KarenKaye

I am a married, 49 year old new mom. To a 12 year old. I never had a weight problem until I was in my 20's. I got into an abusive marriage that lasted for 5 long agonizing years. I was told I was fat ( I weighed 150 when we married), I was worthless and nobody else would ever want me. I had black eyes, bruised ribs and had a gun held to my head on several occasions. When you go through that, daily, you start to believe it. I gave up on myself. In those 5 years, I turned to food. It never let me down or disappointed me. I had gained 60 lbs by the time I got out of that marriage. Then I met my current husband. He is everything my ex was not. He was a little overweight but, hey, so was I. He never ridiculed me he was kind and supportive and loved me for me. So a couple of years later we married. Two years in we found out we couldn't have children. I was devastated. Once again I turned to food. That was 15 years ago. About 12 years ago we were both approved for gastric bypass surgery. Before we could get it scheduled, our insurance quit covering it. Fast forward to January, 2013. We get a phone call at about 3am that my little sister was gone. She'd had a massive heart attack. (It runs in the family). She was only 44 and was my very best friend in the whole world. She left behind a husband and a 10 year old son. The husband wasn't able to take care of her son due to his addictive nature and the state took over care of her son. My husband and got custody a year ago and just last month the adoption was final. So I finally became a mom. we couldn't be happier. He is such a blessing and an inspiration to us. Now it's time to get healthy so we can be here for him. On Tuesday July 14th both of us got the gastric sleeve. We are committed and dedicated to getting healthy and being here for our son. By the time I made it to surgery my BMI was 49. My husbands was 62. We have quite the journey ahead of us, but we're up for the challenge and like everything else for the past 17 years, we're doing it together.

Oh My Goodness!!! My husband and I are both two days post-op. The gas pains are at times almost unbearable. That's the only problem we've had so far. I had walked 50 laps around our floor at hospital before we came home last night. This morning at 6am we were at the park walking again. Then I walked around Wal-Mart waiting for my prescriptions. I don't want to take pain meds for gas pain, but at this point I don't know what else to do.

I was sleeved 3 days ago. So far today I've had an 8oz. Protein shake, about two tablespoons of mashed potatoes and a 20 oz. Powerade Zero. My stomach just feels bloated. Could it still be gas from the surgery?about this time every day I'm just miserable.

Absolutely chill it first!!!!! It's not that good warm. But it works like a charm.

Only my family and our friends know about my husband and I having the sleeve. We haven't shared with his family at all. He doesn't want his mom to know for at least 6 months. She's the type who if he lost 200 lbs would say, why not 250. Not very supportive. Would do nothing but worry and second guess everything we do. So we have our reasons. We have all the support and encouragement from my family and our church family that we need. We don't need the negativity right now.

I'm three days out and haven't had a bowel movement yet. Just a lot of gas from both ends and in between. I'm grumpy and sore and bloated. But I keep walking and drinking liquids. It's got to get better.

I use soy milk. Then I make my protein shake into a smoothie by adding ice. It really thins down the protein shake and makes it easier to get down.

I was having leg cramps pre-surgery. I haven't had them since. I was hoping they were gone for good. It's nothing for me to be up walking around the yard at 3:00am to work out cramps.

Congrats!!!!

I am two days post op. You're right the bloating and gas is awful. At times almost unbearable for me. Other than that I've not had any problems. I too thought my clothes would start getting looser. Not my case either.

Louisiana