Summer Rain

I am 12 weeks out and I have lost 37 lbs. You are doing awesome! Keep up the good work Summer

Congratulations on reaching your goal! Summer

I had a total hysterectomy 6 weeks after my sleeve surgery and let me tell you the sleeve surgery was nothing compared to that. I experienced very little pain with the sleeve and recovery was a breeze! Good luck to you Summer

I chose the gastric sleeve because I did not want the dumping that can come with RNY. I also wanted to eventually be able to eat all of my favorite foods, just in much smaller portions. I did not go with the band due to having to get fills and unfills and the "stuck episodes". I am very happy with my decision Summer

Maybe it is time to search out a new PCP if your current one is unable/unwilling to help you if you have surgery??? I had gastric sleeve done and I have been off my diabetes meds since the day of surgery. Good luck! Summer

I was told not to let my BMI get lower than 35 (I had comorbidities) or the insurance could deny me. Good luck!

Idon't know how I will celebrate when I reach 199, I can't quite believe it will happen lol. I might finally go buy some new clothes

Congratulations!!

Congratulations! That is awesome!

Awesome job

I weigh almost every day. I am two months out. I only record my weight once a week though. Weighing is so exciting now -- the scale is almost always going down Summer

RJ good luck at your appointment. I hope it goes exceptionally well. You deserve all the best after everything you have been through! Summer

You will start losing again. Just keep doing what you are doing. I had a 5 day stall during week 2 and then went right back to losing. Your body is still healing.

I had surgery 11/4/14 and I stalled the second week also. It lasted about 5 days. Our bodies are adjusting and healing. Hang in there it will get better Summer

Wow! Congratulations you must be feeling pretty awesome Summer

Hello everyone. I hope you all are doing well. I had surgery 11/4/14 and I had no problems with my sleeve surgery. Everything has been going great and I feel really good. Did anyone else have other medical problems uncovered due to this surgery? My surgeon told my husband after my surgery that he saw a "very large cyst in the area of my right ovary and that I should get it checked out." I got through my first week pre-op and the second week I had an appointment with my PCP. She ordered an ultrasound which showed a large 10 cm cystic lesion on/around my right ovary. They could not even see the ovary due to the cyst being so large. The following week I had an MRI which showed 2 large cysts in the adnexal/upper pelvic area. The largest cyst has a smaller cyst within it. I had an appointment with a new GYN the middle of December (my old GYN had a baby and decided to be a stay at home mom). I called them after my MRI and they moved my appointment up to this Thursday. I am very nervous as the NP that called with my test results would give me very little information. She just said that the GYN would talk to me about everything but that I would require surgery due to the size of the cysts. I asked about the chances of them being cancerous and she said again that the GYN would discuss all of this with me. Now I am nervous and am going to have to go through more surgery. I just hope it can be done this month as my deductible has been met. Any words of encouragement would be appreciated or if anyone else wants to share their experiences... Thank you for listening (reading). Summer

I had a 5 day stall my second week post op. Just trust the process and follow your plan. It will pass. If you measure I bet you see that you have lost some inches even if you haven't slot anything on the scale. Sunmer

I am glad your decision to be open about your surgery has mostly worked for you. Congratulations and I hope you have continued success on your journey! Summer

Thank you!

Had hysterectomy with right salpingo-oophorectomy today. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Am feeling well and I am hoping to go home tomorrow. Doc said everything looked pretty good. I hope you all are doing well. Happy Holidays! Summer

1/4 cup per meal if I could even eat that much. Love love love these much smaller portions Summer

Awesome job! You look great

Gosh Kathy that is awesome. You should be so proud of yourself. I hope next November I can say that I met my goal at a year out Congratulations! Summer

Hi everyone I hope all the post op people are doing well. I know I am happy to be on the post-op side now! I have had a very easy time of it since surgery on 11/04/14. I hope all of you that had surgery on the 4th or around there will post your experiences here also. It would be nice to have a list of people done on that day or close to it. I am still on soft foods. I have another appointment with my surgeon's office on Friday and I hope they will let me start Stage 3 foods. I have stuck religiously to the foods on my allowed list. I have not really had any hunger. I love eating these small portions I get my Water, Protein and Vitamins in every day. I am no longer on meds for Type 2 Diabetes. Today after work I will take my one month pics and measurements. I have lost 16.8 pounds so far which I am happy with. Before surgery I never would have lost this much in a month (except the times I tried HCG but that weight always came back immediately after stopping the injections). I asked my husband last night if he thought the local pizza Hut was going bankrupt yet as we had not ordered from them in over 5 weeks. He just laughed at me lol How are the rest of you doing?

Athena My first egg after surgery was the best egg I ever ate! This is just an incredible time in our lives. I am so happy I had this done. I was sleeved 5 weeks ago today and I am down 20 lbs! I hardly ever feel hungry and I am doing well with eating only the foods that are allowed. I hope everyone else is doing awesome. If you feel like bragging about your weight loss I would love to hear what you have lost! Summer