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Thanks for your response! Congrats to you on your approval and date!!!!! Yay!

I’m a month and 4 days out it’s been an up and down recovery process. Had a couple gout attacks ended up on crutches but all is well now. Actually will be returning back to work midweek. I’m gonna get back to my cherry extract to keep the gout away

you really really need to find out how much he took. Right now you are healing and you need to follow that liquid diet. Once you are fully healed what happens next will depend on how much was cut out. do you have a sleeve - 2 fingers wide 4 fingers long or do you just have a smaller stomach. This is very important it will determine how you approach the next 12-18 months with your eating plan. so for now follow that liquid diet and let those stitches heal - during this time find out just how much was taken and if you have a sleeve get in touch with someone who works with sleeve patients and work out a plan. I am sorry this has been dropped on you with no notice but you can survive even if it turns out to be a full sleeve. the next year will be interesting but it will get easier the further out you get. good luck

I weighted today and I am 40 pounds lighter [emoji6] I am super excited, and soooo glad I made the decision to have surgery. Meeting with my surgeon on Wed. So I hope he's as pleased as I am. I hope you all are doing great. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using BariatricPal mobile app

Oh no. I'm sorry that you're going through the same thing. Thank you for reminding me that it takes time. Sent from my LG-H918 using BariatricPal mobile app

I am really sorry about your Dad. What a lot to deal with. Yeesh. If you have any reinforcements....Now is the time to call them in. A bestie, a cousin, an aunt...anyone you trust. You need help. You need to drink. Sip, sip, sip. This is so important. Keep drinking your clears and keep drinking your protien drinks. Put a couple in your car. Put a couple in your purse. Keep drinking. It's your most important job right now. You need to rest when you're tired, but don't sit or lay for too long. You need to get up and walk every hour if possible, except when you sleep at night. Don't exhaust yourself, but keep moving. If you're doing cremation, consider delaying the funeral. My mother in law passed unexpectedly and we did her funeral a month after her death because there were significant health crisis's among the core family. It's unusual, but there is no law against it and people really do understand. Best wishes, and again, heartfelt condolences.

9:30 am tomorrow, I’m there with ya, we all need to keep each other in touch! Good luck to each of you! My nerves are beginning to heighten a little, Been looking at pictures of me that I hate and looking forward to the next step in my life.

Caryn , I'm hugging you, because I know you need it. What a traffic bewildering thing to happen. Now take a breath, you are going to get through this. Keep up with your fluids, food you can worry about later. Your Dad would not want you hurting yourself by not following the post surgery rules. One foot in front of the,other 👣I had a son die unexpectedly,at 31, so I also have walked this walk. You will make it through but,don't be afraid to ask for help, even if it is respite care for your mother or something else. You showed great strength by just going through your surgery now it is going need an extra reserve,to continue. Do you have friends, clergy , medical staff etc that can help? Cell in all the markets you can to make it past. And if you need to talk, until you can seek more professional consolting you do have your Bariatric Pal. family. May of us have gone through similar, we want to help and never need feel alone. Okay and it is okay to cry 💦 We All Have ourselves.

I am also getting sleeved on Monday the 18th. Best of luck to you.

I'm somewhat struggling with the original post here. Did the doctor not know you were taking these medications? There are all sorts of liability issues here for the doctor given the fact that you could slip into depression and/or mania if it's bipolar related, increased risk for self-harm, etc. Was a psych eval performed? I don't mean to infer you aren't telling the truth, but I simply don't understand how this could happen from a medical perspective. I feel like we are missing pieces of the puzzle here.