marykate

Oh, ... that. I just deleted her post, wincing that I might hurt her feelings! Not so gentle I guess. : )

Traci : I hope you're better by now; just read your post. My doc put me on Pepcid Complete chewable twice a day post-op. Once in a while I notice break-through burning and it's usually when it's time to take another dose. I can't imagine going back to work in 1 week either. We can really fool ourselves into thinking we had minor surgery because it was laproscopic. That's how I was fooling myself. But everytime I looked down at the drain from my abdomen draining blood tinged fluid I was reminded that it's not minor surgery! So heal well and be good to yourself and not rush back to work.

I really enjoyed reading your post Calibre! It's nice to know I'm not the only one with these "fifty-something" issues! This is the very first forum type thing I have ever participated in, so I'm trying to get the hang of all the aspects of this site. Also, thanks for the tip about the "ticker!" I'm working on it now. My attemps to be mostly private initially somewhat backfired. My husband mentioned it to one of his sisters & now they are calling to check on me (which is sweet & yet ...) -- one put a note on my Facebook page saying "glad to hear your surgery went well." I gently removed it and then sent her a personal message thanking her for her thoughts. My husbands family are all thin -- so lucky!

Traci, sorry to hear about all your gas pain difficulties. I know you're only 3 days post op, but walking does seem to help the body "get the gas moving out." So just walking within your house several times a day should be helpful. Good luck. hope this phase passes quickly. : )

I had my gastric sleeve on 7-21-10 and am really looking for support to be successful with my new "tool." Now 58, I was a typical yo-yo dieter for the first 30 yrs. of my adulthood. When I hit age 50, I seemed to have developed an aversion to any sort of diet/wt. loss plan etc. Couldn't even get started in the right direction. I gained to 250+ lbs and was still gaining. The thought that next year would roll around and I would most likely be even heavier really scared me! That's when I got serious about considering weight loss surgery. I certainly had some misgivings just before surgery, thinking maybe I should have tried at least one more weight loss try--but the truth is, I know that would not have worked for me. So, I'm thankfully 8 days out and getting the hang of the Protein supplements etc. I wasn't planning to keep my surgery a secret or anything, but I wasn't going to just blab to everyone about it. And when wt loss started to be apparent I would gradually share my surgery with acquaintances, in-laws etc. I don't want to be in a fishbowl with everyone waiting to see if I succeed or fail! How does everyone else handle this part? I guess I'm sort of private, and the thought that it would be so shameful if I can't get this weight off and keep it off with the help of surgery. It's hard to be confident when you've failed at so many weight loss attempts. So I'll try to work on the belief that "I can do it!" How does one set up the weight loss tickler?