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I am 8 days post op and just couldn't be a happier camper! This was a LOT easier than I could have imagined.

Day one was tough, as was the first few days. No problems with nausea and I stuck to the book. I am using shot glasses as my cups/bowls, and I bought some cool baby spoons/forks to use from here on out.

Ive been dropping weight like gangbusters. Prob 3-4 pounds a day at least. I am at the lowest weight in prob 15 years as of today.

My job keeps me pretty active (working at Microsoft in the labs, so some lifting and kicking servers into submission ;) and I was able to go back after 8 days. As such, one can expect to get a good portion of their strength back in fairly short order. Naturally, I am going to take it a tad easy for a couple of weeks, but my fears of being laid up for a long duration were unwarranted.

I encourage everyone considering the sleeve to jump in with both feet and never look back. I have taken my life back, and am loving every single monument of it.

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Good job

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Congrats! So nice to read such a joyous post. I look forward to hearing more updates from you.

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Cryss

Good for you. Keep up the good work!

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