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I am 5.5 months out and have lost about 86 pounds. I had a complication. I had a stricture. The first one my doctor has had in all his practice. I'm holding at the same weight now FOREVER. It won't move for the life of me. I have started a boot camp an my food intake is very low still have some problem with my stricture. But he does not want to do surgery or stretch again for another two months. The thought of eating almost makes me sick. Why bother really? Anyways any tips for scale movement .... I know I should not be a scale watcher but after being big for so long you die to see a small number. Shows me proof I am being a success. Help!

I use to be the one dripping tubs of sweat all the time. I was sleeved in November 2011. Now I FREEZE all the time and I live in Texas. I can no longer sleep with the fan on and rarely turn on the AC. I wear sweat shirts and turn on the heat in my classroom. I can't wait to get to my car in the afternoons to get warm. I sleep in pants and long sleeves now. My husband likes the cheap electric bills. LOL. Hope it lasts!!

Started at 264 now 179. Sleeved November 2011 Before

Good morning! I am four months out and been at a screeching halt for about 3 weeks. I am eating protein and taking in liquid but nothing Any suggestions on how to make it move again? Getting frustrated thinking maybe I am at a stopping point. I have lost right at 63 pounds.

I've had a stricture and I am still trying to recover. I am four months post op. I have only lost about 60 pounds. Anyways this can be very serious. I had severe pain in my left shoulder and NOTHING stayed down. It went say and came right back up just as it went down. I stayed nauseated and did good to keep liquids down. I had an esophagus dilation feb 16. It lasted maybe two days. I then went back and has a barium swallow and it showed my stricture I had another dilation with a bigger balloon march 13. It is some better. More things are going down. I lacked protein serious and wanted to stay in bed. Pure exhaustion. My doc is watching this closely. I am the first in his practice. Of course leave it to me! It's frustrating and overwhelming at times. Get it treated!

Good morning! I was sleeved late nov 2011 and have lost right at 58 pounds now. I have has a stricture which has caused me more misery tha it's worth. I think that's finally fixed bit the scale is not moving at all. I am getting frustrated. I think I an loosing inches. My body is in starvation mode and holding onto everything it gets. Protein is hard almost impossible to get in. Any suggestions ? I feel like I might be finished loosing or could this be a stall in the whole scheme of things?

Thanks everyone! It's just so frustrating. I keep thinking well, I'm done with the weight loss. It is a stricture or striction. I thought restriction too but no I was wrong. Hopefully this last esophagus dilation did it. I'll keep hanging in there! Thanks again! The protein is the hardest to get in! Most makes me sick. I still have a problem with nausea and my smell is so strong now that most things turn me off!

I had a major hernia he fixed. We had no idea I has it until he went in. It was making my stomach pull right up under my diaphragm and stick out. I also had my gall bladder removed. It was "hot" he said. Probably the reason why I felt bad all the time he said. He also found some abnormal lymph nodes he cut out and sent to pathology. All ok now. My hernia is still giving me fits and I was sleeved in November. The scar tissue is so much it is trying to wrap around my esophagus I have a striction they call it. This week makes two of having my esophagus dilated to help stretch that scar tissue ao hopefully he won't go back in and cut it back. I hope you recover quickly. It did take me about 2 weeks to feel "good". I am down 62 pounds now. Good luck

My doc finally sent me for a barium swallow test yesterday. I asked them please don't make me drink a lot of this or I will get a horrible pain and have to vomit. I started to drink and he told me to stop. We watched it on the screen just come to a complete stop and bubble. It finally moved on through. He knew I was miserable and let me stop. So I have a striction. The first one my surgeon has ever had. Go figure right. So they brought to my work some juice like protein drinks and scheduled my second endoscope. He wants to stretch again. Let's hope this works. I've been like this for about a month now. Anyone heard of one or had problems with a stricture?

I got a b12 injection from my primary doc. It was easy and painless and beats messing with a pill

No doubt I would do the sleeve. My mom had the bypass years ago and her recovery wa horrible. I had my sleeve Nov 18 and I am down from 247 to 189. My recovery was quick and easy and my food list was an easier options than hers. He ha gained some of her weight back and she always had that dumping sensation. She stayed miserable for a while.

I did not have a drain

K I'm at a loss. Getting very frustrated. For the last three weeks every time I eat anything I vomit. It can be just two bites and I'm vomiting. It has hone from hard core vomit to the foam and slimed then throw up. I had finally had all I could take and went to my surgeons office on valentines day. Told them how nauseated I was and how I vomited an had horrible pain in my breastplate and back. They gave me something for nausea and sent me for an endoscope. The endoscope showed a slightly tilted esophagus and a need for a little dilation. Nothing major. Weekend ok not vomiting as much. Tuesday afternoon (when I had my 3 small kids with me) I thought I was having a freaking heart attack. Went to the ER everything ok but X-rays showed a huge air pocket in my stomach or intestines. Said I needed to go to the bathroom more. I haven't been since Monday the 20th and have been taking fiber and stool softeners and still nothing. Go back to surgeon on Wednesday and he wants a barium swallow now. I am still not able to eat without getting slimes or vomit. Not as nauseated as before. I go this next Thursday for the swallow. Was told to just keep fluid down if u could until we see what's wrong if anything. Really? Obviously something is not right or I could eat Help!! Suggestions???

11/18/2011 and has lost 58 pounds since surgery!!

Well after continuous vomiting and nausea being 12 weeks out this has just happened in the last 2 weeks went to doc yesterday and now they want an endoscope they think they can dilate and stretch the Striction I'm kinda nervous. Hope it's a one time thing. Any advice? Anyone else had this? Help!!

I can only eat about three bites of a pork chop never mind the rest. How far out r you? Everyone falls down at times. Pick yourself up and keep going.

Hey everyone! I'm eleven weeks out today and have lost 48 pounds. However over the last week nothing is settling. It stops at the end of my esophagus and comes right back up in a ball. Always nauseated before and after I eat. I have to lay down to knock it most times and to top it off I have stalled. I've been the same weight for almost three weeks now very frustrating. Any suggestions? Is this nausea and vomiting normal? I'm miserable. Help!!

I'm nine weeks out and have lost 44 pounds since surgery. I need to know where I compare to others. I have started working out kickboxing and aerobics the last three weeks so maybe I'm developing muscle and that's why my scale hasn't moved much. Let me know where others stand.

I am six weeks post op and have lost 39 pounds. I know I am loosing inches but the scale has not moved in atleast two weeks. I have started a cardio/kickboxing class also. I started at 247 and now sit at 208. It's driving me crazy. Any help or suggestions?

I was told to wait four weeks post op so my insicions would not leave a dark scar.

I started exactly two weeks after my sleeve. I could tell I was gonna start too because I wanted to snack. I did but I didn't. You will understand after you have it done. I did buy Hershey's sugar free small Bars. I didn't eat more than two at a time and did fine. I use to could eat the whole bag non sugar free and not think twice. You will be ok. You find your weight stalls that week. I am just over 2 weeks out and have lost 20 pounds.

I am two weeks today being sleeved. I felt your pain I thought I was not going to make it at first and then questioned my whole decision. It does get better. Drink warm liquids. I 20 lbs lighter have no regrets. Use gas x like it is ur best friend. Take ur pain meds that's what they are for. They ease some of that chest pain. Walk and walk more. I took naps too. These made me feel better. Until the pressure is gone from ur chest u won't feel real great. Good luck!

2 wks out I'm glad to see other scale watchers at two weeks. I have lost 17 poundsitin what will be two weeks this Thursday from surgery day. . I was almost frustrated it wasn't more reading some of these other posts. I have to quit watching the scales

I was sleeved thursday. It's now Saturday. I'm sore as hell and have horrible gas that won't rest even with walking. Does this ever go away? I feel miserable and wished I would have not done it now. How soon should I feel relief? hELp!!!

Thanks everyOne! I hope today is better.