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Matt - my advice is never encourage a surgeon to deviate from their usual flow in the operating room. You want your surgery to be as brainless/automatic as possible! :)

my surgery was on the 9th and i’ve been feeling down since i had it. i feel like i’m going to fail at this and that it wasn’t the best decision. but at the same time i’m sort of glad i did it. but mostly just feeling sad about the whole thing. any advice?

Just curious...has anyone been diagnose with stomach ulcer since surgery. If so, how was it treated? I'm almost 1yr post op and attended a 1yr post op support group class on Wednesday. The RN really focus on things to eliminate after WLS. The top three are smoking, drinking alcohol and caffeine.

That's it, this is a day's worth in the life of Redhead I drink my 16 oz (or 8 oz if it's the cookie flavor) of water in my shake, then from like, 8am-10am I've finished another 24 oz. And from around 12:30-3 I'm working on the next 24 oz. Finish whatever I still need to at home after dinner and typically before 8pm. I keep a water on my nightstand if I get thirsty in the night, but try not to break into any food or liquid after 8. This is pretty average for me. It's pretty low fiber so sometimes I supplement, sometimes I don't. My pipes run smooth enough so to speak so I don't worry about it a lot. I haven't seen the nutritionist since like, a month post op, but she said "it's not really about calories, it's about your macros" so if I meet my protein (the one I worry about) in less than 400 calories and feel full, I'm chill.

My husband can tell when this is going to happen to me because he sees me eating too fast or taking too big of bites. I’ve only had one severe case that lasted hours like you described, but have had many mini cases and it’s a constant reminder to slow down, take small bites, and chew. I ate some lean steak last weekend for the first time and was diligent in eating correctly and it worked perfectly.

I have a air fryer and I love wings so I just pop them in and cook ( no bread or anything) I make bread less pizza and I love salmon ( gets a bit pricey ) and spinach. I really need more ideas honestly but Pinterest helps a bit

Thank you and I’m trying in get into planet fitness .. talking to my mom about that and I also travel a lot with my younger sister so it being a place where you can go where ever is great and also the atmosphere motivates me . I typically do good then I run out of food ideas so eating the same familiar thing get boring but I recently joined a keto group so I’ll see how that goes !

Thank you all for everything I will definitely be doing better ! They way my life situation is I’m at home doing house stuff and caring for my younger sibling . I do most of the cooking and if I’m not preoccupied with her I like going for walks with my pups but that’s here and there. I will definitely take it one day at a time and keep pushing !

Good morning. May i ask what your process has been? I’m in the same position as you. I was banded in 2010. It worked wonderfully until this past year. I had to undergo all the same pre op requirements again and am very nervous that i won’t be approved.

Try the 5 day pouch test. A girl in my support group tonight said that she did it a few weeks ago and lost 7 lbs in the week.