I had my surgery on the 14 of September this year. Know that I am miserable. I am hungry a lot but won't eat. The premier Protein shakes is causing my hands and feet to itch and I now have lots of bumps on my face. I can't sleep good at night, I'm normally a person who sleeps on my stomach but I have to sleep on my back which is so uncomfortable. I have pain in my right side, I'm just depressed and feeling I made a mistake. An words of wisdom and comfort is welcomed. On my surgery date I weighed 353 I am now 337 and I been 337 since last Tuesday I feel the weight not coming off. I'm just a wreck right now

Yani

Lots of good wisdom already shared. I'm on post op day 28 and pretty much a newbie when it comes to the sleeve but I do want to share with you about something I experienced. I was constantly "hungry" for awhile which confused me till I researched why. On day 16 or 17, my hunger suddenly dropped off. It was when the swelling in my stomach went down. As someone already explained, a swollen/healing stomach plus the excess acid your stomach produces due to being downsized by 80% mimics hunger. Now I'm so much more comfortable "hunger" wise.

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I wish the days go by so I can say I'm 28 days out lol it's so hard at times

Yani

Tyani,

Thank you so much for being brave enough to post this. I'm one week post op and I am sitting here feeling so sorry for myself. I found out today that I'm also on my period. I've been alternating between yelling at my husband and family or crying about anything. Luckily my family and husband were both told by my surgeon that I would probably react this way because I have mental illness and couldn't take my antidepressant and anti anxiety pills for about a week. Hearing that others feel somewhat like that helps me feel hopeful. I just regret this so much, and I hurt constantly. But I need to give it time. Thanks so much for your post.

The first couple of weeks were a struggle for me, too! I tried to just sleep when I was tired and do the best I could do when eating. We all have to remember that we made a great choice for our health and nothing happens overnight. We had major surgery and our bodies need to heal and adapt to the new situation. The results will come, we just have to be patient.

One of the hardest parts for me (7 weeks out) is that I eat the small amount of food that my pouch can hold, but it tastes so good I want to eat the same amount that I used to before the surgery! And I'm not feeling hunger like I used to, but it does seem weird to not eat for a long period of time... I was never far from a meal pre-surgery! It's all an adjustment, but we are on the right path!

Glad to be part of this group to listen and get motivated!