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I wished I would have had a heating pad for my back during all the gas cramps.

I tend to hang on to clothes way too long so as my sizes have gone down from XXXL to XXL to XL over the past 6 months until recently, I could find things to wear. However, I am now wearing L shirts and I haven't been this size since college, so I have had to go out and buy a whole new wardrobe. The good thing with the pandemic lockdown is that I can wear sweats every day and only clothes to work out in and maybe a few pairs of jeans to go out in public with. I'm not buying expensive stuff though- Walmart and Costco are fine for now. I'll save the more expensive things for later when my size is stabilized. To answer your earlier question- I have kept a few of my fat clothes, gotten rid of a bunch of them, and will probably throw the rest out after I have proven that I can keep the weight off. Maybe I'll do another purge of the closet this weekend. It feels good to move past that long chapter in my life.

I had a fat & not so fat clothing sizes that I switched out every few years. This time I’m donating everything. I don’t want just because they fit clothes. I’m working on building a simple wardrobe of only clothes I actually enjoy. Buying some more expensive items that have better durability and style that can last. I was always a bargain shopper and would buy whatever because it was cheap & fit. Now it’s my time to dress the way I always dreamed of.

Sounds like you may need to call your surgeon especially with the low grade fever just in case you're getting an infection. I think the one normal common thing is feeling tired and ran down at your stage. I did a lot of sleeping the first 6 weeks. Between healing from surgery to the restriction of calories,it doesn't give you a lot of energy. I'm 10 weeks and started to feel a lot more energy about 8 weeks out. If I do a lot one day the next day I'm usually wiped out. My doctor said that's normal till around 6 months out. I hope you feel better and they can get to the bottom of why you don't feel good

I agree, a lot less is needed unless your traveling from far/abroad. I feel like most people can get away with bringing nothing but cellphone, Identification and insurance information.

I understand you wanting some quiet time when you get home. When I got home I used to say I’ve been nice to people all day long & I can’t be nice to anyone else. I was a poor sleeper pre surgery - averaging about 5 hours a night so I understand your exhaustion & low tolerance levels. Not sleeping is an awful thing. After surgery I became a world champion sleeper - about 9 hrs a night sometimes more. Unfortunately that seems to have changed & I’ll have a couple of bad nights & then a good night. Hope I’m not reverting back to my old habits. ☹️ Have to question how effective melatonin really is though. My mother was prescribed melatonin & took it every night. She was told it could take a year for levels to build up & the benefits to be realised . Well, it’s been 2 years & she still doesn’t sleep. Not sure how old you are, but poor sleep can be a symptom of peri menopause. Hope you find a solution soon.

I too am a stomach sleeper. I am almost 2 months post-op and have no problems sleeping on my stomach now. I had to sleep on my sides for a few weeks after surgery. I would forget and roll over to my stomach. It never hurt, it was just uncomfortable.

I don’t keep many clothes long term (over 5 yrs) because My personality may outgrow that particular style. I decided to donate the majority of my clothes that didn’t fit (body or style) to charity. I gave the clothes I loved the most to friends and family (who could fit them) so I knew for sure they were well cared for and I could enjoy them from a distance.

In the past, through dozens of diets, I always kept my big, fat clothes just in case. Now, I believe that philosophy reflected admitting I would likely fail. I’m 6+ months post-op and am I’m donating too-big clothes as I get smaller. It’s a great feeling! I really want to keep to the mindset that this new way of life is not just a diet.

Hello everyone 😊 I am a new member here, i did my VSG surgey on 27 Sep, 2020🥳 I am almost 4 months out of surgery 💪🏻✨ Just wanted to say sorry if you can’t understand what I am writing since English is not my first language 🙈 I am from Saudi Arabia btw ❤️ I wanted to get VSG for the past 2 years and read about about it, watched a lot of youtube videos for people’s journeys. I read about everything that could happen after the surgery and I thought I was prepared But starting this month I felt less motivated and more fatigued than before I don’t know why I can not eat very well I get full just by eating 2 bites and I can only finish half of the meal like if I cooked 1 egg (medium) I can only eat half maybe with 1 olive 🫒 if I have a toast with sliced turkey I can only eat 1/4 of it yesterday my dinner was 4 pieces of pasta with feta cheese and small chicken breast cubes and could only have 3 bites only by for ing myself to get the third bite I don’t understand, why am I eating and drinking so little? And is it really little or the correct portion? I can only drink up to 1200 ml which is around 4oz. I can not drink anymore than that still working my way to drink more 🙈 and every time I eat or drink i get a feeling like a pinch in my sides 🤷🏻‍♀️ I feel lazy and unmotivated, I just want to lay in bed all day anyone went through the same as me at the beginning of surgery?💔 I have anxiety and overthink everything so I don’t know if what I am going through is really bad or not 🙈