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I had my procedure this morning and it all went well and so fast. Only delay was finding a good vein for the ivy and the gas - wow. Otherwise I'm walking and sipping water every 20 minutes. Thank you for all support[emoji4]

g am excited and nervous but my surgery date has finally arrived tomorrow. I have to be at the hospital at 10am and the surgery is at 12:30. I feel prepared yet totally unprepared all in the same breath. I just need to pack my bag and pick up my Gatorade for tonight and tomorrow morning. Tomorrow I reboot and become Mary 2.0!

I'm exactly seven days out from walking into the surgical suite and feeling pretty darn good. This was my progression getting here. Day 1: Surgery went fine, but for me I absolutely hated the 14 hours between waking up in recovery and discharge. Things were deeply uncomfortable between the surgery and not being allowed to sleep (1am, 3am, 4am, and 5am wakeups didn't help). For folks who go through this and start regretting the surgery, hold on it gets better from here. Day 2: I had a long car ride home if you expect this, make sure you are topped off on the Tylenol II for the ride. Pretty much needed to make sure that I was taking my pain meds every 4 hours. Day 3: Pain was more manageable and drinking was easier (getting down the Protein Shake was tough though), cut the Tylenol II to first thing in the morning and right before bed (with some Chew-able Tylenol when needed). Day 4: Phased out the prescription pain meds and feeling much better. Weird gut feelings (I'm assuming are gas, but I don't really have a frame of reference). Day 5: Feeling pretty good starting to feel a little hungry. Bruising around the incision cites starting to develop. Day 6: Woke up to angry red stretchmarks starting to form, but otherwise feeling great. Went "grocery" shopping for more Jello and walked around my happy place (home depot). I I figured out how to make my protein taste better/less sweet, cut it with unflavored protein. (Thank you myprotein.com) Day 7: First day back to sleeping on my stomach and I finally feel rested again. Also discovered how amazing watered down chicken bullion cubes taste (like cup o noodles sans noodles). A little bit bummed that my appointment isn't till next week cause while I'm not hungry I would really like to start putting something with texture in my mouth. Down a total of 12 lbs since the surgery, but more importantly feeling like a normal person again.

Thanks everyone... and just to clarify I will only get weighed at the doctor's office. I won't allow a scale in my home. And I go at 3 and 6 weeks and then I think it's like once a month so I won't have to deal with the weekly numbers and I hope that will help.

So I am 10 weeks post-op and feel like I’m not losing like I should! I know everyone’s journey is different, but I feel like I’ve hit a wall and stopped losing. Month one was great! Month two...not bad. So far this month I keep losing and gaining the same 2 pounds! I do have PCOS, could the be contributing to the slower weight loss? I know if I don’t get all my protein in that could cause me to lose lean muscle, but can it cause the scale not to move? Am I eating all the wrong things? Am I eating too much? It seems as though once I was able to eat solids and started to go to the gym my weight loss has slowed. Has that happened to anyone? I know I shouldn’t be focusing on the scale but it’s very frustrating when it doesn’t move. I do take my measurements so I can see if there is a loss there. I just thought I should be farther a long. Should I just toss my scale? Im worried the surgery isn’t working right!! HELP! Thanks for letting me vent!!

Also check your protein shakes. I watched a show and this girl was drinking high protein shakes, but didn't look at her caloric intake.

I was doing fine with the pudding and shakes for a week. I hope it's not lactose intolerance, but it's certainly a possibility. Since I've felt better I had pudding without any upset stomach. I'm so relieved. If I do become lactose intolerant I will be so pissed!!! LOL I will definitely look out for this.

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I am already a veteran of. 1 open abdominal incision, I have my Bari Bear just waiting, I bought him off Valentine Clearance at Wally World for $1.25 because I knew he had the right dimensions. No I didn't try him out in public on my belly, I just eye-balled him. Now to get my surgery, no further developements as yet. I arise every morning and then get more and more disappointed as the day goes on. I am impatient, it hasn't even been a full week yet. Yeah Rome wasn't built in a day but it would have been had I been in charge of the project! I go around singing " do they love me? I've got to know, if they don't please tell me so!" Yes I'm a tired old 60s song! I hope-a , I wanna I need it so! Yep there I go again, hope I don't go into my second childhood before I get to finish my current adulthood. Sent from my VS880PP using BariatricPal mobile app

i have not been thru any of this yet,my turn will b coming soon,lol,but i know all this sugar free stuff w artificial sweeteners can reek havoc on my stomach now so i cant imagine what some of that stuff could do after surgery.im sure its a combination of things as the experts have voiced.hope u feel better soon