I had my surgery after a 18 month wait and 4 months of classes. The surgery went well, my doc said my liver shrinking diet worked well and surgery took 45 mins. I woke up in my room and it did hurt! Nobody talks about the pain but I'm gonna say it did hurt. It was well controlled with medication though! I was discharged on day 3 cause I was still having trouble getting any fluids down. I also had diahrrea in the hospital. They said it was normal so I was t worried. When I went home sat I had diahrrea about 10 times and the same thing Sunday. By mon morn I was weak and very dehydrated. I was back at the hospital 2x that week for an iv but I felt better each time so it got me over the hump. By week 2 I was starting to feel normal. Apparently I had a stomach virus - NOT fair! Slowly I started eating full liq then onto mashed potatoes and continued to progress quickly. At 3 wks I could eat reg food as long as chewed really well. Now 1 mo out I'm eating anything in sm portions and feel great. Just wanted to share this because the person I was the first 2 weeks is WAY different than now. I was getting upset thinking it would be crampy and uncomfortable to eat every time and how was I going to ever eat reg food but it does get better. Now at 1 mo I'm down 17 lbs from surgery ( plus another 20 pre op) and sometimes the scale doesn't move for 2 wks and its slow but it's coming and the clothes are bigger. So good luck everyone and remember this is a journey and none of us put this weight on overnight and it doesn't come off that way!

Aww congrats!! I am about 5 weeks out and couldn't agree with you more. Thanks for the smile this morning!

Awesome !!!

I am also a month out--as of Monday. I'm so glad you're doing well now. Keep up the good work.