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Sleeved on April 24th! :)

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sweitzer2148    19

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Hi fellow sleevers! I am finally on the other side and beginning a whole new chapter in this book of getting healthy.

My surgery on the 24th was very uneventful as was my recovery. I was in the hospital for only one night. I'm not a rookie to surgeries as I have about 6 of them in the last 10 years. My last one before being sleeved was to remove 2 brain tumors and I spent 2 weeks in the hospital and almost a year recovering. This surgery, well, was a piece of cake. :)

To back up a little, I only had to lose 8lbs. before surgery and I only had to be on a liquid diet the day before. Now, let me tell you if you're used to eating a lot(and I was) even one day of the liquid diet was not so fun (I feel for you if you had to do 2 weeks).

Weighing in at the hospital I was 215lbs. My highest weight was 228 and now 7 days post op I am at 204. So far so good.

I requested anti-nausea meds for pre-op, post-op and for home. Usually anesthesia and pain meds make me deathly ill and I wasn't up for that after abdominal surgery. So, with a patch below my ear and nausea meds through my IV I was ready for battle! :)

Surgery took about an hour and 30 minutes. My surgeon had to also repair a hiatal hernia but that seems to be the norm. I was very fuzzy coming out of anesthesia and was like that the rest of the day. I did get up and walk a couple times and had some ice chips. But the best part was that I had absolutely no nausea which was a first for me after surgery! Super happy!

I'm going to write more in another post. Time for a break. :)

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Propo    48

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Congrats! Same day as me 👍

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Propo    48

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1 hour ago, sweitzer2148 said:


How was the liquid diet? I'm glad it's time to move on to puréed!!! Surgery go ok?

Hi there. Really pleased you're doing great!

Im good. Still on the liquid diet (soup, yoghurt and jello) for another week. My surgeon requires 3 weeks post op on this then soft foods.

ive lost 23lbs since our surgery date as of this morning. Now that makes me feel better! 😂

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Ima VSGee    32

Ima VSGee
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Congrats! How are you feeling


Ima VSGee
#SW: 319.6 #CW: 295.6 #VSG Date: 5/16/2017

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Cajun1    6

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I had my surgery the same day, I have started solids this week and tolerate them very well. I stay under 1000 calories a day and I get in about 110 grams of Protein daily. I feel much better but I have only lost about 6lbs since the surgery date. not complaining here. I enjoy watching everyone's conversations.

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      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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      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

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        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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