OldMomOf3

I'm 6 weeks pot op. Eating 600-800 cal per day. 60+ Protein and 30-40 carbs. Exercise almost daily - 1 hour walk w good pace and weights after. I had a total of 45 pounds to lose and have lost 23 pre and post op. The. It all came to a screeching haul the and I started gaining a few oz every day for the past 2 weeks and now I'm up 2.5 total. Not a lot but with the way I'm eating and exercising I would expect loss. I'm at about -900 net calories per day. Any ideas? I'm not a believer in "starvation mode" because I've read so much that shows its a myth. Any other ideas???? Thanks everyone. ???? Ps. Carbs come from things like: Bariatric Advantage bars, honey in tea, nuts, fruit, Greek yogurt or a splash of apple juice in Water. No starches or processed sugars at all.

Started at 18 bottoms and now wearing an 8-10. Tops xxl and now a large. One of my goals was to be able to wear a large at almost any store and I'm pretty much there. Looking to go smaller but that was just one of my goals.

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Thanks for your reply. Yes I am taking a PPI and I am not having reflux that I know of. I also have Zofran and when I take it I do feel less nausea though I don't know if I should take it multiple times each day. Regardless of what I do I get intestinal cramps with almost every thing I eat. Today I pushed through the nausea and put up w the cramps so I could get my 60 grams of protein. Felt miserable but I need to not be malnourished so I did it. But mostly I'd just rather not eat anything at al.

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I'm only 3 weeks out but hard to even get 400 and almost half of that is milk and honey in my tea. I'm assuming this is normal at this stage. I'm never hungry and basically repulsed by food.

4 days post op I was 6 pounds up. I'm assuming it was water weight. Now 1 week later I am back to even and I weigh exactly what i did before surgery. Seems kind of strange since I have had fewer than 400 calories a day for the past week. Just wondering if anyone else had had this kind of pattern. Wondering if I will can look forward to weight loss in the near future. What was your pattern?

5 days post op and the bruise is twice as big today as it was yesterday when it appeared. My other 4 incisions look normal. I did have significant blood loss in surgery and had to have to have 2 blood transfusions in the hospital because of the internal bleeding. It does not hurt and I wasn't injured except for surgery. The bruise started 4" away from the first incision it has now reached.

I was banded 2012 and immediately stopped having reflux. I was revised to sleeve 4 days ago and have had worse acid reflux than I have ever had in my entire life! Is this normal? Common? Will this go away? The prescription Pepcid isn't doing a thing to help it. What do you do about your reflux? I'm on full liquid diet for 2 weeks and I can't imagine what food will be like if liquids (water, juice, broth) is this bad.

No you may not wear a tampon in surgery. You also may not wear your own pad or underwear. Everything in the OR has to be sterile. I just got home from surgery last Friday and I was having my period. They gave me the mesh panties and a pad. They repeatedly asked if I was sure I did not have a tampon in.

Anyone else experience immediate and constant heart burn?

I'm 2 days out of surgery and still in hospital w fever and low blood count. I had 2 units in a blood transfusion and I hope to go home tomorrow. Overall I had more gas pain which was absolutely horrible, but less incision pain Bc no port. I can get about 1tablespoon of fluid down. I am not hungry and I have no appetite whatsoever. I'm bloated w iv fluid and ready to go home. All in all seems like a normal sleeve revision experience except for the blood loss and fever.

H/h levels. 7 hemoglobin 20 hematacr Bp normal Ox sat 97-100 Heart rate 97-102 Temp noemal I feel like I expect to feel, post surgery. Tired and sore but normal. No fainting or shakes or loss of color. My phone will only get limited internet so your input is about all I have for info. I can only access my aps which is what I'd have for bariatric pal. So extra thanks to all who have given input.

I spoke to dr and he said they don't know yet but risk of low blood levels is much higher than risks of transfusion. After transfusion if still dropping they will look into it more. I'm not super satisfied but what can I do really?

Any thoughts on why? Doc did not say. Rrrrr! My vitals are all normal.