My surgeon performed 5 procedures on Monday May 16. He removed my lap band of 7 years, fixed a hiatal hernia, a hernia where my lap band port went through the muscle wall and scraped adhesions and gastric sleeve. I think the most difficult thing for me so far is understanding what is causing my pain and how to manage it. as well as not drinking so much that I cause harm to the sleeve. I think that the majority of my gas pain is gone. I did get 40 g of protein yesterday and stayed hydrated. On the good side I am down 9 lbs from pre-surgery weight. While my pain sucks and pizza and lasagna in the refrigerator that still sound appetizing to me.

The most important thing is recording my protein, hydration and breathing treatments and hitting all these goals everyday.

those surgeons are really pulling in the big bucks! If I were a surgeon, maaaaan, I'd focus on bariatrics!