Ryan Tyner, MD

I, like many of you, spend a lot of time looking and gathering information on the sleeve. I was always around 170 lbs in my late teens and early adulthood. Then I got pregnant and was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. I swelled up so bad I couldn't even wear socks and could barely fit into slippers. Before the Dr's did an emergency c-section they weighed me. I was at 298 lbs. 2 days after the c-section I went down to 250 lbs. I was never able to lose the weight after that. I got pregnant again...same thing happened. I have tried the gym, diets, pills, shakes, zumba, phentermine, etc. I can lose a little but it always comes back. I am tired of the yo-yoing and being overweight. I am tired of being tired all the time and have little to no energy to spend quality time and play with my kids.
So that is basically my little rundown on myself. My insurance required me to do 6 months of dietary visits, get a psych eval, do a barium test, and get blood work. I have done all of those. I will have my surgery on June 13th. I have to start my pre-op liquid diet only on May 30th. I am kind of freaking out because its less than two weeks away. Don't judge, but I literally made chicharrones and all the other bad stuff I won't be able to have like desserts and fatty foods...so don't do as I do. I'm a bad influence.
I also figured it would be nice to start writing on this to share my story and write what I'm feeling and going through for anyone who is interested.

Updated on 24 May 2018:
Well, nothing new to report just waiting for the 30th to come so I can start my liquid diet. I also have my pre-op appointment that day. I'm getting a little more anxious, nervous, and scared. I hate waiting so it seems like time is crawling.

Updated on 5 Jun 2018:
Tomorrow will be one week of me being on the liquid diet. Let me tell you... The first two to three days are the hardest. Every time I smelled food, saw food on commercials or in person my stomach growled and I craved it and I had urges to eat. After that it's not bad. I still have to cook for my kids and at mealtime we all sit at the table and I either have a shake or my broth. I don't have as many urges anymore LOL. Anyway I still have one more week and a day on the liquid diet then it's surgery time. I was also sent for more lab work as well but I should be getting the results soon.
HW:298
BEFORE LIQ. DIET: 263
CW: 256

Updated on 11 Jun 2018:
Labs came back ok. Wednesday is the big day. I'm not sure what time the surgery will be until tomorrow afternoon when a nurse will call me. I've done really good on my liquid diet...although I did hit a plateau for a few days. I know it wasn't to lose weight, it's for the liver but still kind of weird. I of course had do Google it. Lol. They said retaining water or constipation?? This might be TMI, but I am so constipated and thirsty no matter how much water I drink. I guess I'll have to use metamucil????.
I'm a ball of emotions right now. I keep trying to talk myself out of doing this because I'm scared. Then I talk myself down. It's exhausting. Ohh I also feel like my muscles get weak quick for example when I'm walking they start burning and get tired. I think maybe because of the liquid diet. I have low energy too.
Anyway....wish me luck...

Updated on 14 Jun 2018:
Yesterday was my surgery. It went really well. I woke up from anesthesia and it hurt and I was nauseated. The recovery room nurse took really good care of me. The pain felt more in my chest. Now I hardly even need pain meds. After the first about 8-10 hours the pain isn't bad. To me it feels more like being sore. Almost like you did 1000 sit ups. Ohhh yesterday i couldn't eat or drink anything. That was hard because your mouth feels like a cotton ball. I could only use those mouth swabs. I'm in the hospital until tomorrow.

Updated on 15 Jun 2018:
I was discharged today. I'm happy to be free. The IV was a pain in the ass. They tried both arms. One was blown and the other kept rolling. So the had to put it in my hand. It hurt the whole time. I'm still swollen a lot. Less pain. I was able to drink pretty easily. Just have to take out slowly and listen to your body

Updated on 18 Jun 2018:
Is it normal to feel worse after 3 days? Because I'm feeling worse. I feel it's harder to try to suck down these protein drinks. Water is fine but now I'm starting to get a little nauseous with the protein drinks. I feel more tired and have no energy. I am swollen and bloated. I just want these two weeks after surgery to hurry up and go by so that way I can be better and feel better and have my pureed scrambled eggs and mushy food. Oh is it also normal when you take little sips of liquid that your stomach cramps like 5 seconds later? It's not a big cramp just little ones. I'm an over-thinker so first thing that I thought was oh my gosh it's a leak, which probably isn't even the case. I guess I just need some encouragement because I turned into a big cry baby when I don't feel good. I'm just waiting for the light at the end of this tunnel.

Updated on 23 Jun 2018:
So I'm at day 10 post op. I did forget to mention on day 3 after I got out of the hospital the next morning I weighed myself and I was up 10 lbs. I was thinking the swelling, the IV, things as that. Even with that happening I never had a feeling of regret until today. I weighed myself two days ago and today. I am at a stall. PLUS I am only 2 lbs down from my surgery day weight. This is the most frustrated feeling ever. I want to cry. I have been doing everything I needed to. 2 days ago and since I even worked on increasing my water more and a little more protein. It just sucks to feel this way. Part of me wishes I can take it all back.
I also know from reading a lot that regret is a natural stage, but damn it. This sucks...I have no other words.

Updated on 1 Jul 2018:
I had my 2 week post op Wednesday. I was at 243. So, I promised myself only to check my weight once a week. I'm on soft foods. I feel a lot better now that I can have some type of food. I can usually only eat about 2-3 tablespoons of food. First time I ate too much and it hurt and I had so much pressure. I will not be doing that again. Lol. At least I have not thrown up.

Updated on 20 Jul 2018:
So, I'm finally at 238. I'm on solid foods. The thing I'm struggling with the most is liquid intake. I'm having problems because the Drs and dieticians say Don't drink 30 minutes before you eat and wait an hour after eating to drink. They say to eat 4-5 small meals a day and take 20-30 minutes eating. Any suggestions? Besides go to sleep at midnight and wake up at 5 a.m. lol. Other than that, things have been non-eventful. I wish I was losing faster, but I've just gotta take it one day at time.