iegal

I am so glad you made a list of what you fear and more importantly what you hope for after surgery. Yes, there are risks but they are minimal. Rewards of this surgery is so much greater than the risks. I love my sleeve! Keep in contact please.

Wishing you the best of luck for tomorrow!

Most likely no, you are not becoming bulemic unles you want to purge food? You are learning how to eat right now and this takes both time and substantial effort on your part. You may be eating to quickly. eggs did not sit well with me at all for several months. You need to make sure you are getting in your liquids and taking a Vitamin. Focus on what you can eat, like refried Beans with cheese. Or try some different on your plan. I never ate baby foods...YUCK. Were you provided a sleeve eating guide with a list of food you can eat during the stages of recovery? I threw up for a couple of months because I either ate to quickly, did not chew well enough (count to 20 while chewing and then swallow) or ate too much because I did not measure and did not know what full was. Eating might take 20 to 30 minutes now. That is okay since you know your relationship with food is changing. Chin up, things will get better! Life will the sleeve will improve as you learn and grow. Best wishes for you!

YEAH - your date has arrived! Wishing you the best!

Hi CMSUmom; I have the diet sleeve guide for a couple of doctors around the nation, including Cornell & Hopkins University. Send me a private message (click on my user name first) and provide your email and I will forward docs to you. eggs were sort of hard on me, scrambled at first and I still struggle at almost 8 months out. But I can do deviled and egg salad just fine. Hmmm. But good news is, the sleeve works! Best wishes. iegal

Suggestion for you Houston sleevers; Several of us SoCal sleevers formed our own group that meet once a month. We all met on this forum. At first there were only a few of us, last weekend for our May meeting there were over 16 of us sitting around a regional mall foodcourt sharing our sleeve stories. Some participants were not yet sleeved, most of us are under one year while one lady was experienced with over a year of being sleeved yet still losing weight after a long plateau. We cheer each other on, have different surgeons so share what we do that may be different, talk about what works and pitfalsls of things that do not work well. I love my SoCal VSG group. Know you Texans always do things on a bigger scale so....

Not much to say but...a toast to the new skinny lady! Congratulations on celebrating all of the victories!

Echoing what Diva said. Think you might be a little early out for chicken salad. When you do try again, try the shredded type of chicken (you get in a can at Costco) with a little mayo and garlic salt. Good luck!

Congrats on the needed weight loss. Echoing the words of chicken broth, fluids, rest and vitamins. Good luck!

Yeah...did you get Dr. Q? I think he is worth a couple hour wait.

So happy for you!

Normal. Your body is adjusting to surgery. You do realize you had a majority portion of your stomach ripped out? Of course you are tired. Hopefully this will pass soon, but be aware you are going to have a new normal and that might not happen this week or even this month. Stomach is healing. Remember to rest, hydrate and walk. Repeat. Wishing you a speedy recovery!

This is about a preop liquid diet: Every corner has a fast food restaurant you would like to snack on Each and every TV commerical is about food...and you get closer to the TV because you can smell the foodeak Everyone around you is eating Break room at work is stocked full of goodies for all to share You can only smell food...and it smells so good Your dreams are about eating a a buffet You look forward to a chewable Vitamin

Hi CaliBlonde; I do not recommend such low calorie intake preop. You need to keep healthy and fight off any small infection or cold that might come your way. If your surgeon only needs two weeks diet, give them that honestly. Right now learn how to eat more slowly, eat Protein first, make new habits. Final word should come from your surgeon. Good luck on your upcoming surgery!

My surgeons diet did not have specific limits...in other words not a maximum number. Read a post from Tiffykins right after surgery (I think) where she outlined her plan of less than 30. So I tried to keep that during weight loss period. I am carb sensitive and love all kinds of carbs. At maintanance weight I eat carbs and enjoy them. No longer is my diet carb based as preop. No more full pasta dishes, but protien first then carbs as a small side. Almost laughable because all of my portions are small...carbs are the smallest portion on my plate. Hope post helps you!

Hi Sap Soon; Glad to see you reposted topic for help with surgeon. iegal - thank you much for your feedback. How hard was it to change the habits? Pre-op were you able to change/control your diet or were the changes mostly post-op? How did I change habits? If I could have done this preop, I never would have had a weight problem. VSG surgery is one of best friends. I no longer hear body/stomach screaming FEED ME all the time until my eyes closed. PostOp I followed my surgeon’s diet almost without exception until I hit goal. Kept my carbs to around 30gm a day...yes that was difficult but not impossible. Stayed away from my triggers like fast food - I have not had a fast food burger in over 8 months nor do I miss it. Of course I do not walk into BK or McD either. I made choices. Before I never had willpower but knowing the $ I spent was a huge investment in me alone. I was never disappointed because failure of this last ditch effort was not something I would accept. Others make the sleeve work and I did too. PreOp my surgeon had me on a two week liquid Protein diet. Horrid tasting drinks, nasty, thick and too sweet. YUCK. But, I powered through the inhumane (it really did feel like torture) diet by keeping my eye on a soon to happen surgery. I did not cheat once....not once. Think the diet is to see how serious you are about making a change. If you can do something for two weeks, can you repeat this success? If you cheat..Will you cheat post op, eating solids before you should, this could cause a leak or other complications? Do your research, understand VSG is permanent and write down why you are doing this surgery. Find a good surgeon who offers follow up PostOp. Love this board, but I still l go in my surgeons office for blood work, support groups with other WLS patients and face to face time with my Dr to keep me honest about my health. These actions keep me on track. PostOp read your reasons of why you had surgery to remind you of your goals. Mine were health (I was killing myself & not softly) appearance (sorry if this is vain) and long term results. I still want to be healthy, look "normal" and know I can achieve my goals without another disappointment. Hope this helps you. Please feel free to send me a private message (click on my user name above) if you would like to discuss further. Good luck to all of you presleevers. I have no regrets.

You are not nuts; you are just experiening the wild fluxuations of feelings. I believe your fear is the fear of failure. Obviously everything else you have tired for permanent weight has failed before. But now you have a actual plan for success. You are used to small victories and then disappointment. Maybe you fear disappointing yourslef again? Shortly you are just going to see success and victory as long as you work your sleeve tool.

Sounds like a great day! Congrats on your shopping spree at such a fun store.

Wising you well Connie! Let us know how you are doing when you get home.

Welcome to the losers bench!

There are so many ways to pay. I pulled from my 401K. Do like the idea of low interest credit card as long you you KNOW you can pay off in the one year of low interest rate. I self paid here in the US, so it was expensive...but worth every single penny. Another thing I looked at was refinancing my house and pulling out $$, but hey did I really want to pay for surgery for another 30 years? I also had $$ saved up to use as a "down payment" reducing my pull from 401K. Bottom line - look at what you can afford to pay monthly, how long you want payments to last and then look at how to pay for surgery. Good luck!

Hi Sap Soon; We are almost the exact same BMI preop. As mentioned you will have to self pay for this surgery, as most insurance companies require a 40BMI or 35BMI with two co-morbidities being treated for a year or more. I self paid - worth every penny I spent here in the US. Yes, the sleeve works...if you work the sleeve. My concern is your horrible eating habits. As I was addicted to fast food preop, this is a habit I had to change. I have not eaten a fast food burger in 8 months nor have i had a soda since this is just not an option for me anymore. VSG is a lifestyle change as much as a restriction surgery. You alone must decide to eat differently to lose weight even with VSG. Postop I had to plan all my meals during weight loss phase, be brutal about cutting out carbs, Snacks and other slider foods that will sabotage weight loss. Now I can eat anything I want at goal weight but I must be conscious of Protein and calories still. I do not diet but watch what I eat. If a bowl of chips are out along with cheese & crackers, I nibble on the cheese since it has protein. If I go to PF Changs for dinner, I get the chicken lettuce wraps since rice has little nutritional value. Soups - I pick lentil over tomato to get in the protein. Do you see the pattern of change I have to stick to in order to stay healthy? I met my surgeon’s weight loss goal in just over 5 months and my personal goal (another 10 lbs down) at 6 months. Right now my weight is not changing but I am losing in size. Need to make another lifestyle change and get back to the gym more to pump weights. Probably losing muscle and this is not good. Oh and I suggest you put another post up in a different forum titled - surgeon in Dallas needed. You will get a lot of replies and suggestions. Best wishes!