God's Grace

I was sleeved on 3/29/12. I am officially THe first night was ROUGH! I had extreme nausea and vomitting and the pain meds / nausea meds did not seem to make a difference. My surgeon did repair a hernia during my operation and I am not sure if that had anything to do with the pain or not. THankfully I was feeling much better about 36 hours later and got to go home! The first week although I was SUPER sore, and still had a lot of pain, I made really great progress! My mom came to stay with me and she did everything for me. It was so wonderful to have her support and help this past week. At my post op appointment the Dr. said that my stomach was more swollen than it should be and my B12 and Iron were very low. In fact, the Dr. said I needed to be taking 4 Iron supplements each day. I think I am to the point in my recovery where I am feeling pretty good, (although tired) but still can't lift much, and physically can't do as much as I mentally want to do. I have been going on 2 walks each day, but can't make it an entire mile just yet. This afternoon my mom left to go home after being with me for a week and a half. As she drove away I lost it. I went inside and just cried and cried because she left. I know this is so silly because I haven't lived with my mom in 14 years. THen I became upset because I can't DO everything that I feel I should be able to do at this point. It is just frustrating. When I ended my cry-fest I looked at my incisions and noticed that 3 of the 6 appear to be getting infected with the goop coming out. Overall I am VERY happy with my decision to have the VSG.I lost 9 pounds in my first week and overall I have lost 48 pounds. I haven't been hungry at all yet, and am getting my liquids in! Is it normal to have times when you just get overwhelmed with emotion? I am going back to work on Monday, and I think that will help me to be with supportive collegues.

Thank all of you SO much! All of your words of encouragement mean so much to me. I am feeling a little better after getting all of the emotional mess stuff written out, hearing from ya'll and of course talking to my mom. I hadn't had an emotional meltdown yet, so it sounds like I was due for one if all of the hormones are being released. Thank you!!!!

Hello everyone! I had my surgery on 3/29/12 do I guess this is my 6th day post op. I feel good but like everyone still have pain at the incision sites and have very little energy. I did manage a walk today though! I have a "FitBit" as a pedometer and I have tried to Walk a mile each day (this includes Just walking around the house And such) and today I made it 2! I am amazed at how full I feel after only drinking water! I am looking forward to full liquids in a few days! I have currently lost 42 pounds from January-now! I am not sure how much I have lost since surgery because I don't want to Weigh just yet. :-/ On the day of my surgery I was 329. My first mini-goal would be to get to 295, with my ultimate goal of 150??? It's been so Long since I have seen 150 I don't know if that is even a good goal for me to have. I am very thankful for VST and the support given here! :-)

Praying for you! I'm getting my sleeve on Thursday. I can't believe it's almost here! Eeek! :-). You will do great! Hang in there and update soon! :-)

I would like that! I'm in North FW near Saginaw! I am starting day 3 of my liquid diet. So far so good, but it is SO hard! My friend came over and brought her Sonic burger and tots. It smelled so good, but I stayed strong and enjoyed my vanilla Protein. Yum-yum! My surgery date is March 29. Who Is your Dr.?

Im a newbie and am starting my 2 week liquid diet today. My dr.'s office let several of us taste the different brands they offered and they actually weren't that bad! I thought they tasted better than a Slim Fast and that's my normal Breakfast. So far so good. I have completely emptied the fridge and pantry of everything I won't be eating over the next 2 weeks pre-op and 4 weeks post op. I think this will help me in that I will not be tempted at home to cheat. :-) plus it helped a friend out who appreciated the extra groceries! I couldn't bear the thought of all that food and salad dressing going to waste! She and her kids will take care of all of it I'm sure. I am so excited about this journey! At first I didn't want to tell anyone. I have been so critical of WLS in the past (I was naive!) I told my mom and she respecte my choice. After a month or so my best friend told me (in only a way that the VERY best of friends can do in a firm but compassionate tone) that I needed to get over myself. No one would think less of me or loom down on me. No one would think I was taking the lazy way out because I am always super busy with work, church, friends and family. After my wake up call, I decided the world wouldn't end if I told people. In fact most of them would more than likely figure it out after being out for 2 weeks and loosing weight pretty quickly. I have told my immediate team at work, and then a handful of my closest friends and family. The world kept spinning! I think I am not going to publicly announce it to everyone but will tell if I am asked. I have learned that the surgery alone isn't the end all be all, quick fix. It takes so much more to get to goal. I have been heavy my entire life. I don't even know a realistic goal for me. In 5th grade I was a size 16/18. I am a 26 now. I think I would like 135-140 as a goal but that seems like it is an Unobtainable goal. To get there I need to lose 200 pounds. Wow.... How did I do this to myself?? Why did I let it get this bad??? I am excited about this Tool and after writing all of this out am now even more motivated to do well on pre-op and stay the course. Here's to the start of an even-better me!

I am March 29th! :-)