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I am back on it now. But when I was off of it, my esophogus would burn also. Everything kind of burned. Also, here is a TMI-I had diarrhea that was just straight stomach acid. It was extremely painful and I don't wish it upon my worst enemy. I will not be going off it any time soon!

At 4 months out, sometimes I wish I could burp. It will get better.

I don't think I pooped for 7-9 days. LOL. So yeah, by then I was down 25 lbs and feeling pretty good. No issues with wiping.

I throw up about once every two weeks? I guess I am still learning what I can tolerate and how fast I can eat it. I am over 4 months out though and I don't think it damages my stomach in any way. It isn't even like a real vomit if you want me to get real about it. It is like the food just kind of falls back out of me. (Sorry if this is TMI) I don't know. I get mad at myself when it happens (because I feel like I did something wrong), but I don't worry about it.

When I wash my hair tomorrow night, I will take pics of what I lose just in one washing. It is honestly disturbing to me. :thumbup1:

Alright. So I have been losing hair for a week. I have to say-I didn't expect this. It is alarming how much hair I am losing. I have a TON of hair, but it still scares me. For those of you that lost, did it slow down after a bunch falling out at first? It really scares me. I feel if I continued for months losing like this that I would have no hair left. I know that sounds extreme, but I am losing A LOT of hair. I am taking biotin for regrowth, but wow. I am getting a little nervous. This was one thing that DIDN'T scare me because I have so much hair and I lost after both of my pregnancies. THIS is different though. Please tell me I won't lose it all. :confused:

Yeah, I don't think I will be trying them. Ick. I just love pasta and I haven't had it since 2009!

Some weeks none. Others 1, some 3 and I would say on average about 2. It varies every week. This week seems like it would be a bad one-I have eaten some "not so great things" but yep, still down 3 lbs!

I think I would stay on it for a year (at least). Now that I think back, I think a lot of my discomfort has been from not taking the antacid regularly. I will take it for quite a while, I am sure.

Tiff, that site is great. It reminded me of the Sims game. :sad0: But dirtier.

I had my surgery 1/25/10 and I am down 52 lbs as of today. I have stuck to the diet and worked my ass off when it comes to working out. (not everyone can though-it is all about what your surgeon will allow) I have found that I enjoy working out, so I run 7 days a week plus meet with a personal trainer twice a week. The key is to really sticking to that diet though. If you stick to it, yes, you will lose. You will lose fast!

Ok, went downstairs to get some bread (I'd rather have bread than milk....milk just skeeves me out...i know, I am strange) and we didn't have any. (My husband eats low carb also) I did find some saltines and I ate a few of those and it seemed to help. I am going to try to get some sleep. Hopefully this resolves tomorrow. Thanks for all the help!

I haven't had any issues, but I use the target brand sleep aid (gel tabs) a few times a week. They work great. I have always had sleep issues, so I can't really say whether this problem is an after surgery issue.

I hit that same dreaded stall. I stayed there for 3 weeks. Then the scaled moved a TEENY bit and stalled again-another week. But I kept on exercising and watching what I ate. I never once got *too* discouraged and I am so glad that I didn't. Just a week and a half ago I broke out of that stall phase and the weight is falling off. I don't even get all my protein in some days (not recommending it!) but some days I can't believe that I lost 2 lbs just overnight! Just be patient and you will get through it! Like a pp said, ANY progress is GOOD progress! :sad0:

Yeah, don't invest in anything until you get home. I was all gung ho on muscle milk until I got out of the hospital. Bleh. For about a week, everything smelled like smoke to me. (odd, eh?) Nothing smelled or tasted good. This past week I have started to add in some muscle milk to my diet to up my Protein count and while I can keep it down, it is much harder than before the surgery. Good luck ladies! Can't wait to see you on the other side! :sad0: