I wasn't completely prepared....

[waitingtoexhale 174]

@@VSG_lauren this is EXACTLY how I feel! I thought that I was ready but boy was I in for a surprise!! I'm tired all the time, can't eat but two teaspoons of puréed anything, fatigued and a little miserable. It's unbelievable that you REALLY can't consume not even what nutritionist would say is a normal plate of something! 6 month old babies can eat more than me:(. I pray that 6 months from now that I can say it was worth it and I don't regret it either..... I'm two weeks two days post-op 9/26/14

[TheCurvyJones 721]

I had SO MUCH ENERGY right after surgery. I was go go go until about 8PM and then I would crash. Next day GO GO GO... until around day 5 and then I didn't get out of bed. I think the adrenaline finally wore off any my body said............wait what? And then it was a few weeks until I was back to normal. Really even now I still get tired pretty easily and when I am DONE for the day I am DONE. I never slept better than I have since surgery!

[Miaoreo 134]

Just remember, EVERYONE's body is different. They recover at different rates and under different circumstances....

Daily intake of calories and Fluid will affect how you feel the next day. And NO you aren't starving, remember why you did this. To force your body to burn off all that FAT! Mammals that hibernate like bears do it every year of their lives!

[unsupersizeme 43]

I'm 2 weeks post op and have no fatigue. I hope it stays this way. Went back to work 7 days post op.

[twins99 1]

I am one week out, and I

Not been able to get my Protein in yet. I have tried everything just makes me gag. This has been a slow recovery.

[Lisa_vsg 24]

Two weeks out today and I am extremely tired. Last week I was like the energizer bunny, kept going and going. This week I just want to sleep all day long. Whenever I eat, I am immediately ready to pass out. And that's only about 2-3 tablespoons of pureed food. Other than this tiredness, my recovery has been great!

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I guess that's why they call it "recovery." Something big just happened. And it's going to keep happening for a while (some say). The changes we're going through post-op are significant -- physical (healing), nutritional, hydration, behavioral, social, sleeping (for me), and tons of other ways.

Pre-op, we knew how to do the basic things we're now learning from scratch again.

But all the reading I've done online tells me we go through many, many phases.

I've come to appreciate that there is no finish line. We just keep opening new gates and going across new valleys and over new mountains.

I don't think we're ever going back to our old haunts. And that's a little freaky. Or exciting. Or both.

[JenWants2LoseWeight 9]

I am 2 months out and still having a lot of fatigue and weakness. I get in 500 calories a day and most days all of my Protein and still feel like crap. I also have a lot of heartburn, stomach pain and nausea. I go back to my surgeon in a couple weeks to see what he has to say and if he can recommend anything.