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Hey lady:) how are you feeling? Updates please. Lol!

Hi! :) sorry...I got away from VST for a bit once I went back to work! I'm 6wks 5 days out & down 46#! I had to go back on full liquids at 4.5 wks due to a vomiting issue, but sloooooowly reintroducing mushies. How are you???

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Hi! :) sorry...I got away from VST for a bit once I went back to work! I'm 6wks 5 days out & down 46#! I had to go back on full liquids at 4.5 wks due to a vomiting issue' date=' but sloooooowly reintroducing mushies. How are you???

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Good thanks :) finished my last nut appointment the other day! Talked to coordinator and now just have to wait and see:/ they said they will call me when everything is finally submitted so I will know when the clock starts. Glad to hear you are doing good! What kind of vomit issues were you having?

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Hi! I was having trouble keeping anything non-liquid down. I am actually still on about an 80% liquid/mushy diet. They aren't sure why this is happening. I don't have a stricture or blockage or leak (although that was the initial concern). I just have a really picky sleeve. I can only eat about 1-2 ounces at a time, depending on the day/meal. I'll be 15 weeks on Wednesday.

How are you doing? :)

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From weeks 5 til 13 I dry heaved every single day over and over. It was awful. I am 6mths out now and feel great! I go for my 6mth chk up Friday.

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From weeks 5 til 13 I dry heaved every single day over and over. It was awful. I am 6mths out now and feel great! I go for my 6mth chk up Friday.

Wow! Sounds about like me lol it was awful :)

im glad you're doing well! :) i cant believe its been 6 months ready! feels like just a month or so since we all met on this thread :) hows the progress been?

after I gave in & started back on liquids it all started feeling better. I transitioned back to mushies about 2 weeks later & have tried solids but they just hurt. I can't tolerate animal Proteins at all. I'm now lactose intolerant. And Im not cleared to have raw veggies, yet. It's been a slowwwww process. But the weight loss has been decent, so I can't really complain. They keep encouraging me to re-try more solids, but I haven't had much luck. My NUT is afraid I'll get (or already am) mentally stuck, so they want me to start seeing an eating disorder specialist at an outpatient clinic. :/

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Ive lost 85lbs since surgery. Its slowed down some but i am still happy with my progress. I can't wait til im in oneder land. I started in May 2012 at 353lbs, surgery was 329lbs, and now i am 244lbs. Still a ways to go but im getting there

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WTG! That's an awesome loss so far! :)

Mine has slowed to a crawl recently. I used to lose 4-6#/wk & now I've only lost 4# in 3 wks. It's very frustrating.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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