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Can't believe it has been 6 months since I was sleeved :) I am now down a total of 86 lbs since I began the 2 week liquid diet so 74 lbs since the day of surgery. I am down for a grand total of 81 3/4 inches! Talk about a LOT of inches lost off this body! I am now 4.8 lbs from goal but really I am fine with my weight. Though according to the BMI scale I am still overweight, I so happen to think that scale is stupid ha! I am not pushing to lose that last bit but not preventing it either, my weight is still coming off pretty nicely. Last week alone I had a huge drop and lost 4.2 lbs, this week I lost 1 lb. So my sleeve is absolutely still working.

I have had so many NSVs lately from people guessing my weight to be 115-125 lbs, which is beyond me since I am at 154 lol, I was always good at hiding my weight though at the lower weights so I guess that is a plus ;) I had someone FINALLY tell me my ID card looked nothing like me YAY! She remembered me fat and kept looking at me like something was wrong, finally she said I must have lost a ton of weight and even called over one of the other receptionists to come look at me lol.

I finally hit my size goal too, well at least at Old Navy, I have yet to try elsewhere but I can comfortably wear a size 8 now and generally medium shirts, occasionally a small or large, depending on the brand. Dresses are medium to large now too.

I am still dealing with some complications, I still have pain at the top of my sleeve, especially in the morning. Still taking 2 nexiums and 1 zantac a day to try to control the pain from the heartburn I now have. Lately I have been seriously restricted, I am sure it is from stress, it's a struggle to drink Water, let alone food and I am full within 2-3 bites of anything right now but this shall pass hopefully soon. I will be seeing a surgeon today so not sure if he will want to scope me again or just let it go and see if it goes away. I suspect my labs are off too, specifically my Iron given how I am feeling.

I will be seeing a plastic surgeon too, I was told I needed a panniculectomy (sp?) long before I considered weight loss surgery and it is absolutely needed still, my poor stomach is destroyed and I still carry a large amount of fat there. I am also looking into a breast augmentation too, they are long gone LOL!

All in all I am still very pleased with my sleeve and glad I went through with it :)

Don't mind the crummy pics, I had to use my webcam.

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Wow, that's amazing! You look so slim. And young! Congrats!!! I hope they figure out what the pain is. Way to rock your sleeve!!

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Congratulations! You look amazing! I look fwd to posts like yours as I am just starting this awesome journey myself. I think you are an inspiration. Kudos to you :D

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Thanks :) Well no idea on the pain still. The dr said it might be another stricture but to just keep what I am doing and hopefully stretch it out on my own ugh. But it's ok. I was so nervous to see him given the goal he gave my much taller friend, well he said I was doing amazing and better than the majority of the sleevers he sees WOOHOO! So all in all he said to keep it up and talk to my surgeon when he is back in a few months about my gut. Surprisingly enough my labs looked great again so I am guessing my dizzyness and exhaustion is due to my CPAP issues. ANd yes I still have sleep apnea as bad as I did pre-op which totally stinks but hey at least I'm not that big anymore lol.

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Oh man, you look great!!! How tall are you? We started out pretty similar, but you're way ahead of me now. :P You've lost 10lb more than me post-op, and I didn't have a pre-op diet/loss at all. WELL DONE YOU!!

Hope you get feeling better again soon. :)

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Thanks :) I am 5'4

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You have done AMAZING and you look AMAZING!!!! Congrats Sasi, WHOOOTTT!!!!

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Thanks everyone :)

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