MIMISAN

I had the surgery on March 1st and to this date I have only lost 54 pounds. Prior to surgery on my pre-surgery diet I kicked butt and lost 39 lb's but that was totally me, no surgery involved. Still that means my total loss so far is 93 pounds and I do look drastically different already. after surgery I was never sick, never queazy, no food made me feel bad and I have always been able to eat anything I tried to eat without ill effects. I also don't and never had a restriction on swallowing liquids. The only difference between you and me is that if I overeat in one sitting I do feel a restriction on the amount I can eat. At times I have felt a little cheated and wondered if the Dr. did enough or took enough of my stomach etc, because I was hoping for more help in the first few months because that's when they say you will lose the most. Now I realize that its going to be up to me. If I keep eating to many carbs (and I do) I am not going to continue to lose weight. It's a mental game and I had expectations that aren't realistic. I will have to do my own low carbing and just use the sleeve as a tool to assist. Once I realized this I felt better about it. I do look better, I do FEEL better and I do have to take responsibility for what goes in my mouth! LOL ( Damn it)

What's your Facebook handle, email, I will try to add you to the March fb group Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App

Thank God I'm not looking anymore Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App

@OKCPirate I really like the audio book idea and I may try that. I listen to audiobooks in my car so I need to find one that I can use specifically for exercising.

We have a 1 year old golden retriever that loves us so much and she is very well behaved but every once in a while she gets a little anxious and tries to body tackle or hug me. This can happen if I am sitting too because she tries to get in my chair but of course she doesn't fit. Don't get me wrong she is very well behaved but these incidents happen. Since I am on blood thinners I can get some great bruises when this happens and I do worry that this could be a problem when I first come home after surgery. Does anyone else have this problem. I also have 5 other dogs( chihuahuas and yorkie ) and 3 cats that I have to feed and take care of but my golden is the only one that can affect me physically. Just call me the crazy pet lady!

Yep, petty but Normal.

@Recycled You wouldn't me able to get out of my Dr. without the copay, they collect it upfront!!!

I could listen to Sam Elliot read the grocery list and get excited....that guy is so sexy that even the nasty mustache doesn't ruin him for me and I can't stand mustaches (even my own)

On purpose???? Just kidding, I just signed up with a gym and only been to my first session but I admit it's not my joy. Lol Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App

I haven't been here for a couple of weeks but I guess that's a good thing. The truth is I haven't had one minutes trouble from my surgery or my sleeve and in some ways that makes me nervous. I guess I expected more discomfort and problems. I am now 8 weeks out. Have never had real pain, no nausea, no vomiting and seldom feel any real constriction. I can drink normally and I can take normal bites of food. I sometimes wonder if this is normal? I eat right, high Protein, low carb and SELDOM over step the serving size. Over eating is the only thing that causes me any unusual feelings and I get a little restriction in the upper belly or at what I consider the connection of the esophagus into the stomach. Right after surgery I was out of the gate flying and lost 20 lbs in 3 weeks, to me that was great and what I expected. Since then however my weight loss is VERY slow. In the last 5 weeks I have lost only another 8 pounds. This seems like very little to me even though I am happy to be losing at all. I just felt like I would be losing bigger chunks. Especially when I am eating under 1000 calories a day and low carbing. I can say that I see changes in my body (not all good) but I can see a difference, I just worry that this isn't going to work for me the way it seems to work for others. I guess what I need to know is whether my loss is normal or not. I am not unhappy just a little worried that I am doing something wrong. I see the PA and NUT on Thursday the 28th and I almost expect them to b***h at me for not losing more because it feels like I should have because I had WLS for goodness sake. HELP me shut my brain up!

My NUT told me that pickle juice is very acidic and can be hard on the sleeve but that if I wanted a sip of pickle juice every once in a while it was ok. They didn't want me to eat pickles till a few weeks out.

I had to have supervised dieting for 6 months, I lost over 30 pounds and had no problem getting approved by UMR. I have lost the same 100 pounds for 40 years and it always sneaks back and brings a few friends. My reason for the sleeve was to have a backup for letting the carbs back in. I started at 324 and when I went in for surgery I was 278.

Well I finally at the age of 62 admitted that I was not going to get my weight under control by myself and after 8 months of insurance requirements and medical issues I managed to have my surgery on March 1st. During my pre op dieting I was vigilant and lost 41 pounds on my own. My surgery went perfectly and I had no nausea, no vomiting and in general what I hated the most was the darn IV in the back of my hand. I was able to drink right away and have had no problems talking pills, my throat didn't hurt so I was happy. My one issue I had was that there must have been a misunderstanding by the nurses and cafeteria because my first meal was red Jello, chicken broth and cranberry juice. I did well with this and over a period of time was able to finish the jello, juice and some broth. The next day my blood suger was up and climbed,and at some point they were going to give me some insulin. I asked how high the sugar level was and they said 158 . I told them I was not diabetic and never had been and I refused the insulin. That was the right move because the next morning my sugar was normal and as I was about to eat Breakfast the nurse and I were kidding about my luscious food and we noticed that it was clear diet but NOT sugarfree! Voila -that's what had happened to my blood sugar. Thankfully I didn't eat that second meal or take the insulin. Moral there is listen to your body and be your own advocate. I went into the hospital at 278, left the hospital at 285 GO FIGURE. Anyway I am home now for several days, still doing well. My main issue is forcing myself to drink when I don't feel hungry or thirsty. It doesn't hurt to drink but anything that resembles food Like Soup etc fills me up quickly (2 or 3 teaspoons) so that's a little frustrating. I am not really hungry but I do want salty crunchy which I can't have right now. I have already gone through a little mourning when I realized I will never again be able to eat a Whataburger! Not that I can't try but I can't see it ever being possible, but I think I have made peace with that for now. This morning is 9 days out for me and I am already down to 271 which is 14 pounds since surgery. I worry that I might lose weight too fast and that's not my goal. I prefer slow and steady. I have my follow up appt on the 17th and I am look forward to that and getting input from the NUT. I just wanted to post this for all the older sleevers on here to see how things have gone for me. All in all I think my surgeon did a great job the hospital staff were super friendly and helpful. This so far, is my journey, and it continues! Sent from my SM-N910V using the BariatricPal App

I originally was scheduled for Jan 26th but couldn't get my cardiologist to sign my release for that day so now I am scheduled for March 1st. I will just be glad to get it over with and start the process. I am not getting any younger. I am a senior at 62 and I want to enjoy some thinner years.

The truth is I am only 6 weeks out on Monday but from the start of my process and now the sleeve I have already lost 65 lbs. I am an older lady and I can already tell that my arms are gonna look like crap on a cracker. Since these are harder to hide in the summer in Texas the arms will probably be the first things I attend to down the road. One odd thing I have noticed about myself and I noticed it before surgery is that my left arm is heavier and fatter than my right arm, to me its an obvious difference. I have a couple questions I would like to ask from some of the Plastics veterans. 1. Do I need to wait until I have reached all of my goals to have brachioplasty? 2. Since I only plan on doing this procedure, what can I expect to pay for just this surgery? 3. Do any of you know any surgeons local to San Antonio or Austin that have great feedback on this type of thing. Any suggestion and info is always appreciated.

I don't get here often to update since my surgery on March 1st, but yesterday was 5 weeks post op. I have been in a stall for almost 2 weeks and a little miffed about it but life goes on, I am eating and drinking right so I know the losing will start again. I do not regret the surgery at all and actually my surgery and recuperation was a breeze. No sickness, nausea, vomiting. No pain when I swallow and no pain when I gulp instead of sip. All in all I have been dandy. One thing I heard mentioned a time or two before I had surgery and feel like I want to share now is this: It seems like there are no foods that just taste terrific for me anymore. Not that I can't enjoy my food to some degree, but its like food is more of a necessity to survive with my hair and muscle mass and less of a hobby! This is all a good thing and I am happy that I am not driven to keep gorging on something because it tastes good but I have to admit that when I had a sampling of things I use to eat and enjoy, now its just so so. I have watched people eat hamburgers and goodies and not been irked or felt cheated. Will this change? I am thankful for what I have going on now and hope everyone going into surgery can have the fantastic recovering I am feeling.

Have you tried the low carb tortilla. I don't like the wheat but they have a white variety that is pretty good and allows you to have something to make roll up sandwiches etc. I use to use them with just Peanut Butter and they are very low carb.

Get rid of it! I have already started that too. The only reason to keep it would be because you don't plan on succeeding and after having 80 percent of my stomach removed for 20K, I intend to win this fight.

In my case the answer is yes! I have lost 60 lbs so far and I think 25 of that was in my face. LOL, the problem is I am an older lady of 62 and that is leaving me with some face wrinkles. I told my hubby that before it was over he was going to be married to a much older woman (meaning me). He's ok with it and I guess I will have to be.

I watch the show all the time so that I don't catch myself giving all the same excuses these people use. I get so frustrated with them that I want to scream sometime. Some of those people or so deluded they don't realize that eating 10,000 calories a day is overeating. They always have an excuse. The real truth is that we ALL have excuses but the only way to beat this demon is to quit making excuses and accept the responsibility for what we put in our mouths. Sure people piss me off, or I am bored, or I grew up a poor neglected child, or my husband cheats or whatever. We have to do this for us and quit feeding our pity party.

@gingeryank I have a private facebook page for March sleevers. My own surgery was March 1st. Even though you aren't a March sleever I know our group would welcome you with open arms. I am also a Texan, I live in Kerrville which is 60 miles from San Antonio. Since we are a secret group you will need to friend me on FB or give me your FB name and I can try to friend you, then I can aid you to our group. I am Donna Pippin North