Hi to all you sleevers and sleevers-to-be!

I've just had my VSG (August 19th) and I'm looking for a good support group, so I joined the bariatricpal. I'm from Poland and unfortunetely I haven't been able to find any local support group. Not sure if because the surgery is less popular here or because of the stigma attached to it.

So I just wanted to say hi, I'll we sticking around.

I'm hoping for the best.

My surgery weight was 253 lbs, I am now 246 lbs. My goal weight is around 155 lbs (70 kg, we don't use lbs in Poland so it's an adjustment)

Margie

Hi and welcome!!! Congratulations on your surgery. I hope you are feeling better every day! Good luck!!

Welcome Margie! Congratulations on your weight loss thus far.

looking for good support group, so I joined bariatricpal

@@RetroGirl

Welcome Welcome Welcome

i can tell you are a smart cookie to have found this group

and we are lucky that you did

5 days PO!!

since you didn't mention otherwise

sounds like things are going well

read this board as often as you can

read, learn, listen from other peoples replies

people are nice except..........you know who you are

listen to everyone's advice/comments/experiences

end of the day only do what your nutritionist/surgeon says

they are the the ones in the know!!!

(do you have a nutritionist)

can you talk to dr/nutritionist about support groups??

they would know others who had the sleeve

maybe YOU could start a group

dr can't give you names of other sleeved people (hippa)

but they may be willing to send one community email to other sleevers

asking if anyone else is interested to be in a group

reply to you (via your email you might give docs office)

canada, england, UK, india - many other countries represented here

i "think" you are the first sleever representing Poland

hugggggs from all around the world

you work with the sleeve - and it will work/with you

good luck

kathy

Thank you all

I do have a nutritionist, I'll be seeing her next month so it's a good idea to ask her.

I did met few other girls who were undergoing WLS in the hospital and we exchanged e-mails, but somehow they are all getting bypass, not sleeve, so it will probably be more psychological support then informational.

Anyway, I found a lot of information on this site, I've been reading it since I decided to go through with the surgery and I am so glad it exist.

See ya!

Welcome to this site. As others have mentioned it's a great place for information and support.

I don't recall seeing anyone else post from Poland so you may be the first.

When you are able to start eating real food you may have to share some weight loss surgery friendly polish recipes!

In the meantime, focus on getting in your fluids and Protein and keep us posted on how you are doing.

Im a newbie too. Coming up on 4 wks post op and wow, what a mind trip its been. My week 2 I mourned my pizza and chipotle addiction, fantasized about food, couldn't watch food commercials and just allowed myself to go through it....the letting go and refocusing on the looking forward. I dig deep within myself sometimes by the hour. I'm down almost 50 pds since my own efforts prior to pre-op diet and I've only lost one pound last week. I don't know of thats normal but Im just gonna keep working at it. Walking helps clear my mind of the chatter and my WLS Warrior comes out!!! I'm so blessed to be a new member of this community.