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Hi I'm only 8 days out but LOVE my sleeve so far! Yes its tedious on liquids, and I've struggled to adjust my thinking so have made some mistakes, but when I have, I have known about it, and I'd have to be hell bent on self destruction to continue. In the past I have over eaten to the point of discomfort,

Thanks for the suggestions. I feel so ready for something more and have ventureed a couple of thicker soups, although I know how silly that is so soon. I'm now stocked up on a Protein drink with 38grams protein per serving so heading the right way. Cx

Hi, I'd echo that everyone is totally different, but I think it helps if you know what to expect (this was my 3rd abdominal surgery) and if you are focussed on getting back on track. I'm 5 days post op, and did 9 hours at work today without any issues. I was in hospital 24 hours, my drain was out after 12 hours, and I had paracetamol for 3 days for discomfort at the drain site. I have a 6 year old and a 3 year old so just can't totally avoid lifting but I'm going as gently as I can, and I think our bodies tell us our limits pretty quickly. In my experience working but not spending 12 hours man handling things should be ok. As for the band 2 people were banded the day I was sleeved (one was a replacement), and both told me they wish they had looked into it more and got the sleeve instead, both were also finding it harder to get back on their feet due to their port sites being very sensitive. Good luck, and let us know how you get on. Cx

Hi, I'd echo that everyone is totally different, but I think it helps if you know what to expect (this was my 3rd abdominal surgery) and if you are focussed on getting back on track. I'm 5 days post op, and did 9 hours at work today without any issues. I was in hospital 24 hours, my drain was out after 12 hours, and I had paracetamol for 3 days for discomfort at the drain site. I have a 6 year old and a 3 year old so just can't totally avoid lifting but I'm going as gently as I can, and I think our bodies tell us our limits pretty quickly. In my experience working but not spending 12 hours man handling things should be ok. As for the band 2 people were banded the day I was sleeved (one was a replacement), and both told me they wish they had looked into it more and got the sleeve instead, both were also finding it harder to get back on their feet due to their port sites being very sensitive. Good luck, and let us know how you get on. Cx

Hi Folks, Well I finally got my sleeve yesterday, I'm now drip free and drain free and up and about so things are getting easier already, however I am getting soo many mixed messages about what my new smaller (and obviously quite battered at the moment) stomach realy wants. I feel quite gassy and bloated, and have been sipping Water and juice today, but I just don't know my limitations and I'm scared to take more than a few sips. I know i am probably rushing things, but I just wondered how long most people found it was before thy got to grips with the new limitations, and knowing what your body wants? Thanks Cx

Good Luck Nina, I'll send up some prayers for you. I'm getting sleeved on the 5th, and am also quite nervous, although I'm figuring that after one previous keyhole surgery, and an emergency c-section I should be prepared for waking up sore! Let us know how you get on. Cx

Hi, Well I finally decided to start charting this crazy rollercoaster ride to a new and (hopefully) improved me, so here goes; I am 30, I am a professional person, I have an astoundingly wonderful family including two beautiful children aged 6 and 2, and my husband really is my best firend and soul mate. I should be happy! In fact I should be ecstatic, skipping along with a song in my heart - I AM NOT! I am truly thankful for all of the blessings in my life, but despite all that the biggest part of every day is painful for me, it usually goes like this; When I wake up in the morning, just before my husband gets up to go to work I make sure we get to hug, but before I do that I have to make sure I am lying a certain way, that my body is covered, and that he doesn't accidentally brush past a body part I am not happy with. When I get up shortly after him I agonise over the days clothing choice (nothing fits, nothing looks right etc etc etc). I weigh myself, I wee, and I weigh myself again shortly before kicking the scales hard and swearing loudly. I then try all of my clothes on again, and usually end up in the least revealing and most shapeless garment I can find, by which stage I feel humilliated and tearful. I will eat something in secret even if it is just a few crumbs of something, and then I'll have a healthy and modest breakfast with my family to keep them happy. By the time the kids are dropped off and I get to work I am always paranoid about my outfit choice, and will spend hours obsessing about how i look from each angle, and how much worse I will look if i actually breathe out, and what on earth people must think about me. Lunch is an hour of trying not to eat in front of people, but usually failing. Sometimes I settle with just a coffee, and sometimes I go for as much crap as a human body can hold, either results in paranoia and a few odd looks! The afternoon is just like the morning, and is followed by an evening of more secret emotional eating and snacking to "cheer myself up". At night I undress and get into bed in stages intended to avoid unflattering angles, and if all else fails make my husband look away! I then spend 8 hours intermittently waking and re-positioning myself to avoid accidental touching of wobbly bits. I know how repressed and tragic that all sounds, but thats my starting point, I have 66lb to lose to be a "normal" healthy weight, and have never come close to that through other conventional methods, so the sleeve it is. Thanks for listening. Cx

Hi Folks, I just typed a really long introduction to myself, and my wireless went awol and I lost it, so I'm saying a much briefer "Hi" for now - I just wondered if anyone facied introducing themselves a little more? I'd love to know what journeys we have all been on to get here, and what our motivations are for taking this step now? Basically I had a realisation upon turning 30 that the same isue was destroying me which had blighted my life from being age 6, and although I have fortitude even I draw the line at almost 25 years of misery, so exactly 2 months before I get to 31 I am getting sleeved an I hope it will mark an upturn for the next 30 years, and close the door on the most difficult part of the first 30. However that being said its so long since I was a "normal" weight I still just don't believe it will ever work for me - weight loss is something other people achieve! Heres to January guys! Cx

Hi I'm new here, and based in the UK, although my surgery will be in belgium. I've booked it for January 5th, and I think it would be awesome to get that January group up and running, will be fab to know others are going through exactly the same as me at every step. Cx