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I am 7yrs out from having the lap band and after years of regurgitation and horrible reflux I have finally made the decision to have the gastric sleeve. My surgery date is 6/30. 

I started back at work last Sunday and WOW everyone was paying me a compliment everyday!!! It was great I felt wonderful.. everyone is so supportive that knows and it really helps make this journey more of a success! I started soft solids this week as well Yum O! On Sunday I couldnt understand why every three hours I was hungry.. I thought it was my job.. lol Then on Tuesday it happened again. That night I talked to a co worker who has also been banded (there is 8 of us in total) and she said that I need to add in more protein so that night I got home and had a mini binge it was like a fourth meal so feeling guilty I went on to sparkpeopke.com and started to track before my binge I had only consumed 479 calories... hello no wonder I was hungry after I counter the binge I was at 879! So I planned out my next days meal plan and violla! I was satisfied longer and I am back on the losing side again. WOO HOO!!! I feel great! My biggest weakness since memorial day is having a handful of tortilla chips.. what am I doing this is not a good idea, I do not want to sabotage myself! I had to get them out of the house today because I do not trust myself yet! The new rule in the house is no chips allowed (they are my favorite) just because I could get them down does not justify the continuation of eating them daily! It is the week before TOM and I do get like this! NOw I have to think H2O and protein! I am gonna be a success! I will not let myself fail, I slipped! I got up, brushed myself off and leaned back! If I am not able to make a smart decision yet then I need to make sure that I only have ingredients for good things on hand!! Tomorrow is a new day!

So the nurse called today and suggested I get magnesium citrate... I started drinking it and realized it was carbonated so stirred the fiz out of it.. this was about 7pm. I went a little but not much at all. The nurse said if this does not work then I will have to go to the ER and get disimpacted... ewww... wish me luck!

5/21 I can't believe I am going to write this but...  this weekend was a rough one. I have not had a bm since Monday of last week so I took a suppository yesterday.. first time, and I got some out but still feel full of... I am waiting for my doctor to call me so I can find out what I can take. I got some relief but I am in need of getting it out of my system. 
I am also feeling emotionally clogged as well. I hate my boyfriend, my house and the fact that I just don't have the energy to do anything yet! I feel like getting up and cleaning my apt from top to bottom and then when I get up I am a little dizzy and get started and burn out very quickly. Leaving everything to be done. When will I gather back my energy???

5/17 I had my pre-op appt yesterday and it went extremely well! My Doc said that I will be in a bikini next summer I laughed and said I don't know about that and he replied Trust me, you will... !!!" I felt so excited and energized! I am glad that I finally made this decision! I am woth it... Today, I was at the diner w/ my niece who came out to visit from NJ for a few days was starving and wanted to go for breakfast. She wanted waffles the one breakfast item that I didn't have in the house! Well, it was a rough experience so I ordered one scrambled egg w/ cheese even though I am on full liquids till Monday.  I mushed it up w/ hotsauce, salt n pepper and had small bites. It was delicious and guess? what I can eat food.. lol I was kind of nervous to see what it felt like but it wasn't really that different. I don't even think I ate 1/2 of it and I was full. I felt it in my stomach. It was wierd. I gotta say it was sooo ridiculously tasty though and I can't wait till Monday! I have not had food since 5/5 I have been on clear liquids and getting tired of it!

 

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This shows as of 5/7 I lost 22lbs prior to surgery and as of today I lost another 9lbs totaling 31lbs gone forever!

5/13 OK ,I am definitely getting better everyday. I no longer feel like I had been hit by a mack truck! The gas is still there and this wierd hard breathing/hiccup/burping thing going on, not too sure about that. I have my follow up appointment on Wed can't wait. I feel the results already and when I checked the scale I had dropped a total 8lbs since the day of surgery! If I could do a cartwheel right now I would! I officially lost 30lbs since March I am so proud of myself I can't stand it. Usually I will feel good but end up doing something to sabotage it now that is not gonna happen.. those days are over! I am worth being thin and I deserve it!

5/11 I seem to be recovering well. I am not sleeping as much as I would like though... thought I could catch up! I am so grateful for being alive and complication free right now! I wish my mom and sis were around to share in my glory! Although I know that I have made them proud. I now have the tool to aid in my success!! I took off three weeks from work and am feeling kinda bored already. I can't wait to feel good enough to go out and drive drive drive... My post op appt is on Wed and that is an hour away so I ward to it for many reasons. 
Since I have been out of the hospital I have been practically forcing myself to drink enough. I have not been able to get my Isopure down although today I responded to a message board post and when writing out my reply I found that I should be diluting it... lol No wonder why it was laying heavy... lol So I just got some more down. Last night was the first time I actually felt hungry, I ate 1/2 container of jello and have been OK since. I am afraid to lose my hair though quite a few of my friends have had this happen.  Maybe now that I know to dilute ths icky isopure I will make sure that I drink one full bottle a day. 40 grams of protein... its the least I can do to keep my hair!

5/9 OK surgery went well. The gas pain was extraodinarily painful I can't lie! I was walking the halls shortly after surgery... I felt like the OWL in the tootsie roll commercials.. How many licks to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? (this is because they say walking helps alleviate the gas and get it moving since it was stuck in my diaphram but I was doing laps like crazy and it still didn't work that night) I still don't have an answer but its all working out now! Good to be home. I feel like I have been hit by a mack truck but that will pass. I will update more later... going to get some more rest now!