Newly Banded 11/18

[TracyC 32]

I am a 39 year old overweight woman who has battled weight issues since grade school. While always active, I never felt comfortable in my own body. I was referred to Dr Carl Weiss of Auburn by a relative who underwent gastric bypass and couldn't be happier. Well, maybe that isn't accurate. I'm happy with my current weight loss. I started my journey back on July 12th of this year with Dr. Weiss. Since that date, I've lost a total of 35 pounds. I'm super excited about that, but have been having some problems since surgery. I did the liquid diet for the first 5 days and since I was feeling 'beat up' I was not interested in eating or drinking so the liquid diet was fine. I did fall into the trap of not having enough Fluid and started to dehydrate about day 3. After talking with the doctors office, this was quickly corrected and I started feeling a lot better. The second stage started on Thanksgiving and I can't tell you how hard that was. Thankfully two tablespoons of mashed potatoes and some gravy with shredded turkey was sufficient to fill me up and I felt like I was still part of the family get together and dinner. I have a lot of questions about this first few weeks but will post them separately.