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I am 3 months out and have not lost much- 25 lbs... but after the issues i am having i dont even care about the weight at this point.... Since the surgery I have such loose stool and a sensative stomache...I take 2 acid blockers a day at least... i DO NOT and have had to completely cut out coffee, acid juices, citrus, tomatoes, GLUTEN, MILK.... I used to LIVE on milk products.... I am chained to th house all the time because i am scared to have t run quick to the bathroom... It seems to be an absorbtion issue.... fats maybe? i am self pay and dr does not seem to care much-"oh, well it will take awhile to regulate..".. but this just seem exessive....I am not abl to digest veggies much either.... I just dont know what to do and do not know if anyone else is having this trouble... i think my lack of weight loss is due to that i dont dare move around much as i will mess my pants... i am misrable... does anyone know anything similar??? i cant even work full time... (it seems to be absorbtion problem- food oes not digest and comes out the same it went in ) but I am soooo sick of spending some much time in the bathroom and not having a life at all.. not to mention the slow weight loss...

I am 3 months out and have not lost much- 25 lbs... but after the issues i am having i dont even care about the weight at this point.... Since the surgery I have such loose stool and a sensative stomache...I take 2 acid blockers a day at least... i DO NOT and have had to completely cut out coffee, acid jouices, citrus, tomatoes, GLUTEN, MILK.... I used to LIVE on milk products.... I am chained to th house all the time because i am scared to have t run quick to the bathroom... It seems to be an absorbtion issue.... fats maybe? i am self pay and dr does not seem to care much-"oh, well it will take awhile to regulate..".. but this just seem exessive....I am not abl to digest veggies much either.... I just dont know what to do and do not know if anyone else is having this trouble... i think my lack of weight loss is due to that i dont dare move around much as i will mess my pants... i am misrable... does anyone know anything similar????

I am 17 days post op... mexico.. lap band to sleeve revision. I an wondering- did i screw up at the beggining? I was very active, and seemed to be in pain so that i could not stay down.. gulped fluids and pretty much exchausted myself.... had terrible diarhea etc... now i am home.. it is over 2 weeks and this is my firrst day of real resting... i can tollerate everything much better- fluids, protein etc... i think it is because i am relaxed... but i have noticed that i can retain fluids and drink\eat quickly and allot. By being so frenzied at first did i stretch the pouch right off the bat? now i am couscious and taking time to self care... i just could not at first.. i had to et home from mexico then california ..the travel just about did me in with the luggage and etc... have i screwed myself and it is too late to heal properly? now i am noticing pain, and my body, where as before i was in survival mode a bit.. even is hospital i was up and running around every hour.. it must be how i deal w pain. came home w no pain meds and was misrarible.. cramps and what not.. spent lots of time in the hot shower... and pacing.. now i can relax. im just scared that i am a screw up and its the hardest lesson to learn to hear ur own body and to care for oneself. did i just screw myself with my last chance.? im hard on everyting-shoes, cars, my body... im feeling it now. i guess i need to find a general practisioner.. bit the bullett

I am 2 weeks post op. At first I had no trouble with liquids etc.. just lost of diarhea.. as I am advancing- I am having more acid, and way more cramping and less tollerance for the protien shakes and liquide. I feel like I am moving back ward not forward.... maybe to much to fast? I was given no pain meds so some times the cramping is soooo bad i sweat and pace... again too much to fast? (last episode was from cold cold milk..) could it be tempture related? I just dont know what to think... the whole time I have not stayed down much because of the pain... I really wish i had some knock out pills for a good stretch of sleep... I was sleeved in mexico so there is no running back to the dr. really... I just dont know if I am paranoid or self defeating...- I have had a little yogurt, some soup... but mostly just getting more frustrated so easing off food and liquids rather than increasing... I just am tired and hurting and its easier to not be in pain. is this NORMAL? Its like few days post op. I could drink drink drink and was soo hungry... no i dont have an appetite. AM I going downhill???

thanks all. i went off of mine for pre op... i am at week 2 and was wondering if i should get back on... i actually feel better off of them... besides the grumpy times when my belly hurts... nice to now it is possible

THANKYOU.... it hard to have perspective sometimes... ok.. maybe cut OUT the dairy... will give it a try... thank you.. its nice to be remind me that i am not ALONE in this....

thank u.. i read ur post at least once a day to remind myself

Ok- So My life is always a little weird, but here goes... BANDED 5 years ago- lost 120lbs.. great.. 2 years ago started haveing complications,... let out fluid and then progessivly kepts getting more fluid let out... and gaining... and heartburn... lost heath insurance so did not have upper gi etc... I had major body and mind trauma 1 year ago in a accident where i was rescued out of the ocean after 3 hours in alaska... i was very thankful for the extra warmth layer of fat!!! anyhow- my physical system for the last year was up and down with adreiline, sugars, shock, -i gained 70 llbs,... had band completely deflated and still had major acid flux... lost health insurance. i suspected something was not right... was told i neede to do something... i was dying with moe weight gain, etc. soooo with little $ for usa.. i schedualled a fix it op. in mexico... went well. but due to extensive scar issue etc surgery itself too awhile. i had been living with a band to tight and slipped and scr tissue grown over etc.. so i was used to the pain and not really being aware anymore.. NOW I am 7 days post op... DR wants me on clear liqu 15 days THEN 15 days of shakes, milk thick, THEN 15 days of the puree.... Im not EVEN looking at cottage cheese for another 4 weeks!!! WHAAA im not sure im gonna make it.. I have an incredible pain tolerance and think im super human.... soo liquids are no problem... i drink them till the cows come home... i am DYING for SOMETHING... not sure what to do cause i dont trust myself to KNOW if it hurts enough to not do it... i really can not screw this up.. but at same time my body is crying out for some milk or something... im scared...worried that im gona die os some weird complication cause my body does not heal well, and i was in mexico, and on and on... IT is nice to have No more heartburn... i am geting in liqu and protien... CANT I MOVE ON??? 7 more days of this i dont know.. im gona start self medication with smoking and sucking on candy soon.. and that is not the route I want .. i want this oppurtunity to really change the way i handle life and food... Im scared... my back hurts much.. are my kidneys ok.. (Urine DARK) ... I can not afford to keep running to DR. at least not for a few more weeks.... i need to get back to work to earn...because life is life i have been up much and carrying a little. i hope i am not ripping things out in there... I cant sleep well- I think im just anxious.

THANKYOU FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT.... I JUST NEEDED A LITTLE.... IT HELPS with the bacon being fired in my house right now... Thank you... I am NOT ALONE... And your right.. this is my MIND.