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Very low cals = little energy = sleep a lot. Makes sense. Your body expends calories just to function. Spend your time awake trying to slowly attain your nutritional goals. The better you do, the longer you can stay awake, the better you can attain said nutritional goals. Think of it as a cycle. It'll be like this for a while.

When I was pregnant, I became hyper aware of all the pregnant people around. One day, no preggos.. the next, boom! Now that I'm about to go under the knife, I start thinking about all the people I have seen that have lost a ton of weight, and I wonder whether they had some help [emoji6] And, recently, an aquaintance mentioned she had a small stomach. Before, I would have thought it was some kind of birth defect. Now I know better! Lol.

Don't let it get you down. I was forced to attend two as well. The pre surgery folks said almost nothing. The meeting was dominated by post surgery folks who had no life before WLS and have been reborn thru the process. I'm guessing that they had become insignificant obese "faces in a crowd" before and now they're filled with confidence - which is great, but now they're persona as a "WLS success story" defines who they are. I'm not saying we don't have to eat healthy post sleeve, I'm just saying it's much easier to do when you can barely eat 8 ounces of solid food at one sitting and you can exercise without lugging the weight of a small person on your back. WLS has its own social world. If you want it or need it, it'll be there for you. If you don't, it'll be in your life's rear view mirror before you know it! #zeroregrets

Just got a call today my insurance approved me and I have my surgery in 2 weeks! March 22nd can't come soon enough! Sent from my SM-G930V using the BariatricPal App

They still don't understand and they see you have lost that much weight

Staying positive is a big thing in this first week. Surround yourself with things to keep you upbeat, whether binge watching a funny show, good book, or be busy with a hobby. We've all been there and are here to help support in whatever way we can. It's easy to beat yourself up and second guess everything. You aren't alone in that thinking. Most of us go through it but you'll look back in a couple weeks and say it was all worth it. You'll get through it!

Lol I feel the same way. I look at peoples before and after pictures and especially in the time they said it took them to lose the weight and I am," I know what you did." lol

I also have a desk job. You can ultimately take a week and be fine. I took 3 weeks just because I could. That was the max for my doctor to keep me out of work. I went to the gym the same week of surgery but that was only to walk very slowly on the treadmill... walking makes the pain so much better. I love ZUMBA but did not resume until 5/6 weeks out. My Dr. Said I could start light strengthening at 3 weeks. You don't want to do anything that could damage your healing stomach. You will not be able to lift him after surgery, the length of time I'm unsure, but if I had to guesstimate I'd say 3 weeks. Sent from my iPad using the BariatricPal App

I still hurt pretty bad but none of your other symptoms. If you're worried I'd go back to the hospital regardless of what the surgeon said.

It won't be a problem. Ask the nurse when you are changing into the gown what they want you to do. I doubt a tampon will be a good idea because you may not feel like dealing with it after. Even if you aren't having a period, many times one will start due to the trauma. Definitely not a silly question!