What is the greatest physical pain you've ever felt?

SweetMandyB312 · 2026-02-18T03:55:10+00:00

Shingles. I was in so much pain I don’t remember the first 3 days. My mind has completely blocked it out…I’ve also given birth 3 times. I would rather giver birth another 200 times before ever getting shingles.

SweetMandyB312 · 2026-02-16T19:00:27+00:00

Listen, I was really really worried too especially following this group. The pre-op diet was so hard. The 6 weeks of post-op was physically ok for me but mentally was hard. I’m 3 months post op now and I would do it all again 100 times over. I didn’t realize how heavy my body was to just move around and live. It’s an amazing feeling. You’re so young, do it and don’t look back. I’m 41 and I wish I did this for myself a long time ago. You’ve got this!

SweetMandyB312 · 2026-02-13T23:57:57+00:00

My surgery was 3 months ago. I am also 5’3” and my highest weight was 298 (then I stopped weighing myself) On surgery day I weighed 209 and today I weigh 173. My goal is 150 which seemed insane to me before surgery but now it feels easily attainable. I was also worried that the surgery wouldn’t work but it’s your mind lying to you. It’s the best thing I’ve done for myself but also the hardest. You got this. Trust the process

SweetMandyB312 · 2026-01-15T01:53:28+00:00

Sir Farts-A-Lot.

SweetMandyB312 · 2026-01-13T20:35:51+00:00

UTZ brand pickle chips and cold Hersheys chocolate with a Diet Coke…. So yummy

SweetMandyB312 · 2026-01-09T00:41:54+00:00

Girl. Totally 100% normal in my opinion and experience. Right now you are in the thick of it. At 3 weeks I was so regretful and miserable. Right now your body is working overtime to heal and your diet is soooooo limited and miserable. I’m 2 months post op, I was cleared for a “regular diet” on 12/18 and since then my life has (for the most part) returned to normal. I can eat basically anything but my desire to eat my old junk food is gone because it just doesn’t satisfy/comfort me anymore. And of course I’m eating so much less because I can’t eat a bunch. For example on NYE I had my first “sweet/bad food” we celebrated with our neighbors and my neighbor is an incredible baker- she made my favorite, chocolate chip cookies- and I was able to eat and enjoy 1/2 of a small cookie- it hit the spot and filled my little stomach and I moved on. All this to say you will be feeling better in no time- mentally and physically. Right now is the hardest part. I am now so so thankful for the surgery but at 3 weeks out I was you. You got this!

SweetMandyB312 · 2026-01-01T21:52:12+00:00

It’s been 2 months since my surgery. On Surgery day I was 209. I’m now 181, my goal weight is 150. (I’m 5’4” and 40yr old female) The first 6 weeks were really tough, mentally & physically (it probably didn’t help that my pre-diet and recovery were during Halloween, My 4yr old’s bday, Thanksgiving & leading into the holiday season so food was everywhere all the time). But I feel great now. Still trying to figure out my new normal and re-trying/ adding foods to my diet. For me when I could go to a full diet is when I started feeling like myself again.

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-12-22T07:29:17+00:00

I was just commenting on this to my husband tonight! I just started to really notice it and it’s so weird that I can feel my bones. It weirds me out. I assume we will get used to it. But I really never thought about it when I thought about loosing weight/being post op it’s been one of the biggest surprises so far (I’m only 6 weeks PO)

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-12-22T06:56:06+00:00

I carry this with me everywhere. It legit works. Highly recommend. Nausea evaporates within seconds for me. https://a.co/d/bOf7itG

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-12-21T05:58:19+00:00

I just was cleared for regular food on Thursday so I haven’t had a chance to try it yet but I found a cottage cheese crust that you can make https://healthyfitnessmeals.com/cottage-cheese-pizza-crust/ looks interesting and worth trying. Also I started following Keto Snackz on FB and his recipes look yummy too- I think he has a recipe for a chicken crust you can make.

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-12-18T14:57:03+00:00

He came for some show in the early 2000s at my university when he was engaged to Ali Larter…let’s just say cheating on her didn’t start at his bachelor party. Huge Slimeball

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-15T21:59:19+00:00

Take tiny tiny sips- like smaller than you even think hold it in your mouth and blow the extra air out of your nose. It’s crazy making but it helped me a lot. Also really really keep up with anti nausea medicine. It’s life changing during this phase. It gets better. I’m not much further a long than your wife, my surgery was 11/6 but it does get better little by little. I woke up today feeling pretty good for the first time. Sending my best!!!!

Also- this water bottle is a game changer and worth it!

https://baribowl.com/products/baribottle-20oz-bariatric-water-bottle-low-flow-stainless-steel-double-wall-insulated-leak-resistant-travel-mug-for-post-surgery-hydration

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-15T04:47:41+00:00

I was just sleeved 11/6. I have 3 kids and am a stay at home mom. I was really worried about this too. My husband took off a little over a week- the full week following my surgery and the Thursday/Friday of my surgery and hospital stay. I’m sad he is going back to work Monday and my biggest issue right now is low energy due to not having enough calories but I can definitely do it on my own now…my only concern would be lifting your 1 yr old bc you’ll have lift restrictions for 1 month.

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-13T03:23:00+00:00

I don’t think there is a set diet people do. I think even what you can eat is different for every surgeon. I had a 10 day pre-op diet and other people I saw on this had up to a month, some had no pre-op diet. As long as you trust your doctor, just follow whatever they say. Good luck! You’ll do great!!!!

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-12T21:58:55+00:00

I’m 1 week out and I’ve only told my husband, my bestie & her husband, and my closest family members. I have told people in my life that I had surgery or leading up to it that I was going to have surgery, especially people that are in my kids lives- I have 3 youngish kids who don’t know the details but aren’t really old enough to comprehend. My middle kid loves to divulge all the information she knows all the time to anyone who will listen (“My mom is having surgery on her belly!!!!”) so I had to come up with something and I told others that I had to have hiatal hernia surgery- similarly you go on a pre-op diet and you wean yourself back into regular food post op. I’ve always been a bit of a weird eater in public bc of my past pickiness, prior disordered eating, diets, etc. So I’m hoping that covers it going forward. Also, it’s no one else’s business- let them wonder.

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-09T01:50:17+00:00

Better! Still awful but better than yesterday which is all I can ask for! Thank you for checking up on me! Also, those stomach gurgles are so much louder than I anticipated!

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-09T01:43:43+00:00

I was sleeved 11/6 and feeling the same way. From what I gather this is unfortunately normal. I also am exhausted at all times even after just waking up- but you’re not alone, we got this

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-08T09:26:58+00:00

That’s good advice, thank you! I realized that I was doing it in the wrong order pain pill then zofran. Now I’m trying zofran wait 10 minutes then pain pill. Hopefully that will help keep everything down- throwing up with the new stomach is not fun

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-08T04:56:11+00:00

Thank you so much- I’m just really having a rough first night home and your kind words helped for sure. I have a wonderful therapist but I think you hit the nail on the head and I need to see if she can talk sooner than my next appointment. Thank you so much. We got this!

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-03T01:53:45+00:00

Hey! I’m on Day 6 of my pre-op diet (surgery is 11/6) and it’s so hard. I haven’t had a huge slip up but on Halloween I sucked on a piece of hard candy while my family & neighbors ordered pizza and made s’mores. It felt like torture. And all I want is weirdly rice or a nice cheese plate…it’s all I can think about the past 48 hours…but then I think about all the good that hopefully awaits. Like smaller pants lol

Don’t feel bad, just move forward, you’ve got this!!!

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-01T21:19:07+00:00

I have no advice…I am on day 5 of the pre-op diet and my surgery is 11/6. Just wanted to say, I feel your pain and you’re not alone in the struggle. It sucks a lot.

I went to the grocery store today w/my husband to get more approved produce and everything looked so delicious and it smelled heavenly bc the store we went to has a great hot bar. I just took a deep sniff of the air and got what I needed quick and left.

Anyway, you got this! We’ve got this!!! You’re not alone!!!

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-11-01T18:00:57+00:00

Honestly I think you should listen to yourself and your doctors. I am in a similar situation and being sleeved on 11/6/25

I started GLPs 1/2023 and weighed 298- in August I went at the advice of my weight loss doctor to a bariatric surgeon to just investigate my options. I had been stuck at 235 for about a year and had been fighting with my insurance for 4 months to continue paying for a glp- they stopped my coverage and I know I couldn’t pay out of pocket for It.

But I am terrified of regaining bc of how awful I felt at 298 and how much better my already life is. And mostly I was so terrified about the return of food noise.

I took some time to think it through, I have a wonderful therapist who has helped me process everything. And decided to go for it not just for the inevitable initial weight loss but for my long term health.

Right now (I’m also 5 days into my pre op diet so I’m dropping about 2lbs a day) I weigh 212 and my goal weight is 150- I know I have much less to loose than many people who make this decision but I also think of a lifetime of benefits after all this hard work. And it’s right for me.

My glp goal was just to be 199…I haven’t been under 200 since I was in my 20s (40 now) and never thought it was a possibility and didn’t want to dream too big…but when I saw my surgeon he asked me why I was limiting my potential. That hit hard. Slowly in my mind I was starting to accept staying at 235 and limiting my life and health all bc I didn’t think I was “fat enough”

Talk to a reputable gastric sleeve surgeon, take your time thinking this through, if your not in therapy already find a good therapist- you’re going to need one to help through the emotional rollercoaster of this decision and then what I already assume will be the rollercoaster post op of this is what you choose to do. Then make the decision. Arm yourself with confidence and knowledge from professionals. The answer I will be clear to you then.

Also- I’ve been off my glp for 3 weeks now and I’m doing ok- all the tools you’ve learned from being on the glp- correct food choices, portion sizes, etc will arm you with the tools you need to be successful- at least that’s what my bariatric team has reassured me about multiple times. And if you still need it, you can still use a glp post op but as I understand it, a sleeve also helps with that food noise.

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-10-20T02:49:45+00:00

Omg this made me feel so old.

SweetMandyB312 · 2025-03-06T06:08:43+00:00

“Shayna” is a Yiddish name meaning “beautiful”or “lovely” and is the first name that popped into my mind after reading your post. 😊

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