozen times where I had that "stuck" feeling, and I listened to it. It's not like I'm eating solids or regularly, intentionally gulping food. I just am able to consume more than her; I think that my sleeve is longer (which must account for something), and I think I heal faster -- I bet my swelling is already better than hers was at day 6. In short, I'm going to stop worrying that I've stretched my pouch. I'm just grateful that getting in all my liquids and nutrients isn't such a chore as it was on the first couple of days (I think I got in over 120 oz of Water yesterday).

My incisions look good -- dry and not oozing at all. Mostly they're bruised! My stomach is a little sore around them, but not too bad -- I can lie on my side without too much discomfort.

I still haven't had that weak feeling. I felt a little wobbly at times, but never fatigued. I'm already losing weight; I think my CPAP pressure (which was already reduced a point after my pre-op diet) is too high again. I woke up with major dry mouth and a massive fart (sorry, TMI, but there you have it!) which is usually the symptom of too much pressure. That's uncomfortable, plus I don't want to be inflating my sleeve like a balloon, so I may drop it another .5 cm tonight.

I just weighed myself -- 307.0! That's down 21 pounds since about three weeks ago, and 3 pounds since yesterday. At this rate, I might make it under 300 before the end of the week. That would be SO exciting!

You're doing so great, and all these victories are going to coming your way. I agree that it seems that men tend to "heal" or lose that post-op swelling faster than most women. I don't understand it, but the guy's I've friended over at OH have told me the same thing.

You're stomach isn't stretched, and you're doing great.

Thanks for the encouragement. What you guys said was true; every day is much easier/better than the day before. At this rate, in a week or so, I won't even know I had surgery!

How amazing that in such a short time your body has already made big transformations (c-pap) it is a really exciting thing to me to know that even though I made lots of mistakes with my health that bodies are forgiving and that I can have a happy healthy life. Thanks for the updates, its good to hear how you are doing!

How amazing that in such a short time your body has already made big transformations (c-pap) it is a really exciting thing to me to know that even though I made lots of mistakes with my health that bodies are forgiving and that I can have a happy healthy life. Thanks for the updates, its good to hear how you are doing!

Thanks! I'm finally starting to get excited. I'm finally starting to really believe that yes, I WILL lose the weight!

I've NEVER not been obese. I wonder what it will be like?

It will be wonderful! Congrats.