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i am about 5.5 months out and i do get hungry. i will say it feels like i am starving but i only make it 3-4 bites into something and i am full and content again. i do "snack" on an individual bag of mini pepperonis or a string cheese or something at 10:30am, 1:30pm and 4:30pm every day and i eat breakfast and lunch and dinner. i have lost just over 80 pounds post op and 30 pounds pre op. i know that everyone is different so all i can say is find what works for you and change it as your body changes. good luck on your journey and congrats on the change!

i had my surgery at walter reed in august. you can still make appointments to see the various doctors needed there but they aren't doing the surgery there anymore. i lived on fort belvoir and the new hospital is AMAZING! the nut's there are also wonderful! if you need to get into bethesda the staff is fantastic. i had dr lin and loved him. you can call the general surgery clinic and ask for phyllis. she is the bariatric coordinator and can give you all the info that you need. the dc area is a little slower though so be prepared! it took me almost a year to the day to get from seminar to surgery. the appointment process is longer and can be frustrating but the bethesda and fort belvoir staff really do all that they can to help you! best of luck on the journey!

congrats on the sleeve! i got mine done august 16th and i have lost just over 80 pounds... its has been a huge blessing! i use vitacraves gummies my doc said they were perfectly fine. they taste good and dont have a yucky after taste. 2 a day and i am all set!

HELLO! my husband is active duty army and tricare did allow me several referrals to civilian doctors for the vsg surgery. i lived in washington dc at the time and they were trying to phase out the program at walter reed (since they are closing it down) and they were building a new hospital on fort belvoir that would include a new bariatric center so that only left bethesda for the whole area and they were on a 8 month to a year wait list to get into the seminar and into the program. it was a pain! i went through 6 referrals to civilians and didn't find one surgeon that i liked. i started to get very discouraged. well i called bethesda and spoke with the bariatric coordinator and discovered that due to the long wait list and the amount of pcs moves that familys in the military make the wait list was much shorter. so i got into the seminar and met the surgeon at bethesda and loved him. he was so personable and kind. the dc area is very different than other areas for weight loss surgery. it took me a year to get all my appointments done and have surgery. i almost didnt get my surgery due to a pcs move. we moved in june and my surgery was in august. i convinced my doc that i would be able to stay in dc until he cleared me to go home to az and after many long talks and emails we made it work. i am now 5.5 months post op and i have lost 85 pounds since surgery and 35 pre op. i still have another 40 or so to go but i will say that this is a fight that i am glad i didnt give up on! best of luck to you!

i have pcos and so my period has never been normal but i am now 5.5 months post op and it seems to have started to get a little more normal. i get mine about every 5 weeks or so. the hair loss sucks! it actually has made me cry! i had nice thick hair and now i think that its lifeless and limp and thin and gross! i can see my scalp through my hair when i wear it down and i have never been able to.