I stopped writing and have just been lurking on here for a LONG time now. Life has gotten incredibly busy this past year. I still am in search of a job, but am %100 happier about where I am at in life. I do a lot of volunteer work and subbing in classrooms so I stay really busy. I work out at least 3 times a week and try and watch what I eat.
My hospital stay last Dec; I am happy to say had very little to do with my sleeve surgery and more to do with my body trying to recover from surgery.

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Today is my 8th day in the hospital. Up until yesterday I had ABSOLUTLY nothing by mouth. I hope in a few weeks I feel differently but honestly getting this surgery done is a HUGE regret right now. I've been told now by 3 different surgeons that this could have killed me. An I don't feel out of the woods yet! I'm being told I had a leak that sealed itself, an phemonia on both lungs along with airpockets under my diaphram.
I feel like a train wreck. I came into the hospital on the 22nd an

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Alright all these people who have been saying the gas from the surgery is the worst in the first 48 hours need to seriously see what happened to me. I was in San Diego walking around having a great time, came all the way back to Illinois last Wed an was fine. Saturday the 10th I started feeling really short of breath and honestly thought I had a lung that had collapsed on the right side the pain was that intense when i tried to breath. I was not running a fever so I called louisa an asked if she

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So I'm all packed including my passport holder. Was feeling kinda nervous this morning an last night but am getting back to the excited stage again. I gave up the all clear liquid thing this afternoon an had two protein shakes. I reread my instructions an no where in there did it say do 3 days of clear liquids. But I am going to go back to the clear tomorrow as it is the day before surgery. I have been doing all liquid since last Friday so I think I'm ok.
I can honestly say I have not wanted

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