Emotional

[skylarkx 69]

I am 6 days sleeved and I am very emotional today. I cry at the drop of a hat. Everything has been going well so I don't know where this is coming from!

[GummyTummy 154]

Hi Sky,

Don't feel so down. It is actually a sign that your body is breaking into your fat stores and burning it. We, as women, store a ton of hormones in our fat cells and when they start to break down our body gets massive doses of all that lovely storage. I am about 10 days out and had one of those days yesterday - I actually berated my fiance for not getting me Water when I asked for it ( apparently, him asking me which kind I wanted... propel / a frozen bottle from the fridge that I couldn't drink / or a bottle that wasn't in the fridge touched a fat nerve) It will get better.

[Katcloudshepherd 630]

skylarkx,

Don't underestimate the impact the anesthesia, surgery and trauma from surgery has had on your body. Your body just went through he!! 6 days ago.

Hope you feel better soon.

Kathleen

[bikrchk 1,313]

Feeling "Crazy" comes with the territory in the beginning. You're releasing hormones and toxins stored up in your fat cells at a rapid rate. Good news is it gets better. For me, much better after the first month and completely better after about month 3. Hang in there!

[moonlitestarbrite 902]

totally normal. start researching ways to soothe yourself without food. you just lost your biggest coping mechanism.

[skylarkx 69]

Thank you everybody for your responses!

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

skylarkx,

I hope you are more comfortable soon.

But those feelings -- we just need to feel our feelings. And, if possible, change our feelings by doing things that are healthy for us -- not the old same ways we've always responded to those feelings.

I'm going through a "what are my compulsions?" internal dialogue right now. Am sort of surprised, actually to find out that what I thought were healthy behaviors (like working a lot) aren't all as health-provoking as I once thought.

Interesting trip we're on, eh?

[Fluffnomore 1,235]

One of my friends who was sleeved 4 months before me said about 4 weeks after her surgery, "I HATE the feeling my feelings part. And there is nothing I can eat, no glass of wine to pour…I'm a raging bitch."

It does get better, especially after you start exercising again.