Your time will come and it will be worth the wait! :)

I don't really workout. I take walks sometimes...and work out with the physio when I go see her...that's about it for now. Hoping to start working out at home. I have a treadmill, elliptical, free weights, elastic bands and other equipment. Physio is really helping with telling me what I could do at home :)

I used to go to GoodLife and aqua aerobics and aqua spinning before having my kids and loved it, just would not have time to go now.

Thanks!

I don't drink anything other than water and my premier protein drink. Hopefully it will get better :)

Congrats on your success so far! 

I'm about 4.5 years out and still having issues with getting water in. :( my problem, i rather have coffee and dont take the time to focus on water.  however i still try to keep a few bottles around the house and always bring one when i leave the house.

only time i can really drink lots is when i'm working out

Congratulations on your success, you're doing so well! My sister is having surgery with Dr. Theriault on September 2nd (she could have had it in August but just couldn't swing the time off) and she says she's lovely. I'll meet her post-op after her surgery but doubt I'll run into her otherwise as I now have annual appointments with Dr. B (I'm three years out).

I know what you mean by being a bit sad when eating some times. This will change as your stomach stretches a bit but starting out, there is a some mourning. It would be nice to have a bite of everything, but you physically can't.  I missed not being able to have a bite of a roll with my meal and then a bite of dessert after but you physically can't, in addition to it not being sound nutritionally. Your eyes and mind miss it.

You mentioned the heat. Don't be surprised if you're freezing this winter. I was never bothered by the heat or cold but now lounge in bed with two electric blankets on, one under, one over (but turn one off and one down to low during the winter, and both off to sleep outside that season), and I have an electric space heater on at my feet all day at work outside of the summer months. You may not but this was a change I hadn't thought about. Also, my hair, which is thick and coarse never quite bounced back to the way it was pre surgery, it's texture is good but it hardly grows now! I lost some hair about four months out and it last a short time but it just made my hair 'normal' so that was welcomed for the summer!  I've also had small cavities on a regular basis since surgery. I go every six months and my dental habits haven't changed so it's odd but I've heard of others having that issue as well.

Of course, there are many, many, MANY positive things that have happened post op but these are few of the ones I hadn't heard / thought about before experiencing myself.  Please keep us posted and may you have continued success.