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Woke up this morning and did my daily weigh-in and was excited (and relieved) to finally be under 200lbs! I've been bouncing around the 200 mark for over a week. Weight is now 199.6...just barely in there, but I'll take it! lol. Getting below 200 was my first major goal since having surgery on Jan. 11 (down from 243 day of surgery). I've also gone from a 38-40 in pants size, down to a 34 inch waist. Really glad I had this surgery!

I believe they did you RA as one of my co-morbidities. I also have diabetes type 2 and sleep apnea and NAFLD. I was approved in a day once the doc's office submitted all the paper work! Good luck! I can't wait to be healthy again!

I agree with Orchards & Dragons. I would ask her to please not speak further about your personal medical business & that it isn’t her place to tell people.

I was sleeved on May 16th as well. I have had 0 nausea thank the lord. That was one of my biggest fears along with constipation. They gave me a nausea shot in pre op before surgery and I told the anathesialogist about my fear to, so maybe that's why. I also found out that the pain medications they give us will cause both of these. Other than a terrible headache I had in the hospital from the morphine and the gas pains I feel really good. Hang in there we only have good things to come. Congratulations on your journey to a new you!

I am almost 7 weeks out and have had many stalls already. Continue to follow your plan and they do break and the scale will move again. I only weigh once a week so that I don't get as discouraged. Hang in there.

I think St. Paul is in zone 4b, correct? That being said, you will likely be harvesting at that point. I wouldn't plan on pushing it, but you will be guided by your surgeon and how you feel. Maybe that friend that drives you can assist you in any weeding or whatnot that needs to be done for a while? I am also an avid gardener, and it was killing me to not get out there and putter around. I had to enlist the help of my husband to move the 1.5 cubic foot bags of dirt for me, but I have been able to do everything else at 6 weeks post-sleeve. I am 8 weeks post sleeve now.

Very thoughtful of you! This was a great story for me to hear. Our spouses shouldn’t miss out due to our surgeries. Loved the details of how you managed Mexican! HW: 225 SW: 214 (5/2/2018) CW: 207 GW: 145

I needed this today. Thank you! [emoji173]️

I'm the same! I had my orientation at Kaiser a little over 2 weeks ago, where they told us to start on the pre-op diet. I had a BMI of 35 -- I'm 5'4" with a SW of 215. I've already lost 12 pounds, which drops me down to a BMI of 34. I have my first meeting with the surgeon tomorrow... I'm hoping to schedule surgery for July. If I keep up the weigh loss, I have to imagine I'll be at least at a 33 by then. Thankfully, I'm told that Kaiser goes by the orientation weight, so it shouldn't matter. If anything, I want my body to be as healthy as possible by the time I have surgery in order to reduce complications. But I'll also see what the surgeon says tomorrow when I meet him!

Just to show how sick I am.... "buried penis" made me think of bedroom games with pirate hats and eye patches. "Arrrgh, Matey! You've found One-Eyed Willy!"