Hi... welcome to the OH board....

 

I assume you're pre op.....  so i'll take it from there.

 

When i was pre op... I was going to do everything PERFECT.... why would you not... you've gone thru hoops and mazes to get the surgery approved.... you undergo MAJOR surgery...   WHY would you jeopordize all of that....

 

you'll see this answer over and over and over.... and i can attest to this... .you will not understand it until you live it...

 

They do the surgery on your stomach and not your head.    

 

(now this was my thought process when i was pre op) yeah yeah yeah...  i read that before... and i understand that some people may feel that way... but *I* will be different.......   

 

Um.... no... that is not the case....     

I assume you, like everyone else on the board, did not become obese because you were diligent about everything you put in your mouth....      SOMETHING leads to obesity... its not just poor choices at the mcdonalds.... its not one too many hershey kisses.....      its not the 'slow metabolism'....      There is an eating disorder....   This will not turn off when you have the surgery...  

 

Yes... you will have a tiny little pouch.... and if you over do...you will throw up....    To me its a learning thing...

kinda like starting over as a baby and relearning the healthy way of eating....    You WILL try things that you say you NEVER would... I promise you that....       I'm assuming you're having the surgery to have a 'normal' life... 

I now feel l live the 'normal' life... i eat the way my surgeon told me i'd eat....   I drink coffee (that he said we could have well after healing)....  I rarely drink carbonated soda   (and that wasn't a no no from my surgeon....0  Once in awhile I'll let a Dt mt dew go flat.... then sip...   I still like the taste.

 

so...  that being said...   just keep in mind you won't be stepping on toes when you ask questions .... but it will truly become clear as you are further and further out....  (I"m 3yrs post op)....   I would be willing to bet that 2yrs or so down the line... you'll be writing someone a note just like this one.

 

Do follow your surgeons orders....

Don't assume every surgeon has the same protocol....because they're allllllllllllll different  (even mine has changed a couple times since i've had surg!!)

Don't beat yourself up if/WHEN you choose to put something in your mouth that is a 'no no'

 

and most of all:

remember you (and all of us) are human!!!

 

 

Best wishes to you!!  You have a very interesting journey ahead of you....   i'd do it all over in a second...(but this time I'd probably do counseling along the way because that first year is a total..... well...  the best way i can describe it is a  mind-f#ck   ....   (excuse the curse...but there truly is no other word that sums it up as well!!)

 

 

Hugs!!!