well day 18 since surgery feeling great, have more energy,
sleeping better than before surgery actually better than have done in years,
only 2 bouts of nausea and that was from drinking too much too fast my own fault. feeling great forget sometimes that I have to sip not gulp,
love the grocery bill now buying so much less than before ,

would like to thank all the support and information that I was able to gather before my sleeve, was so much easier knowing

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hi, wish I had known about the hormones playing tennis in my head,
woke up this morning ready to cry and 4 hours later still feel emotional, had a shower and dropped the shampoo next thing crying, lovely morning outside so went and had a cuppa on doorstep started crying...bothing worse than a 53 year old fat person sooking,
family say everything will be okay , dont stress , nothing to worry about...so help me if one of them say it today I will ..#######...
sorry not a

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what a few days,
Day 1first 3 hours: woke up hated every one myself included, why I said would I purposely put myself through this pain, dry mouth, pain moving and nurses asking you okay really..!!!!!
4th hour till evening had shower,everything settling, the drugs working great, walking around thinking okay maybe not so bad,
meal time beef broth apple juice and jelly, breakfast lunch and dinner
night not so bad visited the loo so many times nearly became

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morning all, Tuesday 9th April here in Australia, and in 4 hours I go to the private hospital, my operation has bee re scheduled till this afternoon.
keep thinking yes this it a new start to a better me, then start thinking why
I know in my sane moments that this is great but just wish had someone close to go through the journey with, my husband and family are around me and support me but they are all slim and fit and under 85 kgs none of them know or understand what it is like to

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Okay now I am counting the hours, it is 10:00 on Monday morning the 8th April, tomorrow morning is my surgery day and there are so many things racing through my head,
I know deep inside this is the right thing as I am 120 kgs or in old measure 270 pounds and 149 cm tall nearly as round as high..haha
any way I am excited thinking of all the things I will beable to do again when I am half of myself ...
.tie my sneakers, put my soxs on ..paint my toenails basically anything below

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