Well, this past Wednesday as planned, I had my surgery. Gastric sleeve.

OH MY GOD I WAS MISERABLE!!!

We read all these stories about success and how wonderful everything is after the surgery. I never thought about how miserable I would be waking up after surgery. You can't move, you can't drink, can't stretch, nothing. But, as the days go by, things get a little easier. I have a long way to go but I'm recovering nicely. I'm 4 days post op and I'm able to move around on my own for the most part as long as it doesn't involve bending over. I'm down 15 lbs since starting my Preop diet 5 days before surgery. It's funny because I keep thinking this recovery would be so much easier if I were skinny. Oh the irony.

It does get better. I had my surgery three weeks ago tomorrow.

The first hour after waking up was my worst. I prayed the whole hour and pushed that pain button over and over. I started watching the clock to see when I could push it.

My first thought was, "What did I do to myself?"

But then I thought with even as bad as I felt right then, both of my parents have had heart bypass surgeries and what I was feeling was nothing compared to how they felt after having their chests cracked open! It was then that I knew I did the right thing.

I had the sleeve to keep from following my parents footsteps and having heart surgeries in the future. My pain at that moment was worth the possibility of not knowing the pain of heart bypass surgery!

It does get better. I had my surgery three weeks ago tomorrow.

The first hour after waking up was my worst. I prayed the whole hour and pushed that pain button over and over. I started watching the clock to see when I could push it.

My first thought was, "What did I do to myself?"

But then I thought with even as bad as I felt right then, both of my parents have had heart bypass surgeries and what I was feeling was nothing compared to how they felt after having their chests cracked open! It was then that I knew I did the right thing.

I had the sleeve to keep from following my parents footsteps and having heart surgeries in the future. My pain at that moment was worth the possibility of not knowing the pain of heart bypass surgery!

Amen. You still have to watch the fat and cholesterol intake. But I agree. I didn't want a stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. Taking medicine for all these different medicines and still eating myself dead. I didn't really get it until after the surgery. I look at my plate and compare to the plate of food I use to eat. What a difference.

T - Another way to know how much you used to eat is to look at your grocery bill. We have actually had money left over each week since I had surgery!!! We're actually saving money now.

Plus -- I was able to get off of my diabetes medication (already) and cut my blood pressure pills in half!!! We aren't paying for diabetes meds anymore and the bp meds won't have to be refilled as often.

That's awesome.