NewBeginningsForMe2012

You go girl! Great job!

I would contact your doctor about it, and ask him or her what you should do about it. Don't mess around with infection. OK? Good luck.

I had a pretty good day today! I'm 29 days since my sleeve, and my scale moved again! I'm down to 215 from 285 ( What I was 8 months ago). I got some new clothes today in the mail for an up coming Christmas party I'll be going to. I was so worried that they wouldn't fit, because I got size Large shirts( I use to wear a 3-XXX) and size 18 jeans with zipper, and button front closures.( I use to wear a size 26/28 pants with all elastic waist) When my clothes arrived I held my breath as I took each one out of it's package, and tried them on one by one! I had gotten three shirts, two jean pants, two sweat pants, two bra's, and a pair of dress shoes. Not all to wear to the party, but they were having a great sale at Women With IN, and I needed some new clothes cause all my old ones were HUGE on me! To my delight they all fit me perfectly! I was smiling, and giggling as I tried them on for my husband. I was so excited and was saying,"They fit, they fit, they actually fit me honey"! I can't believe I can fit into an 18! I haven't worn a size 18 in least 25 years! I was feeling down yesterday, and I didn't weight for a few days, because my scale didn't move! Now today my weight was down more, and I could finally tell I AM smaller! I just wanted to share in case any of you are feeling down, or discouraged. Hang in there, and it WILL happen, and you will be thinner, and healthier!

Good for you! I'm only 4 weeks out, so I can't eat that much variety yet. I can't wait until I can eat anything I want, but just in small amounts. Thanksgiving was pretty hard for me as I was only 3 weeks out and could only have soup while everyone else ate turkey and all the goodies that go along with it. I'm hoping by Christmas I can eat more things, so can enjoy the holiday more.

OK, so I'm 26 days post op, and I'm finding that I can't eat very much before I feel full, and I don't have much of an appetite either! I think I must be going through another healing stage, or something? Water goes down great, but anything else I try to eat, I can only eat like one egg with cheese, or a small amount of soup. Did anybody else go through this at about a month out? Also my weight has slowed down too! I was losing 1 pound a DAY for the first two weeks, now it's like I'm staying the same. I know I'm not suppose to weigh everyday, but I'm so anxious to get my weight off! My husband's Christmas party for his shop is on the 15th, and I want to be down as much as possible. I can't wait until I'm like 6 months out, so I'll be passed all these food issues, or at least I hope I will. I have Celiac, so I have that to deal with too. I have to stay away from anything with gluten in it, or man do I get sick!

Any tips? Hum, let me think. Make sure any protein drinks or protein powders do NOT have any wheat in them! Read the labels, because some of the protein drinks, powders, and flavored proteins will say they were made in a factory where wheat products were also made. Drink SLOW, eat slow, and stop if you start to feel full, or nauseous. My first few weeks after surgery were good and bad. I had my good days, and my not so good days. Everyone is different, and has different experiences with the sleeve. Just do what the doctor's and nurses tell you to do, and you'll be fine! I don't think anyone likes to feel nauseous, or to throw up. I know I didn't and don't, but I made it through it, and you will too. Everyone says you have to look a head to how great you will feel, and how much weight you're going to lose! The "bigger picture" so to speak. Good luck, and let me know how you do. Kathy

Well I'm now 3 weeks post-op, and I went in to my nutritional appointment at my sleeve doctor's office this morning. I now get to add eggs, cottage cheese, low fat cheeses, fish, canned chicken, tuna fish, beans(like black beans, kidney beans, soy beans) I can also have chili, and soups with beans now! It seems so great to be able to have more variety of things to eat! I was so sick of protein shakes, yogurt, and the few other things I could only have for the passed 5 weeks! At least at Christmas time I will get even more choices by then too. I have been feeling better day by day, and my 5 incisions are almost completely healed now as well. I have lost a total of 69 pounds now since last April 2012 when I started my weight loss journey, and I have lost 15 more pounds since my sleeve surgery 3 weeks ago. I'm running out of clothes that fit me, because most are way to big for me now! What a great feeling to have clothes that a TO BIG! LOL I actually had to give my little sister some of my old clothes, because she wears 26 W like I use to wear. I'm now in a size 20 W, and it won't be long I'll be in a size 18 W. I'm hoping I will wear an 18 by my husband's shop Christmas party December 15TH, and get me a new outfit to wear to the Christmas party. Last Christmas I went to the shop party wearing a size 26/28 W, 3 piece black pant suit. I was so self conscience the whole time at the party that I couldn't really enjoy myself. I looked around and thought, "I'm probably the fattest one here"! I couldn't wait to leave the party that night! This year I'm hoping my weight loss will help my self esteem, and I can enjoy myself with my husband this year. I have to get me an outfit that I feel good in, pretty, and allot thinner in. :wub: Better, healthier, thinner days are a head of me now, and I can't wait!

I don't have to drink anymore protein shakes as long as I can get 60 grams of protein with my new foods I can eat. I got so sick of protein shakes that they make me gag! My second day on my Phase 3 of my foods I can eat, and yesterday I ended up with 70 grams, and so far today I'm on 54 grams and I have supper to eat yet. I make sure to eat slow, and chew WELL, and stop when I feel full. I keep something next to me all day to drink on such as water, or Crystal Lite, so I make sure to get all my fluids. I have been eating eggs with shredded low fat cheese in them, and deli sliced ham in them. I also eat canned chicken with Miracle Whip lite, and shredded cheese in it, or canned tuna, or canned salmon. So far I'm handling my soft food fine, and it feels so good to actually chew food. Good luck biancahanke!

I just had the hardest Thanksgiving in my entire life! I'm still on Faze 2 of my liquid diet, post sleeve, 2 weeks ago. Everyone came over here for Thanksgiving, meaning there were 13 people here, and all but ONE was eating a big Thanksgiving day dinner. With turkey, gravy, dressing, sweet potato casserole, cheesy potatoes, rolls, butter, sweet corn casserole, and of coarse dutch apple pie, and pumpkin pies! They all filled their plates, and filled there tummies, while I sat there and ate my 1/2 cup of cream of mushroom soup! Wasn't fun at all! I want some real food so badly, but I have to wait until I go back to see my doctor's nutritionist on Monday. It will be 3 weeks since my sleeve, and I'm suppose to be able to have more variety of foods then. Usually at Thanksgiving I'd fill my plate, and get over full from dinner, and deserts, but not this year! My daughter, her husband, and our two grand kids are still here visiting until tomorrow morning. Let me tell you these people can eat! They are the worse "grazer's" you ever saw! Between them, and my husband there's someone constantly in the kitchen eating something! ​It's making it horrible for me, for crying out loud, I'm only human! With my sleeve I don't ever feel very hungry, but in my head I have voices saying, "Man, don't you wish YOU could eat that what they're eating"! I know I made the right choice to have my sleeve, but right now it sure is hard to see the whole picture. I have felt kind of down these last few days, and like I'm being punished or something. This has been one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. On a good note, I have lost 22 pounds since just before my surgery! Also 68 pounds since I first started my journey to a new me.

It's not just you, and you're not imaging it! I had my sleeve 2 weeks ago tomorrow, and I have noticed things I could drink with no problem before surgery no longer taste good to me, and make me want to gag! I cried the other night because I miss being able to eat a hot meal, some meat especially! My husband is very loving and supportive, but he does make and eat hot meals in front of me. He drives me crazy watching him eat it, smelling it, and wanting to be able to eat it! I'm so sick of protein shakes, yogurt, sugar free pudding, and broth! People have no clue just how hard this is! Everything revolves around food. Parties, get together's, holidays, almost everything! If anyone thinks this is the EASY WAY OUT, they couldn't be more wrong! This is not for the weak of heart, or the quitting kind of person for sure! I use to love a couple cups of decaf coffee in the morning when I get up, but since my surgery it no longer taste good to me. Now I drink decaf tea instead. Not sure why your taste change, or why things seem to smell even more than they did before, but they do! I'm hoping in time we will get more use to our new stomach's, and our new life styles. Also as the weight continues to drop off, and we can wear smaller, and smaller clothes that it will be all worth it! Hang in there you're not alone, and you're not alone with these feelings you're experiencing. I thank God for this web site where other sleever's can help each other through these rough patches. God bless, and feel free to add me as a friend on here. Kathy

Congrats! Excited for you! It will go by quickly! I'm 13 days out now, and was sleeved on Nov 6th.

Well, I had yet another bad night last night! Not sure what happened. I was fine all day until about 5:00 p.m. then all of a sudden I got all nauseated again. The only thing I had all day was a 1/2 cup low cal tomato soup, a snack pack size of sugar free pudding, and a cup of chocolate soy milk. Plus water to drink through out the day. OK, so what of those things made me sick??? I was nauseated, vomiting mostly stomach acid type stuff, and had to keep using the bathroom because I still had lots of gas, and loose stools. I felt awful from 5:00 p.m. until probably 2:00 or 3:00 am! I went to bed at 9:00 p.m., but was up and down several times during the night. Why is this happening to me??? Do you think it's the dairy as in the pudding, or the dairy in the tomato soup? Has anyone else had this problem? I'm 10 days out since my sleeve.