Ok, this emotional roller coaster has to end!

[sarahbinalaska 7]

Right? I am one week post op and boy, oh, boy. Talk about an emotional wreck. Up, down, up, down. At least I'm not as weepy as I was. Just edgy now. I don't feel like "myself." Someone told me it takes about six weeks to start feeling normal....what is your guys' experience?

[birdmadgirl 154]

I am almost 5 weeks post op and i am still a mess! Not nearly as bad as I was at week one but oh yea, terrible emotions all over the place at first. It does get better.. It doesnt feel like it will but it does. hang in there.

[bonniefide 49]

I am one week as of today too, and i have been the same. Really weepy... I cried the other night watching a commercial! I knew it would be hard, but no idea that I would be this emotional over it.

[SKCUNNINGHAM 298]

Hang in there, it does get better.

Here's why I was emotional after surgery.

My body doesn't like being cut on, that alone takes time to recover from

My body doesn't like being put under anesthesia, that takes time to recover from (weeks for me).

My comfort foods were taken from me and I was having to face life (and emotional upheaval) without them.

I felt like crap and was having trouble swallowing anything.

My digestive system was torn up and I was having trouble "going".

My stomach muscles rebelled every time I tried to sit up, lay down, or roll over.

I didn't feel like having relations with my husband, which really put me in a bad mood.

My disappearing fat cells were dumping estrogen into my system like crazy - making me an emotional wreck.

So you are probably feeling some or all of the above. Believe me - in a few weeks it will all get better.

Sharon

[sarahbinalaska 7]

Thanks everyone! I feel like the body snatchers have come and invaded my body. So much going on, and I am supposed to manage this liquid diet for two more weeks?!?! Oi vey!

[4ALongerLife 329]

I remember feeling that way! I don't however remember when I felt that way... but.. your body is still making as many hormones as your larger self. So if you have suddenly lost a lot of weight, the body hasn't caught up to not make as much estrogen. At least that is what I was told. It WILL pass. Hang in there! Best of luck on your journey(s)!

[4ALongerLife 329]

Ha! Sarah... I had to be on a liquid diet for FOUR months (leak/long story). You'd be surprised what you can do whenever you have to. Hang in there!

[sarahbinalaska 7]

Ha! Sarah... I had to be on a liquid diet for FOUR months (leak/long story). You'd be surprised what you can do whenever you have to. Hang in there!

Yikes!!!!!

[bonniefide 49]

So much going on, and I am supposed to manage this liquid diet for two more weeks?!?! Oi vey!

OMG, I know! It's weird how much I miss the simple act of chewing. If you are anything like me, we're detoxing from not only caffeine and sugar, but we're detoxing from mindless eating, comfort eating, chewing in general, the feeling of lots of food in our mouths, and the feeling of swallowing a big bite of something. Things you don't actively think about, but once that is gone, you realize how strange it feels.

[sarahbinalaska 7]

Ha! Yes! I am allowed sugar free popsicles and....OMG!!!! JUST TO CHEW something!!!! Ha! How normal does that make me feel?!?!?! Lol! I had head knowledge of how difficult this would be, but reality is sooooo different!!!!!