I can't stop crying. I just got home from the airport about 30 minutes ago. I had a wonderful experience with Dr. Aceves' team. I weighed myself on my scale before I left and on Dr. Aceves scales the day of surgery and again this morning. I am up 5 lbs. I haven't eaten anything for over four days.!!!! I am up 5 f#cking pounds. I am starting to think that I truly am going to be the one and only person this surgery does not work for. I can't stop crying. I feel ilke I have post-partum depression almost. Did this happen to anyone else? I don't ever remember reading about anyone gaining such a large amount of weight following surgery. So incredibly disheartened right now.

I often wonder post surgery ... Like a month or two into it.. Am i ever going to be able to sit and have a nice meal with my family and husband... Or am I just going to be drinking Protein shakes.. And also I heard you should not drink soda pop when you have a sleeve .. I don't know what i will do without my diet pepsi!!

Wean yourself off it now and caffeine, is the best advice I can give you. You don't want to do a pre-op liquid diet and have to go through withdrawals then or after surgery. It will make it worse or help set you up for more issues in the long run.

I miss Seltzer Water, caffeine, but I quit it before I had to go on my pre-op diet next week and I am hoping it will help.

Danity, I hope every day you start feeling better. I was told already by my Doctor and Nurse not to weight myself for the first two weeks. Why put myself through it, almost everyone gains weight at first from the IV, gas and bloating.

I bawled for two days on and off after surg and continue to bawl on occassion. Ive lost somewhere around 25 lbs in a month but o was up a few pounds too. I had tp go back in hospital for 7 days i had 2 pulmonary embolisms. So ive had a roller coaster ride.

Before this week if anyone had aske me if I thought my my life revolve around food I would have said no. But after a lot of self reflection these past couple of days I have realized that I AM a food addict and a total foodie. All I have been thinking about this week is sushi and wine and food. I can't wait until I can start doing some major exercise so I can change my focus. I want to go back to spinning class at the Golds Gym. Those classes are amazing and a huge adrenaline rush.