bubles089

I am just over 5 weeks post op and have had horrible hot flashes!! I'm only 26 yrs old! It's normally in the morning getting ready. Yesterday it was during my first rounds at work. They get so bad I end up soaked in sweat! I had to change scrub tops because it was soaked! My hair ends up looking like I just got out of the shower! I have never had this bad of hot flashes before surgery! I use to get hot and sweat but they didn't last this long or were this bad! ( yesterday it was an hour and a half till I finally cooled off!). Has anyone else experienced this? It's increadbly embarrassing and makes it hard to get ready .

Ok I'm 2.5 years post op, I've never hit my goal weight. I have a belly and saggy boobs ( im only 29 ) I've been on 5 dates with a guy that im really falling for... We talk every night and I'm close to thinking I'm in love. I don't know when I should tell him about my surgery. i've intermittently been with guys since I had the surgery but nothing was serious so I just didn't care about it so I didn't tell him about the surgery. I also don't know how to bring that up into conversation. I am very self-conscious about my saggy stomach. I do not believe he will care because he has had physical issues in the past but I don't know how to handle the situation. tomorrow he will see pictures from my vacation last week in Mexico with girlfriends so I'm sure he will realize that underneath the winter clothes I'm not as small as he thinks I am. So I need to have that conversation. I don't know how to handle it!

b Kinda unhappy because I have slacked in the gym but still am beyond happy! Highest weights:270 surgical weight 240, current: 160

I hated food at first! Ivs 2.5 yrs out and food doesn't hold the joy it use to! ( just went to a 5 star all inclusive and was sad i couldn't indulge in the food!) but the bites I had were amazing so it comes back

I stick with muscles in broth or soup, both easy to hide what you have eaten. I've also gone as far as when the guy leaves to use the bathroom calling the waitress over to take my plate.

I am like you I'm 18 month out and can't touch pasta or rice! My lunch is 2 slices of turkey meat and a little bit of hummus rolled up, and I feel sick with that sometimes. I have a huge restriction and still vomit once every 2 weeks.

I have battled with this for going on 13 years now, only diagnosed for about 9. It is a very very frustrating disease! I was told for years I was crazy and nothing was wrong with me. I gained so much weight for no reason and was told I was lying about what I was eating so i gave up. They finally diagnosed me with it and it took 6 years of constant all over the place tsh readings. I finally ended up on 200 mcg. I am 18 months post op from my sleeve and just found out in severely hyperthyroid now( and still 20 lbs over weight wtf is that!?). I also just got tested for celiac's. There is a strong correlation between gluten sensitivity and autoimmune disease. The gluten causes inflammation . It also causes the hashimotos to flair up and not be well controlled. I wish someone had told me this 10 years ago and maybe I wouldn't have gotten to 260 lbs and had to be sleeved! Look into the gluten thing, I've been told by many it helps. I am removing it from my diet starting this week!

I am 15 months post op and still haven't reached my goal, I started at 240 and I'm currently 158. The lowest I have gotten is 156. since march I have only lost 15lbs!! I had my gallbladder out in march and since then my body won't lose well!! I bust my ass at the gym! For the past 3 months I have been doing an hour of intense cardio 4 times a week and weights for another 45 mins every other day. I am very active at my job, I work all over a hospital. I am still extremely restricted in my diet, I can only eat a few bites. My normal diet is 2 Greek yogurts, a protein shake, and some sort of protein( seafood salad with very little mayo, turkey chili, lunch meat). I have almonds as snacks and don't drink calorie drinks. I honestly am soo frustrated because I feel like I'm doing everything right and it's not working. I am measuring my % body fat too. It's holding steady at 33%. Has anyone had a stall like this and conquered it!? I am not at goal, I am only 5'1" I want to be 135. I still have a big belly on me! Ugh sorry this is so long but no one gets my frustration because they all say ohh but look how much you have lost and your skinny now(I'm really not it's just relative to what I was). I did not get my stomach cut in half not to get to my goal!

I am almost 14 months post op and haven't been on a date . I have had more attention I use to but not from the type of guys I want to date. I am terrified of dating because I still can only eat about 5 bites with out feeling sick. I also am terrified of being naked around a guy! My stomach is so bad and saggy and I know tmi but I swear the top of my nether regions is still really fat! I am 28 and single and haven't had anyone seriously interested in me since high school. I have given up. I just don't think it's going to happen for me! Guess it's just me and my romance novels for a while

I was sleeved aug 28th 2012. I am down from 240 to 157. I am so discouraged because I'm not at goal. I bust my ass at the gym. I don't eat 100% perfect but i am still so restricted I can only eat a bite or 2. I stay away from pasta and rice. I eat dairy, meat and protein shakes for the most part. My np said I'm crazy that I'm right on track but the hell I am. I am 5'1" and still have a big belly! I don't get why it won't come off! I swear since I had my gallbladder out last march my body won't give up this fat! I want to have a tummy tuck and a boob job this winter because I start school in the summer but can't till I get to goal! I thought with the weight loss I would feel better about my self but I feel life a failure! I hate hearing everyone say how skinny I am because I'm really not! I don't know what to do I feel so helpless

Thanks everyone. I definitely have body dimorphic disorder. When I was fat I never looked in the mirror and saw someone that big it wasn't until I saw pictures I finally saw how large I had gotten. I am just really struggling with it all. I hate hate hate my stomach the skin is so bad and there is just to much fat there right now to do anything via surgery. I am 28 and single. The idea of dating let alone being intimate gives me panic attacks because how much I hate how my body looks. Even when I do the body image things online I hate what a 5'1" 160 person looks like! For once I want to be normal. People don't see it because I wear scrubs at work and they hide a lot. I don't know I'm just so discouraged and upset

I had my sleeve aug 28th 2012 at Sinai hospital on Baltimore. Dr li did it.

Hey i was sleeved aug 28th 2012. I have been on a horrible stall! I am 157 right now I started at 240. Since March when I had my gallbladder out I have only lost 15 lbs! I bust ass at the gym normally doing 1 hr cardio and lifting for at least 30 mins. My np said I'm doing fine but I feel like I'm never hitting my goal! I see so many ppl sleeved around when I was already at goal! I'm so discouraged

On August 28th. I will be a year post op. I haven't lost anything in 4 months!! I am 165 right now. I got down to 158 briefly but then gained weight and can't get the scale to move! I work out and lift 4 times a week and the other 3 days I work but am on my feet for 12 hours at work. I am getting in all my protein. I find eating meat still difficult. Steak and chicken make me sick a lot of the time. 2 pieces of turkey lunch meat with a little hummus in it fills be up, sometimes to the point of being uncomfortable. I find that since I had my gallbladder out I can't get any weight to come off! My year appointment with my doctor isn't until mid September. I am so upset I am not at goal. I feel so fat still! I know I have lost a ton of weight but its still so disappointing. My start weight was 240 and I wanted to be 135! Any advice? When I get back from vacation I am thinking about doing this shred program that I saw on Dr Oz.

I had my gallbladder out a month ago, I was 8 months post sleeve. I never was put on any meds to prevent it. I had a gallbladder attack that sent me to the er 2 months before my chole. It was the worst pain of my life! I had 4 more attacks that I managed at home and was in pain every day. My surgeon couldn't do my chole so she referred me to another general surgeon. I knew him already because I work at the hospital I had my surgery done at. He did a single incision lap chole, they just went through my belly button! It was so cool I have no scars! My diet has improved so much since I had it. Before I was eating yogurt and protein shakes and now I'm back to normal. I do have alot more gas then I ever did, normally bad in the morning. And my bowl movements have been very irregular. I am glad I got it removed and didn't try to manage it. The surgery was a breeze, my OR time was 730 and I was on my way home by 130!

Ok I know there are some lady's out there that have to be the same as me. As a fat girl I never looked in the mirror and saw how big I was. I did not see a small girl but never saw how large I was until I saw pictures. Now that I am 75lb down and getting closer to my goal I look in the mirror and see the same thing! I know it's not because everyone keeps saying ohh your at goal or you cant really have 35-40 lbs more to go. I just thought self confidence would come with the weight loss but it hasn't. I am getting a little bit more attention from men and it terrifies me. I think if I look in the mirror and think yuck what will they say!? I am so frustrated because I am sick of feeling so bad about my self. I swear clothing hides so much! I wish I could make people see what I see so they get it. My belly is still huge and my arms are so flabby! My thighs still rub alot. I don't want spring or summer because I am scared to wear a bathing suit or shorts because I feel like I look worse now then before surgery! I attached the one thing that has helped me see the weight loss, side by side pictures.

I am completely agree. I really want to see someone I just haven't had any time between work school and being sick with my gallbladder. I also am scared and don't know where to start. I have been to like 6 people through out my life, and never found one I like or that actually helped. I really want to find the one haha, between my body image issues, fear of intimacy and severe add I know I need it if I want to move on with my life :/ just wish there was a directory saying this person is perfect for you lol

I'm so glad I found this post!! I am 27 and thought I was the only person! I told my sister and she looked like I had 10 heads! I am so embarrassed about it! I am down from 240 to 163. I am only 5'1" so I want to lose like 35 more lbs and I'm hoping it does away! I have been single for going on 10 years and that's when I got so fat. I'm terrified of intimacy because I'm afraid a guy is going to be like wtf! Honestly I feel better just knowing I'm not the only one out there thinking this way. I'm just upset because I've been told its next to impossible to find a plastic surgeon to do a tummy tuck before you have had kids unless the skin folds which mine is so tiny I can't see them doing it.

I had mine removed on Friday and I am still recovering. I had it done as a single incision laparoscopic surgery. They went in through my belly button. My sleeve surgeon was not able to do it so luckily I work where I had it done and one of our general surgeons specializes in choleys with the da Vinci robot. My or time was 730 am and I was headed home by 2pm. And that was with my bp being low at first and my HR being funky. The recovery hasn't been terrible, just a lot of pain and the Percocet really upsetting my stomach. Today I was able to go all day with just Tylenol. Tomorrow I'm going to try to add some food back in. Honestly there was no way I was not going to have it removed. I landed in the er once and they only saw sludge on the CT. I could have gone 3 other times I just medicated at home and powered through the attacks, I was in pain everyday and fatty food or any food caused the attacks. My doctors told me even though it felt like a negative thing it really just ment I was doing really well. They told me 70lbs in 6 months was so good my gallbladder just got mad, lol. I'm just sad that I feel like this set back my weight loss. I haven't been to the gym in over a month and I feel super fat right now. If your UGI and ultrasound don't show anything ask for a HIDA scann, it could be an ejection fraction issue too. good luck with everything

I am 7 months post op from my sleeve and I just had my gallbladder out Friday morning. I still feel like I've been hit my a train! I try to not take my Percocet but I end up in to much pain. But the Percocet has torn my stomach all up, how long did it take everyone to feel better? I thought mine would be quick because I had the single incision in my belly button. I just hate being on narcotics and feeling sleepy all day!

Today seems to be a little better. I still don't have energy but the pain isn't as bad. Thank you to everyone. These boards have helped me so much. My family doesn't get it alot of the time.

It's your gallbladder, I just went through the same thing for the past month and a half. I had mine removed Friday and the surgeon said mine was very swollen and full of stones, call your doctor and tell them. I had to go for a hida scan and a ultrasound. My attacks were not always brought on by food or fat. Laughing cow cheese did it one time and one time it happened in the middle of the night.

Unfortunately my apartment is an hour away from my parents. I'm doing ok with out the narcotics. I'm going to take one before bed, hopefully my stomach will heal a little in between taking them. I'm calling the doctor tomorrow to see what he thinks and how long I should feel this pain. I also finally get to take the bandage off and see the incision to make sure it looks ok.

I'm mad at my self. I didn't even think to bring my liquid pain meds they gave me with my sleeve. I came to my parents to recover from my gallbladder surgery so all I have is Percocet and dilaudid they gave me in the er when I had an attack. I switched to Tylenol today because the stomach pain from the pills started to be worse then my gb pain. I still feel like I've been hit by a Mac truck because how I have to carry my self and sleep. I did not think this was going to be as bad as my sleeve surgery but it is.

I am the same way! I'm down 75 so far and everyone is like ohh ur at goal now right!? I still weight 165 at 5'1" I still want to lose 35-40 more lbs! Everyday at work I get look how skinny you are or your so tiny now! I'm over it because I don't feel tiny! I feel like a cow! Even my best friend said I was the skinniest girl in our group and I just don't see it.