The small lumps under your incisions are your sutures -- they will dissolve eventually. I'm 6 weeks out and can still feel them. Don't worry!

Right now I'm having a Carnation Instant Breakfast in the morning, then soup or tuna salad for lunch, then an Atkins protein shake for afternoon snack, then a tiny bit of whatever I make my family...

Thanks for the update! My surgery was the same day as yours, so I enjoy reading your updates. You're down quite a bit more weight than me (I'm down 28 lbs including pre-op loss) -- I seem to be one...

Yikes, okay -- I'll stop picking up my son :) He's a big one -- over 40 pounds. My original instructions were to not lift anything over 15 pounds for 2 weeks, so I assumed I was in the clear after...

I am just about 3-weeks post-op, and this past weekend the constant pain that I've had in my left side suddenly got worse. I was just feeling like a runner's cramp before, but now it's a sharp deep...

I envy you doing this at 21! I wish I had done it years ago instead of wasting so many years feeling miserable about my weight. I'm 44 and feel I have a new lease on life. I completely agree with...

Is the no-caffeine thing permanent? And if so, why?
Also, what about wine? Can I ever have a glass again?
I guess it's pretty obvious what I'm missing most right now :D

LMAO -- this cracked me up! Thanks for sharing and congrats on all the inches lost!

I have had to literally run for the toilet several times since my surgery and have also had pure-liquid BMs (my BFF calls it butt-pee --gross). I had a bit of warning (thought I was just going to...

Dr. Nicholson at The Nicholson Clinic did my surgery -- I was very happy with him. His office is in Plano -- he does surgery at Forest Park in Dallas or Baylor Hospital in Plano.

I've just joined a gym and I've been chicken to try the Zumba class. Your post has inspired me to give it a shot -- thank you!!!

Okay, I'm 2-weeks post-op as of today. Every time I ingest anything (still on liquid-only phase), my stomach makes horrible loud sounds and I have the worst cramping from gas pain. I'm taking Gas-X...

Steph, my surgery was about a week after yours and I'm pretty much exactly with you on weight loss -- I'm down 25 pounds (including the pre-op loss of 13 pounds). I'm frustrated, too, especially...

Dallas, TX -- I paid $12,000 for my sleeve

My surgery was the same day as yours, but I still was told to stay on liquids for another week :( Blech! I'm so sick of the liquid diet!

I've seen several people post that they use this. Where do you get it? If the grocery store has it, what type aisle would it be on? Thanks!

CONGRATULATIONS -- that is an amazing success story!!

That's wonderful -- congratulations!! I'm 11-days post-op and hopeful for a success story of my own.

Are you swallowing the whole Culturelle capsule? Or are you opening it and adding it to drinks? Can we swallow something that big? I'm 10-days post-op.

Is there anything I can do to stop this diarrhea? I'm 8 days post-op, on liquids-only, and it's a daily/nightly occurance -- to the point that I'm running for the toilet (sorry, gross). My stomach...

LOL -- my hubby got the complete series of the TV show The Sopranos for Christmas, and now I've forbidden him from watching it when I'm in the room -- all those scenes with the yummy Italian food and...

:confused: How come my doc is so conservative? I'm being told absolutely nothing thicker than a Slim Fast Shake for 3 whole weeks post-op, while I'm seeing some people on here are one week out of...

I'm about one-week post-op and my doc has me taking Pepcid morning and night for the next 3 months (he has all his patients do this) -- I'm still getting a bit of heartburn, but not unbearable. You...

Nope, I've never been lactose intolerant before. Thanks for the protein drink tips!

Anyone else having diahrrea? I thought I would be constipated, but having the opposite problem My pain is getting better, now feels like a chronic stitch in my left side -- but having trouble...