laurenella82

@@Ima Doit will do!

@@proudgrammy you will be happy to know I have showered! :lol:

Thanks everybody! @@mysleeve yes, I'm sore but it's not intolerable. I have had some Protein and some protein Water and water with flavor drops (I use crystal light, kool aid and hawiian punch drops, all sugar free and low to no cals). The only issue is that the Protein shakes are a bit thick so it takes 2 oz and I'm at capacity. I can drink 3-4 oz of the other stuff in an hour and I'm ok.

Thanks! When will you get your date?

Congratulations!! I'm three days out and getting better every day!

I'm 5'0" and I want to be 130-140. Or whatever weight I am at a size 6.

My surgery is Tuesday and I can't be more excited. And what makes it so much better is that my church family is noticing my loss already and I'm only 20 pounds down. This makes me believe more that I'm doing the right thing! Oh.....and my daddy noticed it too...he thought it was just my outfit today but its not! Lol!!!

I had one lemon and one cherry. The cheery was better but still really tart

So my doc told me to drink 2- 10oz bottles of magnesium citrate today and clear liquids, no food or protein shakes. So what I want to know is if anybody had a hard time drinking water after the bowel prep? The MC is so freaking tart and now I want to vomit when I drink the water....even with the crystal light in it!

Yes, I see! lol! My biggest GOD I don't have to go there!!! smh

Thanks Ladies!

Congratulations Sir! Awesome work!!

When I met with my surgeon today he mentioned that I should be introducing solids back into my diet by three weeks post. One week liquids, one week, pureed, then on to regular foods. That sounded really fast to me. How long before you were eating regular foods? Does this sound fast??

I've never known complications from surgery to be genetic. Diseases that may result in needing surgery being genetic, yes, but not complications. It sounds like they are concerned. My dad went through the same thing. Tried to talk me out of it, but months before asked my mom if she thought I could benefit from it. Now he's giving me advice on how to do well. (he's never had any kind of surgery in his entire 56 years!) When I made the decision to do this... and stuck to that decision, there was nothing anyone could say or do that would change my mind. We don't (or at least we shouldn't) be doing this to please anyone but us. You may want to try to sit your parents down and educate them on VSG...or take them to a support group meeting (idk if yours allows family members, the ones at my hospital do). Print out some articles and let them read up on it. God bless you on your journey! Your parents will come around! Lauren

That's a new one. A "pile" of weight? I would have asked her, "exactly what is a "pile" of weight?? And don't say a ton because I take things very literally sometimes and I never had a ton to lose lol! Congrats on your weight loss...the whole pile!

Thanks everybody!!!

@@proudgrammy You are absolutely right!! 1 pound or 20 pounds, it's less than it was and any progress in that direction is a big deal! I have been wanting to tell you, thanks for always being so inspirational and funny and for helping us to keep things in perspective....for being so real!!!

Absolutely!!!

Tuesday is the day and the closer it gets, the more anxious I get. Not about the surgery but about having what I need in the hospital and after...lol! Had my type and screen and did the registration and all the paperwork today. I talked to the surgeon today and he answered all my questions before I could even ask them! That made me so happy! All I have to do Tuesday is show up...at 0530!!!!

Congratulations!!! I pray I don't have a lot of crazy pain. U think that's my biggest concern since I have drug allergies and prefer not to take anything if I can help it. But my surgeon and my support system is great so I'm ready!! What did you buy to prepare yourself once you got back home?

Thanks.....and that wasn't supposed to say spooky...lol it should say sooooo....that's what happen when you post from your phone Smh

I would disagree with your psychologist. Most of us are here because of some kind of food addiction. The procedure isn't going to work if we don't learn to control impulses and if we don't pay attention to our relationship with food.....WLS is one tool. There are various others that, paired with WLS will help us be successful.