blackanese25

i love this forum... a few of your comments made me out right laugh.. i love the milkshake thing.. lolol.. no im not consumming straight milkshakes all day... not a bad idea tho...lololol im just messing.. Actually im at the gym 5 days a week and yea it just seemed odd to me because im not eatting enough food to gain weight, and its not my TOM. Just seemed really odd.. AND UNFORTUNATELY...I am one of those people that weigh myself every day in the morning.. and i guess i can't be too mad at 3 lbs gained when ive lost 18 since surgery. I normally don't stress becaue i know what to expect.. This is just so different than anything that ive done. So thank you everyone.. it really helps to know that there is support. I will try and only do the once a week weigh in for a min until im over this hump.. but im pretty sure my mind will get the best of me and ill weigh in.. lol. i just wont fret to much over the number that i see.

Ok guys so im officially 3 weeks post op today.. and i know everyone talks about the stall, but im not stalling.. IM GAINING! I just started pureed foods a day ago, and i understand that now that im eating my body will be a little different but its not like im actually eating that much.. but the past 2 days i have actually gained 3 lbs. I was down to 219 a few days ago.. and now im back up to 222... what gives? Please tell me this isn't a trend that im starting just cuz im eating.

thank you ladies.. it just seems odd to be gaining at only 3 weeks out.. and its 2 days in a row.. i just couldnt believe it. .. i mean you hear about the stall all the time and i figured ok i was prepared for that.. but definitely not prepared to GAIN weight.. i will try and just wait it out.. ugh... dang this just sux.. lol

Yeah I'm calming it down for the next few weeks no running for me...lol

where are you going to get your surgery done? Im in sacramento.

thats wonderful! you look amazing.... KEEP IT GOIN!

lisa... HUGE LOSE-THE-FAT HUG!!!!!! LOL i don't care if its your husband, mother, grandma, uncle, cousin, or whoever.. PEOPLE MAKE EXCUSES BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES! plain and simple. It is not you never was and never will be... YOU have done something to better yourself and don't let anyone take that away from you. what it seems like is before he could blame you and now he can't so he has to find an excuse to make up for the difference..Im sure he loves you and that maybe because he doesn't realize the things he is saying is really hurtful, so he just keeps on with it, or maybe he truely thinks what he is saying is right. But one thing you can do is let him know that his words are affecting how you feel. also let him know that obviously if you are down 37 lbs and his weight hasn't budged that its physically and emotionally impossible that you were/are the cause. lol.. So don't be discouraged. AND KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK!

lola im really sorry you have had such trouble since surgery. everyone here has given some awesome advice i agree with them, just try and get in as much Fluid as you can either Protein shake, s.f popsicles or ice chips that will hopefully help with the nausea, or see if your doc can prescribe and anti nausea which should help you get in food better. Hope everything works out for you.. I will keep you in my prayers!

thats what im going thru right now.. im just over 2 weeks post op.. and i am actually having some major pains at the large incision or near my staple line.. its actually pretty excruciating when i move or lean to one side it almost feels like im ripping my staples.. i don't know if its because i fell day before xmas or what.. but i was really starting to worry..but im almost thinking now its just we are feeling more because our body isnt concentrating on all the other little incisions.

honestly i havent really had any issues like that.. but all of a sudden im having some major pain near my staple line.. and i don't know if it because i fell the day before xmas, or because ive been working out.. but i have to take it easy for the next few days, because this is really starting to freak me out.

Mine... LOSE WEIGHT..LOL oh yea im already doing that.. he he he.. ok ... so how about this one.. Exercise at least 4 days a week.. preferably 5. I WORK OUT!!! WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE...YEAH!!!!!!

decamom--- i just wanna say you look amazing.. and im sure you will all do fabulous on hitting your goals and sticking to your resolutions.. cuz you have this community of support!

lol that was cute!

im only 2 weeks out and im still on full liquids.. i would say wait a little longer before you try to get in solids even pureed because you really wanna give your staple line time to heal if you start eating to quickly you may cause yourself to have a leak and then you are really gonna be unhappy cuz you will have to go back in for surgery... here is the time line that i was given if it helps day 1-3 clear fluids only day 4 full liquids for 2 weeks then move to pureed foods for 2 weeks then move to soft foods for 3 months then a modified regular diet hope that helps.. but no matter what you should always talk to your doc.. and since they are closed for xmas break you should try and stick to liquids till you can talk to them.. you can do Soups but it should be broth only and if you really have to get something in you then try a very soupy cream of wheat or cream of chicken that has been strained.. good luck to you.

im only 2 weeks out but so far havent had any issues with anything.. i found that with the cream o wheat if i had to big of a bite that it almost felt like it was getting stuck in my throat and didn't want to go down so i figure either add more liquid next time or smaller bites.. lol.. thankfully haven't had any issues with sugar or milk. but i think it mostly depends on the person.. some will have issues others wont.. im just hopin for the best.. good luck to you

can anyone sleep normally yet.. i have to sleep almost sitting up and its really difficult for me.. since im a side sleeper.. i was sleeved on 12-12-11 so i know im really early out still but ... when can i go back to laying flat?

thankfully i have an adjustable bed so i can lift the legs and the head at different angles, but i am a side sleeper/tummy sleeper so its just hard.. thanks guys im hopin it gets better with the next few weeks cuz sleepin like this is killing my back, and i wake up all stiff. I guess im doin ok for only bein 2 weeks out, but yea it would be nice to get back to regular patterns. lol

So i am 14 days post op.. and about 2 days after i got home from the hospital AUNT FLOW came to visit.. lasted for about 5 days ... and then i was good.. all of a sudden starting last night SHE RETURNED!!!!! WHAT GIVES?!

does anyone else have this problem.. I went in for a my sleeve 12-12-11 and after surgery my doc told me that while she did the scope she found that i had a herniated esophagus and that she had repaired it.. She also told me that was probably why i burped all the time before and what was probably causing my acid reflux... here is the problem.. i never really burped a hell of a lot and i sure never had any issues with reflux.. so umm.... not sure what to say there.. but now with all the gas that is in my system all i wanna do is burp and i can't.. not even a little bit.. and this might sound gross and im sorry but thank god for flatulence.. lol cuz otherwise id be miserable... Does anyone else have a issue with burping? **** sorry for such a random post btw*****

im just patting my chest on my rib cage so i will try a little lower and see if that helps.. the docs said i had a hiatal hernia that they fixed in my esophogus..anyone else have that done... i think thats why i can't burp.. ugh but yes that little burp would be soooooooooooooo tremendous.

good point... i definitly dont want any blood clots... ill just do six weeks to be on the safe side..lol

thank you for sharing that is truely inspirational. Congrats on such a beautiful transformation.

I LOVE THE MAN FORUM.. IT IS AWESOME AND I SWEAR I HAVE NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD IN MY LIFE.!!!! GO MEN!