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I DID IT! Sleeved march 22nd

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dynamitetee    24

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I was really sore the first day. I didn't want to walk.. but I did. This is SO IMPORTANT if u are to avoid bloodclots. This is day 5. Each day the pain seems to subside more and more ESPECIALLY when Ur taking the pain meds. I've been taking my vitamins.......everything except my Protein which I start on day 8. I've lost close to 10lbs post op. AWESOME. For the most part craving food hasn't been a major problem. My soreness is what keeps me in check with the food. I bought this blue lawn chair like chair that allows me to sit propped up.

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Bunnydee    40

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Great job! Sounds like your doing great. Yeah the soreness will get better. There is just one spot on the lower left side that always is the last to heal. They put an extra tight stitch there, inside. Just be careful. You will see that in a few days or a couple weeks you will have some appetite, or maybe you will be one of the lucky ones that don't. Make sure you walk everyday and get in your Water. Good luck on your journey! :)

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dynamitetee    24

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Thanks. :0)

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cmaloney    151

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Welcome to the club!!! So glad you have minimal discomfort & everything went well. Now watch the pounds drop! Congrats....

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journeygrl    27

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10 lbs down so soon it awesome! Sounds like most don't see a drop until around day 11. Congratulations!

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Houston17    115

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Journey girl, so glad that u shared when most see a drop. I'm day 3 and I'm still up from the fluids at the hospital. Thanks!

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journeygrl    27

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Journey girl' date=' so glad that u shared when most see a drop. I'm day 3 and I'm still up from the fluids at the hospital. Thanks![/quote']

I'm not sleeved yet, May 14, but that seems to be the average time. Someone (my husband) might say I'm obsessed or overly excited about all the info I am reading. I just want to know what to expect :)

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I'm not sleeved yet' date=' May 14, but that seems to be the average time. Someone (my husband) might say I'm obsessed or overly excited about all the info I am reading. I just want to know what to expect :)[/quote']

That sounds a lot like me. Even my husband, who also tends to be an information junkie, shakes his head and teases me about the amount of time I spend reading about wls. But, like you, I want to thoroughly know what to expect at each phase, plus it's something to do while I'm waiting... and waiting... and waiting...

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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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      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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      1. summerseeker

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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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