Thought we could all convene here after our Feb sx so we could stay in touch....

When do you guys take your vitamins? Like can you take the b12 at the same time as the multivitamin? And calcium should be taken a couple hours later right? I'm confused and can't find any information on it.

My doctor has me taking b12, a multi, and calcium citrate in the morning. Then calcium citrate for lunch and another calcium citrate and multi at dinner time. No iron is required for me. He does mention to take iron at least 2 hours after the other stuff.

I broke the 300# mark!!! I cant even remember last time I weighed under that.......years 298# today

So excited (:

Congratulations! I am so happy for you!

I broke the 300# mark!!! I cant even remember last time I weighed under that.......years 298# today

So excited (:

Congratulations! I'm looking forward to hitting the two hundreds myself. It will be awhile for me though.

I broke the 300# mark!!! I cant even remember last time I weighed under that.......years 298# today

So excited (:

Congratulations!!!

Hi guys, I was sleeved on January 16th. I have been doing just fine and its the best decision I have ever made. I'm getting in my protein everyday and I'm eating just fine. I was 265 pounds before surgery and I'm down as of today to 215 pounds. That's right I've lost 50 pounds since surgery and I'm even in the gym doing light lifting. I was totally disgusted with how I looked and how I felt but today I feel good, and I love the reflection I see when I look in the mirror now. Good luck and much success to the rest of you guys.

Day 6 post op and back to work today! Feeling great! Little to no pain and working on those fluids!

I broke the 300# mark!!! I cant even remember last time I weighed under that.......years 298# today

So excited (:

Yay, what a wonderful day!!!!!!

Hi guys' date=' I was sleeved on January 16th. I have been doing just fine and its the best decision I have ever made. I'm getting in my Protein everyday and I'm eating just fine. I was 265 pounds before surgery and I'm down as of today to 215 pounds. That's right I've lost 50 pounds since surgery and I'm even in the gym doing light lifting. I was totally disgusted with how I looked and how I felt but today I feel good, and I love the reflection I see when I look in the mirror now. Good luck and much success to the rest of you guys.[/quote']

My level off weight I want to be 200-205. I was In bad shape and in bad health. I have been taking 13 pills a day covering diabetes, blood pressure medicine, high cholesterol medicine, arthritis and sleep apnea medicine plus 5 shots of Insulin per day. After surgery I take 1 pill and No Insulin at all. Diabetes completely in remission which is the reason I had the surgery.

I broke the 300# mark!!! I cant even remember last time I weighed under that.......years 298# today

So excited (:

Congrats! Nice job.

I don't have a drain' date=' but I absolutely feel hunger. It's not a "head hunger" either. I literally start to feel hunger pains. Now granted it does not take me long at all to satisfy the hunger with just a sip or two of something. But I do need "something:)[/quote']

I had the drain but they toke it off the day I was coming home. It don't hurt it was a wired feeling because you feel it coming out when they pull. Just hold your breath in as my doctor told me and it be over in 5 seconds.

Johanna-my surgery is in two weeks and I've been feeling the same way as you. You are not alone! It's got to get better. Hang in there!

Well, I'm now 8 days post-op and I feel great. The first three days were rough but not intolerable by any means. I reminded myself that I did have major surgery.

My energy level is not quite back to normal yet but I have no pain, no nausea. I am getting my Protein and fluids down but it's an all day process. I am so happy I did this for myself and will treasure this precious tool I've been given. Following all my post-op instructions to a T.

Have lost 8 lbs since being home. Drain came out yesterday. Did not hurt a bit!!!

Anxious to get past the 4 week Fluid stage so I can actually chew again but I do not have any head hunger that I had feared that I would. Cannot imagine going through this long process and surgery only to cheat, I feel like I've been given a gift. I'll be praying for you and your surgery soon

I was sleeved yesterday. I'm down 20 pounds from preop. The gas pains were horrible when I first woke in recovery but since then it hasn't been too bad. I've had a c-section so it's kinda like I'm reliving that experience. Lol

Ok 5 days post op. The only pain I had (have) is the gas pain. They also repaired a hernia. Feel great the best thing I could have done. Walking 45 minutes on the treadmill and using my exercise bands for resistance. Only wish is did it sooner.

My level off weight I want to be 200-205. I was In bad shape and in bad health. I have been taking 13 pills a day covering diabetes' date=' blood pressure medicine, high cholesterol medicine, arthritis and sleep apnea medicine plus 5 shots of Insulin per day. After surgery I take 1 pill and No Insulin at all. Diabetes completely in remission which is the reason I had the surgery.[/quote']

That is really awesome!!

So excited I stepped on the scale this morning and I'm down 25lbs since my preop appointment. I was sleeved on 2/5