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My surgery is the 11th! I'm with you. I've only told my husband, kids and mother. I'm super afraid of the negativity that I will have to face. I've talked with some of my friends about having this surgery in the past and they talked me out of it. Since then I've gained 10 lbs. That was just in February! I'm too nervous to approach them again. I'm doing this for me!! I don't think they understand how hard it is for someone who has weight issues. I don't know...I just hope I get the love and support I need from others if not from them! Good luck to both of you!!!

Could you start with softer foods. I was sleeved 10/29 and I started soft foods last week. My doc wants us to start with well cooked soft veggies (I'm having luck with zucchini, sweet potatoes, and spinach so far) and really soft fish/eggs. I don't eat chicken, but the doc doesn't want us on chicken until a few weeks later because it is harder to swallow/digest. And raw veggies and some cooked veggies (broccoli, for example) are a no-go for now. And my doc said if something doesn't go down well to wait a few more weeks to try that food. Good luck.

I was sleeved on 7/31 and it seems I am currently in a stall at 197. When I went for my 3 month follow up on 10/31, I was 205. I have to say that only 8 lbs in 1 month is disappointing But, I know the reality is that it's not really bad at all. I made it though a week long trip to Houston and a week of Thanksgiving with family. I thought Once I made it though the 3rd month and my hair didn't start noticeably falling out then I would be okay. I did notice that it was thinner though. It seems though that my hair gave me an extra month and now it's really been coming out over the last week. I really wanted to get on track with exercise between now and Christmas but I only got 2 days in last week. I am under an insane amount of stress right now learning that my husband may be unfairly forced out of his job. He is our only income. I'm really trying hard to stay on the path and keep my eating in check. I want to drop around 50 more lbs before summer.

I pixie and the rest, I just got through 4 mini-bags of Potassium, I truly must have needed it, my headache has gone away, I do feel calmer and those are major pluses. And I pixie I me not mad, couldn't be at,a nice person like you! We are just having a brief bump in our roads, we are going to end up just fine!😝 And Ohio State is going to the🏈 Rose Bowl New Years Day 2019🚩📍🚩

Well surgery went through and I am home now. Never had any idea that the pain would be that horrific. They said we would wake up with a belly ache. Well let me tell you this that was no belly ache. But much better now getting better everyday. so my question now is what is with the 10 pound weight gain from the day of surgery till you go home. Is this from the IV's and all of the fluids they give your? Very discouraging . Wish they would have said tht before at lease I would of expected it. OK vent done and looking forward to the next stage of my new life.

Check in Start of challenge 133 This morning 135 Maintaining my weight Workouts and food have been slack. My friends father passed away. Spent three days with her while she was in town. Back to things this week. two pounds up Into the holidays. I'm making cookies with my grandson. I can't keep them in the house. I know my weaknesses. Weekends seem to be my biggest challenge. Parties and potlucks. My goal is to rock my New Years dress and go into 2019 without major holiday weight gain.

My surgery was 11/19 and I’m on soft/puree also. I’m having a really difficult time. I can’t eat anything I feel so full and sick immediately. Omg is this my new life??

I’m going to start on Monday Calories at 750 Carbs at 10 grams Fat 36 grams Protein 80 grams H2O 80-100 oz Steps up to 4000. I know it not much but it’s a lots of steps for me and I’m going to do IF 16:8

Hi all, I’m from the UK and have my procedure booked for 10th January 2019 I’ve not been put on the liver shrink diet, just no solid foods 48hrs before procedure and then no liquids or anything 12hrs before just for an empty stomach! Im 228lbs and want to get to 140lbs, if tried every bloody diet going, this better work lol

ipixie, you're being a bad influence, now my K level( potassium) has also gone low, waiting on an IV bag to come up from Lab so it can be " piggy-backed" in. Had a miserable time since last posting. Been telling everyone up to the window blind repairman I needed to 💩. Hadn't since November 24th. Finally I had ENOUGH, They were giving me. stool softeners, miralax, all well and good, but I needed a propellant. Finally today I was getting testy, I asked yesterday about an enema only to be t9ld"ooh,we don't do that here!" WTF, you don't do that in a surgical ward in a teaching hospital? Now come on, not in a hospital? By this morning I am growing testy! Fine, transfer me to a medical ward, send me down to ER , let me have a soapsuds. or a high colonic! 8 am growing Miserable. Surgical resident presses on upper belly , says That's Soft, of course that's because everything is in my lower. colon piling up. Finally I got a fleet this AM with instuctions to hold as long as possible. I did not hit the 30 minute target, only 10+, then ensued a nearly hour of misery. FINALLY,i made it back to bed , I swear 5 pounds lighter, okay maybe 2-3, but my humor is a little BETTER. Not sure I am completely cleaned-out but a lot better now. Saw two residents this AM , my surgeon was supposed to be in today, maybe in street or casual clothes, but still a sight for sore eyes👀, I really do like the man. And then tomorrow Dr Noria will be back, maybe my Dr Steven who is nearly ready,l to go out into private practice. I see at least 1 of my doctors every day, and my mini- bag of potassium has arrived, shouldn't be long until the pump starts beeping again.😝👼😝I keep telling myself I am getting better every day and I guess I am.

I was just thinking about this earlier today! 10 more days for me! (December 12)

My day 16-19: I am the fine winner if the flu... good times right after surgery! I guess the upside to having 103 fever in the ER after surgery is that you definitely get bumped to the top of the list to get seen! ( some people had been waiting 5-6 hours at the hospital)

I had to get out my workbook for this. (3 support group meetings I attended before my first apt. to get them out of the way.) 8/22/18 - Met with surgeon, psychiatric nurse, and dietician 8/22/18 Sleep study ordered, insurance denied it, we decided not to do it 8/28/18 - Harvard Pilgrim approved my VGS surgery! 9/19/19 Upper GI series 9/28 - Blended diet review 10/10/18 - Surgical Pre-testing/Pre op weight taken 1 week reduced calorie diet, 2 shakes and a Lean Cuisine, sorry everyone who had to starve! 10/15/18 Surgery I think they did about the minimum so everyone understood what they were getting into and what they were supposed to do, and got me through it super fast! I could have called if I had more questions or needed more help. I could have gone a bit sooner but I had a work trip. So 7 1/2 weeks from start to finish!

The scale in my doctor's office is wrong. It weighs me 10 lbs heavier then my scale at home. Though dr is happy with my weight loss per their scale, I wouldnt be. I sounded so lame telling them their scale is off,,,but its true! I came home and recalibrated my scale and checked it and my scale is accurate. I am seriously thinking of bringing my scale to my next appointment...( and i know their scale will weigh me a few pounds higher given its midday) Just so aggravating! My scale shows i lost 27 pounds in 30 days, theirs showed about 17. No way would i be happy with only 17 lost! Sent from my SM-G965U using BariatricPal mobile app

You can take protein powders through security. Depending on where you will be in DC, you'll likely be able to buy protein drinks here, too. Target has Premier. Also, my recollection is that you CAN carry on "medically necessary liquids". Its worth contacting TSA, but I think you'd need a letter from your doctor saying you'd had a medical procedure and require the specific liquid, then declare it before you start TSA screening. You can take a picture or send a question to AskTSA on Facebook Messenger or Twitter. They answer questions from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. ET weekdays; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekends/holidays. If you can eat eggs - a lot of the fast causal places will have eggs. I was stuck out one day and got an egg white cup at Cosi - FAR too much food (think 12 oz of egg whites), but I ate what I was supposed to and tossed the rest.

I am hopeful, yes I am. Still hospitalized, have been since Wednesday November 28, my first guess was dismissal tomorrow, now maybe 35% ? I now have a PICC line in my upper left arm, inner side toward my body. And I have a bag of TPN RUNNING IN continuingly, tonight if all is well they will start cycling it to prepare me for exit. But I WILL go home with the PICC line still in. I need to be on a higher protein count than my current diet will provide to heal my rampant crop of ulcers. Every endoscopy they are discovering more, I have followed every instruction, taken every med, tried to ingest as much as my tempermental gastric pouch, Precious Pouch, will permit. Last I attemped to eat something she in the past had accepted, over 40 minutes to swallow, less than 10 minutes to empty back up. And that had been happening pretty frequently. So here. I BE! PICC SITE- not excessively painful,feels like it was attached with a staple gun, but am learning how to pivot with it, got to take a walk with Physical Therapy pushing my pole, pretty fine to do. Alerted my nurse I was on the verge of an breakdown in my backside, near and into a**. crack, had one before, k,ow how it feels, have a shock- absorb dressing. And Oh I Does Help! Otherwise turning the corner on a slow pivot toward renewed health!

I'm 4 months out. I get on average 700-800 calories a day. Some days more most days closer to 700. I'm just starting to get energy back. I'm still in bed by 9:30-10. Which presurgery never happened. My concern is when I start exercising full out how am I going to get more in and keep energy up. I exercise 3x wk doing cardio. Want to do Zumba and weights but that's going to eat up alot of calories lol

@MissPoodle, I am not even able to do that at this time. The arthritis in my left knee is so bad that if I think about trying to walk anywhere my body sends me nasty messages. Right now all I am able to do is peddle at least 10 to 15 minutes a day.

I wouldn’t follow what he gave you for a number. I would follow the nutritionist diet.. I saw my surgeon on the 13th of November and I had surgery on the 24th of October (just shy of 3 weeks apart he told me that he was surprised I had only lost 10 pounds and should have at least hit 25-30 lbs since surgery (in 3weeks??) that’s crazy. I brought this up at my follow up appointments with my nutritionist which was November 22nd and she raised her eyebrows and said he’s nuts and you’re losing weight at a good rate of 2lbs a week. She said ignore him and follow the diet. I felt like failure when I saw him and I thought about sabotaging myself because of it! I really had to mentally push myself pass what he had said and redirect my focus on healthier thoughts so I increased walking and added 3lb weights to my workouts. My surgery weight was 242.2 and today I’m 225.6 I’m happy with my progress.. pay no mind to that Drs stupid comments I think he’s an idiot for saying what he said. You’re doing great and doing what you can .. stick to your nutritionist diet

I thought I was drowning the day after surgery when the nurse gave me a thimble of water. It hurt so bad and came back up instantly. They made me keep trying and eventually I could drink a little bit. Fast forward 7 months and I can drink almost as much as I like as long as it is flavored water. Plain water still makes me gag! My surgeon says it is a texture issue with my pouch. I cannot even take my vitamins or pills without flavored water. I love herbal teas and drink them with SPLENDA when I am on the road traveling, but coffee makes me ill every time I chance it which is about once every 10 days at this stage. My Dr says to keep trying as it may change over time, but I think I am done with coffee for the immediate future. He says I can drink as much flavored sugar free water as I want. My favorite flavored water is Mountain Explosion (mountain dew without carbonation) and AW Root Beer flavors as they are delicious and go down easy.

Today I'm looking forward to: Not feeling fat Buying small clothes Making people wonder how I did it Seeing an old boyfriend by chance while looking all slim and gorgeous Working out without a huge tshirt on to cover all my stuff Wearing full seat riding breeches that fit and don't look like 10 pounds of sausage in a 9 pound bag

Hi everyone, new to this site! I was sleeved on 11/19/18. My energy is coming back & I’m able to drink & eat my puréed foods without the feeling in my sternum, but struggling to get the full 64 oz in. I think my biggest struggle is that I feel fine & have to remind myself I still cannot eat yet. I miss chewing!

Well to update, now in OSU- Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, my original Bariatric Hospital. Admitted Wednesday November 28, had PICC line inserted in upper inner left arm Thursday November 29, started on TPN at 10:30 PM Friday November 30, should be running until 11:59 PM tonight December 1st, guess I am tolerating it well. Estimated Dismissal Date is 12/03/2018 barring anything worse happening. My life is a cheap unrealistic soap opera at times.

Hello All! Anybody miss ME? Two guesses and the first one doesn't count. I am in my Hospital, yep the self-same Ohio State University-Wexner Medical Center you've heard me talk about. Lets see,where shall I start? Last Tuesday I saw Dr Needleman himself, no not just a nurse-practitioner, the head honcho, numero uno top dog. Met his very nice resident Steven Scoville MD, very nice guy. He said when he set eyes on me You don't feel good , do you? Usual spunky me would have said. No S***, I did feel crappy, just hung my head and nodded, told him I Feel broken, like a toy that has been played with too hard and thrown to one side. Well he dicussed th8ngs with me, said even if I were broken Dr Noria his partner and he knew h9w to fix me. Lest than 5% of patients have this torture road to recovery. Had to have a bag of saline IV fluid instilled before I went home. And he reminded me to be sure to keep my Endoscopy appointment with Dr Noria, that way they would be able to gauge what was going on internally. My Wednesday appointment was 8AM with Dr Noria, so we left Mount Vernon a little after 6 AM, figuring we would be back home 10 or 10:30. Not how things played out. Dr Noria got down into my stomach and intestine and things were not well. Stomach wall, red swollen, not able to do dilatation, and not only were my 5 ulcers not healing but I was starting to ulcerate further down into the bowels of ME. So I became a guest and here I remain.Thurday night I had a PICC line installed, last night the first TPN was started which should conclude t9night at 11:59 PM. Don't know what I am supposed to feel like so guess I am tolerating it well. Luckily it's in my upper inner left arm, was fearful it would go into my subclavian and be in my chest wall. And I really didn't WANT that very much. Why do I have the TPN? Dr Noria was concerned that I would not be able to do the 90-120 grams protein needed daily P.O. or that maybe the protein I was ingesting wasn't breaking down and assimilating bodily. This bypasses the G.I. system and gives it a chance to heal up. I have an intake sheet. to fill out l8ke I did when I had my RnY surgery. It may be a bit of "busy work" to keep me occupied, but I have my infantry of 1oz cups, as I empty 1 I mark it down, when they all are empty I refill them with Peach- Mango liquicell, and here we go again! Estimated date of dismissal. will be 12/03/2018, that is if things go well with no set backs. Des N and Steven have turned me over this weekend to the junior residents, although Dr Needleman is back-up and attending on call. I am actually starting to feel like myself more and more. Oh still not pain-free totally but it is no longer a 4 alarm fire in my guts and for that I am grateful. How are all you doing?👍📆😝🏣

@babedoe4 sleever here - peeking in, hope that's ok😉 almost 10 years old!!! - proudly show yourself you look great - keep up your good work- i know you will☺️ kathy congrats