I am 6 days sleeved and I am very emotional today. I cry at the drop of a hat. Everything has been going well so I don't know where this is coming from!

Hi Sky,

Don't feel so down. It is actually a sign that your body is breaking into your fat stores and burning it. We, as women, store a ton of hormones in our fat cells and when they start to break down our body gets massive doses of all that lovely storage. I am about 10 days out and had one of those days yesterday - I actually berated my fiance for not getting me Water when I asked for it ( apparently, him asking me which kind I wanted... propel / a frozen bottle from the fridge that I couldn't drink / or a bottle that wasn't in the fridge touched a fat nerve) It will get better.

skylarkx,

Don't underestimate the impact the anesthesia, surgery and trauma from surgery has had on your body. Your body just went through he!! 6 days ago.

Hope you feel better soon.

Kathleen

Feeling "Crazy" comes with the territory in the beginning. You're releasing hormones and toxins stored up in your fat cells at a rapid rate. Good news is it gets better. For me, much better after the first month and completely better after about month 3. Hang in there!

totally normal. start researching ways to soothe yourself without food. you just lost your biggest coping mechanism.

Thank you everybody for your responses!

skylarkx,

I hope you are more comfortable soon.

But those feelings -- we just need to feel our feelings. And, if possible, change our feelings by doing things that are healthy for us -- not the old same ways we've always responded to those feelings.

I'm going through a "what are my compulsions?" internal dialogue right now. Am sort of surprised, actually to find out that what I thought were healthy behaviors (like working a lot) aren't all as health-provoking as I once thought.

Interesting trip we're on, eh?

One of my friends who was sleeved 4 months before me said about 4 weeks after her surgery, "I HATE the feeling my feelings part. And there is nothing I can eat, no glass of wine to pour…I'm a raging bitch."

It does get better, especially after you start exercising again.