Oh! Well that makes sense then! Well unfortunately it looks like I won't be having surgery until june 27th! They couldn't get me in for the time fame in between my current class and my summer class  and then Dr. Toder is on vacation. But at least I have a date!

Jeanine I tried to get in on the 13th for surgery but Candy said that Dr. Toder only does surgery on Monday's and Thursdays and the 13th is  a friday. Did you make special arrangements? Just curious. Its almost here for you!!! :)

Kristie

 I can say that what I saw after my surgery, at this point (6-weeks post-op) was what I was told to expect, for the last 3-4 weeks.  I was told about the portion sizes, and what you could eat, and what you couldn't.  All about dumping, and everything else.  I had no surprises in this time frame.

I was a little surprised when I went home three days after surgery, when I could eat an entire Chobani yogurt as my first meal when I got home on Saturday.  And that I was still hungry.  I was a little concerned about that.  That passed after a few days.  I think it was because my stomach was empty prior to the surgery, so there was a little more room there from the liquid diet, than there is once you start eatin semi-solid foods again.  I actually eat less (size-wise) now than I did in the two weeks of liquid-diet after surgery.  But it's real food.  

My wife thought something was wrong, when I got home, because she couldn't eat a whole Chobani yogurt for a few weeks, and I did it on the first day.  But, that changed a little later on.

At six weeks out, I find that the losses have slowed a little bit for me.  That was kind of a bummer, but, I increased my exercise, and they have started increasing again.  I think, too, that I was relying to much on foods that had more fat than they should have (mainly cheese), because I could eat those more easily than the soft lean proteins (chicken/fish).  I had a week or two where I was dumping those proteins nearly every meal, and so I was eating those, dumping them, and then eating cheese to take away the hunger (and because it would settle without dumping.)

This may sound like I have some regrets about doing the surgery.  I do not.  None.  I just like to "sit back" and kinda look at things from the third-person perspective.  

I went to a restaurant for lunch on Tuesday, and had a piece of broiled haddock for lunch (quite frankly, I just needed to get out of the office and be in a social atmophere.)  I think the portion was about 7oz.  I had about 1/3rd of that single piece of haddock that day.  I had another 1/3rd yesterday for lunch, and will have the last piece of that for lunch today.  And that was ALL I had.  No cole slaw (well, one small bite), no veggies, nothing else.  That little bit of haddock was the entire meal.  It was tiny.  But I was satisfied.  It's freakin' WEIRD to see those small portions...an entire meal that consists of what used to be 2-3 bites before.  

I know they say the adjustments get easier, and I hope for some of that.  But I hope that it never gets to easy, because I think that's a great part of the tool that can help this be a lifelong change.  A constant reminder of where you came from, how you got there, and how hard you had to work to get there.  

Every down has an up, you just have to change direction to see it!

 Congratulations on your big news!!!  You'll be seein' less of you sooner, rather than later!!!  :-)

You both are doing extremely well, congrats to you both! I think it's awesome you both made the decision to have wls and that you have each other to lean on through the ups and downs with it.  Keep up the excellent work!