summerseeker

Early in the recovery process the signals are microscopic. My early signals were a runny nose or sneezing When you get onto real foods its like 'wham' Full as a stomach can be. Its at that point you realise you have eaten too much.

Congratulations on your spectacular success. Could you post on how you have kept at this weight for so long. Do you have to watch what you eat ? Do you still feel a restriction ? etc TIA

As a few others have said, for the first few days everyone struggles to meet their liquid goals. You will have a very swollen stitch line and until that settles, tiny sips are the only way to go. This is big surgery and you will need some time away from work to rest and recuperate. Good luck

Just wow

I go out to eat with friends all the time but none of them understand that I am happy to eat a tiny amount. One thinks its shocking that I take a plastic box for left overs, one thinks that I am starving myself on purpose, one thinks that its ok to eat all my left overs because it would be a waste otherwise and btw she is dieting ! None of them understand the no drinking rules. Find a restaurant with a online menu that you can look at before you go otherwise it takes ages to make good choices. Enjoy yourself

I was lucky I guess, I always knew that this surgery for me. I have many surgeries and have a c'est la vie attitude. I would have been the first guinea pig to have this surgery, that's how much I wanted it. I just needed to have the money spare to do it. So I lost weight and gained weight and gained more weight for 40 years. In the end I was as unhealthy as was possible, I had no joy. My day was so different to now. My life is fantastic, I fit in the world, I am so happy. I want you to feel this too. Go for it, what do you have to loose ?

Drool, food porn

Pre surgery I loved salmon and chicken. I could eat them every meal of every day. I wasted so much money continuing to re try them after surgery. I hated them so much. If I hadn't loved them so much, I wouldn't keep retrying. Nearly two years out and I can eat them but would rather have something/ anything else.

I have a vitamin B12 shot every 3 months too. I notice that I am super energised when I have it and a little tired when the shot is due. They call me when the shot is due

Its the best feeling isn't it. Huge congratulations

Congratulations on your surgery. Walk and drink and rest are the order of the day. Yes I had Blood thinner injections. They are easy to do but can be a bit stingy. The bruising on my belly looked brutal but its to be expected. I was supposed to take them for a month [I think] but binned the last week. I

You won't get judged on here. Its not that kind of place

In a little while you will realise that you have had a very lucky escape. They have treated you so very badly. Please name and shame them. You have every right. You are crying and so upset because you are grieving the loss of this surgery. You wanted it so much, you feel as if your heart is broken. I would have been the same. Go and see your own doctor and get a new surgeon asap.

Hi Zena, Did you eat them in one meal or over the day ? You could make them sloppy enough to slide on through but 5 ? You need to go back to your team and get the dieticians advice because that's what we paid for. I am still under their umbrella until my 2 years are up On the subject of your restriction, Your nerves have been severed along with 9/10th of your stomach. Until they knit back together you will not feel the real restriction. Around this time you should be onto real foods, meats and such, you will certainly get the full feeling. Even now my restriction is fierce, 50 grams of meat will be all I can manage in one go.

I was always told that women should be good to other women. In truth I found it just rarely happens. For what ever reason this person needed to feel better than you and really put you down. That is on her, not you. She is part of the problem and not the answer. People on here rarely tell anyone but immediate family about their surgery. I only told my husband and son. People have no clue what is involved. Thin people have no idea what a fat persons life is like. They have never walked in our shoes. You will find good advice on here and really good knowledge. It will be great to get to know you

I have found them, thank you for the idea. I will have to think about wearing those. Not too expensive either

My weight and other related illnesses made me so disabled, that hoovering a room was my exercise for the day. Vegetables were chopped sitting down. My life was indoors. After I lost about 70lbs and summer came to my part of the world, I started walking. It was so hard to gain enough stamina to walk into our small market town but I eventually did it. I am not allowed to drive anymore due to bad vision so I walk everywhere and anywhere. I volunteer in a charity store and go on day long shopping trips with friends. I still find it amazing that I can do so many things again. I knew I would get loose skin. My age was always against me. After menopause all the elasticity in my skin disappeared. My problem now is that I have masses of loose skin. I look great with clothes on but look shocking butt naked. I really want to go back to the pool which I loved pre covid but hate the idea of showing this new body now. I am sure the skin holds me back more than the 150lbs ever did ! If I had the money to have all the skin surgeries then I would but as I can only afford arms I wonder if its worth bothering.

You have been royally messed around with, that's for sure. We do not go into this surgery on a whim and all of us have had pre op nerves before the day. Its because we are human. You have the worst team going, they have kept you out of the loop at every turn. They are treating you like a number, not a person and You are right to be livid. Your nerves are sure to be super jangling. The fact that you have begun the pre op diet gives you a chance to go ahead but I think you need to contact them and tell them of your fears, if they are any good then they should put you at ease There are people on here who have backed out and are glad they did. If they are around they will post. We are a kind bunch and will help you with any choice you make. Keep us posted

Its a thing with me too. On the occasions that I am not hungry, I don't eat. Then the opposite, I eat protein dense foods to satisfy my hunger I think that if I had always been a slim woman then it wouldn't be an issue. Eat, don't eat meh!

Every person who does the pre op diet in any of its forms will struggle. Its brutal. You are over the worst and you just need to white knuckle the rest of your time to surgery. After surgery, for the first two weeks drinking is a full time job and only a few people manage 'food' So don't worry about the afters. Hang in there, we did it, so you can too

This was my question too

Apparently we have the same amount of stomach acid as before. Its not the most pleasant start to your new you. I had huge regrets. I am on twice daily nausea meds and anti acid nasty stuff called Gaviscon. It does get more tolerable. Get your bed higher at the head end, I used books. I bought a wedge pillow and learned to sleep higher. For a whole month I had to sleep sitting up. I was told to eat what I could, I was on about 300 cals a day for months , I survived but my family worried about me. I had so much internal swelling on my stitch line. I though I had a stricture but it wasn't. One lady on here lived on mashed potato and gravy. I had tiny slivers of hard cheese and drank very slowly, coffee made with milk, banana and peanut butter with milk whizzed in my blender and tinned soup, strained. I felt like I was pregnant again, everything made me gag. I never met my liquid goals for months . Then I could and I began to feel so much better. Hang in there. You have joined the unlucky 1% club

You look so healthy and glowing, you have gone through so much to get where you are. Huge Congratulations sent

Are you on a drip ? It would be medically critical for you. This will keep you hydrated. Ask to see your surgeon.

Last week for the first time, was the very first time I have been able to tolerate salmon. Before it was my very fav food, now its a bit blah. I am fine with it raw but cooked its way too rich, Hope you have better luck than me