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Geez! I've heard of getting irritable and depressed. I just had no idea how bad it is. I thought I've been through hell. Of course I could handle it. YA RIGHT! I'm not depressed but I'm so freaking cranky! Slightly weak as well. Mostly I just can't hold back what I really think. I'm usually a happy go lucky sweet person. NOT NOW! I think the surgery took my niceness with the stomach!

Anyone else experienced this!? ????

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Geez! I've heard of getting irritable and depressed. I just had no idea how bad it is. I thought I've been through hell. Of course I could handle it. YA RIGHT! I'm not depressed but I'm so freaking cranky! Slightly weak as well. Mostly I just can't hold back what I really think. I'm usually a happy go lucky sweet person. NOT NOW! I think the surgery took my niceness with the stomach!

Anyone else experienced this!? ????

Definitely a Yes for me. It's been tough not being able to use food in the way I used it before, my substitute for feelings, boredom, love etc.... I think it's going to be a very revealing journey, that always reveals something new everyday. I've chosen not to be the Hangry monster to my loved ones. A very conscious effort has to be made every moment to not slip. I notice it's gotten better with my attitude change. All positive thoughts nothing negative allowed. It just takes effort. I've really enjoyed meditating more now. It balances my moods better. Good luck with your journey.❤️

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????Definitely a Yes for me. It's been tough not being able to use food in the way I used it before, my substitute for feelings, boredom, love etc.... I think it's going to be a very revealing journey, that always reveals something new everyday. I've chosen not to be the Hangry monster to my loved ones. A very conscious effort has to be made every moment to not slip. I notice it's gotten better with my attitude change. All positive thoughts nothing negative allowed. It just takes effort. I've really enjoyed meditating more now. It balances my moods better. Good luck with your journey.❤️

I agree. I realized today I really need to put the effort forward to be polite through this! Positive energy and that is all!

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Definitely a Yes for me. It's been tough not being able to use food in the way I used it before, my substitute for feelings, boredom, love etc.... I think it's going to be a very revealing journey, that always reveals something new everyday. I've chosen not to be the Hangry monster to my loved ones. A very conscious effort has to be made every moment to not slip. I notice it's gotten better with my attitude change. All positive thoughts nothing negative allowed. It just takes effort. I've really enjoyed meditating more now. It balances my moods better. Good luck with your journey.❤️

I agree. I realized today I really need to put the effort forward to be polite through this! Positive energy and that is all!

It not only lifts your spirits but to those around you. We've taken on such a major life shift, a shift that will continually ebb and flow in all sorts of ways, that we need all the positive vibes we can keep around us, at all times.

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My family just keeps asking if I'm taking my depression meds. Obviously they don't get that not being able to eat anything and only drink clear fluids, feeling sore, and tired will make someone a bit touchy. Oh and to mention those depression meds are a b* to get down anyway

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I was in the same boat and really worried! Once I started on soft foods, it got 110% better!

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I agree, I am finally able to have purée chicken and everything has gotten ten times better.. It doesn't come up and I'm smiling a little bit more. My family buys fast food and I don't care as much as I did when it was straight liquids. Thank God .. My kids and husband were hiding from me for awhile.

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During my second week post-op, I became very irritated. Everything annoyed me. I even posted something about it on here just like you. For me, the irritation was short lived. Just a few days. And I haven't felt that way since. Lovin' every day now!

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Im 7 weeks out and in the last couple of weeks my weight loss has picked up and my lack of patience has quadrupled. I'm sick of being a b!+(#..... I know its the hormones getting released out of the fat but Ughhhh I try to keep it bottled but like a tea kettle when its hot its blows..... for my family and friends I hope this chills soon.

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Ugh I have been miserable since day 1. No caffeine, no sugar, no food! What do you expect! I also take depression meds and wonder if they are not being absorbed properly! I was hoping I would feel better and have more energy post surgery. Hasn't happened yet, I am 6.5 weeks out. I have have diarrhea since the surgery. I am praying this too will pass. Best of luck to you!

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I am now 3.5 months post op and things have gotten better :-) I have less extreme bitch moments and life feels better. I wish I had more energy to enjoy my 65lbs lost. I figure in time I will. MMMMMmmmm COFFEE!!

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Geez! I've heard of getting irritable and depressed. I just had no idea how bad it is. I thought I've been through hell. Of course I could handle it. YA RIGHT! I'm not depressed but I'm so freaking cranky! Slightly weak as well. Mostly I just can't hold back what I really think. I'm usually a happy go lucky sweet person. NOT NOW! I think the surgery took my niceness with the stomach!

Anyone else experienced this!? ????

Just with the diet changes i'm making pre-op, i understand. I am recently diagnosed diabetic, and i hope to have surgery in early October, and it's that goal that is keeping that crankiness in check for now. But sometimes, yeah, the "hangry" cant be contained. I had a hysterectomy last November, but prior to that i was on hormonal treatment primarily used with cancer patients. It's high dose progesterone, and for cancer patients, it's supposed to make them feel "happier". NOPE, NOT ME! I wanted to rip my husband's head off one second and go bawl in the corner the next. We'd fight, and i'd be yelling or crying, trying to explain i KNEW it was the hormones but i just can't control it...I was a rollercoaster. For him, being the one with the shorter fuse normally, he handled it as graciously as he could. I'm hoping to not have that same fluctuation after surgery this time.

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im worried about my mood stablizers i take several a day because of my metal health related issues and if i dont take them im terrible to be around so hopefully im not the house hold terror that i was when the hubster met me

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My husband had the bypass in Jan and was really grumpy for a few months. Back to his sunny self now thank God. I'm 3 days post op sleeve and going to try really hard not to put the family through grumpy stage. ????

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    • Alisa_S

      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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    • Alisa_S

      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

        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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