Brenda0928

Hi Everyone, I just got verbal approval to have my sleeve surgery and am waiting for the written letter so we can set the date It will be done by Dr John Gonzalvo at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa FL, hopefully sometime in June. I would like to find others who had it done there, or plan to have it done there and compare notes and form our own little support network with someone who has been there (literally) and dealt with the same place and people, etc. Please introduce yourself. I look forward to "meeting" you. -Thank you, Brenda

Thank you all for your responses and reassurance! Congrats on your weight losses too! Amazing!!

No, I thought about that and took it last night perfectly normal, and so am I today....weird

Where is this? It is beautiful!!

I am 2 weeks post op and just today started freezing...it is 78 degrees outside, turned off my ac, have winter pjs on, and a robe and socks, and in bed under a thick comforter and I am shivering!!! Just turned on a heating pad to help warn me up! I usually run hot and have my ac set at around 70!! This is crazy!!

Yeah, they were not able to hit veins in my hands or arms said I was dehydrated before surgery even began! They numbed it externally and then with a shot before inserting it..and started giving me gas to knock me out while they inserted it....it had 3 lines hanging from it, one for IV in, one to pull blood samples, and one to inject medicine into....it was stitched into place in my neck but pulled every time I moved, walk, sat up, layed down, etc...they removed that and the drain the day I went home......it only took a few days to heal and stop hurting....until now, lol

I have a pain in the neck, literally..16 days post op , driving yesterday, turned my head to look before changing lanes and felt a little pop and twinge in my neck where the IV had been. It is healed over on the outside....did not think much of it until this morning....woke up with it hurting from the iv site to the collar bone....called my surgeon and he said it is perfectly normal, and that the scar tissue is pulling loose and breaking down.....to put ice on it and let them know if it swells up....he said it should return to normal in a few days. Weird! Has anyone else had this happen?

I would be happy to speak with you on ANY thread about ANY topic you may wish to discuss!! I am here to help others as much as others have helped me!!

Hi Lirpa, For lunch I had a 4oz unsweetened applesauce cup, 1/2 of a ripe avocado (mashed) about 4oz; for dinner I had a 4oz can of "Underwood chicken spread" which is chopped chicken...I pureed it with a little bit of apple sauce, very watery, but oh so good!!! With those foods and the one shake I had for Breakfast I reached 73g Protein today! I have an 8oz cup of skim milk starting about a half hour after each meal too....of course it takes me over an hour for each meal, lol Today I bought bananas, strawberries, pears, yellow squash, butternut squash, and potatoes...all of which will be pureed/mashed for parts of my meals....I got the canned chicken, some canned ham, Vienna sausages, tuna and Salisbury steaks (those are mainly for my son but I may try to puree one in a few days for myself), lol....I also got natural Peanut Butter to add to a chocolate shake if I want to, and applesauce... For breakfast tomorrow, I wanted to have eggs...but realized I forgot to buy them today lol......so I will figure something out--proteins first though Lol... What did you have today?? What are you planning?

Is there protein in skim milk? I never thought about checking and/or counting it.....