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What else do your job duties entail? Im in oil and gas, drive and operate equipment. I took 2 weeks off post sugrery and then went back to work with only driving duties. I was exempted from helping with job rig up for a month. But I had zero problems driving. My usualy equipemt is a 365 pete with a 49 ft pumping unit (106,000lbs) drving some really nasty lease roads. I would say if you're an OTR or just local haul and dont have to do any heavy unloading, you should be good

Dont fret about how much others lose month to month. If it's coming off, thats a good sign. You will hit platue after platue, its part of the whole process. The trick is to push though the stalls, change the types of food you're putting in, and excersise as much as possible. Im 2 years out, stalled many times. And others are right, its a mental game just as much as a physical one. Good luck dude!

2 years gone by, 140 lbs off, best decision ever. First photo is with my aunt at me wedding 3 years ago, second is current. Good job to everyone in maintenance mode, and best of luck to those just beginning! Trust me, it's worth it.

So here I am, just a little over 2 years out. To save you reader some time, I started out at 376 glorious pounds of depression and misery. I'm a very "outdoors" minded person. Love to dive, ride motorcycles, lake trips, you name it. Being almost 400 pounds, it took a huge toll on my ability to enjoy what I enjoyed (even if that statement sounds kind of stupid). I'll tell you, if you're considering this surgery as an option, quit considering it and DO IT! It has allowed me to have a life again. And to the people who will tell you "it’s the easy way out," they're so far out if line it’s not even funny. I cannot tell you how many times in the first year I said screw the rules and ate something I shouldn’t have, drank while eating and all the things they tell you not to do, and then spent a half hour or so in absolute misery as my "banana" stomach tried to cope with the crap that I stuffed in it. It ain't easy. The first 6 months is definitely the honeymoon stage. The weight will just fall off no matter what you do. After the first year, it becomes more difficult as the new stomach does stretch a little and it easier to begin to overeat again. My low weight was just about 200 pounds. Unfortunately, I have a very large frame and I looked ridiculous with the flabby skin crap everywhere. Now, this is unavoidable to some extent, and I'm cool with it. Better be healthier with some loose skin and unhealthy with it packed full of fat, right? So, for better or worse, I turned from food addict, to a gym rat. I've put just about 30 pound back on, most all had been muscle since my arms, chest and legs have filled out, but with definition. Now the stomach? Lost cause, lol. Unless I do corrective surgery to remove it, it’s just my baggage I'll carry around in punishment for letting myself become an unhealthy person for the majority of my life. I just did my 2 year follow up, and my surgeon isn’t happy with my current weight, never mind that my BMI is down 25 freakin points. For the record, I hate BMI, I think it is a stupid algorithm made up for some reason I cannot figure out. They say I should be 175 pounds to be in a normal BMI, ppfft on that. To get there I'd have to starve myself. I suppose he's not happy because I imagine, they plug in all of the patients information to see how effective the surgery was, by my numbers, I didn’t do well. I couldn’t be happier with my results, so screw their charts. I seem to be rambling....... Anyway, if anyone is still here, thank you for taking time out of your day to read this, hopefully you get some entertainment, insight, or just a few minutes wasted from whatever you're supposed to be doing at work, Sleeve on people!

Mine havent changed at all and I have them on my forearms, biceps and legs. You can see the before and "during" in my arms. 117 lbs gone in this photo

8 months, 117 lbs gone FOREVER

Well, I am sure I wont be the only one to say this, but, you just have to be patient. You're 4 days out from a MAJOR operation. Your body is in complete and total shock and it needs time, just like you will, to adjust to the new changes. Believe me, it will come down, just have to give yourself some time for everything to return to what your new normal will be. Everybody here who is post op has gone through a momentary gain or stall and we all freak a little bit. Just have to take a deep breath, pack the scale away for a little while (trust me, it helps. the scale is a great tool to completely screw your mental health) and just keep on track.

I was about 380 lbs when I decided to do this. Sleeved 2 1/2 weeks ago and down to 345. I will probably never be considered "normal" on the BMI charts, but all the potential health complications from being 350+ will be GREATLY reduced.

I drove 2 days after surgery, was off pain meds before I left the hospital so I didnt have any reservastions about meds impairing my motor skills. I figured as soon as I could move around easily, driving woundn't be an issue. Like everyone else has already said, you will recover at a different rate. Go by what your body is saying, you should be able to tell what you can handle. I took 8 days off of work.

Man, I cant seem to keep up with these as much as I had hoped too. I am now almost 3 weeks post op, feeling great, pain free and losing poundage on a regular basis. I still havent bought a scale, but clothes are fitting better and better everyday. I got lucky, I suppose, I went home the day after surgery and didnt have to take any pain meds after leaving the hospital, quite happy about that actually. So far its been really easy. Water goes down without a problem, food intake is simple, small, but simple. With my surgeon, we are able to move to a more normal diet in week 3, it's been a blessing for sure. Hoping that things progress as as easy as it has from here on out. Down 28 lbs, lots to go!

Well hello there blogs! It's been a while. Anywho, final appointment went well, packet submitted, got denied for some dumb stuff, then approved. I figured short and sweet was the way to go with that. I'm kind of glad the blogs have been down as I havent had much nice to say lately. Surgery scheduled for Nov 20th, a mere 11 days away and I start pre op diet next Tuesday. Let me tell you, looking forward to that (HA! yeah right). But it will be ok. Somehow I talked my boss into giving me 2 weeks off, how? I haven't quite figured that out yet, guess he was in a good mood that day. Obviously nervous about the procedure as a whole, but it seems as though most are doing or have done alright with it, I just hate hospitals.

My date just confirmed today, Nov 20th! Good luck everybody

this is what my doc wrote me, Cigna had no issues with it. All of my denies had to do with the location of procedure and some mix up with psych paperwork

Dont feel too bad about it. I was denied 3 times for a whole slew of "mirco" things. Just took a little time and patience (and a good rep at the surgeons office) to get everything in place. On the fourth try, I was approved (today, actually). Dont give up, it seems pretty typical with Cigna

Good deal, thanks for the information.