My name is Ruth an tomorrow I go in for me 3 month post-op visit with my surgeon. I'm excited yet nervous about my progress. I started out at 449 lbs. I lost 35 before surgery and I know I have lost at least 100 lbs total. So that would be at least 65 lbs. since surgery. I am hoping that is a good weight loss, but there is always that little bit of doubt that it's not good enough. I had my surgery on Nov. 7th 2011. I had a lot of pain at the site where my stomach was removed for the first 2 weeks, which was almost completely gone by the 3rd week. I still have some pain in that spot on occasion depending on the way I bend or stretch. I am a full-time student and mother of 2 little boys. I am very excited to have found this forum and I look forward to seeing everyone's great results!

Welcome to the site! 65 pounds in 3 months is amazing! That's over 20 pounds a month.

Good luck on continuing weight loss and hope to hear more from you!

Welcome!

Welcome and congrats!! Great job!!!

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Hello, wow, you are kicking butt in the weight loss girl, congrats!!! I hope the appt goes good, let us know!

Welcome You are doing great so far

HowdyWow, 100# already. That is totally awesome Will be looking forward to your future posts. Keep up the great work. You'll be  ready before you know it 

Congratulations and welcome, it sounds like you are on the right track keep up the good work.

Ruth,

Welcome to the BEST site on the web for Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomies! You will find a wealth of experience and advise here. Everybody is friendly and really knowledgable about the VSG, both pre and post op. Whenever I have had a question, needed to vent, or just wanted to talk, I have always been able to find someone here who could help. It is a fantastic site! We hope you will be a frequent poster! We are so happy you chose to join us!

And a BIG CONGRATULATIONS on your weight loss. You are doing awesome, fantastic, fabulous! I am 8 months post op, and it has taken me that long to lose 100 pounds. You have done it in just three months. You Rock girl!

Please be sure and come back tomorrow after your doctor's appointment and let us know how it went. We are all interested. Keep up the Fantastic work! rock that sleeve!

Thank you for the encouragement everyone! I'm glad to report that my appointment was excellent! My labs came back so good that my surgeon wanted the information about the vitamins that I take so he could recommend them, and also told me to completely skip my 6 month post-op appointment because he didn't feel the need to keep an eye one me. I weighed in at 98 lbs lost since I started, which meant 63 since surgery. This morning I weighed in at 106 lbs down, so as of today I've lost 71 lbs since surgery! Some weeks I lose a lot, others I don't lose at all, but I'm still going down and I'm so happy I decided to change my life!

Can you share with us the vitamins that you take and how much? Thanks

You are doing awesome! Congratulations!

Great job!

The Vitamins I take are called "It's Vital" by a company called It Works Global.

www.itworks.net

The are amazing and I love them! My surgeon was very impressed with them, as well as the dietician. I am a consultant with them, so if you need any further information, please let me know!