My surgery was on Monday, June 22, 2015. My weight was 256 before my preop diet, and today I'm down to 233. I decided to have the sleeve after my GP, GYN and cardiologist all suggested I should consider WLS. I had hypertension and was on two meds, high cholesterol and was on Crestor, and was recently diagnosed with pre-diabetes. And did I mention I'm a cardiac OR nurse? I knew if I didn't do something, my life would be cut short. After about a year of deliberating, I finally decided on the sleeve.

I am now on no meds aside from Pepcid AC Complete twice a day and vitamins. My BP this morning was 114/78!!! Thank you, Lord! My BP was never that good on two meds!

I am struggling with wanting to eat while I'm on week 2 of liquids. I suppose that's a bit of my food addiction kicking in and a normal response to not eating. I look foward to sharing with all of you as we journey on...personally and together!

What a difference a week makes!

I have similar statistics - started pre approval on Halloween at 250 lb. 225 lb at surgery, with 219 this morning.

I am on pureed foods - yogurt and custard are great, but I cannot gag down pureed chicken. liquids are OK, and I have started drinking broth for the small amount of Protein they bring (2 gm/cup)

Also a nurse - aren't we a stubborn lot!

I have to ask both of you @@greenbaymichk and @@AnniLou - did you get any sleep if you stayed the night post-op? Or did you get woke up all night (about every 45 minutes) by a nurse sticking a thermometer in your mouth, blood pressure cuff on your arm, etc? Love you guys, my son's an RN, but I wanted to sleep and not think about the thirst!

I was awakened around midnight and then around 5AM. (I think..... didn't have my glasses on!) Our hosp. has a pretty decent "quiet" time. I was hooked up to heart and O2 sat monitors, along with my IV and compression sleeves. Slept fairly well.

I had a rough first post op night - had trouble keeping my oxygen levels where they should be. (a combination of obesity, anesthesia and my positioning.) Therefore, I had lots of nursing attention, and I am grateful for it. I did better the second night - I brought an eye mask and was only awakened when they scanned my wrist to hang IV meds.