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Hello everyone! i was sleeved Feb. 28th, and my hair loss is making me stress! i have so little hair now! the thickness of maybe 4 pencils put together....i used to have tons and would get it thinned out...omg! now i wish i had that hair! im now taking Biotin but don't know how long it takes to work...anyone else has this same problem? and do you take Biotin too?

Hi ladies, I'm loving the weight loss, but missing my hair. My friend who is a stylist told me to start brushing my hair starting at the bottom and work my way up, did it today and had just a bit hair fall off. She said that when we brush up going down we pull our hair out with the brush. Let's see if it slows down the hair falling!

Good job!!

These pictures were of me this first one was a year ago exactly! always hated to take pictures and always asked the kids to cover me please... now...today, 60 pounds down after surgery!! and about 110 lb down since last year. ...this one was taken 2 weeks ago this picture was taken today! i feel more secure about my self : )

Thank you all so much! This journey has been very life changing! For the better, gotta say I don't take any more blood pressure meds!! Yay!! My bp is under control and my back dosnt hurt much! Yay, my ex is totally hating me now... Ugh!!! He thinks I did this for someone else, tho he never saw how sick I was to the point it was hard for me to walk and go up stairs...I had to up the stairs crawling...that was sad!! Adios,,, to the 350 plus Patty!!! This is the new one and I love her : )

Hi everyone! I need to ask if anyone else is having this burping issue?! I was sleeved in late February and til yesterday I started with all this burping... Annoying!! It feels like if I drank gallons of soda. Last night was crappy!! I kept on burping and some acid would come up too...I was and so tired ir kept me up all night to top it off I have a cold and I'm sneezing like crazy.....so do any of you have this gassy burping issue?? Or is it just me??

Omg!! Kelly I get that gurgle too!! Super annoying!! I guess it's the price we pay for better health. Kerry, I haven't gone out to a restaurant, but I guess I can blame it on one of my kids...lol

Hi everyone! I was wondering how I would post some before/ after... Well now pictures? I'm lost not the most computer savvy person : ) thanks! Patty

Omg! Congrats you look great!

My prayers are with you. Hopefully everything is ok.

Hi everyone! I've lost 49lb in these past 7 weeks. This has been a long difficult journey as all you know and I still feel tired and in no mood to do stuff at times. One thing is I'm able to eat food! Yay and yesterday I had some salad and it was the best thing ever! I had no trouble with it and I also had some carne asada chopped up small and my tummy was good with it I'm happy!

Ok now this second am at one of my dr appointments and I weigh 7 lb more!?! WHAT!?! ok now I feel horrible! I weighed my self this morning on my scale n I was down those 7 lb! This sucks!! I hate scales!!! I am taking my vitamins everyday but I found out today we are supposed to take vitamin k12 everyday!? My surgeon said once a week if it was a pill under the tounge. They are all so different! Ok I just had to vent

My prayers for you. I hope you get better soon.

Hi! I need some help please! I have bought some calcium and omg!! As soon as I start chewing I spit it out they are horrible tasting!! Is there some good recommendation or websites where they sell some samples?? Free would be way better thank you!

Thank you so much!! I'm going to go to Costco and look for the liquid once a day sounds great to me! Because I know there is some pretty nasty stuff out there.

Hi everyone I am shy of 4 weeks out and I have a major headache. I drink 60 plus in liquids n 60 plus in protein plus the food I eat. So with that said how do I take a Tylenol tablet?? Crush it or kids liquid Tylenol? Thanks, patty

Hi ladies! My doc had me.. No lifting for 2 weeks I have 4 kids the younger ones are 3 and 1 yr old and she weighs 22 lb. He said I could carry her after 2 weeks n I did just not that much. I'm a single parent and my oldest 2 kids helped me and they are 8 and 5. I had a total of 4 weeks off work and I'm going back to it today. My surgery was Feb 28. Hope this helps but I know all doctors are different. Good luck, patty

congrats!! that is so awesome!

Thanks, will be cutting it in half. And yes, where can you find the liquid adult Tylenol?

Shannon, Thanks for this recipie it sounds oh so delish!! I am 4 weeks post op and had some chicken today with a tad bit of salsa and oh my was it so delish! I know i ate way less than fefore thanks to my new tummy

Yes, I too have had this little problem. My sister told me why don't you do it on your own?! You should go to the gym n work out. Well just to say she is heavier than me and I lost 60lbs on my own, as she goes to the gym for hours n I don't see a big difference. I had high blood pressure and also have spinal stenosis. I had this surgery almost 4 weeks ago and I was telling my self why did you do it!?! Yes those first weeks are super hard!! N she didn't see all I've been thru. Now I feel better and my doctor ok me with eating grilled fish and chicken. It is so yummy and I actually enjoy it. I make better food choises and yet she continues with her old habits. I just hope all goes well with all of us and some people just need to back off because they don't understand what we have been thru.

Jasper mole sounds yummy! That's all we cook at my house too! I'm not a big sour cream person so I don't have that much of it ever. N I have tried hot sauce n it didn't hurt my tummy.

Great advice Tiffy! I'm a hot sauce kinda girl you always have great things to say!! Thank you

Hello everyone! I am here to ask if its normal to feel this way. I was home all day yesterday since it was raining so much i had the heater going all day n i managed to get 70 plus oz of water n about 53 grams of protein....with that said by the end of the night my eyes were burning the seemed so dry and that made me worry. My wonderful mom came to pick up all my 4 kiddos this morning since she helps me with them and i told her, that my eyes were feeling dry and she said are you drinking enough water i told her yes i did yesterday i know it was hard the past days but i made sure i got it in and i was happy i accomplished it yesterday. So how would i know if im dehydrated? im home alone until like 4 pm and it's just 8:30 in the morning and i already had my prilosec with some apple sauce and im now trying to drink my 8 oz protein drink....i feel so sad thanks for listening to me. patty

Thank you for telling me that. I was scared because i just tell my self so many things like, your not eating and you need food, you need more water and protein and your still not doing good enough. I asked a friend for a ride to the store because my mom took my car this way i can go get some thing to eat like cheese, lunch meat and tuna. I do get sad n this sucks! I will be going back to work next week....since that will be my 4 week after surgery, The doctor kept me off so long because i work with severly handicapped young adults. and this is hard work.I hope that once i get back to work i will start feeling a bit better. Im still trying to get used to the fact that i actually accomplished something huge for my self. I always put everyone else first instead of me.I know this is going to make me feel much better about my self as soon as i get over this hump. I just love coming on this site and have people that can somewhat relate to this. Thank you for your time