I know there is an October group here somewhere but I thought I would start this off by introducing ourselves!

I'm 25 years old and from British Columbia, Canada. My surgery is set for October 2. My pre op ensure shake diet starts September 2 but I have started a week early for a head start I am

A nurse by profession and engaged but no kids. With my history of PCOS kids will come after I drop the weight. Starting weight: 280lbs Current Weight: 275 and losing everyday!!

Sleeved 10-17 feeling great eating soft foods. Experienced my first throw up I think I over ate so taking it very slow now. Not sure how. Much I lost told hubby to hide the scale b/c I was obsessed with it. Gonna find out my weight at my 3 week follow up which is Nov 15th.

Sleeved 10/29, 4 days out - I feel great! I've had no issues at all. At 2 days out I walked my dog 2 miles without any issue. I have little to no pain most of the time, but till sore today as I was out and about for a good part of the day. No trouble getting in my protein and other fluids. Can't wait to see how I've done the first week when I go to my appt on the 6th!

Sleeved 10/24 followup appointment today, down 15 1/2 feel good, going back to work Monday.

Sauteed some squash and zucchini until it was real mushy. My taste buds loved it. My stomach hates it. (OWW)

I am starting to get very worried. Everyone around me is getting "concerned" about me and so they are bringing me food! My hubby knows I need to get my calorie count up, so he is suggesting every high calorie food he thinks I can get down. My in laws are concerned so they brought over homemade banana pudding. I feel like other than being able to eat a couple of bites I haven't made any real changes. It was that types of food that got me in trouble to begin with. It is really hard to turn down people who care and food that tastes so good.

Hello Everyone!!

I am now 3 days post op' date=' had my sleeve on Oct. 30th in Tijuana, MX with Dr. Garcia. I am doing pretty well!!! I was worried after reading all the stories of gas pains, nausea, and pain but happily I am reporting back a happy person!!

First day of surgery I did suffer from gas in my back and upper chest area. Thankfully my wonderful Husband was there to pat me like a baby and rub my back. Which I believe helped tremendously!!! I did take some gasx strips that day but honestly I don't think they really helped. All in all day of surgery was the worst!! After I got up and walked around and got some more pain meds in the evening, I finally relaxed and fell asleep. Thank god!! I did experience some nausea and dry heaving on day one but they quickly gave me more meds for that and it helped keep it at bay. All in all the first day not so great, but the staff was wonderful. My husband didn't think the 2nd shift staff was the most attentive but 3rd and 1st shift were wonderful!

TMI..... They even let my husband take a picture of my stomach!!!! Crazy!!! But kind of awesome at the same time! I was surprised at how large it looked!!! My husband said the doctor said it was average size.

First day after surgery, feeling pretty good. Of course sore, but good. No noticeable gas pains... Thank god! Did not have anymore nausea. Walk, walk, walk! Did my leak test, was pretty worried about having to drink all that liquid but in the end wasn't that big of a deal and passed that test. Did another type of leak test with some kind of blue liquid dye stuff... They said if my drain catcher had any blue in it that wasn't good. But I passed that too! So they started to give me ice chips, which were heavenly. The Gatorade and apple juice. The apple juice gave me heartburn so I stuck with gatorade and Water. Day two down, so far so good.

Forgot to mention earlier that I caught a NASTY cold on the way to MX!!! I mean nasty!! I can't believe it hit me hard like that. So the first night down here I hacked and clued and blew my nose forever! I was worried they wouldn't do surgery but by the next day it seemed to subside a little. I told them about it but they didn't seem concerned.

Second day after surgery, was released. They took the drain out, which by the way, felt really weird!!! Not painful but weird. Then the staples came out, no problems there either. Didn't even feel it. Was released to go back to the hotel. Was sent with a goodie bag of medicines, Gatorade, water, and detailed instructions. I was surprised how swollen I was after they removed my IV's. They said it was normal and in a day or two would be back to normal. Which it is! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />. My job now is to not get dehydrated, so sip, sip, sip. Walking around in the halls, went to dinner with hubby and was ok watching him eat. sleeping that night wasn't so great! Felt like I was burning up!!! Not sure if it's from the cold I have or my body just freaking out??? But was able to take another pain pill and it allowed me to rest and finally a sleep.

Third day after surgery, got up showered, washed my incisions, which look great and don't hurt. I have three incisions and one drain hole. Went down to Breakfast with hubby and tried some broth while hubby ate a yummy buffet. He kept telling me I didn't have to come down but I told him I have to be able to control myself. And I did, it really wasn't a big deal. Made sure to walk the halls quite a bit. After breakfast was a little tired so it was time for another pain pill, so I took a nap and woke up feeling pretty great. The day was kind of long , didn't really go anywhere due to our driver's car being in the shop. Oh well... Now just watching some tv and writing this up.

So tomorrow we head home back to WI!!!! Yay!!!! I miss my kids!!!! And just being in my own home. But that also com with the challenges of getting back into the old routine. But I am staying strong and I will succeed !!!!! As many of you have!

I look forward to sharing all of our experiences, good and bad![/quote']

Sleeved 10-17 feeling great eating soft foods. Experienced my first throw up I think I over ate so taking it very slow now. Not sure how. Much I lost told hubby to hide the scale b/c I was obsessed with it. Gonna find out my weight at my 3 week follow up which is Nov 15th.

What havr u found to eat? I kno there plenty options, I feel stuck :/

Ok' date=' October is over and we're all sleeved.....updates?

I'll start....I'm three weeks out and I started purees yesterday, had a scrambled egg today and it was like fireworks on my tongue....only ate half so tuned in to what I was feeln but it went well! U?[/quote']

Sleeved 10/2 so exactly one month out. I was cleared to start my regular diet a few day ago and everything is running smoothly. I will be cleared for exercise next week.

And I had/having a major victory. Flew last week from NY to HI and every plane I Got on the seatbelt fit!!! "click" "click". And now I'm heading back to NYC and so far seatbelts are still clicking!!! No more embarrassing, hiding under the jacket pretending I'm buckled in!!!!

Sleeved 10/23... down 29.5...still on full liquids....going insane.

Going insane because of the liquids?? Me too!! Driving me nuts!

What havr u found to eat? I kno there plenty options' date=' I feel stuck :/[/quote']

I have eaten broiled salmon cakes, still do the cream Soups, green Beans cooked down really soft. I'm getting bored with food I need some other ideas.

Sleeved 10/2 so exactly one month out. I was cleared to start my regular diet a few day ago and everything is running smoothly. I will be cleared for exercise next week.

And I had/having a major victory. Flew last week from NY to HI and every plane I Got on the seatbelt fit!!! "click" "click". And now I'm heading back to NYC and so far seatbelts are still clicking!!! No more embarrassing' date=' hiding under the jacket pretending I'm buckled in!!!![/quote']

Congrats I use to do the same thing until I got caught and the flight attendant brought me a seat belt extender. Well I will be flying in December I told my husband I will probably be able to fit the seat belt.

Lol thank you! And it's a great feeling to fit the airplane seat belt, you will feel so normal when you fly in December. I fly a lot and I didn't realized How much it stressed me out until this current trip. Smh gotta love those little victories!

Sleeved 10/2 so exactly one month out. I was cleared to start my regular diet a few day ago and everything is running smoothly. I will be cleared for exercise next week.

And I had/having a major victory. Flew last week from NY to HI and every plane I Got on the seatbelt fit!!! "click" "click". And now I'm heading back to NYC and so far seatbelts are still clicking!!! No more embarrassing' date=' hiding under the jacket pretending I'm buckled in!!!![/quote']

Now thats what im talkn bout! Click, click--what a wonderful sound =) I fly Wednesday night....I hope to hear the same!

I'm looking forward to going to theme parks and roller coasters and not being worried about fitting into rides!!!

Btw Protein shakes are getting so difficult to stomach now!! Week 3 I'm on purees

I'm looking forward to going to theme parks and roller coasters and not being worried about fitting into rides!!!

Oh, me too!!! I am almost giddy with excitement about it!! My cousin's family lives near Carowinds & her husband & boys love going. I'm hoping to get them to go with me next season & I can picture us running from coaster to coaster & me having the wild-eyed look of a child on my face, filled with so much excitement :-D