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fertile myrtle is about right!!! i had my surgury 10 August 2009 and at 3 months out of surgury im 7 weeks pregnant!!!! omg!!! I called my dietition straight away and im now on 1 slow release multi and elivit (translation 2 x horse tablets) I then called my surgon who was very happy for me and told me not to worry about a thing. bottom line is this..... there are people in the world starving having babies. The baby will take what it needs. The responsibility is now on my head to make sure i simply follow my outlines *shrugs* he said that if anything i was in better condition now than ever before, you knowwwww looking after yourself eating well, exercising daily and dropping bucket loads of weight!!! what better conditions to fall pregnant!!! so.... at 7 1/2 weeks i feel sick as!!! i didnt get morning sickness with my first baby (well not like this anyway) i am having trouble eating and drinking....all day!!! The desire to eat has gone out the window (unless its something i really shouldnt be eating) typical craving right!!! anywho... will keep you all posted cheers ange.

Hi everyone I just wanted to share my **success** story, even tho i am only 2 months out i have learnt soooo much already. I realllly cant beleive how far i have come with food records, will power and brain training. i remember before surgury i was reading how people did this about face with habbits and lifestyle and was kind of scared for myself that i couldnt toe the line, get it right. i didnt want to lose the battle yet again, but heres the thing.....i have lost 80 lbs (half myself and half with the sleeve) and now, for the first time in my life i have some control over my food intake. i take great delight in having a small portion 6 times a day i dont ever feel hungry and last but not least i finally got my head around it all...to feel like i am free from the slavery of a choc and take out addiction is a mirical in itself and so felling ill after eating/drinking a small treat is a very good reason not to do it again!! even while i am still in a 250lb body im starting to feel like i have the mantality on a skinny person which is priceless. i have freddos in the fridge that i havnt eaten *just because they are there!!!* they have been there a week and i ate 1 as a treat!!!!!:thumbup1: (previously would not of lasted 1 day) i find it totally amazing that everything is really looking so bright.... the fog is lifting and the rythem is working for me. exercise is comming into my life without pressureing myself to do it. my choices in food are better and i loveeee making dinner and putting serves in the freezer for lunches later. NEVER in a million years would i EVER of thought i would be happy doing this kind of preperation. NEVERRRRRRRR. i was just not that person!!!! the tables have turned and for the very first time i feel im looking after myself the we should be looking after ourselves. knowing what i know now if i had to do it again, i would do it in a heartbeat. to those who are thinking about it, this is the best choice you will ever make in your life on so many levels. to feel like a normal human being not being ruled by mindless eating is priceless. to not have to worry about plate overloading embarisment is releif and to have a body that starts working for you a little better every day is total joy. the pride i feel for myself is empowering which makes all the positive elements spiral!!! im so greatful the spiral is going in the right direction now! I honestly feel like a different person when it comes to this part of my life and truely never thought it possible to train my brain to opperate like this!! its now clear to me that this surgury was by far soooo much more than just weight loss surgury, it was/is a positive adjustment to my inner self that most dont see. a lifestyle that i would never of been able to undertake under my own steem and last but not least, an opportunity to drop the self hate/self abuse and be friends with myself for the first time in my life. cheers Ange. wish i did this ages ago!

thanks girls... as i was reading over this a almost felt like i have been in like a jail all my life and then being free for the first time. thats exactly what its like dont you think?? hope this helps someone!!! Ange.

i was breast feeding my baby and actually had to shop feeding before going onto the preop diet.... and as for after the surgury, getting fluid in for yourself is a battle let alone trying to get extra in for feeding!!! im now 2 mts post op and still have trouble getting all my fluids in...so....i would be careful about the decision!!!! but thats just me... good luck

grabs Water bottle right now!!!! (always having trouble with water) thanks for heads up, and i hope you feel better soon... that cant be fun!

minutes..... hours.... mainly a blur except for a bit of chest pain from gas being stuck in my abdomen.... days..... the first time your have a drink it feels like theres an air bubble trapped and it moves back a fwds a little... it doesnt feel real brilliant but its bearable. *laughs* in hospital they were brining me some jelly and juice.... i could hardly touch it!!! but you know what...... someone said here awhile ago that every day does get better... im now about 2 months out and have gone through many mental battles which i think is harder than the physical side. i dont look at shopping centres the same anymore, as they are a nightmare for ppl who are trying to control their weight!!! anyway back to the question. if you can keep focused on each stage knowing that every day is another day closer to being well, you can get through it... i mean you have to anyway. weighing in once a week is a great indication of where your at (not every day in my opinion) and every time you move up the food chain you will be filled with some joy/acheivement. Never in your dreams will eating healthy mushie food be such a pleasure/treat!!! who would of ever of thought!!! lol 2 months out i have to watch out for drinking too fast and cold meats... if you can heat them up its better as im told the small amounts of fat in the food melts down and becomes easier to swallow. after being on a low carb/calorie diet for so long, my once forceful addiction to choc is now gone!!! ****BELEIVE IT**** anything sweet is shocking really!! feels like a brick in your stomach and i was litterally sick all day after a small choc. cheese cake also had a hold on me but now, with the density of the cake 1 mouthful is often enough to satisfy the craving..... weird cause i would happily eat 2 or 3 slices!!! this is the best thing i have ever done... at the moment i am filling out food diarys and learning to use food rather than mindlessly abuse food which i never thought would happen to me from the depths of my wildest dreams!!! im starting to have control.... 3 months ago i was out of control. go figure!!! i guess im saying that the surgury is only part of the battle, and yes its a bit of a discomfort and learning your limits can sometimes be hard (not always tho) but for the benifits like control and somehow falling into this autopiolot behaiviour, is totally mind blowing and worth every second of discomfort! i think about 90% of the battle is in your head when you cant eat anything preop as this is the hard yakka transition/no mans land of taking the first punishing steps into a new lifestyle... i think i have likened it to rehab once before. It is tough.... no lies but again.... at 2 months out im feeling like i have more control over my life than i have EVER which means 2 months is bugger all in the bigger scheme of things! 2 months of mental upside down is a small price to pay for the empowerment that comes with the eating control, not to mention the amazing weight loss!!!!! sorry if i rambled ange.

awwwwww TIFFFFFF i got tears in my eyes for ya!!! such a romantic reunion!!! good for you girl!!!

yay... another brisbane girl!!!!! congrats on your surgury!!!!

I had these big space looking boots that were hooked up to a machine that pushed air around your legs... kind of like air channels that keep circulation in check. they also gave me a shot every day to stop any chances of clotting. the great thing about the surgury is that you can be up on your feet that day, which also promotes circulation. standing/walking/moving wasnt so painful so all this will lower the risks as well.

it almost sounds like first date nerves!!! <grins> in a way it is!!! i bet you see him and everything just falls into place, no pun intended.

i reckon you wont be on for most of this week too tiff!!!! you will be busy doing all the last minute things, being excited and getting prepared!!! I am soooo happy for you!!!! when you surface i look fwd to hearing of the homecomming and how suprised and happy he was for you and also the **new** wife he has come home to.... not to mention your emotional joy/satisfaction of a new cofidence and body image. I think it counts sooo much more when its people that are closer to our hearts... it always means sooo much more. so exciting!!!! on soo many levels for you!!! go for it tiff!!!! cheers ange.

i pretty much locked myself in the house and told my hubby that he had to fend for himself for the 2 week pre op and 2 week post of fluids. i was getting angry and him for being able to eat, and going to the mall was like tiptoeing through a mine feild of smells that would bring me a deep rage, but you know what? that was when i realised that *places like this are why im fat* you know..... its an obstical to get through the shopping centre without running into something.... if you go 1 way in the shops you are greeted with the donut stand!! if you go in the other way you got the ice cream stand AND the bakery, aromas to die for!!! you get smacked from every direction with punches that seem twice as hard as your twice as sensitive to whats NOT going in your mouth.... i realised that every time i went to the shops at least 1 of these stands would get me! then i would sit down and eat a huge kfc meal to boot! so in the house is where i stayed as it was the only safe place were i didnt get tempted (until hubby would bring his dinner home and sit right next to me where ever i was in the house, thinking he was being sociable....silly man) the up side is (in my opinion) this time of fasting is really time for kind of detox. i was a total chocaholic EXTREMEEEEEE chocaholic..... once i was able to eat a bit of choc it was so sweet i felt like i had a brick of sugar in my belly.... it was the most horrible feeling i had in years!!! needless to say, i havent eaten choc since! i guess we all have our battles.... i think its part of the healing....or should i say rehab!!!! god knows i think i might of hit the nail on the head right there!!!! if you dont go through all this maybe we are not truley *rehabing* there is a light..... i have found you can still eat things like chinese.... and normal yummy stuff but you dont have to pay as much!!! its great...have saved soooo much money on small portions or kiddies meals!!!!!!! <grins> enough of my jibbering... good luck...hope to be a bit of a help cheers ange.

Im about a month and a half out, and 4 days post op seems so long ago.just keep trying to do your best. you will get through it and it will steady up very soon. All the uneasy feelings start to fade and you will probably still trying to work out how to get the fluids in!!! i know i still battle...but it doesnt seem as devistatingly hard now. (boardem with the Fluid flavor will end up being the biggest problem <grins>) stick with it girl!i know i use to get frustrated with the *every day gets a bit better* comment...but you know what..... its 100% spot on the money! cheers ange.

i had a small win yesterday. i was able to reach the feul cap release lever thats under my seat without having to undo the seat belt or open the door!. i pulled the lever and sat up quickly, realising what i had just done, i havent done for years!

tryed to make a pic but it didnt hold the spaces i made! grrrrr

i didnt have a drain but im thinking that the one insission that is stilll a bit red and looks like a burn is the one that did most of the work for the docs.

im only a month and a half out and already i have had to adjust the buckel on my fav shoes. (i dont own many shoes as most dont fit my foot.)1 foot i moved 1 hole and the other one has moved 2 holes.... very happy!!! it would be nice to be able to buy some shoes and not worry about the width!! cheers ange.

i have 5 incision scares 3 of them are the width of my little finger nail and the other 2 about about the width of my index finger! the little ones are just red lines that you have to look for, the other 2 look a bit like burns! one of which is very clean! good luck ange.

I was totally stoked today! I was able to buy bras from a general clothes store paying only $35 for 2 bras! I normally would have to go to a specialty store (1 hour away in the city) and pay around $90 for each bra. had a grin on my face all day from this win! My mum was with me at the time and to see her smile with me was a victory in itself! excelent day Hopefully this keeps me on the straight and narrow!!!