I had my first post-op visit today, 5 days out. I have lost 10 pounds since the surgery and added to the 23 pounds I lost on that famous liquid pre-op diet, I am down 33 pounds in just over two weeks. Hiccups are finally gone and everything else is going great. I get to start creamy soups on Friday, I will never look the same at Jello! Oh, and the doctor presented me with photographs of my surgery. 9 different shots as he went along and a lovely one of my old stomach showing how big it was. Nice gesture, but am I supposed to frame it and put it on the living room wall??? Actually my wife was thrilled. She is a big scrapbooker and she has been taking pictures of the whole process (including one of me in he hospital quite heavily medicated that isn't too flattering). Now she has pictures of the actual surgery to add to her layouts. I am sure that they will be prize winning at her next scrapbook convention!

That's great weight loss! Congratulations! That was nice of your doctor to give you pictures of your surgery. I think that would be cool to see - but then I am kinda weird like that. Scrapbookers always love pictures - I don't scrapbook, but do love pictures (I think it's the genealogist in me actually).

My first post-op appointment is today. I hope it goes well.

Great news! I am so happy things are going well for you. Enjoy your soup! One of my favorite things to do at that point was to go to a grocery store that has a Soup bar and buy soups that I could dip a spoon in vertically and then eat what didn't drip off. This allowed me to have a full liqiud with full flavor. It also made me eat slowly.

Best of luck to you!