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Not at all what I expected, little discomfort but nothing I can't handle. I really wish I would of done it a long time ago. Sent from my N9519 using BariatricPal mobile app

I had gastric bypass May 8th, 2017 I was 256 and today I'm 208 I feel I lost a little bit of weight. This is what I eat because I can't eat meat even if it's puree. Morning: Premier protein shake Afternoon: fat free Greek yogurt ( black cherry, strawberry, blue berries Around 4pm I buy a large mango smoothie from Dunkin donuts. IT will take me about 3 - 4 hrs to finish it. And I also eat 2-4 bags of nacho cheese sunflower seeds. The past week I drink water and crystal light. What can I do to eat better and lose weight? The reason I got this surgery is because I have intracranial hypertension...severe headaches. So they say losing weight and getting some injections on my forehead I should feel better. I'm getting desperate Sent from my SM-G928T using BariatricPal mobile app

I had the sleeve done 4 days ago and surprisingly I can go all day sipping water and my stomach agrees just fine. But I'm still constantly thirsty!! It's not just like a lil thirst it's like a "been walking in the desert for 24 hours and haven't found any water yet" thirst. Does anyone know what I can do?

@Simply_Divine sorry you are going through acid reflux bummer, painful!! my dr told me prior to surgery that the reflux is a common side effect from the VSG he told me if i was prone to it before, the sleeve might make it worse. Or you could just start having the reflux for the 1st time in your life, Luckily it never bothered me over these past 5+ years. I've read that many Peeps that suffer like you do, might have a revision surgery to gastric bypass. That should get rid of the problem ! hope you can take care of this problem sooner than later good luck kathy

Walked a mile yesterday, I can't wait to walk again.

I have my surgery in four days, and I'm just as nervous as you are. I've never had any major surgery before. The closest has been getting my wisdom teeth pulled out! Hope everything goes well! I'd love to hear from you after and see how it went.

Yes it occured to me that this might be what it was. Next time it happens I'll try what you suggested. For now I'm stopping taking any pills other than my anti-acid one until I can talk to my surgeon. I'm feeling a bit better than yesterday but only after trying to take another pill and throwing up again. On the plus side I somehow lost 6 pounds yesterday! (Wow, how is this even possible?) Thanks for your input.

Baritastic is a tracking app made just for bariatric patients. I've been using it for a couple months now.

Actual weekly instructions Weeks 1 and 2

So it looks like the last post on this thread was in 2012, but I thought I would try to restart this group because I'm from this area. I'm having my sleeve done in August at St. Bernadine's in San Bernardino with Dr. Fedorka as my surgeon. I'm going through Kaiser. Anyone else currently from this area going to get sleeved soon?