It's feeling good to be a normal person again

OK Jill-- Just checked with the wife. No games before 11:30 and the older kid has his game in Churchland. So I am good to! Now if I can just keep any kids from being sick! Let me know if you're game!

Blair - I so totally can relate to how you feel (since I am pre-surg), I cannot wait to feel all those cool feelings you went through, WAY TO GO! - Lys

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!! It is truly wondrous to experience these things! So glad you were able to enjoy a nice night out without worrying about how people look at you and fitting into the seat! It sure does take a lot of the stress out of date night! I bet you looked real spiffy in your dress-up duds!

Great post, Blair. So much to relate to... the "heavy" person lives on in our head for a lot longer than we think! He/She needs to be evicted, but is holding on tight. Still, we are out there living life - our new life that is opening up more and more every day. I remember thinking that the larger I physically got, the smaller my world actually became. Now it's the opposite, but I just have to keep reminding myself that things are different now. We don't take any of this for granted, though, do we? It's such a gift to be able to appreciate the "little" things that are actually the "big" things to us, huh? I'm so glad you had a good time and shared it with us!

Isn't it a wonderful feeling!!!  You have done fabulously so far & have the right to enjoy every special moment!!!!

Hello everyone,   Just wanted to touch basis on this site, I had my Vertical Banded Gastroplasty with sleeve gastrectomy done on Tues.  I did very well!!!  Thank you to all for your great support    I am on clear liquids until Sunday.  I literally am feeling the water going down and then gurgling in my stomach.  So have switched to hot tea and that seems a little easier.   I just finished a SF popsicle.  So far everything is staying down.   I will begin protein supplements on Sunday, my 5th day and will return for my follow up postop on Tues.   All in all, it is going very well.  Only tender part on me is where they pulled my stomach through, but even there it isn't painful.   I slept in the recliner last night, but tonight I plan on sleeping in my bed with the props of pillows as my back really ached this morning after the recliner.    Any ideas on getting LOTS of fluids in, please share!   I will check back later.   Thanks again for everyone's wonderful support.    Oh, and not to brag, But......I NEVER had one pain medication!!!  I asked not to have the pump attached and not to give me any unless I couldn't stand it.  So with that, I didn't encounter the nausea and remained alert which was a good thing, because somewhere in the night, one of the nurses wanted to give me a prevacid by pill form-----so that goodness I knew better......Thank you ALL again.  You guys ALL are AWESOME.   Now I too am on the losing bench.........have a great afternoon............Brenda

Blair, it sounds like you had a perfectly lovely evening & I'm so happy for you.  You both certainly deserve it.  You haven't said too much about your wife's reaction to her incredible shrinking man though. Many of you have mentioned the fat voices still in your heads.  Well, here's a twist.  I am always surprised at how thick I appear in photos cuz I don't see myself as heavy.  Is that weird?  A good example of this is the photo shoot we did last weekend.  I fully expected every single photo to look hot dang fantastic, yet when I saw them I was sorely dissappointed.  Hard pressed to pick out two that were decent.  I know, I know...those of you that have seen them won't agree, but from my point of view, I still don't look as I feel I look.  I'm still glad that I did the shoot because I know that, in itself, took courage & I have plenty of that.  I'll just be glad when the REAL image matches my head image.

To the best of my knowledge she is pleased. Between 3 kids running around (with one of them being a 22 month old), and both of us working full time, we rarely speak. Actually truth be told, I am not actually sure she is aware that I had surgery. I also get the self-critical thing. Everyone who sees my pics and see me tells me I look great. When I look at them I keep focusing on my barrel chest or the remains of the love handles that hang over sides. I need to get to the point that I realize that love handles are way better than the the love saddles that were there before.

Thanks for posting the small moments.  These are the ones that people who are obese deal with on a regular basis day in and day out.  I'm pretty sure my mind will take longer than my body.  Can't wait to have these moments myself!

It is unreal, isn't it, how much things change with this surgery?  The thing that has amazed me, and continues to, is how people perceive me now.  Though at my pre-op weight, I was anything but invisible, people sure acted as though I was.  Now...a complete flip.  Doors are held open for me, people smile at me all of the time, don't hesitate to speak in passing, etc.  To be honest, it is a little disconcerting, though very exciting at the same time.  When I look in the mirror, I still have a hard time seeing the "new me," and I know that it's going to take time for the shift.  You have done so well, Blair, and should be so proud of yourself.  You serve as an inspiration for many of us!  Keep up the great work!