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My first two months after surgery I didn't have any cravings or anything like that, I didn't have any hunger until actually just recently, I mean I am a year out from my surgery just last week and I just now started to feel hungry again. It was a super weird feeling, because I haven't felt it since so long so now we're trying to figure out you know what that means to me and how to keep myself from overeating like I did in the past. This year was challenging. I even had to have a piccline in so I could administer fluids with added potassium during 7 months of my first year. Hydration is key, and you seem to have that down, sometimes some of us have trouble. Talk to your surgeron or follow up doctor to see if there are any other options of you are reading this post and experiencing the same problem. If you can get the water in, then do it, if you can't work with your doctor to see what you can do. There is always an option. sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

My doctor said that I should give it two weeks and see how I feel. Every doctor will say something different. Listen to your doctor, and if you feel like you are not ready by then, then don't do it until you are ready. I waited almost 2 months before my fiance and I were intimate following surgery. Don't let anyone pressure you after the date you are given. You don't have to be ready. You can wait if you feel like you need. I understand how awkward it can be to ask your doctor when the right time to have sex is, but it's a nessecery question, with some much needed council, like to use bc, or another form of protection due to not being able to get pregnant within the first year. Ect. sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

I am one year out from my surgery as of nov 28th of 17. My contract with my doctor was that I would wait an entire year before getting pregnant. And I have, patiently. I am thinking next next year (2019) but having pcos has been the issue of pregnancy even before having vsg was a blip on my radar. I can't take birth control pills or have anything implanted, due to how they give me extreme homicidal nightmares. When I finally decide to start trying again, is there anything that would help (aside from the weight loss, pre diabetes, being gone by that time or gone already) I want a safe pregnancy when the time comes, but if it can't be done we will be adopting. I appreciate any and all comment, concerns or questions. sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

Woot! Congratulations! sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

Only two cures, fluids or beta blockers. sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

That sounds exactly like what I have. P.o.t.s a form of Dysautonomia. Look it up. My symptoms match exactly! Your bp drops when you change position, laying, sitting, then standing. Your pulse also starts to race. sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

Sorry to be so blunt about it, but are your bowels moving regularly? That was my problem early on. I have fibromyalgia and lyme disease and are on quite a bit of pain medication, which made it difficult to go to the bathroom. I gained whatever food I was eating, because I wasn't getting it out. Once I was able to up my water intake and start taking a medication to move everything along, the weight started to come off, and I began to melt. I am post op 11/28/16. By mid March of 17, everything was sorted out. hope this helps. sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

I put myself back on full liquids for well over 3 months aside from the occasional smoothie, due to just not being able to handle anything more. My stomach changed, I needed to accommodate for that. I couldn't hold down a salad eaten whole, but I could down a smoothie with salad (kale, romaine, sprouts) of choice and flax seeds and other types of low sugar fruits. I wasn't about to starve myself...again. sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

I was diagnosed with Dysautonomia. After fainting at least 7 times since my surgery! sw: 334 pre-op: 314 cw: 213

I never had a drain, just a pain med pump that I youtubed on how to pull out and pulled it out after day 3 of my surgery. I would check in your binder, if your doctor gave you one, or give your doctor a call. Each case/person is different. sw: 331 pre-op: 314 cw: 274

This time last year I was getting ready to undergo my surgery. I followed the diet to a 't' except for on Thanksgiving. That was my last meal it wasn't a big meal but it was my last meal that I would have for a year. I decided that at that moment I needed to make a change. I actually made the change long before when I started my pre-op diet however I wasn't as serious as I thought I needed to be. So as I underwent surgery everything went fine, I tried to minimize the pain and the gas in the minimal suffering that came with the surgery and was out the next day and back home. I went and about my business to school and back to work and was trying to do my best to make sure that I was doing what I was supposed to do. After being diagnosed with Lyme disease just six months before and also being diagnosed with fibromyalgia I found out that I wasn't going to be able to exercise the way that I had committed to before having the surgery. However my lyme disease doctor decided that it was going to be okay for me to still go ahead with my surgery as getting rid of fat at the same time as a herxheimer reaction would be okay because the toxins are all getting released and dumped at the same time. My year was a struggle off and on I even checked myself into the hospital for fear of an overdose because of severe fibromyalgia pain that I didn't know could exist that badly until I lost I think my first 40 or so pounds within the first two months of my surgery. But I'll get on to the Happy stuff now. I am now down a hundred and thirty pounds from 334. I feel like I'm in a good place and that I'm still working to get my weight down to a better level and also working on my cholesterol as it as it still sits well above what it should be. I think that anyone who wants to do the surgery should definitely do some research as to the discipline that this it requires because you will have obstacles to overcome and, as you lose the weight you'll feel feelings that you haven't felt in a really long time, you'll have cravings that you didn't think were possible, you'll have to overcome some things that have happened to you in your life just to make it out alive, so you should definitely think long and hard before deciding to have a surgery like this this, it is as though this is literally the hardest thing I've ever done. But I'm happier for it, it's taking me awhile to get here this year has been quite Rocky, I hope that with continued support and continued diligence and stability in my life that I can continue to lose weight and get down to my goal weight which is around 150 lbs because of a previous eating disorder that I had when I was growing up I don't want to get down to well that makes sense. I'm not going to post the pictures here, I know that a picture is a thousand words, but I'm still ashamed of how I looked before and I'm not completely okay with where I am now. I can tell that I've lost weight when I look at the before pictures and you know look at myself in the mirror. However just looking at myself in the mirror I can't tell, not yet anyway. Thanks to those who have been supportive throughout this journey I don't know what I would have done without you. As for everyone else looking to go through surgery and looking for success stories I would have to say that mine is one, but again, you want to make sure that this is something you can do because this again is a tool, something to help you, because in reality what we all need to do is learn to eat better and this can help. Just be careful! sw: 331 pre-op: 314 cw: 274

I was sleeved last November. I just now, last month actually, started my period for the first time. I had a bit of weight gain, but it has since went back down. The period is here again this month, and it's much worse than last month, and I gained a bit back, but I am sure it will go back down as soon as this part is over.

https://stopthethyroidmadness.com/reverse-t3/ Check this out, it may not explain everything, do some extra research. sw: 331 pre-op: 314 cw: 274

Get your thyroid checked. Make sure you get a reverse t3 as well. I wouldn't be able to lose weight with the sleeve if I didn't take a natural thyroid supplement, for sure. sw: 331 pre-op: 314 cw: 274

I know this is frowned upon before passing the one year mark, but does anyone have experience with having a baby prior to the one year mark? sw: 331 pre-op: 314 cw: 274

Gas x! Rest! The depression is tough. I was sleeved on 11/28. It does get better. It does take time. Something that is currently helping me, is to make sure I am walking. When I walk it helps with the gas pain. Remember if you can't finish all of the liquids you are supposed to, and you get super full and bloated, esp in the mornings, you are supposed to get as much as you can, they are goals to work up towards. On the first day through probably 10th day, i was no where near my goals. With all that rambling aside, it does get better! Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

Check your surgeons office. Mine has a closet, tons of different clothes, as you drop the weight or sometimes before. I plan on donating clothes to it once the I grow down and out of the clothes I currently have. My surgical hospital also have an entire office of clothes! Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

You look amazing, but you also look like you feel amazing! Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

Also, not everything is going agree with you anymore. Maybe bread just isn't your new tummy's thing right now. I haven't yet gotten to the soft food stage, but I am sure I will find things I can't eat anymore. I have a friend who recently recovered from esophageal cancer, she wasn't able to eat carrots raw for over 3 years, but could eat celery fine. Our bodies are weird. Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

Me too, I started at 330 lb and I am 5'4. I was sleeved on 11/28, and I am already down under 300 lbs. Congratulations on your loss, it's not just the sleeve, you are working your butt off, literally...it isn't like we don't have to try! Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

Completely normal. My doggies are literally like my children, I would do anything to try and protect them. And up until I started this journey they both have been eating better than I. They have better health and dental plans than I. My fiancé and I even drop them off at daycare. If something happened I would more than be devastated. I am certain I understand your grief! I do wish you a speedy recovery. Take this time to test out other hobbies, take a painting class, learn a new skill. I am also mostly certain your doggy would want you to be happy! Get out there and make 'em proud! Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

Ok. So I wasn't given a choice. As soon as I sat down to wait for the doctor, the MA slapped down a before, during, and after picture. My stomach looked like a chicken cutlet. I love the way my surgeron talked about it, during my surgery she had surgical interns and one was brand new and when she pulled the excess stomach out, he said "wow, now how is she going to even eat?" She told him that he could come ask me that when I got out of surgery. Aparently my response was "the same way as you, I open my mouth and the food goes in, i chew, and then I swallow, it might take longer than you, but I got this, now give me some ice chips." Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

Thank you for the info! Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App

I was diagnosed with lyme disease, Babesia and bartonella. I am nervous if this is going to change anything. Sent from my SM-N920P using the BariatricPal App