DistillerDave

Well just got back from my Cardiologist. I had not seen him since about a month before surgery so I'm down 65-70 pounds. He eliminated one of the BP meds I was on. So with the Diabetes meds that left about 2 weeks after surgery I'm down to half the prescriptions I was taking. Feels great to be able to see improvement in all the things that were killing me because of the weight. Keep it up everyone its a good ride down. Oh and not to sound excited like a girl but stopped in Goodwill to see if they had any jeans. Picked up a size 42 pair of Levis. Mind you I used to not even look at anything less than 50's. Didn't think i would even be able to button them but figured for 5 bucks i'll get there. Well they are a tad snug but I can get in them. Feels great. Dave

I was never on insulin just oral meds. But they were gone about 2 weeks after surgery. If i could only get rid of the cpap machine, but my pulmonary doc won't do a sleep study until i get to a stable weight (frustrating).

I'm actually in Hopkinsville, but had my surgery on Oct. 8th with Dr. Weiss.

Hey guys I've been reading the forums for a while. Lots of good info and help. I spent the last decade going back and forth about having the surgery. Finally was sleeved on 10/8 everything has gone surprising well. Nothing more than I guess the normal pain you'd have from getting sliced open in 6 places. Like I said thought I'd finally say hi after reading for so long.

I was sleeved 10/8 and have the exact same thing with my cpap machine. I'm not stuffy at all, but it seems that somehow i'm opening my mouth (which I never did before) and its making my mouth dry i wake up at least 3 times a night and drink a bit of Water. I'm going to discuss it with my pulmonary doc, just seems strange that this has only happened after the surgery.

Thanks everyone, I tend to not be real chatty. Everything is going pretty good. I am however looking really forward to being able to get some texture in the food I can eat. I'm not hungry but damn i want to chew something so sick of liquid / full liquid stuff. I do get to try some scrambled eggs and maybe some oatmeal tomorrow per my doctors timeframe for the post diet so i'm looking forward to that. I haven't had any problem getting anything down so far and keep my Protein at 100 to 120 a day. Overall its not been bad at all and i'm down to 314 from 335 day of surgery on the 8th.

Have you talked to your Rabbi? I'm not jewish but I would think that would be the best place to go to find out exactly the doctrine of your faith on the subject.