LittleMissSunshine

Hi I was sleeved November 16th. At my largest I weighed 334 lbs. The day of surgery I weighed 312 lbs and as of today I weigh 259 lbs. Last weekend my husband and I had went away for the weekend and I got to see myself in a full size mirror ( I don't have one at home ). It upset me so bad because I could not understand why I still looked like that after dropping so much weight. To make a long story short I decided to find some old pictures of me that my mom took before surgery. I compared the picture of myself to the person I was seeing in the mirror and holy crap I couldn't believe it. It really made me change my mind about how far I have come. Here are the pictures.....the one in the green shirt I was 334 and the one in the purple I was 267 ( I have lost 8 more lbs this week ) Getting sleeved is the best thing I have ever done for myself. It is so nice to be able to walk around the mall without feeling like I'm going to die or to be able to run up and down my stairs and not be in pain. I am one happy lady right now as cant wait to see what else I have to look forward to.

I was wondering if it is common to still be in pain 4 weeks after surgery? I get plenty of walking in and most days I get all my fluid and protein. I'm assuming that the pain is my actual stomach that hasn't healed yet??? And I was wondering if eating gets easier as time goes on? It's so uncomfortable to eat most things so I just like prefer not to.

My surgeon told me to stop drinking my protein shakes everyday now that I'm eating food. She said it won't fill you up like food. However she said if I am having a day that I am having trouble getting all my protein in then I should have one.

Lol that's too funny. I was so worried about them talking about me also because of all the medical shows. My husband kept telling me I was crazy and that they would be professional but I still worried about it up to the time they took me back for surgery.

I had a clotting problem as well....however it was two years before I even started with my sleeve process. My problem ended up being ITP and I had to have my spleen removed.

When I was on liquid I was soooo hungry and always thought about food. I just got put on soft foods 3 days ago and it is 100% better. Hang in there it gets better I promise.

I was Sleeved on Nov 16th. I lost 18lbs before surgery and I have lost 25lbs after surgery.....43lbs down!!!! I stalled on my third week but as of today I'm back on the loosing train:-)

That is wonderful news:-) Good job and keep up the good work.