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cajun_queen    94

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Today is my 4 month surgiversary and I am down 65 lbs. This is the best thing I have ever done for MYSELF!!

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cajun_queen    94

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Awesome! It feels great doesn't it!! [emoji4]

It sure does!!!


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Camry    13

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Today is my 4 month surgiversary and I am down 65 lbs. This is the best thing I have ever done for MYSELF!!


Hello dear!

Congratulations on your journey! Could you share your experience with us? Did you have any complications after the surgery? How do you manage the post surgery?
Best regards

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K_aane    356

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Congrats!!!! I am a Louisiana girl too!

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cajun_queen    94

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13 hours ago, Camry said:


Hello dear!

Congratulations on your journey! Could you share your experience with us? Did you have any complications after the surgery? How do you manage the post surgery?
Best regards

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Sure I will share my journey. I struggled with my weight once I married and started having children. I would lose on fad diets i.e. Atkins x 2, Weight Watchers, Low calorie and low fat, then I would gain it all back plus some. I decided the only way to lose it for good was to have surgery, so after much research I decided to do it. I had my 1st appt. Jan. 12, 2017, was told that I would need a psych. eval, nutrition class, and endoscopy. I was able to complete those very quickly and had Gastric Sleeve surgery Feb. 28th, 2017. Pre-op was no fun but bearable, mine was weeks long on just liquid. I was in hospital for 1 night, I had no issues. I have had laparoscopic surgery before when they took my gallbladder out and this was about the same. I walked, walked, and walked some more during my stay in the hospital (the narcotics are like caffeine to me). Walking and getting up to move is vital for a quick recovery. Lots of burping in the beginning, before during and after eating but that goes away. Learning to "eat" again has been a balancing act, but it is so easy now. Post surgery I had a week of full liquids, then pureed for 2 weeks, soft food for 2 weeks and then to regular food. During the pureed, I ate baby food and Protein Shakes. I have apparently a tough stomach as I did not have issues eating. My bariatric surgeon recommends a Mediterranean diet, fish fruits and veggies. I eat what I am supposed to eat and do not cheat with food that is no good for me. Everything you put in your mouth after surgery should be something that is vital for you body to have, because you won't have room to waste on stuff that won't give you any nutritional value. You WILL have stalls after and wonder why you aren't losing when you are really barely eating anything but this is not a bad thing, if you lose too fast you are most likely burning muscle mass and not fat. I don't exercise religiously but I do try to get in a little weight training or walking several times a week. I HATE exercise!! This has been a relatively easy process for me because I am 100% committed to being healthy!! Nothing will make me eat like I did before, its not an option in my opinion. I never want to feel that way again because being healthy feels so much better. Good luck on your journey!! Feel free to ask anything else!

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    • Alisa_S

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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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    • Alisa_S

      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

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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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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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