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I am new here. I had my sleeve surgery don Friday Oct 26 2012: so far no complications, just trying to figure everything out. I'm still on liquids. I seem to be doing well. The first day it was hard to get it all in but the last two days has been easier. I can drink a lot more without feeling full. Was beginning to wonder if this thing is working. But after reading some posts on here I found that is normal and the restriction comes when I start foods. You guys really cover everything.

A little about me, my starting weight was 368 and I was 354 at surgery. My first post op visit is Nov 12 and I don't really want to weigh until then because I don't want to become obsessed with the scale. I've watched a lot of youtube and people said that was definitely a problem for them.

I'm excited about this journey, I'm being a good patient. I really want this to work for me. Being the pretty "big" girl was not working for me. I can't go on airplanes without embarrassment, no roller coaster...well you all know the drill.

I'm feeling relatively good after surgery. I've been up and about and walking. I'm down to just two doses of pain meds a day. One before bed and one before an afternoon nap. My husband took off this week so I'm super lucky to have him helping with kids: (4 of them).

I look forward to getting to know you all.

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Welcome! Glad you came here to post and read other's posts as well. I have found this support forum to be really informative and (from my experience) a great group of folks.

Congrats on your recovery so far

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