Dewezl12

As I tell my friends this is one of the best things I have done. I finally feel Full. Here is a BIG, small word of advice. Get out of bed as soon as possible and walk. Keep thinking good thoughts, I'm sure others including myself will be to. May the force be with you. Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!:Banane37:

does the ticker work. for eating now i am taking a little sip with the first bite and it has been working well for swallowing. My first follow-up appointment, the port feels "OK". My Doc's nurse does not think it flipped. And it is not so sore since i have stopped messing with it. I'm figuring thing out with eating and exercise. I loose the most on my days off. because at work I am just sitting. Days off i stay active all day. still have to weigh daily just to see. I'll get over that soon enought though I am sure.

I did the Optifast bars and shakes for my 2 week diet. It was really hard the first 3 days. And yes I did cheat once or twice, maybe more..., just like I do now, but my cheating is to take a CC Cookie as i walk by the plate and take a bit and throw the rest away. My joints are hurting so much from the excess weight that I had a big motivation to stick to the plan. I lost 15 pounds while subsisting on mostly choc bars, choc and vanilla shakes. (did you know after a while it looks the same on the way out as it does on the way in.) The reason for the 2week diet is to shrink the fatty tissue in the abdominal cavity to make the surgery less difficult. Less difficult means less likely to have post-op complications. The thing that hurt me the most was where the Liver retractor was, I guess someone was really cranking on my liver during the operation. I also made "The rounds". Now I go for Quality food not quantity food. I eat about as much as my 6 year old. It is really amazing the change that has occured in my stomach and mind. I Love Food. I was able to eat an entire pizza before and loved every bite as I was stuffing it down. I still love food but now I take a bite or two of pizza with the crust and then switch to eating the topping and savore every bite. I had Mexican food the other night ate a few bites in the afternoon and was satisfied and saved the rest for dinner. I also had a choc chip cookie. :Banane37:

I was Dx with sleep apnea when I was 21yo. I had throat and nose surgery then, but I still had enough sleep apnea that i needed a cpap although it was not nearly as bad. I used the cpap for about 4-5 years and then just quit and snored but I was told it was not that bad. I was also alot more active and about 60 pounds lighter. About 5 years ago I started having depression and way high blood pressure So i got restarted on my CPAP. I found the Nasal Pillows were the most comfortable and did not cover my face so much so not so many face creases and removing the mask in my sleep. Now, over the last month, I have lost about 25pounds:drool:. When my cpap is not available, my wife says my snoring is not so bad. She also says I have not been having the gasping in the sleep that is associated with sleep apnea. I have had more energy and less of that foggy feeling that is associated with build up of CO2 from not being able to breath. No Migrains either. As the Liturature always says... weight loss is good treatment for sleep apnea....joint pain....depression.....high blood pressure....bla, bla, bla nuff said:thumbup: keep up the good work, I'll catch up with your soon.

Hi Group. first--initial weight 301, preop wt 287, Post op wt 290, First goal 274, current weight 2 1/2weeks out 277. HOW CAN I GET ONE OF THOSE wt GOAL THINGS? second--when i take the first bite of food and swallow i get an uncomfortable stuck feeling in the middle of my lower chest. I sometimes I take a little sip of Water and get a PB then i can swallow. I do chew really well before swallowing. It mostly happens in the mornings and when I am feeling really hungry. third -- any bulging at your port site when you relax your abdominal muscles. Mine does and when I tighten my abdomen I have a dimple at the incision/port site. I am worried my port has flipped or pulled loose. I avoided the lifting as i was instructed but did sit on a 5gallon bucket one day and weeded a flower bed. That night the area was really tender. Any similar occurances? I was told about the weight lifting restriction and have followed it even though I have not had pain. D (movie ref.) -- What do you do when you are bouncing between a few pounds and not moving. I am not taking in a great deal of calories and have been exercising as much as possible with 3 small kids and I have been put in a desk job watching monitors until my 4 week post op mark is reached. 275 has always been my stuck point and I to get to 274 really bad. 5 -- iforgot what 5 was so that is it for now. first follow appt is next week, First fill is in 3weeks. Questions:huh2:, answers:ohmy:, and rude comments are generally welcome.

I did get lot's of dietary teaching. I am to be on liquids the week post op, then soft foods the second week and then advance to regular food the 3rd week. I drank way to fast and to much without even a thought until......hiccup... ouch!!! OH-Boy, Cannot do that again! OK here comes an understatement; "Changing 39years of behavior in just a few days can be tough." Good luck on your surgery. It was surreal waking in recovery and knowing the second step in reaching my goal of being healthy again was over. Even when I was in the OR getting the Oxygen before going to sleep it was not even real to me then. I am looking forward to passing the 275 pound mark and not going back above it. 275 has always been the point where i have lost my way and not been able to get back on track with all my diets. This feels very freeing to have this TOOL to change my life.

Hi all, another newbie here. I had surgery 7/21 after optifasting it for 2 weeks. starting weight was 301, bmi 40, sleep apnea and hypertension. Day of surgery i weighed 287. My surgery started around 11am and i was home at 730pm. (did you get the very rich beef broth and lemon Jello too? yum yum, what a combo) Today i added yogert and Protein powder to my liquid diet. my 3year old discovered the jello on the bottom shelf of the fridge and left the spoon and mess for me to find so i missed that. My wife bought some canned chicken broth that did not do so well for me. so she got some bullion cubes that is much easier to handle. I am having a fairly OK time so far. Tylenol and oxycodone dosing have stretched out somewhat. I am still sore feels like way to many crunches before but now i am mostly sore on the inside. I think i over ate/drank for the first time tonight and had the sensation of someone pulling my guts up where it should not go. I also got the hiccups and was that a real thrill. Guess i have to loose all those big mugs i am so attached to. Exercise has been OK to so far, 3 trips around my block today. thoughts, suggestions, and rude comments generally welcomed.