Got my surgery date: October 22, 2018....and now the wait... Would love to gather a cohort here to go through this with!!!

You will be okay this is a normal phase to feel like y did you do it but what are you sick from nausea or the Food. Remember this takes time you can't go by how someone else recovered everybody's body and system is dufferent. And 5 weeks is not really long your body is still in the healing process it will pass. Hope this helps.

Bought myself a new Fitbit to celebrate making it a month after surgery. Helps that it was on sale at Costco. :)

On 11/29/2018 at 20:22, notmyname said:

Bought myself a new Fitbit to Celebrate making it a month after surgery. Helps that it was on sale at costco. :)

Me too! I got mine off amazon but I’m excited to use it. I work a desk job and it keeps telling me to do my steps and it’s hard to get them in during the day!

On 11/29/2018 at 15:29, Ellen_2610 said:

Screaming SOS .... when the heck will I feel better. I'm getting really depressed. I did this so that I can do things with my grandchildren, For the past 5 weeks I've been sick as a dog therefore not able to spend any time with them ... FRUSTRATED. Why the hell did I do this to myself????

I felt the same way. I was sleeved Oct 1 and feel so much better now, but the first month was the worst.

Side note, if you or any of you take extended release anti depressants or anxiety etc meds, they will not absorb properly after surgery. Found that out the hard way!! Went through surgery and all that comes with it plus withdrawals from meds. It sucked.

Hang in there Ellen, I promise it gets better!!

What kind of meds? I take celexa. Wondering if it’s messing with that

OK my stall has been two weeks now. I tried and increased my calorie intake and that still has not worked. Feeling I made the wrong decision with this surgery. Has anyone else have a stall for this long?

Yes my stall lasted almosr 3 weeks. The scale will move again. Ive sropped weighing my self. But ive deff see the change in clothes so it helps

Has anyone had their first sickness with gastroenteritis? Holy crow Batman! It hit me out of no where and my surgeon referred me to the ED. After 2 L of fluid I was feeling a lot better, but my sodium and potassium were low so they had me take a pill and sip on water to test my stomach. That resulted in 3 more hours there, another liter of fluids, and about 20 bathroom trips. I chose not to be admitted and am going to try home first but DANG!!! I came home 5 pounds heavier, my abdomen cramping like crazy, and my pouch giving me a second taste of anything I put in it. Hopefully I can sleep through it and tomorrow will be better and I can get fluids down. I do not want a return trip. Anyone else been through this yet? I'm ready to never do it again

I need to look into i do t even know what it is

Has anyone had their first sickness with gastroenteritis? Holy crow Batman! It hit me out of no where and my surgeon referred me to the ED. After 2 L of fluid I was feeling a lot better, but my sodium and potassium were low so they had me take a pill and sip on water to test my stomach. That resulted in 3 more hours there, another liter of fluids, and about 20 bathroom trips. I chose not to be admitted and am going to try home first but DANG!!! I came home 5 pounds heavier, my abdomen cramping like crazy, and my pouch giving me a second taste of anything I put in it. Hopefully I can sleep through it and tomorrow will be better and I can get fluids down. I do not want a return trip. Anyone else been through this yet? I'm ready to never do it again

I need to look into i do t even know what it is

Stalls are absolutely normal as per my Dr I've been in a stall for 2 weeks. I know the scale will move eventually

Close! You do your starting weight. Looking at your profile, it says surgery weight was 279 correct? Excess would be 148.
16/148x100=10.8%
My surgeons estimated weight losss for a sleeve at 6 weeks is 10-12%. Then 20% by 3 months out.

Thank you for the formula im at 13% i was sleebed on 1025

10 hours ago, JennieJuniper said:

I felt the same way. I was sleeved Oct 1 and feel so much better now, but the first month was the worst.

Side note, if you or any of you take extended release anti depressants or anxiety etc meds, they will not absorb properly after surgery. Found that out the hard way!! Went through surgery and all that comes with it plus withdrawals from meds. It sucked.

Hang in there Ellen, I promise it gets better!!

Wow, I had no idea about the anxiety med not absorbing correctly. Did your doctor mention that to you?

@georgetown My surgeon did NOT!! I was very angry when my psychiatrist said that was why I was sooo depressed. We changed some things around so I take meds twice a day instead of all at once and I feel a lot better.

On 11/29/2018 at 20:38, Bhealthy8288 said:

What kind of meds? I take celexa. Wondering if it’s messing with that

Talk to your prescribing doctor. If it’s extended release it may be.

@kata0683 you’re welcome!

29 minutes ago, JennieJuniper said:

@georgetown My surgeon did NOT!! I was very angry when my psychiatrist said that was why I was sooo depressed. We changed some things around so I take meds twice a day instead of all at once and I feel a lot better.

Thanks for the info. Good to know!