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dr westmoreland is such a sweet man! im glad it worked out for you! he did my sleeve a 34, which is small so i have been struggling with nausea for several weeks. i have been tested and reassured by the dr that this is just going to take time but it still sucks! the idea of food makes me want to hurl! but not everyone has this problem! i finally got some gel to put on my wrist and it has helped big time! do you have a date yet?

2 weeks clears, 1 week full liquids, then onto mushies/purees. I actually did 17 days of clears, then I moved to full liquids for a week, then onto mushies for about 2 weeks then I started incorporating solids with mushies.

Renee,

It is so good to hear you comment about losing without a lot of obsession. I totally agree with you, I had my surgery only 2 weeks ago, 12/29, but one of my big hopes was that I would NOT be on a diet in 2010. I want to be aware of what I am eating, and I want to not be out of control as I was pre-surgery, but if I want to have a small piece of pizza down the road, so be it. Have you had your success without a lot of worry about calories, carbs? I am making sure I get 60 g of protein and 60 oz of water. I am just moving to mushies this week. I guess I want to be sure and get off on the right foot....

What tracking tool are you using? I want to start tracking on Monday. I am doing fine, but I need the accountability and I want to be sure what I "think" is within my goals. I have my 6 week follow-up with Dr. Nicholson on 2/10, I know it is a Wed. Is that a meeting date? Maybe I could meet ya'll at it that evening?

Doing well here, and I swear I talk about you and Anna every single day! I hope to see her on Wednesday at the support group meeting. Are you back to work yet? I go back on the 18th. I decided to take quite a bit of time off to get my head on straight and play with my meal planning and such. My job is not physical, but it's certainly stressful. I'm still using MOM every now and then as I'm probably eating too much cheese--gotta love that protein. I'm getting all my protein from food now, which is nice. Still haven't tried dense meat, but I'm having some thin-sliced deli meat, and I had turkey white chili that set really well. I'm on the elliptical twice a day for 15 minutes each, and I hope to increase that this coming week. I'm ready to eat veggies!!!! My loss is right about 18 pounds plus the 16 I loss during my preop. My month anniversary will be Monday; can you believe that! Thanks for checking in, and keep me posted on your progress!

Hi Bigtex! You've had surgery!! What date? How are you? I've made some changes since we last wrote. I'm going with Dr. Davidson instead of Dr. Nick simply because I can have surgery on a Friday and that works better for me. I see where you said something about road trips are a little being a little rough, how far were you talking about and how soon out? Right after I'm released, I'm going to a friend's house in East Texas, it will be a three hour drive! Should I be prepared to be miserable? After my one week check up, my husband is coming down (we are out of state) and picking me up and we're headed to Galveston from Dallas for a week. Give me the low down, what should I expect??!! Tell me how you are, and what about getting off caffeine what is that all about?? Do tell!!! Have a great evening!

OMG Guess what?? So there was a mix up on my surgery date. I thought they had me down for Jan 21st. The acutally have me down for Jan 14th. Thank goodness I called today. I have to start my preop diet on Thursday. I have to say that I'm FREAKING out!! I thought I had a week to get things in order but apparently not. I just need to take a breath.

Hi Mona, howzit goin? I'm getting pretty pumped now that my VSG is only 1 week away! Still struggling about my love affair with food. I've asked God to take control of it all so I know He won't abandon me.

Hi barbann, today is a better day for me. . .still majorly swollen though, look really pregnant! but that is expected! How are you feeling? Are you getting those fluids in a bit better today? Don't worry about the pooping, remember you really don't have anything in the tummy. . . did the contrast not give you the trots really badly? I'm still going 3-4 times a day since Wednesday. . .are you walking lots? Has the shoulder pain gone away, mine is slowly going, the sleeping thing is a bit of a challenge, but it will soon go away. . . i'm just glad i'm off work for the next 2 weeks! Keep me posted honey and take care of yourself. . .

Theresa,

How you doing? Just wanted to check-in. You are almost 2 weeks out! Whew!

Hey! Congrats on your surgery and weight loss. I just made my appt. today for the seminar and first doctors appt. (both in April) Surgery on June 11th!! Scheduling around my daughter's vacation and we are going to work in a recovery week for my husband and I in Galveston! I'm coming to Dallas to have it done...much less expensive than up north. We are from TX, so I have friends and family there. Is there anything I MUST know before getting sleeved that you wish you'd known? Have a great evening!

Stacy

Thank you bewitched and Itstime,

I am doing real good. The nurse it did not appear to be a blood clot in my arm.

I am doing a lots better with the nausea and gas pains. Nothing like it was that first week. Have a great day!!

Hey! Not doing too great on the eating here lately. It's college finals time so probably eating some things I shouldn't! But I've been doing pretty good about making healthier choices, not snacking, that kind of thing. Agreed! If I could have surgery tomorrow, I'd do it in a heartbeat! lol. I meet with my surgeon on Thursday & then I meet with my dietician & nurse again the week after I think, and then I'll start on the 10-14 day "pre-op" diet. I figure if I can make it through Christmas, I can do anything! Keep up the good work!

Hi Shutterbug wasnt feeling so go the last week had a hard time keeping anything down but feeling better now. I also had bells palsy for the last 2 weeks but seems to be gettin better lucky i guess. My surgeon wont let me excercise except walk till 6 weeks out. Wonder why so different. I tried new foods but stomach not handling it very well couple tablespoons at the most and then have still take reglan was throwing up everyday, but back to the basics for a couple more weeks see if that helps. Hope your doing good and have a good day.

Lol, yeah I can imagine it must be difficult to workout with a one year old, though pretty soon chasing her around will be a pretty good workout! Right now I have about a dozen sample packs of Nectar Sweets that I got from the hospital pharmacy for free! I have chocolate truffle, vanilla bean torte, and strawberry mousse - so far I've tried chocolate. Mixed with milk it tastes just like chocolate milk! I will have to look into fusion, though. One of the other things my dietician suggested was the no sugar added Carnation instant breakfast, which I think I will try since it's cheaper. I'm hoping to lose 140, which would put me around 140, but we will see! I guess I'm just worried about making sure I eat right post-op because being at college I'll have a strange schedule, at least that's my main worry right now. I just want to slide through those first six weeks!

Hi! I'm glad there's someone around who will be so close to the same surgery date! I'm as prepared as I can be, I think. I've been making the diet changes as much as possible and I meet with my surgeon again next week so he can look at my labs and everything. It feels like I don't have much time to workout since I'm a college student, but I think I get quite a bit of walking time in, haha! I'm psyched to get to January to start my new life!

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!

Hi Donna, thank you for asking...everything went very good for me. I was the first of three surgeries that day, and all of us had a great experience and were treated extremely well. I read about your sister, and there are no words to express how sad I feel for all of you...I will keep her in my prayers. What a horrible experience for your family. There are no excuses for the treatment she received then or now.

Wannalise - I responded to your post on my thread (Little Miss Sunshine has left the building...) but wanted to make sure to personally thank you. I thought about your response all day Sunday and vowed to do something about it today at work. I actually grabbed my stuff, ate in the teacher's lounge and was social. It was nice not to feel so isolated. Best part of all, nobody commented on what I was eating/drinking. I think my ups and downs last week were extreme and what I was doing didn't help at all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart - today was a much better day:) Hope you are well! VV2010

Hi Gloria, How's your week been? Me, just grateful I made it thru Friday!!! Had a rough week, but glad its over. I'm anxious to "get the show on the road" and get my surgery done

Chancie,

I am new here and I could not believe you have lost SOOO much weight!!!!

Please share what you did, because even thouhg I am am only 3 weeks out and already lost about 25lbs, I cannot see myself loosing that much.....please share your eating/excercise rutine.

Hey Jules!! How you doing girl... week 3 and its going well.. 31 lbs down and totally unbelievable. still not able to get all of the protein in yet.. I just keep trying.. Went back to work this week and trying to take it easy after work. Big girl naps help alot. Hope all is well with you and the family. Take care

Hello! As THE day gets closer I'm more and more excited and nervous at the same time. I'm picking up my passport/cash/cashier's check tomorrow, I've bought all my groceries, for the first 3 weeks post-surgery and informed my doctor about my decision. She said good luck but then also said, "We have a surgeon here that does bypass and band surgery...just an FYI." It took all I could say NOT to shout out (on the email) "Are you kidding me?" I'm going to play it safe and leave a couple days of lesson plans in case I want/need to stay home the Monday/Tuesday after spring break/my surgery occurs. Hope all is well with your wonderful family, Vicky.

just wanted to check in and see how your progress is going? i am 10 days out and finally starting to feel better, had a real tough week. Still have trouble getting my protein, i am just doing the best i can do.

let me know how you are progressing. Sue

Oh your name and avatar just made my day. My puggle Lucy died a week ago today and I was never a pug fan before her, but now those bulging eyes melt my heart! I miss my snorting little friend.