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Things I wish I had known...

Don't get me wrong, I am 100% sure that I would have still done the surgery, even if I had known the following things. However, this is a list of things that I think would have been helpful to know, before I had had surgery. In no particular order: 1) I would be nauseous ALL.THE.TIME Now, if you are like me, you HATE being nauseous. It is the most evil thing that your body can do to you as far as I am concerned. I spent a lot of time eating ANYTHING and then laying on the couch feeling nauseous. It didn't necessarily matter if I ate the "right" foods or if I ate the "right" amount, I was still sick. I still get this now, from time to time (I am almost 15 months post-surgery), but it has gotten better. But, it still happens, and I HATE IT! 2) I would throw up a LOT and that I would feel bulimic There are a lot of reasons to throw up after surgery. I throw up because I ate too much. I throw up because I ate too fast. I throw up because I ate so...