Hello everyone! Been watching this forum for a while but this is my first post. Had my VSG on June 28,2018 and had a terrible ordeal (enlarged liver, surgeon found a hernia and had to repair it, extreme vomiting for 2.5 days straight in the hospital, and severe dehydration because I was too afraid to swallow anything but my own saliva). But I made it through! 8 days post-op today and I've been on nothing but broth, Jello, ice chips and popsicles and I'm sick of it! I also have a lot of the air/gas they put in me for the procedure and it's like a every 10-20mins painful surge that goes thru your stomach and chest, like contractions or something, and I just have to brace myself until it passes. Can't wait till all the gas is out. Other than that I don't have much major pain, but if I do, codine is right there next to me to lend its druggy hand.. Moderately of course [emoji57]..

But!! As you all know it was July 4th was this week and they were BQQing on my block, so my friends and BF came over. And the way my mouth drooled over those ribs, hot dogs, burgers, and MAC AND cheese, you would've thought I was a rabid animal lmao. But nonetheless, I just rolled my eyes at each scrumptious plate passing my face and drank my dinner and followed up with my strawberry and lemon Jello to make me feel better. And I all kept saying in my head was "You're gonna look better than all of them one day, so don't worry and keep going." [emoji18] That leads me to the bright side of all these pain and struggles-- 19lbs downs as of today!!! Whoop whoop!!! ((HAPPY DANCE)) Now I'm sure it's mostly due to the clear liquid diet I've been on, but still what a difference a week makes! My current struggle is getting all this Water (64oz) down in one day, i barely finish a 16 oz bottle in one day, but I'm trying because dehydration is SCARY!!.. Keep going guys we can do this!!! [emoji4]

STATS: VSG 6/28/18 ... HW 265lbs, SW 257lbs, CW 241lbs !!!! ------> Follow me @ -----> BrooklynSleeved (all Bariatric forums, IG, Snapchat, and YT) [emoji8][emoji173]

Hiya @BrooklynSleeved, I was feeling beset upon, I am stuck in the pre-surgery doldrums, sometime within the next 2 weeks I should. be sugerized, I was having a What's the Use,moment then I read your post and I thought If she can make it through BQQ on the Block, yours should be a cinch, our county fair falls within the same gap for me and oh the smells there are equally enticing. But you made your challenge and I believe I can make it too! By-the-way the Dodgers should never have moved!?