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I had no trouble going through the hoops. Neither will you! Just be honest and don't try to fudge anything.....I decided to do that and because of my honesty they felt I was ready to make a change in my life for the better....

Look mine came on fast and hard..The first time it happened was in the grocery store...I grabbed a bag of pecans off the grocery shelf ripped open the bag and started to eat them...I was dizzy and bumping into things. I was sure I was going to faint. I had no idea what I was doing and was slurring as my husband asked the lady to ring the pecans in and handed me the bag again and told me to sit down and wait for him... Next time it happened when I had a treat. My eating was really off and I was not eating to be exact. All of a sudden I wanted ice cream. My hubby ran out and got it..He said well at least it is milk..That one was worse then the first...I did pass out with that one...It was at home though..My blood sugar was 2.2. Supposed to be 5 or a little over... I did go and get a monitor and the works and now I can feel when it is coming on so I have to eat 3 meals and 3 little Snacks.... No one can tell you how you feel or if or not you have this condition. Go to your Doctor and explain. Or call your team. My nut recognized it immediately and sent me to my family doctor..Where he said yup it is so!!! Do this...I have been working on it now and hopefully I can do it with proper eating and not meds to control it.... @@musiclover

I miss the insults kids pointing at me Having issues with migraines and lower back pain I miss not being able to hug my grand daughter tight to me Playing with her outside I miss not being able to sit at my computer all day long because I could not stand for more then ten minutes I miss it when my hubby had to ask for the extender on the airplane because I could not fit in the seat belt I miss going to the hospital and them calling ahead for the extra wide wheel chair I miss the brown hospital gowns that I had to wear because they were made for people like me. I miss the medical profession treating me like I was dirt under their feet. I miss men stopping their cars in front of my house to watch me waddle around my yard and then going home to tell their wives they can't believe I would have the nerve to leave my house. I miss 8 men who had to carry me in an ambulance because I was in a car accident and I looked over at another person who has 2 carrying him I miss everyone always assuming that I have diabetes or high blood pressure I miss the fear in my families faces when they saw my health going farther and farther down. I miss thinking I should end it all because I could not see my way out of it all. I miss having my hubby scout out restaurants to see if there was a table I would be able to sit at. I miss the acrobats I had to invent to wipe my arse On and on and on we go..Where it would have stopped no body knows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could go on and on..And if anyone believes I miss any of this then I have some ocean front property in Arizona for sale...Not to mention the Brooklyn Bridge....

O h you are doing great! Your going to pay for the choice you made right now and then soon you will be singing it from the roof top that you did the right thing for you.. Your body is healing. Medical chemicals are still being released from your body. your sleeve is inflamed and sore...It is all part of the process. If I were you I would relax and look after yourself and start thinking about the new clothes you are going to fit in soon... Hold on it is going to be a bumpy ride..But one that will be awesome in so many ways.......OKAY

I was in the hospital a few weeks ago for 6 days and 3 men were giving me a lot of attention. One of the nurses pointed it out to me and she laughed her head off. I was totally annoyed...She said what do you expect..You look hot...I told her that they can bugger off and that I don't need that kind of attention.. She said sorry...men will be men...I looked at her and she shrugged her shoulders and said enjoy it while it lasts...It may end as fast as it came to you..Meanwhile it's all good! Okay so......ah! not used to that crap! @@Teachamy

It takes a lot of work to rethink your old self and build a new you from the ground up @@playlikeworldchamps I am like you or was..I have worked my tail off learning what to eat and how to eat and what is best to eat for my body's sake....The honeymoon period was a delight..Now it is constant on the watch...... I know there will be times that I will struggle..The addiction is just under the skin...But to keep fighting now that I have my tool gives me hope that if I do my part. I will never see 380 again...

As long as they look and don't touch enjoy the ride...It would be the touching me that would get them a punch in the gut! lol

I am terrified about even touching a little white doughnut @@Georgia I believe that they are solely responsible for at least 20 lbs of my excess weigh..Maybe more...I will not allow them in the house...I do look at them but I do not touch. Thanks..now I am thinking about them...

A slider food is a food that you can eat a lot of. It does not have a dense Protein as a base and so therefore it slides right through your sleeve and does not allow the flaps to close on either end of your sleeve to start the digestive process.... Me..pop corn is one of my worst sliders I can eat 3 cups before I even think about it.....Ice cream, Cookies, candy, cake, chips, Popsicles, usually refined sugar anything is a slider...Some people are fortunate and can't eat refined sugar...Most can.... If you start with dense Proteins then you will fill up with a lot less food.....And your flaps will close ( sounds like a plane ) lol to hold it in the sleeve to start breaking it down...

Make sure you address those fears @ and allow the WLS community to aid you with the answers. We have been there and anything you fear someone on this forum has experienced it and can help...Me too, I'm here if you need me. You can even PM me and I will respond!

I can't think of one reason why blood in the stool would be an okay thing. Please call your doctor to let him make a diagnosis....K

I am a Golden lover by nature: Sam was my best friend for 11 years..He was the best dog I ever had..I can't even think of Sam 3 years later after his death..Because I still long for him and there is a great hole in my life where no other dog can fill. Max, he lives on his own terms..He is a big bear and loves and adores everyone...My grand daughter rides him and plays with him and sits on him...He is a gentle giant....12 years old! Bailey is a rescue dog. He was 2 when I got him and almost died hence we put a lot of love and money into his care and health... He is coming a long nicely and he is protective and a loving dag. The most work however of any of the dogs I have ever owned..... Love them all..

How wonderful that you are recognizing the triggers and changing your patterns....Your doing it kid..Your really doing it!!!!!!!!

I love losing inches....It is so great when you go a size down in clothing...Makes me really excited no matter what the scale says! Just keep swimming, your doing great!!!!!!!!!

Well when we dieted before we eventually did not change the way we used food and how we thought about food and why we used it as a comfort when times got hard to deal with. Then we would get frustrated and quit and all the weight would come back on + more sometimes....Nothing learned nothing changed! There are different kinds of WLS people. Ones who think that it is a miracle cure and think that the surgery will do the work for them and they will just continue to live the way they always have....Two those who treat the surgery exactly the way they did the diets..Rigid rules and constant laws as to what they can and can't eat. Measuring portions and counting to the extreme. But not fixing the issues either. Are looking for numbers not health benefits or this as a new way of life..So they after a few years grow tired and the weight begins to go on again. Three the rare person that everything goes tickity boo and they don't have to work for any of it and it is a dream come true. The weight falls off and they live happily ever after. Last is the main group, who has to look at this program as a completely different way of life. It is a work in progress from day one. They have to keep ahead of the their thoughts and work to change how they feel about food. Find out what the triggers are and work to change them. Learn better eating habits and exercise and keep active.. They have to take the time to learn what brought them to this place and how they have to change their thinking and their motivation regarding a new healthy life style. They have to study their feelings and make changes so that this is a life changing adventure where the end goal is this, healthy and happy. They have a lot of work to do....If these ones make the mistake of thinking that they cannot have a treat sometimes but that they have to plan for it and make sure that if they do they eat one cookie and not the box. They will succeed forever. These ones change their entire thinking about food and what it is used for. They eat in balance and moderation. They live in the real world and so nothing is off limits unless it causes you pain and or is a trigger to a downward slope... We cannot look at our surgery as a fix all. It is there to help give us time to understand that we have an addiction and a serious one at that...Any other addiction is different in that they do not have to have the substance to live.. But we have to eat...... If we see this as a new life style and change accordingly then we will be okay...We will still have ups and downs and it will be a life long struggle but we are well on our way to a new and permanent life change... I am sure that some of this is left out and even some of our thinking left out..but the gist of the idea is here....

Bananas don't have latex in them, btw. . The Proteins in bananas and several other fruits are used to manufacture latex. I am allergic to cantaloupe, walnuts, pecans, peaches, pears, and several other things when uncooked and very ripe because they contain a chemical that mimics hay fever. It suuuucks. Oops I wrote it wrong.. Pardon me! This is the answer I was told... I can however eat bananas when cooked...Otherwise I get very sick! Thanks @@LipstickLady I should have said it better.... Bananas and Latex AllergyLike avocados and chestnuts, bananas and plantain contain substances called chitinases that are associated with the latex-fruit allergy syndrome. There is strong evidence of the cross-reaction between latex and these foods. If you have a latex allergy, you may very likely be allergic to these foods as well. Processing the fruit with ethylene gas increases these enzymes; organic produce not treated with gas will have fewer allergy-causing compounds. In addition, cooking the food may deactivate the enzymes.

For those of you that are keeping up with my nightmare complication track record. The drain was removed on Sunday but the pain is back. I went back to the hospital and they did another oh yes another CT scan this is 4 in 3 weeks and I think soon I will shine in the dark like a star at night...Anyway. The abscess is still there. It is now empty but has not flattened out like they had hoped. It is under my diaphragm and so when I breath I feel like I am short of breath and it is very painful.. I have to wait until my surgeon comes back next Monday and so I am taking pain killers an trying not to breath much.lol So stay tuned for what is about to happen next.... You know what they say..And this applies to me...If it wasn't for bad luck I would have no luck at all... Hope everyone is well and doing great today......Someone has to!!!!

I sneeze and blow my nose when I have eaten enough...When it starts to happen I put my fork down and wait a few minutes to see how my sleeve feels... Sometimes I have a false reading and other times I push the plate away...I so hope that this reaction will continue for the rest of my life...

It is one of the scariest things I have had to deal with so far..And I have had some dillies. So far I have been managing it not to badly...But the symptoms come on so fast...It rocks everything I am doing...Don't want to have one with my grand daughter in the car while I am driving or when I am baby sitting her. Very unsettling....

I am sure that if I was going through what you are going through I would be walking into walls and sobbing at all times....I am so sorry for your troubles. Cancer is a horrible enemy and it is so unfair for anyone to suffer so much.... Please look after yourself.. Not just for you but for your soul mate as well.. If the dark night is when you slip up chose something else to do instead of sitting there alone...Take a hot bath and or maybe read a book...I don't know. All I know is adding to your pain is way to much right now..... Do the best you can for both of you...Once again please except my best wishes in this time of hardship!

Sometimes it is not how much you eat but what you eat that causes you to gain weight. The sleeve is not a miracle cure...It is a tool to help you lose weight while you are figuring out what is going on in your head..... If we do not fix our thinking then we will not succeed in WLS. That is just the way it is. If we think that we are safe when we lose all the excess weight we are in trouble. This is a journey that lasts the rest of your life. A different path to a healthy you forever....

I am, almost 18 months out but as I read your post...Seems to me girl you are spot on......No worries for now!

A bathing suit on a beach somewhere...ah don't think so...Never felt comfortable in those..Always wore a long Tee Shirt even when I was thin...I don't know hun..when I looked at the hospital gown i had so much fear come up in my stomach you can't imagine..And then when it fit....Holy Cow......I thought I could conquer the world until I went into the room to have the CT....

How would I know that @@PdxMan ? Great thought though.....Here's to all hopes!

I forgot to mention I had a major NSV as well at the hospital.. When I went to have the CT done. The nurse handed me this little cotton navy blue nightie to put on. She just handed it to me. It was cotton and there was no stretch. I took it from her and went into the changing room. I opened it up and looked at it and thought that there was no way it would fit me..Then I thought maybe I should just bite the bullet and go out and ask for a larger size. Then I was so distressed that I thought fine I'll try it on and if it does not fit I will get dressed again and go tell her then. I slipped it on and there was room to spare. It was loose on me. I came out of the room and my hubby had been worried about the same thing that it was too small for me..... He looked at me and said wow.....I sat down and looked at him and tears ran down my face...I would not have been able to even pull it over my head 18 months ago....I felt really tiny and excited and happy.. Until I went into the room and it took her 5 times to find a vein to hit for the dye....