Hello everyone, I wanted to see how many May 2013 sleevers there are! What are you doing at this point to prepare for surgery? What are your stats?

I am scheduled for May 15th. So excited, but nervous!! I am currently 260 and my highest was 268 in February. I plan to get down to at least 250 before the two week Protein diet prior to my surgery. My goal weight is 150 which I haven't been at in about 7 years! I started my journey in January of this year. I was fortunate enough that my insurance approved me without requiring a 6 month monitored diet. I have a good amount of support, didn't start off that way though. First responses were "you're taking the easy way out", so I took them to information seminars which completely changed their views (whew!). I am extremely excited for the surgery because it's a new me. I can completely change my life habits around and start feeling better about myself physically and mentally. When I think back, I've realized my weight has kept me from making friends, going in public, and just plain living life!

I would love to hear all of your stories thus far and how your journey to getting sleeved has been!

Thanks!!

- Brooke

How exciting! The May 2013 group is almost all sleeved! Good luck, Wes!

Good luck and best wishes for a speedy recovery!

You know, I remember first posting in this thread and feeling like "Darn, I wish I'd been sleeved sooner!" As in, wishing I was at the beginning of May instead of the middle! LOL Hard to believe the month is almost over. I'm about 2.5 weeks post-op, eating soft foods, and feeling pretty good!

Hope everyone is mending well!

Hello everyone. Today I am one month post op. Was sleeved may 1st. I am doing well. My sleeve and i get along well. I am down 23lbs since surgery and I feel great. No issues as of yet except for......ACID REFLUX!!!! Its horrific. Doc upped prilosec today so I hope it works :-).

Sleeved on Wednesday the 29th, taking it one day at a time. Trying to get my liquids in but it is very difficult. I do not have any desire to eat or drink anything, except sugar free Popsicles; they have been a lifesaver!

Sleeved on Wednesday the 29th, taking it one day at a time. Trying to get my liquids in but it is very difficult. I do not have any desire to eat or drink anything, except sugar free Popsicles; they have been a lifesaver!

Same here, I was sleeved Tuesday, and only tolerated water and sugar free popcicles. Today I was able to drink butternut squash soup and felt a lot better. I hope I am over my "weak" hump.

Palomarules' date=' I was sleeved on the 28th also. I am doing really well but struggling to get enough liquid. I would love to hear how you're doing.

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Hi Jellybean,

I got home the hospital yesterday and feel fine, but maybe a bit gassy. I have only had two sons of yoghurt and three spoon of apple sauce in four days. I have absolutely no appetite and have to make myself sip Water. I love not wanting to eat, but wonder how long this will last. Someone mentioned wanting a cheeseburger, but I only imagine my stomach being ripped apart by the idea. My surgery was Wednesday and today is Saturday and I've already lost 3kg, nearly 7 lbs. I am pleased with that. Let me know how you're getting on.

Same here' date=' I was sleeved Tuesday, and only tolerated Water and sugar free popcicles. Today I was able to drink butternut squash soup and felt a lot better. I hope I am over my "weak" hump.[/quote']

I was able to get 4oz of a Protein shake in last night, shooting for 8oz today. We got this!

it does get better once you are able to move on to soft foods...I will be 4 weeks out Monday and am almost ready to start introducing a few more dense foods...definitely not planning on adding any starches (bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, corn) though...I have been in a stall for the last week, and it is very discouraging, but here I am getting encouragement to stick with the plan and hang in there

I dont want to be measuring every week, but I figure out that if I dont do it I would not know if I am or not an a stall. Ohh what should I do.

I figure that I should be measuring my weight. Weekly at least instead of daily! I think it's good to set a day to do this each week and to also set yourself some goals.

i think this will also help me move towards and achieving lifestyle changes.

Hello all- well I was sleeved on may 31st. I was pretty nauseous on day 1 and 2 and the gas and acid reflux pains were unbearable. I went home yesterday 6/1 was still pretty nauseous and I tried taking my first dosage of hydrocodone but I could not keep it down so I threw it up and just did not take it. Day 3 is much much better. The nausea seemed to subside, did a morning walk and took my hydrocodone and was able to keep it down this time, just sipped it slower this time. I also had a Popsicle earlier which was awesome and I am sipping on isopure and water as I write this. Hopefully it's smooth sailing from here on out. Those acid reflux pains gotta go lol. Anyway ready to officially start the journey now that all the nausea is out of the way. Thanks for all the support

wesc, I hope you get that under control soon...did your dr prescribe a PPI, like Prevacid...that helped me a lot

wesc' date=' I hope you get that under control soon...did your dr prescribe a PPI, like Prevacid...that helped me a lot[/quote']

Yes he prescribed prilosec which is starting to slowly work a little bit. I just have to be patient I guess

How do you get away with ordering off of the kids menu? Do you just explain to the waitress that you had surgery?

Yep, that's exactly what I did..and they had no problem with it..