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It appears Carnie had gastric bypass in 1999 and lost 150. Then had two pregnancies and regained much of the weight so in January 2012, she had lap band surgery. http://www.fudiet.co...e-right-choice/ I wish her the best on her journey.

Congratulations to you! That is great news and you must be so proud.

I was sleeved on Feb 4th of 2013 and also had a fairly significantly sized hiatal hernia repaired during the surgery. I think it may have caused a minor bit of additional tightness but it really did not hinder my recovery at all. I took my narcotics for 3 days post op and went back to work and started my elliptical workouts the following week. For me, it was something the docs talked about but did not truly impact me at all.

Wow! That really is great information. Thank you sharing it. (nn)

That is quite a bit to handle. I am very sorry you miscarried. Birth control is one of those weird random inexplicable things that apparently does it's own thing...we just hope 'that thing' is what we want it to do. I am glad you will be able to have you surgery as originally intended, but take care of yourself. Your feelings must be all over the place.

Congratulations to you for all of your hard work. Great job!

I am 3 weeks post op and today is the first day (except the first week post op) that I did not vomit or feel nauseous. I am hoping it is the beginning of me getting used to the limitations of my sleeve and better healing internally.

I considered it a Birthday present to myself. I was sleeved 3 weeks ago on Feb 4th and my birthday was last Friday, Feb 22nd. I wasn't bummed at all.

Contratulations to you! Great work.

Sweet items are definitely irritatingly sweet to me now. (nn)

You look amazing! Keep up the great work.

My doc saids NSAIDs are fine but must be taken with milk or some minor food such as crackers or small amount of yogurt. He said what they concerned about it ulcers...hence using milk to sort of coat the stomach.

Sleeve of Steal, You are absoltely gorgeous, both pre and post sleeve. Your stor is amazing because it shows that you deliberately too the time to examine yourself and determine what is truly you. Congratulations on your journey.

TPN = Total Parenteral Nutrition; i.e., ALL rhody's nutition, generally fluids, electrolytes, amino acids, etc. come through this source. The good news is that it is often a temporary measure because the maintainance of the line can be a complication. rhody, I hope your medical team is able to isolate your issue(s) soon.

I am 16 days post op and didn't feel right until day 4. It does get better. Hang in there.

I have been silently lurking around this forum for quite some time. Finally late last year, I decided it is time to act. I am scheduled to be sleeved next Wednesday, January 30th. I am nervous but optimistic. I am a 40 y/o female, 5 feet 7 inches and 274 lbs at weigh-in two weeks ago. At yesterday's physical, I was 264 lbs.I am hoping this surgery gives me the tools and a kick-start of sorts to get some control back into managing my weight. I may not post often, but all of your stories have truly inspired me and I am grateful to have found this site.

Oh, I hope you feel better soon.

Congratulations! That is great.

I was sleeved Feb 4th and I have nausea and vomit every night after trying to eat dinner. It only happens after i eat dinner, so today I decided it might be related to the fact that I drink a lot of water during my workout, shower and then eat dinner. Maybe my stomach is still too full of water even though I think enough time has passed? Tomorrow, I am going to try eating dinner an hour later to see if that helps. Here's hoping it does.

I think it is fairly common. I am 3 weeks post op and I can only get one 11oz container of EAS Myoplex Lite down in a day and that takes about 3 hours. I am finally able to add cottage cheese today and I am hoping those little snack packs will help me get more Protein in. One week post op, I could only get down 1/4 of the myoplex in a day so I do think it takes a little time. Hang in there!

I was cleared for cardio 7 days post op so I do the elliptical every day. I have not been cleared for strength training though. Hopefully when I go back on March 5 that will happen.

I followed the diet pretty closely, but I only had to do it for 1 week. The first part of the week was replacing 1 meal with protein shake and staying under 1200 calories. Then three days before surgery liquid only, that included protein shakes. Problem is, surgery got delayed by 4 days after I started the liquid only part...made the liquids a little lengthy, but it work out in the end.

I started the elliptical 7 days post op with doc approval but I hold on for part of the workout so I don't disturb my core, which is still quite tender.

I was given clearance to begin the elliptical and recumbent bike 7 days post op. I had surgery Monday and started the elliptical the following Monday. Basically doc said, no lifting, but I can do anything physically that does not cause me pain. I do hold on to the rails for some of the elliptical workout because I'm still healing and my core still hurts. I don't want to screw with that area. I'm an 'ants in the pants' kind of gal and I was grateful!

I took Miralax 1st week postoperative. It was perfect, but I have not needed it since.