Hi Anne,

Sending good vibes your way for an easy surgery! And congratulations on the pre-op loss!

Monica

Your day has finally come! Yeah!

Best of luck for a textbook surgery and a quick recovery,,,See you on the other side!

Hi everyone, even if i`m still pre-op for 1 more day, i have been on the Optifast for the last 2 weeks and i`m happy to say that I lost weight.  Since my highest weight, i`ve lost 28 pounds and since starting the liquid diet, 13 pounds.  I am very proud of myself cause the Optifast was not easy at all and i`m happy it`s almost over with.  And now, 1 more dodo before i get my sleeve so please send prayers and good vibes my way.... 

Thank you my friends.....

Anne

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Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

So, here I am, at my first official post-op weigh-in and the news couldn't be more encouraging.  First of all, in the week since my surgery I have lost an amazing 20 lbs! I am aware that most of that is water loss, but still, it gives a nice boost to see the number on the scale.

But, even more importantly, I am feeling better and better every day. I'm walking, seeing friends, spending time with family. I have stopped taking the pain killers 3 days ago so I don't feel groggy all the time. The nausea is gone but the air gas, alas, is not. My attention span has gone from that of a drunken squirrel to that of a somewhat spastic cat - which is kinda better . No weird cravings yet and it wasn't until yesterday that I felt some hunger pangs, but they were really mild. Oh, and I am sipping water like there's no tomorrow! And thanks to the addition of protein powder to 2% milk, yesterday I reached a miraculous 55 g of proteins and 523 calories!

So, to all of you pre-ops who are apprehensive about what's to come, take heart, things get better quite quickly.

Cheers,

Monica