Michellemo

I woke up dying of thirst and hunger. I can't figure out how a stomach that's just been cut apart could want food? I do get hungry at 9 months out but it still only takes a very small amount to fill me up. I've lost 140 lbs in 9 months so I don't think it matters if you wake up hungry.

My gosh hourglass that was great! You hit the nail on the head!

I get on the scales every morning. After I reach my goal I will get on the scales every single day! In the past I could gain weight so stinking fast so I feel I need to weigh every day so if I'm up a pound I can deal with it. I feel it's easier to be up a pound or two and get that back off then weight a week and be up 5 pounds. I've had that happen before I had surgery. One week it might be 5 extra pound then the next week a couple more. So yeah I'm gonna weigh every day so maybe I can keep on top of it.

I went back to work after a week to my stand up job and made it fine. Good luck

Crackers and bread get hung in my throat and stomach so I don't eat them.

That happens to us all. Don't get discouraged. I'm sure the weight will start melting off soon.

Who said you weren't supposes to be hungry? I woke up from surgery hungry. I know some people have no hunger after surgery but others do. It doesn't mean anything is wrong. I've lost 140 lbs in 9 months so I'm sure my stomach is just fine. Good luck!

Oh yeah I tried medifast and at about day 5 I started cramping all over. Leg cramps and my stomach muscles were constantly cramping. Thought I needed more salt but that didn't help so I added a banana to my diet every day and still had constant muscle cramps. So I went off medifast. I couldn't live with muscle cramps plus most of the food they sent me tasted horrible! I wasn't on it long enough to loose much weighty but I lost plenty of money on it.

My cousin told me she was looking into getting surgery but that she eats very little. I've heard her over the years say that she only eats once a day and she doesn't know why she is so big. I would guess her at 400 lbs or more. I told her since she doesn't eat much and the goal of surgery is so we can't over eat then maybe she needs to speak to her doctor and see if she has a medical condition causing her to be heavy since eating to much isn't her problem. I know why I was so heavy. I ate and ate and then ate some more. I'm glad I knew why I was heavy so I could find a solution unlike my cousin who has no idea what her weight problem is from.

I was self pay and it was 11,999. I then got a bill for twenty six thousand dollars! Scared the crap out of me but when I called they said to ignore it. That's what they would have charged my insurance if I would have had it.

I wore polish on my toes for surgery and they never said anything.

I woke up from surgery STARVING! How can a stomach that's just been cut apart have hunger pains?

I didn't get blood blisters but where they put the bandages and then the little strip things around my insition I had big blisters and the whole area was raw. Like I had also been burned. It was so painful. Way more painful then the actual cuts. I'm 9 months out and you can still see where the bandages were.

Oh gosh it hurt me to read this! I have a daily ritual of making my coffe with just the right amount of flavorings added in. I refuse to give it up its my one sweet awesome thing I let myself have.

I know how you feel. I find myself being the food police. When I see someone in my family get a huge plate of food I'm grossed out and want to say something to them but I don't. I didn't like anyone saying stuff about my eating habits before the sleeve so I just keep my comments to myself. God it's hard though!

I'm almost 9 months out and have lost 136lbs! Only 12 more to reach my goal of weighing 170. I'm sure I can do it by my 1 year anniversary. If I lose more then that I will be happy but I think being realistic about my weight has helped me. I have always been overweight so weighing 120 sounds crazy to me. That's why I picked 170. Plus I have lots of loose skin now so I can't imagine how bad I would look if I lost a lot more weight. My main goal is just to be healthy and feel great.

I'm 9 months out and can't imagine eating more then 800 calories a day.

Has anyone had a tummy tuck with Dr Kowalski at KC Bariatrics? It's where I had my sleeve done and they offer tummy tucks for 5000.

That's great! I was self pay for the sleeve so I've been saving like crazy for a tummy tuck.

The web site says they do it for their patients and anyone who has lost a lot of weight.

It's in Kansas. A few miles from Kansas City missouri .

Congratulations!

Best price I've found plus I had a great experience having my sleeve done there. I would love to talk to someone that's had a tummy tuck there.

Dr Hoehn did my surgery and he was great! I'm having a consult for a tummy tuck with Dr kowalski the end of August. He better be doing surgeries by then.

Im considering getting the vertical sleeve. Has anyone used Dr. Hoehn in Kansas City?