kRiSSee

Almost 5 months post partum

Hey there! My name is Kris. Just joined. I had my sleeve done this past Tuesday (8-24-10). I've already lost nine lbs! I can't believe how good I feel this soon after surgery. I have a little tenderness in one spot where I had a drainage tube but other than that I don't feel like I've had surgery. I have had a little heart burn a couple times a day, not sure if this is normal. My surgeon was Dr. Merriman of Shreveport Surgical Specialists. I've been walking up and down my street at night. I feel like I could walk further but I'm not sure how far would be over-doing it. Before surgery I was walking 3 miles 3 times a week.Pre-op I weighed 271. I was so excited before I started this journey, I can't believe I'm even more excited now. A little about myself... I'm 28. Married for 7 years to my highschool sweetheart Justin. My husband is in the Army and we live at Fort Polk. We have an awesome 8y/o daughter. I am employed by the Department of Defense and work at the Army Hospital here on post in the ER. My husband is the SGT of the ER. Four of my co-workers have had the sleeve in the last six months and all of them inspire me every day. I start back to work on Monday. Some people are telling me this is to soon, but I feel great and my job isn't to high impact. As soon as I figure out how to add some pics I will.

Well I'm sitting here at work. Third day back...day 8 after surgery. The first day was kinda hard. I only got four hours of sleep. My fault. I am addicted to romance novels and couldn't put it down until I finished it. It was super busy and by the time I got home I was really tired. I was walking non-stop. I told my husband...I'm not going for my nightly walk tonight...and I after all this walking I better have lost five lbs! Lol. Caught up on my sleep though and I'm still feeling amazingly good. I appreciate everyones comments. This website is great! I'm down 14lbs as of today. First post op visit is next Thursday. I got to start full liquids today. Right after my sleeve my chest hurt whenever I swallowed anything. That's almost gone. Hope ya'll have a good night...I'm about to go home and have some protien and start a new book.

I hope your not in for to long of wait. I have BCBS (federal program) and my office submitted the paper on my first visit aug 5th and that afternoon they called and said it was approved. I had to do one psych and one nutritionist appt which the office was able to schedule me on the same day. They said I could do it as fast or as slow as I wanted to. I had my sleeve done on August 24th. I hope it all goes as well as mine did.

Today is day 8 post-op. I started back to work two days ago. I though I was ready but maybe I should have taken a whole week off. It was crazy busy and I didn't get enough sleep the night before. I'm doing better today though. I've been looking forward to day 8...today is the day I got to start full liquids. I don't really know when I'm full though. When I swallow liquids to fast my chest hurts. Is that normal? So after a few bites I feel like my chest is about to start hurting and that's when I stop. I'm down 14lbs today. Two lbs a day as of right now. It's crazy. My pre-op appt is next Thursday. I'm feeling super good. The past five months pre-op I was having headaches everyday. They have almost completely disappeared. Since I'm off tomorrow...maybe I will treat myself to a pedicure. Oh! Can anyone tell me anything about the Iso-pure protein drinks? I'm not really feeling the super whey protein shots.