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Hello new, congrats. I've nvr nor do I drink or smoke, I'm also on a 2 wk liquid, day 6, so my liver shud have the new car smell, eh? Lol. Newhoo, 1 day at a time w lots of prayers bc this 2 wk is NOT A JOKE! God bless your recovery:)

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For all my fellow December sleevers who are suffering or struggling trying to get your fluids and your Protein in...

Know this...

It gets easier, just hang in there. We are all in this together.

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Prayers, prayers and more prayers. You can do this!! Hugs to you!!

Hope you get out soon. I know I feel better at home than in hospital. The sipping gets better. It's my only job right now resting, drinking, and peeing. I've had bouts with hunger. That is not fun. Sending prayers your way . Keep us posted.

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Can't say I have felt true physical hunger yet at 9 days out but boy do I think, dream, miss my fave foods -- the aromas are the enemy .... We are human and all that is natural .... Can't wait when I can start introducing solid foods in bite size portions of course probably around early February

Lessofsarah on YouTube, pinterest & Instagram has some amazing VSG friendly recipe ideas I can't wait to get my paws on!!

Ie: cauliflower crust pizza, lasagna stuffed bell peppers, Zucchini noodles, crab cakes, etc

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Can't say I have felt true physical hunger yet at 9 days out but boy do I think, dream, miss my fave foods -- the aromas are the enemy .... We are human and all that is natural .... Can't wait when I can start introducing solid foods in bite size portions of course probably around early February

Lessofsarah on YouTube, pinterest & Instagram has some amazing VSG friendly recipe ideas I can't wait to get my paws on!!

Ie: cauliflower crust pizza, lasagna stuffed bell peppers, Zucchini noodles, crab cakes, etc

Yum Yum.. I start solids January 16th. I have a sleeve mentor close by. We met at the seminar in July, she accompanied her sister and we struck a freindship. She's been invaluable to me. She's lost 130lbs in a year..and she's given me some great tips and recipes. The two recipes I listed came from her stash. I'm looking forward to solids too. She has one for pizza too, but she said not to worry about that one right now because I can't have it. OMG. Before surgery, Pizza was my most favoritest food. I truly could eat it every single day. So it will be nice to have a replacement. I'll check out the YT channel you listed too.

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Omgsh!! U jumped to onderland really fast, connnnngrats. Amazn:). Soon ull need to b posting b4 n after pics. So exciting. I'm 6 days into my 2 wk liq, n reading this just gave me a boost to keep ahead bc today, I almost gave up. It's been hard and I keep dreaming about Snacks n chili dogs, geesh. Anyways Ty for posting and at ur rate, ull b there b4 January;) amazn!

I had my first surgery for the lap band on May 17 2012 I lost for sure. I was down to about 210 or so. I then had a slip and opted to have the second surgery to go to the sleeve. Which I had on Dec 16 and now I'm down to 196. I have longed to see the scale below

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Omgsh!! U jumped to onderland really fast, connnnngrats. Amazn:). Soon ull need to b posting b4 n after pics. So exciting. I'm 6 days into my 2 wk liq, n reading this just gave me a boost to keep ahead bc today, I almost gave up. It's been hard and I keep dreaming about Snacks n chili dogs, geesh. Anyways Ty for posting and at ur rate, ull b there b4 January;) amazn!

I had my first surgery for the lap band on May 17 2012 I lost for sure. I was down to about 210 or so. I then had a slip and opted to have the second surgery to go to the sleeve. Which I had on Dec 16 and now I'm down to 196. I have longed to see the scale below 200 and final I have made it. Looking forward to be about 175 or lower.

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Alright, here are tomorrow's sleevers! I wish you all best and a speedy recovery! looking forward to hearing from you all!

44.Dec 05 Blondie

45.Dec 05 Lioness813

46.Dec 05 jenRRT

47.Dec 05 brennalynn84

48.Dec 05 SkinnyShanny

49.Dec 05 Vstears

50.Dec 05 HCPST

51.Dec 05 Racha80

52.Dec 05 HealthyAnnie

Unfortunately I had to change my date to Kate January!

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Thanks all! My doctor required two weeks liquid diet pre-op, but the past two days I've had this hunger headache and a hunger pain in the "pit" of my stomach. Urrrggghhh. And this two shall past...I'm on full liquids until Jan 2nd, can't wait. Maybe mentally I'm obsessing over the food I can't eat! Trying to stay focused ;(

I too today had a pretty raging hunger. It was odd. Just like you describe, hunger pangs in the pit somewhere... I truly believe we ARE hungry. We have been depriving our bodies of food for how many weeks now?? It's a shock to the system. Fundus or no fundus, our bodies are hungry. I don't have an appetite or wish to eat, but I AM HUNGRY. Once we get to move on to more substantial foods I think we will be fine and satiated with whatever little bit we can eat. Right now I am empty. Like completely empty in the guts. It's not mental for me. My body needs to eat something because it's starving. What a complete mindf*ck....

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Hi all. My name is Meli. Had my surgery 2 days ago on the 17th in the beautiful South Florida! Everything went perfect according to the surgeon and I had my leak test yesterday - no problems. I'm still at the hospital, still in pain but waiting it out :)

Hi Meli, Im getting sleeves in S fl as well! Who's your dr? I'm with Dr Brett Cohen at Memorial Hospital!

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Hi all. My name is Meli. Had my surgery 2 days ago on the 17th in the beautiful South Florida! Everything went perfect according to the surgeon and I had my leak test yesterday - no problems. I'm still at the hospital, still in pain but waiting it out :)

Hi Meli, Im getting sleeves in S fl as well! Who's your dr? I'm with Dr Brett Cohen at Memorial Hospital!

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Hi Meli, Im getting sleeves in S fl as well! Who's your dr? I'm with Dr Brett Cohen at Memorial Hospital!

Hi girls, I am also with dr. Cohen. I'm at memorial pembrook. Was sleeved on dec. 20. Will possibly be discharged today. I'm in a lot of pain, much more than I had expected. I just tried my first roxicet for pain, up until now, I've been on morphine every 3 hours. broth and Water makes me nautious, pain meds make me nautious, And my stomach feels like the muscles have all been torn especially on the left side where they pulled the tummy through. I know that there's light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm looking forward to it. Just trying to breathe and take it day by day!! This seriously makes me rethink considering getting a pannulectomy after I loose the weight. Stomach pain is no joke and you use your stomach for everything!

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Hi girls, I am also with dr. Cohen. I'm at memorial pembrook. Was sleeved on dec. 20. Will possibly be discharged today. I'm in a lot of pain, much more than I had expected. I just tried my first roxicet for pain, up until now, I've been on morphine every 3 hours. broth and Water makes me nautious, pain meds make me nautious, And my stomach feels like the muscles have all been torn especially on the left side where they pulled the tummy through. I know that there's light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm looking forward to it. Just trying to breathe and take it day by day!! This seriously makes me rethink considering getting a pannulectomy after I loose the weight. Stomach pain is no joke and you use your stomach for everything!

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Feel better!! I was on dilaudid for first 2 days every 4 hours --- loved it!! They moved me to roxicet claiming i cant go home with dilaudid which wasn't strong enough but I suffered through ...also had hiatal hernia repair (ouch!!!!!!)

It gets better with time ... I'm 10 days out today and feeling little to no pain just lack of energy ... Can't wait to get to soft solids

You already look so slim in your avatar

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Atlanta - me me me!! I was sleeved 12/17 in NYC.

I started at 250 pre-op and was 241.3 the day of surgery.

Today I'm 236.5! Woot woot!

Look for me on IG- exgordiis

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