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    Gastric Sleeve Member earlysunsets's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Name
    Kate
    Surgery date
    08/01/2017
    Surgeon
    Dr. Greco
    Join Date
    Jun 2017
    Last Activity
    01-19-2018 11:04 AM
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    New Jersey
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    Talking Onward and Upward!

    Hello hello hello, all!! I'm now 22 days post-op, THIRTY-SIX POUNDS DOWN, and I feel like a f****** RAINBOW!!i also feel like I haven't been on here in a year! I was a really really fast healer ((thank god I have my mother's genes )) anyway I took really well to the clear/full liquid diet and for the first week of the puree.
    I'm most definitely getting in my 64 oz. of water each day at this point but there's been an irritating amount of constipation in my life over the past three weeks. Also, it might be stress related but I find that whenever I attempt to eat any kind of savory meat pureed, roughly 15 minutes later I feel like I'm going to be sick. But when I do it's just a lot of painful dry-heaves and I feel as though the (near liquified) food is stuck in my chest. It's dreadful but once I at least go through the motions I usually feel much better.
    I still have a lot of trouble with getting my protein in which stresses me out- the shakes are so dense and filling it makes me so nauseous. but my main problem is that when I wake up my mouth is bone dry (I think I sleep with my mouth open) but then as soon as I eat anything I get this almost suffocatingly thick saliva that makes me feel so so so queasy. Has anyone gone through this?
    I had to push forward my 1-month post-op appointment because I'M MOVING INTO COLLEGE ON SUNDAY!!!! This is also why it's taken so long for me to get out a post-op "sign of life" post. I literally got home from the hospital and my family was like "Oh? Oh, you can walk now? Okay, you'd best get packing, you leave in 3 weeks!!" I haven't weighed myself in about a week so I'm excited to get on the scale and see more progress tomorrow! (I don't think I've ever used the words "excited" and "scale" in the same sentence once in my entire life)
    Looking back over this post as I edit, i can't help but laugh. It reads like an absolute nightmare like I've been living in hell for the past 3 weeks. But I swear on my life I don't think I've ever been this happy in my life. It's been so F U N to learn what my body is capable of and how it acclimates and deals with change. Every morning I wake up and think "Wait... this is MY body? Like, I get to keep it? It won't all vanish when I wake up tomorrow?" And that joy and excitement carries on to the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that . . .

    Quite the adventure,
    Kate

    (P.S.- My cousin in california is having his surgery in November and he's starting to panic so my uncle is going to fly me out over winter break so that he can vent to someone who actually understands this process and what the mental emotional side is like. Weird that I'm already seen as like a fountain of advice on this subject hahaha)

    ((either way YA GIRL IS GOIN TO CALI!!!)
    Keep your head up! The future is looking bright  ☀️

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    Gastric Sleeve Member Christie13's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Name
    Christie
    Surgery date
    11/03/2016
    Surgeon
    Dr. Wright
    Join Date
    Nov 2016
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    Default Re: Onward and Upward!

    Kate sounds like you did amazing! Hope you are still doing well. Good luck to you!



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    Gastric Sleeve Member ghost_ryder's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Name
    Greg
    Surgery date
    08/23/2016
    Surgeon
    Dr Doyle
    Join Date
    Jun 2016
    Last Activity
    11-26-2018 07:18 AM
    Location
    Maryland
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    Default Re: Onward and Upward!

    Woot!Woot! Great start.



    HW - 341 - June 1
    SW - 319 - 8/23 (-22)
    1mn - 286 - Sept 23 (-33) -total 55
    2mn - 274 - Oct 23 (-12) -total 67
    3mn - 263 - Nov 23 (-11) -total 78
    6mn - 238 - Feb 23(-25) - total 103
    9mn - 230 - May 23 (-8) - Total 111
    10mn - 226 - June 23 (-4) Total 115
    11mn - 226 - July 23 (0) Total 115

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    Gastric Sleeve Member Stacey03's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Name
    Edie
    Surgery date
    11/07/2017
    Surgeon
    Dr Phil lockie
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    Oct 2017
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    Default Re: Onward and Upward!

    Fantastic I loved this post and all the joy and excitement! So good :-)


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    Gastric Sleeve Member Gvn71's Avatar
    I have had a gastric sleeve.
    Name
    Glenn
    Surgery date
    02/02/2017
    Surgeon
    Dr. Perrillo
    Join Date
    May 2016
    Last Activity
    08-23-2020 06:45 AM
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    CT
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    Default Re: Onward and Upward!

    Great job! But, shouldn't your post have been titled ------> Onward and downward?

    You're such a LOSER (its a good thing!)......
    LOVING MY NEW LIFE!!!!

    "Never take life to seriously, no one gets out alive anyway!"

    Remember, in this thing, it's a good thing to be a loser!




    High Weight - 317
    Pre Surgery Weight - 291
    Current Weight - 181 OMG
    Target Weight -205 That's right, 205!!!!

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