March Roll Call!

[ChaChaBurch 60]

Better late than never. My surgery was march 27th. Would like to stay in touch with everyone. Okay so far.

Glad to hear that your okay!

[anngee 11]

Glad to hear youre doing so well. I was there at the time you were there I had my sleeve on march 26

[ChaChaBurch 60]

How are all the March Sleevers doing? For me, doing really, really good. So glad to have the first 30 days behind me.

[Cmullinvegas 39]

I'm okay. I still feel really tired. Today was the first day I actually had energy after work, but I had an episode. I started crying for no reason. I had to calm myself down so I wouldn't hyperventalate*. It's stupid things that shouldn't overwhelm me, I'm really hot (99 degrees in Vegas today), my house isn't clean, my sister re-arranged everything in my house, I have gum on my shoe. Such stupid events that are controlling me right now. I looked up psychiatrists that are covered by insurance. I have a history of depression but have been off meds for a while, guess I need to get back on. I just feel so uptight, I don't know what to do to stop these tears. I'm so hot and a.c. isn't working.

[Karen B45 38]

Yes, I am having depression and hormone issues also. To the point I almost lost my job b/c I lost it a couple of times at work and just couldn't stop crying. Not good. But my weight loss is going well, I just don't have a very wide variety of foods that I can eat comfortably, in my opinion. But it's getting better every day (the foods) and I am overall very happy I had the procedure.

I am very glad to be almost six weeks out. The first couple of weeks were pretty hard in my opinion. I am glad to be at the point where I am almost down one complete size.

[Cmullinvegas 39]

Kbs- thanks for sharing. I feel like I'm going crazy. I'm glad you didn't loose your job, maybe that's why some people take off months.

My 3rd day I cried. I've felt fine emotionally since, but today is a struggle. I'm hoping a good sleep will help, but i'm so hot!

you're 2 weeks ahead of me, when did your crying start and stop?

[ChaChaBurch 60]

I'm okay. I still feel really tired. Today was the first day I actually had energy after work, but I had an episode. I started crying for no reason. I had to calm myself down so I wouldn't hyperventalate*. It's stupid things that shouldn't overwhelm me, I'm really hot (99 degrees in Vegas today), my house isn't clean, my sister re-arranged everything in my house, I have gum on my shoe. Such stupid events that are controlling me right now. I looked up psychiatrists that are covered by insurance. I have a history of depression but have been off meds for a while, guess I need to get back on. I just feel so uptight, I don't know what to do to stop these tears. I'm so hot and a.c. isn't working.

I am so sorry sweetie that you're having such a hard time! I applaud your decision to take the step to find some help. I have a friend I went to H,S, with who lives in Las Vegas and she said it's hard to cope with the heat . . . much less without A/C! And having your house re-arranged??

You have had some MAJOR changes in your life in the last few weeks, and that makes it doubly hard to cope, especially since we're still in the healing process. I would encourage you to focus on YOU first, and do what you need to do in order to get better! Keep us posted on your progess -- ((HUGS))

[MoogleQueen 4]

March 21st with Dr. Salzberg at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, VA

Hey neighbor/sleeve sister. I had mine at Mary Immaculate with doctor Tarcina on the 27th!

[ChaChaBurch 60]

How's everyone doing so far? What's your plans for the weekend? I am doing surprisingly well. I am 5 weeks today, and feeling great. My energy is WAY higher than prior to this surgery, and so far I'm eating and tolerating foods really well. For the weekend, DH and I are working on my raised bed garden. Lots of tomatoes, squash, peppers, lettuce, herbs, Beans, etc to plant! I can't wait!! Those veggies will be awesome later this summer. Also, I'm taking a canning/freezing class on May 8th, so I won't waste anything

[danyelleb 386]

Wow! I'm so happy that you are doing so well. I'm at 6 weeks post op. the past couple of days have been kind of funky. I seem to be more frazzled and I'm not handling stress very well. I'm struggling with staying regular. My tummy is not happy and milk of magnesia makes me wanna yack. However, last week was okay. Im ready for the weekend. I think it might help me regroup.

How's everybody else doin?

[Jswilbur 42]

Well, I was fine until I ate a piece of raw cauliflower and obviously dudn't chew it up enough! Now, it is stuck and hurts like crazy! Thank God for these subtle reminders! This Saturday is Bingo day with Mom. My husband and I live with and take care of my folks, and on e a month is the Bingo outing at one of the local casinos! Jerry stays hom with Dad, and I take Mom. Usually, there are about 6 of us. I am 5 weeks post-op tomorrow, and doing okay, except when I forget to chew, chew, chew!

[Wheetsin 714]

5 weeks post-op today. Still no nausea or vomiting, though I've had some discomfort. So far what bothers me the most are fluids thicker than Water. They bother me more than the soft solids by far. Yep, that includes Protein Drinks, unfortunately. I can do Water, juice, etc. fairly quickly but a single RTD Protein Drink can take hours. I know I could thin it out, but that's a lot more volume than I can do right now. The nectar line is the easiest to get down so far, but also one of the least palettable (they don't doctor up too well).

Still maxing out around 50gm protein/day, and trying hard to up that. I introduced sashimi to my foods and have been having 2 oz for lunch, which should help quite a bit.

I had my psych follow-up last week and he weighed me, which I didn't expect. 296, which is 52 lbs down since surgery, but 39 of that was in my first week, so it's "only" been 13 lbs in the last 4 weeks. I'm not quite (I don't think) a full size down, but clothes that fit before are definitely loose now, and clothes I'd gotten too fat for are able to be zipped.

Oh, and it just occured to me yesterday that I hadn't pooped in like 2 weeks, or more. So starting today I'm on Miralax and Benefiber. Come on poop...

[ChaChaBurch 60]

Hey Wheetsin - thanks for the update! Sorry to hear you're still having some discomfort though. I don't know where you are on your food -- although it sounds like you're in the soft/mushy phase, but for me, I eat 1-2 greek yogurts in a day (12g-14g each), and get the rest of my Protein through tuna, chicken, pork and eggs. However, if there's a day where I just can't get it all in, I have the "protein shots" - they're 3.5 ounces and you can either drink them alone (although they taste really icky), or like me, I put mix them in 20oz of Water, and it's palatable (barely), but still 42g of protein. And by the way, 53lbs!!! Way to go!!

[bratvp63 118]

Checking in....still having no issues at all from surgery which is a blessing. I had the dreaded three week stall but it has finally broke and the scale dropped 6 pounds since then. Whew. I am down 21 pounds since surgery and 44 pounds over all. I am so glad I did this and only wish I had done it sooner.

[ChaChaBurch 60]

@Bratvp63 - Congratulations on breaking your stall, and your over all weight loss.

BTW - How did you get a picture of me for your avatar?