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Remember that feeling - heavy chest and nasty indigestion. that's your sleeve telling you that you made a mistake. I know how frustrating it is to not eat "real" food. And I know how bad you want to chew, but your stomach is still healing and you can do damage if you do not follow your team's plan to the letter. Pick yourself up, brush yourself off and go back to what ever your plan says to do.

First day pre op, OMG!!!!!

Hello everyone, I'm new to the community. I will be having my last dietitian meeting on 3/23/17 and will be starting my pre op diet once I have my surgery date! I'm very excited and have done my research and have decided the sleeve is the best option for me. My mom and sister are supportive but my dad is completely against it. He says he is just worried and I shouldn't take the easy way out which we all know surgery is anything but easy. He flip flops on his support and is almost hateful when he is not supportive. Have any of you experienced this with your loved ones? My whole family is over weight and I am trying to break the cycle. I know this is the right thing for me and my mind is made up. I just wish he was accepting and supportive of my decision.. Does anyone have any tips on dealing with the negativity?

Thank you for responding to my post. I appreciate your support! My mom and I have talked about how my dad is expressing his views and she thinks that limiting talk about my surgery is best. Which I agree with at this point. My dad has been overweight almost his whole life and knows the risks. Stroke and diabetes runs in our family and fortunately I haven't had medical issues... yet. That is a big part of why I am doing this whole journey. My father has made his mind up and I just have to live with that. I know that this is best and now I have all of you guys for support and my mom and sister. How are you liking your WLS? How far are you post op?

Around day 7 or 8 my stomach loosened up a lot. I went from not being able to drink more than .5oz of water at a time to being able to drink 1-2 oz of protein shake.

I felt the urge to chew tonight so I had an unsweetened applesauce. Its the only "texture" on my plan which is smooth liquids until the 29th. It was a lifesaver. I feel satisfied and more importantly I feel good I was able to resist temptation because this IS SO HARD!

my nurse practitioner had me give up all liquid protein shakes, yogurt, hummus, etc. and only eat foods like chicken breast and hamburger patties -- anything that takes more effort to eat. i also am making sure not to drink 30 minutes before and after eating. i find that this has helped my portion control, and i'm back to losing again -- slow but steady.

That's so strange. I'm almost 3 months out and mine only does that sometimes certainly not every day, not even every week. I guess some people have that sound and some don't. Sorry, that really must be annoying.

I mean coco butter lotion !

I'm so glad someone brought this up. I have an anxiety disorder, and after being banded, my anxiety has certainly increased. The racing heartbeat I don't experience too often, but often right before I go to sleep, I'll have anxiety about the band...ugh. hope u feel better.