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Hi,
My name is Donna Morales. I came to this website as a referral from my bariatric doctor's office support team. I recently had the gastric sleeve surgery performed on February 12th, 2015. I am one week out and feeling pretty terrific. I have already lost a total of 23lbs. I am still on the broth, jello, water diet and have begun my vitamin supplements yesterday and I bought large canisters of protein powder . I began making myself a protein shake with just water to get the protein allowance in for the day. I am not feeling sore or fatigued. As a matter of fact, I am feeling more energized . I can feel the weight loss and this is motivating me. My main reason for this surgery was to help relieve or reverse some of the effects of my severe osteoarthritis. So far, I am not experiencing any severe joint pain as I did prior to surgery. I have been encouraged by my doctor to begin going to the gym again to work with only the bike and eliptical. I look forward to doing this. I am looking to members of this bariatric community for support with my questions and pitfalls that I may encounter. I am pretty much an outgoing person but due to my weight it had rendered my more sedentary than I ever had been . I look forward to all future posts and any advice people can give me.