I would love to make some surgery buddies now so we can go through all the pre-op requirements together and stick through surgery and beyond. Anyone else already know their surgery will occur this summer?

My surgery is going to fall in the July or August time frame. Most of this is dependent upon checking all my surgeon's boxes, the rest is dependent upon my financing since I'm self-pay. I'll be getting the sleeve.

I love my surgeon and feel really lucky to have found him. So far the pre-op stuff has gone smoothly, but I am just at the beginning stages. I've scheduled all my evals and classes and attended my first weight loss class last week. I found it to be mildly helpful. It was certainly geared more toward those that hadn't already read through the surgery binder and/or those that had no clue what healthy eating consisted of. I'm hoping future classes focus more on the post-op eating.

My first visit with my PCP about this surgery is next week as that's the soonest I could get in to see her. I'm hoping she'll be supportive as my surgeon knew of her when I told him that's who I see. But if I have to find another PCP so be it.

My first dietician appt is next week and psych eval is the week after that. I only have to get these three meetings out of the way to schedule my surgery. So I'm anxious to get that done!

I'm excited to hear from others along the same timeline as me!

Good! Not yet. She's just delivering rain and high winds to us this evening. My area is supposed to have flooding, mudslides and rockslides. Hoping it doesn't get as bad as they say.

Well if you were,at Allegheny State in Boone you would be a Hilltopper and maybe safer!

Actually, Boone can flood too. I lived there for a while. Even here in Asheville, it's weird to see flooding in the mountains. Are you supposed to get rain from her later in the week?

21 minutes ago, ChellNC said:

Good! Not yet. She's just delivering rain and high winds to us this evening. My area is supposed to have flooding, mudslides and rockslides. Hoping it doesn't get as bad as they say.

Oh dear, stock up and stay safe!!

1 minute ago, ellie123 said:

Oh dear, stock up and stay safe!!

We've got everything we need so now we're just waiting. We have a large tree beside of where we park our cars. Hubby moved the cars to another area because limbs frequently come off that tree when it gets too windy. I just don't want to lose power. I need my ac and fans. ?

Undoubtedly, I'm so nice, wring her dry so WE won't get so much, okay? How do I know about Boone? Because in addition to,being Mama's Little Princess I was Daddy's Litltle Bud. Besides I remember a few years ago when Appalachian State ,( see I knew I misspoke the name before) stomped the snarf out of Big Bad Michigan. I'm an Ohio state University fan, remember I even had my surgery there. As the Arabs say: The friend of my friend is also my friend, the enemy of my enemy is also,my enemy! Wonder is there is actually,an Allegheny State? Suspect if there is it,would be West Virgina or Tennessee, I'll check,Wikipedia or Google.

Update Allegheny College-Meadville Pennsylvania in the Northwestern part,of Pennsylvania. Don't know if we have any,Bari-pals from there active, but,i am sure at one time we did.

I'll try to wring her dry for you. ?

Hi, all! I had my surgery on August 16th. I’m doing great as far as pain, healing, etc, but I was nauseated 24/7 for the first three weeks. I’ve had a barrilium swallow test, and everything looks great - no leaks, twists, knots, or blockages. I realized at the end of week 3 that the protein shakes were the culprit. I have tried SEVERAL different protein supplements to no avail. Once I stopped the protein shakes, I had a couple days of no nausea, now I’m getting sick almost everyday. I have ordered vitamin patches that should be here Tuesday. I’m sure that will help some. I’m still working to get protein in anyway I can (Greek yogurt, still trying other powders/supplements, etc), but I’m having a lot of trouble trying to eat. I’ve talked to my surgeon multiple times. He says some people are just more sensitive to nausea. He said it could be days, weeks, or months, and I just have to wait it out. I am MISERABLE! I’m just so sick of being sick! I’m sorry to be Debbie Downer! I guess I just thought “talking” to someone who may understand may help. Everyone thinks they understand, and they want to tell me to try this and try that, they tell me they know how I feel because this one time when they were dieting blah blah blah, but they have NO clue! I’m not just dieting, I’m not just constipated (Yes, they’ve compared it to that too.?), and I’m not just feeling bad. I had 80% of my stomach removed, and I’ve been sick for 4 weeks!

7 minutes ago, amartin1222 said:

Hi, all! I had my surgery on August 16th. I’m doing great as far as pain, healing, etc, but I was nauseated 24/7 for the first three weeks. I’ve had a barrilium swallow test, and everything looks great - no leaks, twists, knots, or blockages. I realized at the end of week 3 that the Protein Shakes were the culprit. I have tried SEVERAL different Protein supplements to no avail. Once I stopped the protein shakes, I had a couple days of no nausea, now I’m getting sick almost everyday. I have ordered vitamin patches that should be here Tuesday. I’m sure that will help some. I’m still working to get protein in anyway I can (Greek yogurt, still trying other powders/supplements, etc), but I’m having a lot of trouble trying to eat. I’ve talked to my surgeon multiple times. He says some people are just more sensitive to nausea. He said it could be days, weeks, or months, and I just have to wait it out. I am MISERABLE! I’m just so sick of being sick! I’m sorry to be Debbie Downer! I guess I just thought “talking” to someone who may understand may help. Everyone thinks they understand, and they want to tell me to try this and try that, they tell me they know how I feel because this one time when they were dieting blah blah blah, but they have NO clue! I’m not just dieting, I’m not just constipated (Yes, they’ve compared it to that too.?), and I’m not just feeling bad. I had 80% of my stomach removed, and I’ve been sick for 4 weeks!

Aw hon, I feel for you. Goodness! I had trouble with that but not 24/7 and it was horrible. Sounds like you found the culprit. So if you avoid protein are you ok? Or are you still nauseous without the shakes?

On 09/16/2018 at 19:12, amartin1222 said:

Hi, all! I had my surgery on August 16th. I’m doing great as far as pain, healing, etc, but I was nauseated 24/7 for the first three weeks. I’ve had a barrilium swallow test, and everything looks great - no leaks, twists, knots, or blockages. I realized at the end of week 3 that the Protein Shakes were the culprit. I have tried SEVERAL different Protein supplements to no avail. Once I stopped the protein shakes, I had a couple days of no nausea, now I’m getting sick almost everyday. I have ordered vitamin patches that should be here Tuesday. I’m sure that will help some. I’m still working to get protein in anyway I can (Greek yogurt, still trying other powders/supplements, etc), but I’m having a lot of trouble trying to eat. I’ve talked to my surgeon multiple times. He says some people are just more sensitive to nausea. He said it could be days, weeks, or months, and I just have to wait it out. I am MISERABLE! I’m just so sick of being sick! I’m sorry to be Debbie Downer! I guess I just thought “talking” to someone who may understand may help. Everyone thinks they understand, and they want to tell me to try this and try that, they tell me they know how I feel because this one time when they were dieting blah blah blah, but they have NO clue! I’m not just dieting, I’m not just constipated (Yes, they’ve compared it to that too.?), and I’m not just feeling bad. I had 80% of my stomach removed, and I’ve been sick for 4 weeks!

So sorry you are still feeling bad! I have a feeling I’m following 3 weeks behind you!! I’m miserable and exhausted!

Have you tried the protein water?

Premier makes it, might be worth a shot

1 hour ago, ellie123 said:

Aw hon, I feel for you. Goodness! I had trouble with that but not 24/7 and it was horrible. Sounds like you found the culprit. So if you avoid protein are you ok? Or are you still nauseous without the shakes?

I was ok for a couple days, now I’m sick again. Someone told me the lack of protein could be making me sick now.

1 hour ago, ellie123 said:

Aw hon, I feel for you. Goodness! I had trouble with that but not 24/7 and it was horrible. Sounds like you found the culprit. So if you avoid protein are you ok? Or are you still nauseous without the shakes?

50 minutes ago, sentaric said:

Have you tried the Protein Water?

Premier makes it, might be worth a shot

I’ve tried protein water and several different brands of “clear” protein. I have the same results with all of it.

5 days of not losing, I’d say week 5 is my first official stall. Is it weird that I’m already wondering if I’m going to fall or if my sleeve isn’t working? Granted I did lose a good amount already but it’s a little scary that I just stopped losing ?