How Is This Even Possible

[Catracks 865]

I was sleeved on Jan.11th and after 9 days the rosacea is gone. My face is smooth for the first time in years. my eczema is gone. There is no more itching and my skin is healing. My knees dont hurt walking down stairs, The bags under my eyes are lessening,

On monday I will get labs back. I'm only hoping the HPB, pre-diabetes and fatty liver are gone or are improving.

Fact is: I feel great. I guess pain and unwell feeling were my old normal. i didn't realize I felt so bad.

[Capt Derel 287]

Sounds like you were allergic to the fats you use to consume. Since its gone now you will be able to find out what was doing it. Good luck. And its nice to have an added bonus

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[Pookeyism 1,143]

I agree with Capt Derel, something in your old diet was causing your condition - or a combination. Keep a careful food diary, including copies of labels of foods. introduce foods slowly! Good luck!

[Lissa 2,631]

I agree with the others. It does sound like you have a food allergy. My son had allergy induced asthma as a child. We finally did a pretty strict elimination diet to figure out what he was allergic to rather than put a 2 year old through the trauma of the scratch testing on his back. As we added foods back into his diet, we found out he was allergic to several common food dyes. I was amazed at all the foods that contained those dyes! Certain brands of green Beans had food dyes in them!

The post-op liquid diet is definitely a clean you out one, between all of the Water and Clear liquids. Pookey is right that you should introduce foods very slowly. Maybe it's something simple, like breads and Pasta, which shouldn't be too hard to avoid.

I'm glad that you are having such a high energy level and such positive results already! That's the best possible outcome, IMO!

Good luck!!

[plyman 13]

I agree Catracks, I was sleeved on Jan 10 and I am feeling great! I am so amazed that as I come to the end of the clear liquid diet, I am feeling so good and the weight is already coming off pretty quickly. No regrets here, just a bright future ahead. I am so grateful for all the help from the people on this site. Thank you all!

Patti

[Catracks 865]

I love the people on this site too. You are all so courageous. Every one of you should be proud for being pro-active and meeting this horrible health issue head on.

I am truly blessed to be recovering so well. I haven't had pain meds since the recovery room (I hated the morphine) and right now I have so much energy I feel like jumping up and down.

My only small complaint is that I think I am constipated. I know there's not much to make a BM (TMI?) from, but I did cheat and have a bit (1/8 cup) of oatmeal yesterday and a tiny amount of flakey fish the day before. My sleeve handled it fine. My colon -- not so much. I wonder if Benefiber would do the trick. I don't want to take a laxative.

[sleeve 4 me 910]

WOW! That is awesome! I'm so happy for you!