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Thanks for posting all of this information! Sounds like you are doing great! Congratulations!I wonder if there's something wrong with me. I feel like I can eat a lot more than what you posted at a time. I seem to be getting more hungry these days. I wonder if it's because I've healed up some more and the swelling is going down. I still can't eat like I did before surgery, but I feel like I can eat more than I should be able to at one sitting.Amy

I feel your boredom. I am a little bit over 2 weeks out from a gastric sleeve plication and am back to work. However, I wasn't up to going on Spring Break with my family, so they went without me. So I'm stuck here going to work and going home to an empty house. I am bored, bored, bored, and it's driving me crazy. They don't get back until late Saturday, so my monotony doesn't end for a few more days. Plus, I keep getting these updates on Facebook about what a fabulous and exciting time they are having without me.Yes, the surgery was my decision, and I don't regret it. However, the boredom is getting to me, and I"m feeling a tad bit bitter about being left home alone, although I didn't want them to have to miss a vacation due to my surgery. A bundle of contradictions, that's what I am today.Hang in there!Amy

Did anyone watch the new show "Addicted to Food" on Oprah Winfrey network last night? It follows a group of people with eating disorders through an inpatient treatment center, including a few people who have compulsive overeating disorder. Two of them said that they had undergone gastric by-pass, but it hadn't worked and they were still morbidly obese. I was kind of surprised by this, because I thought gastric by-pass was supposed to be pretty much foolproof. Being my natural pessimistic self, I started worrying about maybe my plication won't work. I don't think I could stand the disappointment if it doesn't. This was my last chance effort to get healthy and skinny, and I don't know where I'd go if this were to fail. Anyone else have these worries? I swear, if I didn't come up with something to worry about, I don't think I'd be breathing. It's just my nature, and I hate it. On the plus side of things, I broke 200 today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the first time in 2 years. Just barely at 199.8, but I did it!!! So excited. It gives me motiviation to try to up my walking routine so I can take even more off. That makes a little bit over 10 pounds in 2 weeks. Not the fastest weight loss I've seen on the boards, but better than my usual efforts, and I'll take it. Amy

Wow! Just wow! Don't know what to say, except congratulations! I am sure you must be a mixture of emotions, but I am sure that once you are holding your new precious baby, you will be overjoyed. Please take extra good care of youself!Amy

Congrats! You're doing to be so happy you did this. I had my surgery on 3/21/11 and was terrified, but it really wasn't anywhere near as bad as I was making it out to be in my mind. Good luck!!! Amy

Texas Diva, I'm so sorry! That's exactly how I felt when I wrote this post last Friday. I am not telling you to diss your doc's instructions, but I felt 150% better after I had some Carnation Instant Breakfast mixed with skim milk. Then some cream of chicken soup for dinner later on. It tasted so good that you would have thought I was eating in a 5 star restaurant. I still get tired mid-day and had to leave work yesterday a bit early. But it's so much better than where I was when I wrote this.And my weight has started going down the right way. I've lost 15 pounds since I got home (9 of it being the weight I gained from fluids), so I am a total of 6 pounds below my pre-surgery weight. I'm okay with that. I'm probably going to be a slow loser because I have hypothyroidism, but that's okay. Slow and steady wins the race.Hang in there and let us know how you are doing!Amy

Hang in there. I had the sleeve Plication 3/21, and I went through those same feelings. Once I got on full liquids and actually got on full liquid Friday, I felt much better. Who would have thought carnation sugar free Breakfast and cream of chicken Soup could lift my spirits so much. My post about it is on the Gastric Plication board and is titled the WTH have I done moment is here. I know how weak the Clear Liquids make you, and it sucks. I'm sending you positive thoughts and hoping you feel better soon. Take care, Amy

Oops, I meant the nurses who took care of me, not him.

Ahh, Heather, that's so sweet! Thank you so much! I had a big post typed answering your question about pain, but I accidentally lost it before it posted. I will try to answer again tomorrow. But the short answer is that my pain has been very manageable. Dr. Oldham goes above and beyond for patient care and comfort. All the nurses who took care of him raved about him and how wonderful he is. I would have to agree, he has been awesome! Amy

Oh, sorry, Rootman! I missed that somehow. The pain meds must be addling my brain. Your weight loss is so inspiring! Way to go!

Thanks, Heather! I saw your status updates, but haven't figured out how to reply to them from my phone yet. Yes, that psych questionnaire was waay long and very repetitive. Glad you made it through that stage. The EGD is a breeze. It's over before you know it. One second I was complaining to the anesthesiologist about the meds stinging as they went through my iv, the next I was waking up in recovery. Absolutely no awareness of it, with the exception of a mild sore throat. Dr. Oldham was great.....both with that day and my surgery. I feel so lucky to have found him. Are you being seen in E-town? I called Laura, the NP, today with a question, and they said she was there. So I'm guessing you did all of this today? I hope your insurance approval goes quickly. I'm sure my perspective will be better by then, Okay, I'm off to see if Cream of chicken Soup lifts my spirits as much as the carnation did, Thanks again everyone! Amy

Thanks, you ladies are so awesome! I am so grateful I have you to talk to. I know it will get better; it's just tough now. I drank some Carnation sugar free instant chocolate Breakfast made with skim milk awhile ago and feel much better. Who would think chocolate milk would taste so good? Amy

Okay, the whining has commenced, and I'm having my WTH have I done moment. I am tired of feeling yucky and am starving. My doc gave me the okay to move to full liquids today, and I'm hoping a few more calories will help me get my strength back up. I know this, too, shall pass, but I'm feeling very defeated right now. Amy

Well, I made the mistake of getting on the scale this morning. In spite of eating barely nothing since Saturday because I just don't feel like it, I've actually gained about nine pounds. Talk about discouraging. I hope it's just the fluids they pumped into me, but still. Not the outcome I was hoping for. Amy