Good luck to you! If this first surgery goes well, my doc was suggesting I could also do the thigh lift and tummy tuck (fleur de lis) in the same surgery, which he said would be about 4 hours. So...

Thanks :)

I haven't posted on here in awhile but things continue to go well for me. I seem to have landed at about 166 pounds. I might be able to lose 5-10 more pounds but, if I never do, I'm pretty happy...

You're doing great - so awesome to read. My kids were a major motivating factor for me as well. I had just passed the year mark on my birthday this year and also celebrated talking a loooong...

Excellent :)

Being able to do physical things like that - like running up stairs or hurrying to get somewhere - feels SO good. Congratulations!

Great summary - thanks for posting. I'm coming up on 1 year out but, so far, my experience has been similar.

You look great - awesome progress!

Sometimes I miss drinking something other than water or water add-ins. I don't drink coffee, so beverages are sorta plain. Sometimes I miss drinking while eating too, but it's more like I think, oh...

Certain things should be required reading for sleeve patients and this is one of them!

Wow! Lovely difference :)

Welcome! I took a week off for surgery and was back at my desk job the following week with no issues, but there are other folks on here who did need longer. 2 weeks is probably a safe bet. I...

Just, awesome! Congratulations!

The first month post-op, I was definitely sipping, sipping, sipping. Small sips all the time......got very full, very quickly. But by about the 8-10 week mark, I remember being able to drink...

Right after surgery it may be hard because you won't be able to drink that much at once and sipping constantly is key. You may need to plan on taking enough time to recuperate to let that happen, or...

Am roughly 10 months out now and have been able to take very large pills for at least 4-5 months, no problems.

I'll also add that, after years of HBP, high cholesterol, sleep apnea and being an...

How cool is that??? You look great!

This was my first Thanksgiving since getting sleeved in February. Thanksgiving morning especially, I had a few moments thinking how hard it was going to be to look at all that food and not get to...

The "Eh, I'm not that hungry" or "I had a big breakfast/lunch" has worked for me. I think it's probably a little easier for women, since we're not expected to eat as much.

NSV is a non-scale victory --- any cool little victory separate from the actual number on the scale. I had no idea what it was either, until I came here!

Every week, I get more and more excited at all the cool things I can do that I never would have been able to do before surgery.

This weekend, it was going to the trampoline place with my kids. ...

After all she's worked for and been through to get where she is now emotionally, and she's still blaming her surgeon's office? I don't know what she expected her surgeon's office could have done -...

Congrats! Loved reading about your workouts. I've been looking at getting into something like that. Talk about a sense of accomplishment :)

You look fantastic! Way to go :)

9 months out and it varies day by day for me too. I've comfortably eaten a 6 inch flat bread sub and felt normal-full, and other times, I'm halfway through and I'm just done. Maybe it's what I'm...