becomingmandikaye

It may depend on how they close your wounds. I had superglue and as allowed to shower the day after surgery. If you've got stitches or staples, it may be longer.

I would assume they would want someone there until the surgery was over, but ask your surgeon's office!

This may be silly, especially since it might not happen for me genetically.... but I really want to see my collar bones.

Congratulations!

I am just shy of 5 months post-op, and have lost 65 pounds in total (2 mos pre-op dieting and post-op weightloss)! Things are going very slowly now, but that is okay so long as I am not going backwards.
Moving much better now and have better cardio-fitness, beginning to get a little core fitness. I have begun riding my bike again for the first time in years now that I have slimmed down some and can feel a little more comfortable/safe on the bike. Little by little my body is getting fitter and I am feeling more physically confident. Have lost 8 inches off my waistline.
The best was getting a compliment from a relative who hadn't seen me in some time, she said "Barry, I can't tell you how much younger you look!" ...at 57, those are welcome words to hear.

Syntrax Nectar has a Cookies N Cream Protein Powder that is DIVINE mixed with Fairlife Skim. They have some other sweet flavors too, but I haven't tried them. Get a sample pack and see if they help.

I see myself in your post.. I don't have the autoimmune disorder you do, but my name is also Amanda and in high school I was convinced that I was THE FATTEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. I've been considered "fat" since I was in middle school - if not earlier. But now, I look back at the photos, and I see a healthy, beautiful girl who had no idea who she was or how to love herself.
I may have gotten fatter over my life, but at least I got smarter too!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Syntrax Nectar has a Cookies N Cream Protein Powder that is DIVINE mixed with Fairlife Skim. They have some other sweet flavors too, but I haven't tried them. Get a sample pack and see if they help.

It may depend on how they close your wounds. I had superglue and as allowed to shower the day after surgery. If you've got stitches or staples, it may be longer.

So once again, I find myself out buying clothes because the ones from 6 weeks ago are falling off... I'm at Walmart (inexpensive) and of course I keep looking to the XXL or XL but I'm squarely now in Larges. After enough trying on clothing, I'm leaving but see a really cute top.
Here's the odd-good NSV. I didn't feel like going BACK to the dressing room, so with out thinking, I just took the shirt, pulled it over my head OVER the top I'm wearing. Skid to halt---- huh? Before WLS I would need to strip down to my skivvies! And the funny thing was I didn't think twice before I did it!
Boom!
And yes, fit perfectly.
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You will eventually feel fatigue from your body healing + lack of calories.
Keep in mind - people post about complications FAR more than they do feeling good. That's why you feel like that's all you've read.
I didn't feel quite as good as you, but I did end up feeling like my surgery was an anomaly because I had no complications, no pain, no vomiting, no Constipation, etc.

You will eventually feel fatigue from your body healing + lack of calories.
Keep in mind - people post about complications FAR more than they do feeling good. That's why you feel like that's all you've read.
I didn't feel quite as good as you, but I did end up feeling like my surgery was an anomaly because I had no complications, no pain, no vomiting, no Constipation, etc.

Those pics are AMAZING! How fun!

I know this may not be a big deal to some, may seem stupid to others, but the reason why I posted this is because many of my family members do not know that I had weightloss surgery, due to the fact they are very ignorant when comes to weightloss surgery. They think it's taking the easy way out without doing any research.
So that said... I'm so excited! After two weeks into my liquid diet I've gone down two bra sizes , not sure how much weight I've lost, but to me that's good sign. But I can tell I've lost weight. Last two weeks have been a struggle, but because I've seeing results of weight lose, it's been very rewarding to me.
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I had cravings, but they weren't true cravings. I wanted all kinds of food, but it was because I couldn't have it. If someone had actually put a cheeseburger in front of me, I would have been disgusted by it.

I had to google "sugar free rockstar."
Everything else I understood.
LOL!

Man, if this is your version is being bad, bad, bad, then I think you're probably doing a-okay.

We're in a loving, poly relationship.
Here is the note she sent me after this weekend: You are amazing. Thank you for everything you did for me this weekend and everything you have brought to our lives. We are so lucky to have found such a caring, loving and gentle soul to share our lives with. I have so much love for you.

The only thing bad about you is your penchant for exaggeration. You gave two forks of cake a rating of three bads. No way. Two bads and not a penny more. Keep it up, Chickadee, and you'll have to sit out the next three scene parties.

I noticed today , I stepped on the scale and lost over a pound but I was just happy not like the "OMG I need to tell everyone I know" crazy excited like I have been.
It's like now that I'm 30 pounds from my goal weight I have settled in and know that if I continue to eat correctly and get my steps in I will reach my goal weight.
It's a nice feeling knowing that this will be my life from here on out...
Nice feeling to know I have control over my weight...
Nice to now I have control of my food ....
Nice to know I look "normal"
Nice to know I wear a size 10
Anyone else settled in ??

It's heavenly good... So good I had to take a selfie... Genuine reaction after the first bite.

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I was banded 3 1/2 years ago and at goal for more than two years. My younger son, who I am very close with, mistakenly believed that I can't overeat. I found out yesterday because we were talking about my possibly getting fat again and he said, well, you can't overeat so why would you get fat again? I had to let him know that it's easy to gain it back. Yes...even with surgery we can all get fat again.
What I have found in my experience, is that the band helps me to keep on track but that doesn't mean I haven't gone off track on occasion. Because I have. I'm not perfect...no one is.
So the message here is not so much how non surgical folks don't get our experience...I'm realizing there will always likely be a basic misunderstanding of WLS. And that's coming from family all the way to strangers. It still bothers me when they say that someone lost weight the natural way, or old fashioned way. People still and likely always will misunderstand this.
More importantly though...is my understanding that I will always till the day I die, have to make choices about what I put in my mouth. I think those of us with food issues don't always realize that most of the normal sized world makes these choices daily. For us though, it's not a normal way of looking at food...because we never saw or see food in a normal way. Especially if we are emotional eaters and the weight is a symptom of deeper issues.
Sorry that I'm sorta all over the place on this post but I really think that when I experience something and think about how I react to it, or how it impacts me, I figure I'm not alone and I post it. There's always someone out there who says, 'oh...me too'.

People are killing police officers. Police officers are scared and some are trigger fast. Terrorists are gunning down people in nightclubs and running families down with trucks. College campuses are under attack, high schools are using metal detectors.
Innocent people are losing their lives around the world because of senseless hate.
Yet here we are, on this forum, worried about who is eating crap, drinking and smoking four days post op? People are fighting about straws, about carbonation, about f'ing popcorn? People are pointing fingers, cyber stalking, name calling, accusing, getting defensive, cursing at, reporting, conspiring against... All because they don't "like" someone they never met?
I'm not crying innocent, I'm certainly no angel, but I am tired. In light of all that is happening in this world, is a post that can easily be skipped, or a poster who can be ignored, really worth all this nonsense?
Personally, I'm done. Have at it, folks. Do what you want to do. Live your life, eat what you want, ask for advice and love it or hate it, take it or leave it. It's your choice.
While you're doing all that? Hug your kids, call your mother, text your best friend, smile at a stranger, give a homeless guy a gift card for a meal, take Cookies to a neighbor, pay the toll of the lady behind you...
Tell your loved ones how much you care about them and take a minute to care about a stranger, too.
Spread a little love. Please.