http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2004/02/24/i-am-afraid-help-surgery-day-monday-1/ About types of surgeries available, dietary, family, work, emotional.. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:35:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2004/02/24/i-am-afraid-help-surgery-day-monday-1/#comment-1211 gwen_1400 Sat, 28 Feb 2004 02:05:42 +0000 http://www.obesity-surgery.wordpress-by.org/2004/02/24/i-am-afraid-help-surgery-day-monday-1/#comment-1211 Hi, Jazmin, it is very common to feel the way your friend feels shortly after the surgery. First, there is the reaction to the anaesthesia, which can make you feel weepy and depressed. And yes, at first, you will not be able to eat out and there will be lots of foods you cannot eat. BUT, this all changes! I had my surgery almost a year ago, and for quite a few months now, have been able to go out to eat and can eat almost anything. Sometimes, i do not eat as much as I used to, but that is not a problem. I just bring home a doggie bag and get two meals for the price of one.....and feel VERY satisfied with the restaurant meal. Also, at first, at least for me, I did not even want the things that I had eaten in the past. A tiny bite of a dessert would be more than enough. I still got to enjoy the taste, but did not feel the need to eat a whole piece of cake or a whole dish of ice cream. I have lost a hundred pounds since my surgery, and feel SO much better.....plus have gotten off of high blood pressure medication, my cholesterol is low, and I definitely feel that this was well worth it. The pain of the surgery has <!--more--> faded into a distant memory, and all I am left with is a chance of living a more healthy life. Good luck to you! marilyn Hi, Jazmin, it is very common to feel the way your friend feels shortly after
the surgery. First, there is the reaction to the anaesthesia, which can make
you feel weepy and depressed. And yes, at first, you will not be able to eat
out and there will be lots of foods you cannot eat. BUT, this all changes!
I had my surgery almost a year ago, and for quite a few months now, have been
able to go out to eat and can eat almost anything. Sometimes, i do not eat
as much as I used to, but that is not a problem. I just bring home a doggie
bag and get two meals for the price of one…..and feel VERY satisfied with
the restaurant meal. Also, at first, at least for me, I did not even want
the things that I had eaten in the past. A tiny bite of a dessert would be
more than enough. I still got to enjoy the taste, but did not feel the need
to eat a whole piece of cake or a whole dish of ice cream. I have lost a
hundred pounds since my surgery, and feel SO much better…..plus have gotten
off of high blood pressure medication, my cholesterol is low, and I
definitely feel that this was well worth it. The pain of the surgery has

faded into a distant memory, and all I am left with is a chance of living a
more healthy life.
Good luck to you!
marilyn

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