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Hi, When I was in the hospital the nurses would bring me 4 pills to take all at once. I was fine with the tablets but the capsules like the Omeprazole kept getting stuck and causing discomfort. I was sleeved on June 16th and now it's not happening anymore. I think possibly the pills were turning sideways on the way down and getting stuck til they dissolved. Now I can take 3 pills without a problem on an empty stomach. This too hopefully shall pass...........

My surgeon doesn't require any of his patients to do a pre-op diet. Is this common? I'm not doubting his competence cause he's world renowned, but I wonder why he's decided it isn't necessary? Apparently the outcomes are still favorable. I see so many threads here about the pre-op diets. I'm glad I don't have to do it so I can have my food funerals in peace. LOL

Thanks all. I almost wish he'd make me do the diet cause I'm having too many food funerals. LOL. I did gain a little weight and unfortunately will have more to lose. But I'm in this for life so on with the show.

Thanks for sharing. Great song and beautiful voice.

Hi Everyone. I'm Christine and I'm 49 years old struggling with my weight since my 20's when I started working night shift as a nurse. Just now giving up the battle and admitting I need this surgery so I'm already approved and will soon be scheduled. I had to recently retire due to health issues some related and unrelated to my weight. I sell on ebay now full time and love it. I love to travel but haven't been able to lately due to some cardiac troubles so pretty much grounded these days. I am involved with some online travel forums and I'm a Disneyphile. I miss going to Disney too since getting disabled and hopefully that will change soon. I have two cats, I am single, never married and live alone in downtown Miami, FL. I love the beach and spend my summers in Hollywood beach near Miami. While I am on this weight loss journey I am also focusing on becoming a minimalist. I have way too much stuff and am finding joy in just giving away everything and keeping just a few things. It's a tough job but it's keeping me very busy. LOL. Boy do I have alot of junk! Glad to have found this forum and hope to be an active participant. Thanks for having me. Christine

You look great! Time to get some skinny shorts and show off your nice shape.

Wow. You look Grrrrrrrrrreat!!!!

Wow, so many familiar stories. I actually laughed at many of them cause I can totally relate. Thank you everyone for sharing. For me it's been lots of things. I've struggled with weight since my 20's and I started working night shift. But it really got bad when I fell and tore my knee up trying to run with the BF at 40. After that it seemed like I ballooned because of immobility. Eventually I got better and lost a few pounds but then they came back on even worse. Well the BF is gone, moved onto a skinnier lady and here I am at 330. He's not the straw that broke me, I broke myself. I got sick and ended up in the hospital and found myself bedridden for months. Then I couldn't recover no matter what I did. That's when my pulmonary doctor looked me straight in the eyes and said if you don't have the surgery you will be dying very soon. It's been years of seatbelt extenders, not being able to do Disney anymore, huffing and puffing with the stairs, knees completely shot at this point, reflux, sleep apnea, judgmental remarks all the time and on and on. I can't say it's just one straw, it's years of straws. But the biggest thing is that I just cannot do what I could do. I can't walk, breathe, sleep, travel, shop and the list goes on and on. I'm 49 and feel like I'm 100. This is definitely not what I signed up for. Had to take early retirement because I just couldn't be a nurse anymore. I guess that was the straw. Loss of my life, my career, my identity. Hopefully I can find it again and find the person I want to be but have never been able to find.

Hello everyone. I'm so happy to have found a sleeve forum. I'm still pre-op, don't have a date yet but just found out my insurance approved the procedure. So should be very soon. I've been a nurse for 30 years in a busy hospital and unfortunately due to my crazy busy career never took the time to take care of myself. Now that I'm pretty much disabled I have no choice but to focus on getting my life back. So I'm on this journey beginning with the sleeve. Hopefully I can soon say good bye to the 10 plus meds I take daily. I'm like a chemistry experiment. LOL. Anyway, I'm looking forward to hanging out with you guys and gals and learning alot. Thanks for having me. Christine

Thanks. I'm psyched. Nervous but psyched. I have so much still to do but eager to get on the surgical schedule. I think I have made a good choice of surgeon so at least I feel at ease with that. Been trying the Protein drinks. There are soooooo many to choose from its tough to decide. Also trying to get used to herbal tea instead of my nightly glass of wine. Oh how I will miss my wine. LOL