Everything went great! My doc was really happy about how I'm doing and said I'm "ahead of the game." He told me just to keep doing what I'm doing. I can increase my activity to 60 min per day, and he told me that I don't need 80g of protein (which I was aiming for) and that 60-70g was enough (I'm 5'5"). I've been experiencing orthostatic hypotension, which he said could be mild dehydration, or just my body's way of adjusting to ketones and decreased carbohydrate intake. It should get better . Overall, I feel amazing! If it weren't for the reduced amount of food I can eat, I wouldn't know I even had surgery! Dr. Long also gave me a copy of my surgery and pathology reports, which were very interesting to read. The pathology report said the portion of stomach that was removed was 25cm in length by 5.3 cm in diameter! He used a 40 French boogie for sizing in surgery. Sooooooo happy how this new life is starting off!!!!!

Hell yeah!

So awesome to hear from someone doing so well! I see so many posts about how rough people have it post-op, and it's totally valid that they would want to come here for support and to commiserate, but posts like this prove it's not all doom and gloom. Hopefully I can have half the success you have in my first couple of weeks post-op!

Congrats and welcome to the loser's bench!