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

2 hours ago, josh m said:

I lost 23 lbs at my 2 week appointment
Surgery weight 289
2 weeks out. 266
Currently. 263 3 weeks tomorrow

Congratulations! I hope I'm that lucky. I can't seem to get in enough protein or water.

4 hours ago, jujusmommy07 said:

Not to be gross Does anyone else get diarrhea at least once a week since surgery?

I have the opposite problem ....

Congrats on the surgery. Wishes for a speedy recovery.

Alot of it is gas. Narcotics would help...just keep walking as much as you can and take Gas X. The pain will be over soon hunny. [emoji4]
Parys

That's great I was 278 first day of pre op Oct 24th now Oct 31st 265 I haven't seen my weight go down in years excited ?

@katterbees. You’re my surgery twin. I just came home about an hour ago. How’d everything go for you?

On 10/31/2018 at 13:38, deltadentist said:

@katterbees. You’re my surgery twin. I just came home about an hour ago. How’d everything go for you?

Everything went smoothly. Mine was outpatient. Wish I had stronger drugs for pain. Took a walk around the block with my husband earlier. So weird to not feel hungry because the night before surgery I could’ve eaten a whole pizza.

9 hours ago, relaxrelaterelease said:

Today’s the day! On the way to the hospital. Praying all goes well. This board has been a safe haven for me leading up to this day. Best wishes to you all.

Good Luck to you!

5 minutes ago, Yvonne47 said:

That's great I was 278 first day of pre op Oct 24th now Oct 31st 265 I haven't seen my weight go down in years excited ?

Congrats. I'm down 8 lbs since my surgery on the 23rd and I'm pretty excited too. I just went back to work today and people already notice my face is slimmer!

@katterbees what did they give you for pain? You’re a rockstar. You’ve already walked the block!!!!! I thought i was a badass by going to the bathroom and walking the halls. Lol. Is this your first surgery? I’m a revision from lapband to sleeve

On 10/31/2018 at 13:43, deltadentist said:

@katterbees what did they give you for pain? You’re a rockstar. You’ve already walked the block!!!!! I thought i was a badass by going to the bathroom and walking the halls. Lol. Is this your first surgery? I’m a revision from lapband to sleeve

First Bariatric surgery, yes. They pushed me to walk as much as possible. It did help to get some of the air out. I’m down 13 lbs since 10/10. 103 to go. :)

Where do you live? You are a badass for continuing to work in doing what’s best for your health!

That's what I was about to say back at work 8 days later wow I'm still in a lot if pain I took off a month don't wanna deal with liquids and puree at work too much. You must not be in any pain.

It's the 31st! Pretty soon, all of us October sleevers will be post-ops! Congratulations to all of us! ❤️

If people are looking for stats to compare to (though you shouldn't, for your own sanity; it's all so variable and so individual!), my surgery weight on 10/3 was 312.8, and I'm at 299.0 today, exactly 4 weeks later. Low to moderate, especially for starting out over 300. I expect I'd have done better if I'd managed to get more liquids in--we really need that extra hydration to lose the weight. But it's still pretty great--more than 10 pounds a month is a really mind-blowing amount of weight to lose, without feeling constantly hungry and dizzy. (At least, that's how I felt, every time I've lost that much weight in a month, before now.) And also without avoiding carbs like they are death ... I had (low sodium) chicken noodle soup last night.* Refried beans have been a significant part of my diet, as well.

My team clears people to do ... uh, pretty much everything, as I understand it: lifting weights, swimming, and so on, after a month. I think that means I'm good after Saturday (11/3), but my one month appointment isn't until 10 days later. So I might try to be patient, we'll see.

*Noodles are only OK this soon if they come in a soup like that, and even then, only if your team says they're OK. You don't want them swelling up in your tummy. Soup noodles are as swelled as they're going to get, so different teams vary on whether they allow them or not.

When you look down and see you legs instead of your fat rolls[emoji4] We got this guys

Waiting to go back for my sleeve! I’m hungry, thirsty, and tired!
So ready to get this done!

43 minutes ago, CrankyMagpie said:

It's the 31st! Pretty soon, all of us October sleevers will be post-ops! Congratulations to all of us! ❤️

If people are looking for stats to compare to (though you shouldn't, for your own sanity; it's all so variable and so individual!), my surgery weight on 10/3 was 312.8, and I'm at 299.0 today, exactly 4 weeks later. Low to moderate, especially for starting out over 300. I expect I'd have done better if I'd managed to get more liquids in--we really need that extra hydration to lose the weight. But it's still pretty great--more than 10 pounds a month is a really mind-blowing amount of weight to lose, without feeling constantly hungry and dizzy. (At least, that's how I felt, every time I've lost that much weight in a month, before now.) And also without avoiding carbs like they are death ... I had (low sodium) chicken noodle Soup last night.* Refried Beans have been a significant part of my diet, as well.

My team clears people to do ... uh, pretty much everything, as I understand it: lifting weights, swimming, and so on, after a month. I think that means I'm good after Saturday (11/3), but my one month appointment isn't until 10 days later. So I might try to be patient, we'll see.

*Noodles are only OK this soon if they come in a soup like that, and even then, only if your team says they're OK. You don't want them swelling up in your tummy. Soup noodles are as swelled as they're going to get, so different teams vary on whether they allow them or not.

My surgery weight on 10/10 was 210.8 and my discharge weight was 218.4?. Today (3 weeks po), I weighed in at 195.8. I have been able to drink 64 ounces and get in 60 grams of protein from the first day I returned home...which led me to believe that I had a placebo sleeve!? Once I started soft foods, I quickly realized that a majority of my stomach was no longer there. I would say the best thing that has happened to me since surgery was the ability to...?SLEEP ON MY STOMACH AGAIN!!!!?