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When I was bigger around 325lbs I had a horrid experience with waxing, I went to this place local to me big big salon does everything booked a full leg hollywood and underarms waxing. This woman pulled faces at me didn’t want to touch my fat it was a lot of fingertip touching with a grimace on her face she had gloves on and trust me I wasn’t a stinky slob for her to be so clearly disgusted with me! I felt so awful after that she made me feel sub human and like I was disgusting. Needless to say I never went there again instead i called around a few places and asked did they deal with very large overweight woman and were they comfortable with them. One place answered in a manner than tipped my yes them bell. Went for the same full on waxing and the lady was great told me her partner was a very big man and she knows how people look at him. Shes who I have gone to ever since. I don’t think waxing is that painful the ankles yes and when they press on the pelvic mound holy bladder pressure but yeah I find it a breeze. Now self waxing I just can not do my own! A repore with someone looking at your body does help a lot!
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For me its more than I could but I couldn’t eat that much anyway what i can do in one sitting now might seem small to a lot of people but its more than I personally could for way over the first year. At least its a lot less puking up and less pain now lol A example I make turkey veggie quiona muffins (standard size muffin baking pan) I can eat 2 of them. Or 1 of them and about 3-4 tablespoons of veggie salad that I make to go with it which is corn, cucumber, peppers, onion, cherry tomatoes all finely diced. Another example ¾ of a fajita which is chicken and veg which i trim off the excess wrap to be less bready carb, last night I could only eat half I was mid chewing and knew NOPE spat it out and was done. I can eat 2 whole small-mid size bananas I can not eat 2 big bananas at once. That’s examples I can give you without listing bowel sizes these you can picture with ease.
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Have you taken any recent pictures? Or taken them along the way? If not take one either in underwear or something like leggings and a cami or leggings and a bra and look at it then look at pictures from before your wls that’s how I noticed the difference. Not the weekly or monthly me as you see your face and body every day so it doesn’t register its when you go back and look the difference is smack bang in your face. You see how much smaller your face is, arms legs belly etc its not something that ever registered to me looking in the mirror only via pictures. When I started I tried to keep up with and do a monthly pic shot of loss which I have added to me that never seemed like much its my biggest pic of me before that I think holy sh*t. I will add them too and you will see what I mean. Think about it like this we don’t notice how big we are before even if we KNOW we are big we don’t actually really KNOW because we can’t take our eyes out and look at our self like another person looks at us as in all of us with proper perception with people and objects around us for our entire mass. Plus we just don’t want to really know how big we are beforehand. Btw my biggest pic I was 425lbs I am not 198lbs ps that comp is may 2012-may 2013 i didnt do any more so that was just my first year the other pics are this year
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Telling the family?!?
sassypants replied to ladybug's journey's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I told my mum 2 sisters and 4 brothers I didn’t tell 2 sisters and 1 brother I don’t get along with them or want them to know anything about it. About 8 months out one of my brothers opened his big mouth and told a aunt who told one of my sisters happens to be THE sister I do not get on with the most and if you read my posts one of my firsts was related to her I can’t even use the words to describe her on here as its offensive. But you are better off telling the people you trust and who will notice and make them know and understand right from the start you do not want this talked about to everyone. Other than them siblings I actually don’t care who knows it can be sign painted on my house for all I care but I get not wanting people to know. -
Kaiser-Mid Atlantic patients, Let me make your day!
sassypants replied to KeeWee's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Why have you not requested to be seen by someone else yet?? -
Well, you know, lots of people remove the corrosion on car batteries with Coke! Stands to reason it would clean your mouth lol the new selling point "rinse twice a day for a fresher more alive mouth!" lol
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I had the worst case of dead mouth for about 2 weeks finally I just grabbed my sisters ice cold coke took a mouthful and swilled it round my mouth it felt like it woke up with a bang and I spat it out! No amount of brushing mouthwash tea drinking Soup etc got rid of it till I did that honestly! As for coffee can’t help don’t ever drink it don’t like it.
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Your fat cells have a buttload of stored hormones in them so as your body uses them for fuel these hormones are released and flood you it throws your levels out of whack for a while. It’s the same reason you have major mood swings for a while too its just hormone overload and your body processing them and getting to grips with it.
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Who is the longs person with the sleeve?
sassypants replied to pam1965's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Its been around a while but as a solo stand alone procedure with its own stats and cases is not as long as the bypass. -
How do I rationalize having a partial gastrectomy in order to restrict food when there are people starving all over the world?
sassypants replied to karen44's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
To be frank no. That’s just a 100% honest answer this is for me not for anyone else so no its not a thought that enters my head it wasn’t when I was eating all I wanted its not now. -
Quiting smoking on my pre op diet HELP!
sassypants replied to Abry's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
i was never told to quit smoking by my doc but I got a right bolloacking off the anaesthetist day of my op I actually cried and almost went home. They basically don’t like you smoking as it effects your saturation of oxygen etc during the op mine did infact drop during mine and I was on oxygen for 3 days after my op because it took some time for my stats to be normal. That was also effected as I didn’t know I HAD to be on it for a reason and I would be taken outside by my visitors and shuffle around the hospital at night out of boredom and not be on it lol Also healing can be slowed by smoking as its toxins in the blood and you can get infections. I asked my surgeon the next day about smoking I told him what was said to me he told me not to worry about it just worry about this for now and recover and if and when I decided to quit they offer a lot of help for doing so at the hospital. If its required then you have to do it try a e cig (though I just light a cig after I have been puffing on them LOL) Or do what some people do quit then restart after the op. I do like the actual act of smoking I hate the health effects it has and I dislike the cost of it and I actually hate the smell of it too so I do wish I had been told/forced to give up because its really hard to give up especially when you have been smoking for over 15 years! -
Waiting Time, NHS UK
sassypants replied to luckyknickers57's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was pretty lucky I know I had a history with my surgeon so that helped, I also had other medical problems that I feel helped not high blood pressure or diabetes but I had serve sleep apnoea actually when I had the initial test the doctor told me in 4 years I was in the top 3 for being one of the worst cases he had seen as I stopped breathing within 60 seconds so catch my breath almost 60 seconds later stop breathing and that’s how I went the whole time I was trying to sleep. I was nearly completely immobile I could stand for 3mins then everything started tightening and shaking and pain would shoot through my body to the point by 5mins I would be in tears with the pain. And I was being treated for 1 minor cancer issue and in the middle of multiple tests for another. I also breezed through the mental process I didn’t need session after session I was completely frank and honest I don’t have issues with food I don’t emotionally eat etc so I only had 1 session before I was approve by them to have it. The board take recommendations from everyone you see and the other health factors so for me having no “mental” issues with food was good having the op improving my other issues like being too big for my own body to support under my joint issues the weight give me and also the cancer the treatment is to flood you with hormones if that fails total hysterectomy wls floods you with whats naturally stored in your body so lucky for me it took care of its self and I never had to have external treatments. My other health issues would improve or go away with the wls that was a big fat plus on my side it means saving them money in the long run and no I didn’t yet develop high blood pressure or heart problems or diabetes but at 425lbs/30stone it was only really a matter of time then I become a massive drain on the nhs. I was also moved forward from my original date first it was end of 2012 then suddenly I got a letter saying it was in a couple of weeks don’t know why I was brought forward I didn’t dispute it either lol -
How have your close friends reacted to your weight loss?
sassypants replied to Comfy_Blue's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My closest friends don’t say much honestly but they know me and the constant comments on it become annoying. When I try on new things and such they say yeah that looks good you look great etc but its not a constant and I am happy with that. Family members keep making positive comments every time they see me which was at least weekly and as nice as they are being its soooo annoying to constantly hear I am almost 2 years out stop already lol Think of it this way did these friends constantly say wow your fat hey have you put on weight since last time, oh looks whos bigger this month! No? bet not as people don’t make these comments so it’s the same thing they don’t constantly draw attention to it if at all because its not needed and might be uncomfortable to hear, maybe you will be like so why didn’t you say I was so big before! You never know how people will react to sensitive things like weight. -
Yeah shakes Protein etc is not important that soon out. I wasn’t allowed shakes for a couple of weeks, I asked about these juice protein shots my doc said if I wanted to take them I could but its wasn;t a big deal. I did buy a few and sip them throughout the day they look like test tubes. But yeah just do your Fluid and recover allow the swelling to go down a bit it wont hurt you or set you back not to get protein in right now.
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I’ve watched some show ages ago about cleanses etc and they did a oil detox. Basically they sat for 20mins swilling oil in there mouth changed its 3 times but just kept doing it. It comes out all white and cloudy dunno if that the swilling acting like a whisk or what but its something people do as a detox.
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They always ask you if you have had surgery (or should) before they start, if your ok laying on your stomach then you can get one they can’t touch your stomach for a year but you can try to get a place that does the chairs so your chest and head are leaning not your stomach.
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Questionable post op diet
sassypants replied to aNewTanya's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My whole time in hospital I was given tea and warm Water (as cold hurt) and warm peppermint oil and water mix that’s it not even broth lol Not that I would have had the broth anyway I could barely do a cup of water a day and a full cup of tea and that was sipping about 2 tablespoons at a time and being done till next time I was told drink drink! They actually took me off the iv day 2 in the morning and put me back on it late in the evening. I personally don’t know how anyone can do food so close out you just feel like crap anyway so don’t even want the food but there is no possible way I could of eaten any food at all even if it was put in front of me. -
Doctor wants to make a poster of my 5 month "transformation" as he calls it!
sassypants replied to JanetPRN's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Speaking as someone who knows about copyright you also need to think about some sort of copyright or “use of content/pictures” contract because if you allow your place to use them and there is no copyright or resell or redistribution restriction you could find yourself all over the place and used in advertisements like the banners on this forum etc It is very flattering and could help a lot of people especially if your walking around the building to speak to people who might be going through the process just know your standing before you agree to allow them to be used. -
Disappointing show, everyone still fat!
sassypants replied to Seela's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
gotta say that totally made me laugh! -
PLEASE rethink surgery! it's cancer causing, do the reasearch! :(
sassypants replied to harringm13's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
it was posted in 3 sections anyway pre and post op for sleeve and post op for band. it was posted here because she said band and sleeve. -
Disappointing show, everyone still fat!
sassypants replied to Seela's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I was over 400lbs I am just a tiny bit under 200 now its frigging great! I am also a little over 6ft tall with really long legs and a long body so I have always looked smaller than I actually am because its spread out more and skinnier arms and legs has that trick of the eye effect. Just like shorter people look a lot bigger because its not as stretched out. Maybe they were doing better than you think who knows but still they are down from what they were that’s all that matters really. -
went to the ER with chest pains, guess what it was?
sassypants replied to birdmadgirl's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
Not had pain but if I fall asleep too close to eating or drinking I have often woke up choking on puke. I don’t intend to fall asleep sometimes it just happens so nothing I can do but its not nice at all! -
PLEASE rethink surgery! it's cancer causing, do the reasearch! :(
sassypants replied to harringm13's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
You made threads in several forums your creating a kind of panic topic. I get it’s a big deal dealt with my own cancer issues before 3 times (not related to wls) and have had both sadly people die from cancer and survive cancer in my family and friends so I know it’s a big deal. Which is why to me making three threads on it is not a good idea it’s a scary thing for anyone to tell all of us we are doomed by having this op or doomed if we don’t reverse it. Pretty hard to do for sleevers as there is nothing to take out and put back ours is a none reversal op can’t put back the part they threw away. Everyone appreciates information everyone likes to know what they are getting into but the info is out there if you look for it and just like with everything you can look at 10 different studies and links and find 5 different view points. People pay for medical studies to prove or disprove things not all of them are 100% unbiased and clean results even if they say they are. If you took a poll of everyone on this site the percentages of developing cancer because of a wls would be far lower than the percentages your giving in these studies more than likely by a hell of a lot more people than they have listed. Oh and 1 of my cancer scares was actually a result of me being so overweight and it effecting me the wls actually turned it around naturally without external treatment so maybe I should post that wls curse cancer as it cured my borderline mutations from becoming full blown and that’s from my own personal experience not a study I red online. -
PLEASE rethink surgery! it's cancer causing, do the research :(
sassypants replied to harringm13's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I have had really bad acid reflux since my gall bladder attacks back in ummm 02 its never stopped since its actually less now after the op than it was before. I dealt with my gall bladder attacks with a lot of acid and major puking several times a day for over 5 years. First 2 of them trying to work out what it was and not believing me because they just put it down to being fat and me over reacting like some kind of hypercondract the rest no one willing to operate on me till my wls doctor said my size was not a issue and he did it (well before my wls) I think if I was going to get this due to reflux and puking I would of got it by now that’s over 10 years of beating the crap out of it with acid and puke. -
Premature Wardrobe Cleanout
sassypants replied to Smashelle's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
sell it and keep the money for your new stuff fund! just don;t go nuts on new stuff you change sizes real quick! i still wear a pair of sweat pants i opened the waistband cut the elastic and made it smaller the fabric is swimming on me but they are 35inch inside leg and comfy so i am keeping my at home veg out sweats lol