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Thank you Nikski for your message you left me. . it was nice to hear from you. I haved been sleeved yet, but am waiting. . . I hear so many positives from everyone, I can't wait! i'm having this done locally close to home, so hopefully my recovery will go fast too. . . good luck and best wishes to you hon

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Glad you wrote. I am overall doing good. I am down 20.6 in two weeks YEA. I have had a little trouble but nothing bad, just sometime I forget that I cant eat fast or alot and get overfull. I have been able to swallow normally since about the thrid day home. I have been fuzzy in the head since I got home and have not been working (sales) However I am hoping that I will this week. I am back taking my protien which I think was the major issue, since I feel good today! What problems are you having? I really have not had any other than listlisness, and not being able to sleep when I frist got home, now things seem to be settleing down. Keep us informed. Susan is doing much better, thank god she was beginning to worry me but now she is getting in some protien with out tossing it. Talk soon.

Hi Beckie, I just got home today..everything went great..I think my surgery was 1 hr 18 min..I used very little pain meds and I loved Dr Aceves and Dr Campos..my stomach keeps growling..I sure would like to eat or so I think!! I am more sore than anything and believe me these first 10 days can't go by fast enough..I would like to get to the mushy stage..loved the Lucerna Hotel..my lastbig meal was steak and lobster..what a way to go...all in all everything went great but I sure am looking forward to about 18 days from now!! Talk to you soon..give me an update on how your doing and what ya been eating...Debbie

Surgery 6 weeks ago today! It's still so surreal...the whole taking out 85% of my stomach thing... It still hasn't hit me that this is a life change and I will never go back to eating like how I did before. But when will it start becoming comfortable to eat? I still feel like whenever I eat anything I have to get up the nerve to do it because of the discomfort I feel as its going down. Am I possibly eating too fast still?

So glad to hear you are feeling better those first few days of yours sounded brutal. I still have some tenderness and soreness I think that is normal. My biggest issue now is eating too fast and too much my head hasn't quite gotten the memo. I started walking close to two miles on Friday.

Nancy

Nope... not really. I mean a little bit if I drink to fast or to much, but not enough to bother me and definitely not enough to use Gas- X strips. This is day five and as Tony the tiger would say " I feel GRRRRREAT" I know that was corny. LOL.

Baby girl I know your time is coming and you are nervous. Just make sure you have all of your affairs in order. I know you believe in God. Just pray to him to make you strong cuz you know this is the best thing for yourself and your family. The day of my surgery I was sooooo calm. I was surprised, but then I realized it was because I had made peace with myself and God. I put it all in his hands.

Thanks for checking on me. Keep me updated with your progress and I'll keep you updated. TTYL.

Deb

Dansha

I just got back from my trip to the Surgeon in West Virginia, and was wondering how you were doing? I hope everything is going ok, and you are doing well after your surgery. I got my surgery date it is December 2, it seems like a very long time, but I'm sure it will go by fast. Let me know how you are doing when you get a chance.

Thanks I'm still going to have it I just have to go through a VA hospital. The only thing I have to do that this VA requires, and my surgeon did not was to lose 10 pounds on a supervised diet like weight watchers. So I'm joining next week, and was thinking about doing a preop diet so I can lose my ten pounds quickly. lol THanks for the encouragement, and I have to keep my faith otherwise I would not of made it this far. I wish I could just self pay but being a single mother that lives from pay day to pay day it is out of the question. It will happen I just don't know when, and it is not going to be fast enough for me.

Hey Missy Carolyn,

Thanks for the nice comments. I look baggie, too, and not happy about that, but comes with the territory of major fast weight loss. I've also had a piriformis muscle issue on the left glute that's bugging the sh*t out of me, painful. Doc says due to the weight loss. I'll go back to Mexico to get rid of all the hanging skin - Dr. Bell0 - already got the quote. Just waiting for my DH's job situation to settle before I set a date. I don't get in nearly the protein I should be; my calorie count is still very low, though, and I have 8 pounds to goal. I drink my protein drinks maybe 2X a week.

I'm doing ok, incision still hurts on left, but I can finally tell that it is getting better. I can get in/out of bed without it hurting, cough, sneeze without pain. I get full fast, but seem to get hungry again in 2-3 hrs. Not sure if I should eat or not but I find that I nibble. I just read some nutritional info and it mentioned that the more solid the food the longer you will feel full, so maybe I need to eat more like tuna and not soup. I'll try that and let you know. I don't have a problem with anything so far. Makes me a little worried.

Hi Shutterbug I know its just seems to being going so fast the days and actually the weight is going pretty good to. Glad to hear you are doing good. I've been doing pretty good had a stall for a couple weeks but I think its moving now. I still can't eat very much and still have probolems with keeping it down some days but other than that no to bad. good luck and keep up the good work.

Hello,

I came across a response you put into the low bmi forum. I'm considering VSG with a low bmi of 31. I was just wondering what your experience has been like? Where did you have the procedure? Did you have any complications being such a low bmi? How fast did the weight come off? Do you have a hard time with not being able to eat?

Any insight you could provide would be SOOO appreciated.

Hope you are fairing well Tiff. Prayers and positivity sent your way. =) Hope you heal lightening fast!

hi barbann, do you feel like crap too? the pain is amazing huh? I don't like it. . . today was a "I regret this surgery" day, but i kept going. . . drinking stuff is my challenge. . . i can' t tolerate it very well. . . tonight is better, boy you really can't drink fast with this thingy can you? And it does feel different. . . wow amazing. . . anyhow chat more later as i'm feeling rather "run down" my birthday is March 24, 62. . . .

I can't figure it out either. For me they also responded very fast. Within one week I had my denial letter. Trying to get a clear explanation is like trying to break into a bank. UHC has themselves well protected. I cannot speak to anyone who can just review and discuss my coverage with me directly. Instead the appeal process is very secretive and long. It will take at least a month. If that appeal comes back with the denial I'm gonna go crazy. I know this must be a mistake. Your approval also proves that. But I cannot talk to anyone who is a decision maker at UHC. Ugh.

I will be interested in how things proceed for you. I'm sure you will do great!

My recovery was quite easy. I have a two year old and a 4 month old. My mom was here to help but it seemed to go by fast. I was walking for exercise after I go home. I don't work. If I did and it was an office job I could have went back to work the next day. You will be very pleased with Dr Zapata and the hospital. Monterrey is more like a European city than what you would think a mexican city is. I had a really good experience. The nurses where great and checked on me all the time. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

You know, I intended to lose weight from the sleeve by eating less, not by eating so fast that I can't keep my food down. I'm gonna have to start eating everything with silverware to help me pace myself. This is my first time tossing my cookies since the surgery and it's no fun at all!

Thursdady we had to o to the dr for Lee and afterwards we stopped at dairy queen. Yes I know not very nutritional. But it was the only thing around. (Little town) So I ordered one of their grilled chicken wraps with cheese. Looked it up and it was only 200 calories. Not to bad. I ate 4 french fries of Lees. I ate so fast that by the time we got out to the truck my stomach hurt so bad. I really wanted to throw-up. So Friday I was back on LIquids again.. Oh well live and learn.

I forgot about my baby stomach, Little Sleevie Wonder, and stuffed it way too fast with half of a small banana and peanut butter. It was too much food and now Little Sleevie hates me.

Hey Lady, how are you doing? I am doing well. Finally starting to eat better. Get full really fast. Lost about 30 lbs so far including pre op. How about you? I am able to drink liquid more easily also. Had my follow up today with my doc. He said I could start taking pills again so once I finish my chewables, I can do tablets. I can start eating vegetables( I missed them). Hope you are doing goo...

hi Orangina, My Insurance approved me the same day, Oxford Freedom, I don't know your insurance but they usually can get approval fast if your bmi is 40 or above. Today I started my modified fast. 3 protein shakes and a low fat meal. really not so bad. The protein I'm using is not so great. The one you had sounds good, maybe I'll check out gnc tomorrow. thanks for the tip.

Hi Hopeful. Well it is all starting to come fast now. Yesterday, I was shocked to realize I had one week until pre-op liquids. I have been very busy lately also. My sister had her lower leg amputated on Thursday (diabetes) and I am the only family in the area so I have been at the hospital a lot. My son may be up at Harvard for a debate tournament in Feb so maybe we can meet!

800 calories is ok though. Prilosec is so wonderful! Saved me many times! I am down 34lbs (lost 2 lbs overnight) had a 3 day stall at 233.2 but 231.2 this am! woohoo! I am eating normal stuff, but no raw veggies or fruits like you.Nothing has given me too much trouble as of yet.although i did eat about 4-6oz of smoothie too fast and had to stick my fingers down my throat! Yuk! Glad 2 talk 2 u!

Everythings pretty goodl. I am stalling, but on my own choosing. I can lose weight toooo fast and then I look sick, so I'm just trying to let my body catch up. I've holding steady at 187 for a few weeks. I am in a size 12 jeans and when I had my surgery in August I used to wear a 26 jeans. I still would like to get to single digits in jeans, but it will come when I am ready TTYL baby girl.

Hi Bugwitch - I see you're going to Dr. Aceves. You will love him!! Get ready because the time flies fast.