my doc just had me on liquids for 2 days. You should be fine.

I had the same thing, from helping people move which is why I don't help people move anymore. I got the cortisone shot from my ortho but then followed through with a couple months of physical...

Ann you bring up one of my biggest fears. How to avoid this as potential in the future is something I think of constantly. I've read these blogs for over a year and I am particularly interested in...

there's a "too much information" category? i would totally read that.

i'm running a ton. someone at work said she was considering the sleeve but my mood was so up and down and she worried she'd have the same swings. i asked her what she was talking about - i said i...

mario, i completely agree with the sleeve vets above. i'm about 5 months out - 6ft was 290 lbs ... 40 BMI ... CEO of a hospital with plenty of outside dinners and meetings. i, like Ann am able to...

melanie, thank you for your story. A couple of things come to mind. There is a story we use at the hospital about not recognizing the need to change until it is too late - the frog in cool water...

A little wine is no big deal. I had my first drink about five weeks out. A year? That is crazy. Don't go hog wild but a glass here and there is not a huge concern in my book. Live life...

i've lost an average 1st grader.

wow, this whole post kind of depressed me. JRae, your perspective is spot on and congratulations on realigning your priorities - that of being a great mom. This surgery brings up so much stuff - if...

i had the glue and peeled it off when it needed to come off. i clipped the stitches that were hanging out. It's normal for some of the stitches to come out (according to my Dr.) and when i told him...

Thank you for your insight and for sticking around on this site. We, new to this need, the wisdom of those who gone down the path a ways. You are so right regarding the long term psychological...

My dietician said they prefer me and all their patients to get their protein from food not powder. Be creative ... Chicken is great, cottage cheese ... Any meat. The other thing I spoke to my...

"your gut is gone - ooohh that's the hardest part" ... i took it as a major compliment.

breakfast - 2 medium egg omelet with turkey/cheese and salsa. great protein. lunch - graze at the salad bar - usually cottage cheese and chunks of meat. Supper - usually too much but this is...

i suggested to my surgeon that he put me in a chemical induced coma until after week four (real food). he refused ... buzzkill. i did what ann2 did - refried beans with cheese. then i blended up a...

my surgeon was adamant that i not do any weight lifting for 4 weeks but after 4 weeks to go for it. up to then, he was very cool - encouraging even - of cardio as much as i could do prior to that. ...

At five weeks post sleeve, I had a party for my employees at my house and being the good host I am i had a couple glasses of Chardonnay. No biggie. I understand the "empty calories" thing but if...

you're doing great!! Almost to a hundred pounds lost - awesome!! Tell your boyfriend to keep his uneducated opinion to himself. From what you said, you're not eating too much at all. My surgeon...

hey, i'm hungry as well. i'm five weeks out and last week when i could start back on "real food" i went overboard and it came back. (word of caution - don't do fried chicken ... head hunger ... it...

I told everyone ... And I am am just waiting for the "easy way comment". I feel sorry for the person who will say it. This is NOT easy, there is nothing easy about it at all. When people do...

Zach, I too was a 290 lbs male who had reservations. I got sleeved two and a half weeks ago. I weighed in at 261 this morning. I had the same fears ... But in discussions with my doc, we compared...

i just put 2 TBSP of creamy peanut butter with my unjury for a protein packed meal (day 6). blended the PB in 8 oz water with hand blender. Peanut chicken soup! (I love the unjury chicken broth.)

hey, i'm steve - next monday i'm the first patient at my hospital to get sleeved. First of all, i'm the CEO at the hospital and this is a new service with a very experienced and qualified surgeon -...