bariatric op number 4

Guys, use eBay plus size clothes sell really well, and leave the money in your Paypal account until you reach your target then draw it out and treat yourselves to a shopping spree for lots of gorgeous new tiny clothes! Xxx:-)

Thank you, you too! What ate you looking forward to most when you have lost all the weight you want to? Xx

The reason some have different rules is for healing, but also for your head to mend too. We obviously can't eat correctly, or we wouldn't be here now, if you imagine going back to being a child liquids, to purée, purée to solids, your making simple choices re training your mind to appreciate food a lot more savoring basic foods, and then when you are totally fed up with one stage and you move on to the next you really enjoy that food, a food that before your op you wouldn't have even looked twice at because its not covered in cheese or loaded with calories. It's helping you to eat like everyone else. Steady and slow draw it out as long as you can, you have the rest of your life to eat, make the most of this opportunity xxxxx

I'm feeling better but no where near fixed, they had to dig the port and mesh out of my stomach wall as my surgeon said it was like concrete! But hay.. At least it's gone now xx

That really sucks, I'm guessing they checked your thyroid? X

Hi shoulder pain is from the anesthetic, google shoulder pain after surgery, it's total normal xx

T Morgan you have nothing to worry about I promise you have around 6-8 people all looking out for you, you and you only x the surgery is the easy bit xxxxxxxxxxxx promise xx

You will be fine, you have done all you can... Your head is in the right place and you will be fine I promise I was nervous as hell, had mine on Monday not as straight forward as just a RNY as I had revision from a band and I had a lot of problems with that. But still it's Sunday and I'm doing good. Be strong smile and think of all the awesome clothes you will be buying in 3-4 months time xx my husband has promised me an unlimited shopping budget that's war I think of when I'm down or unsure about stuff. And everyone here keeps your spirits high xxx

Your scars are so small and neat..:-) my port site (the biggest one) is concave because where the mesh was my new surgeon said it was like concrete and they had to dig it out of me so missing quite a bit of tissue and its really sore :-( x

I'm just on water on jello and and a bit of clear soup they said I can have a few more things than I'm having but I'm avoiding anything that may give me worse BM than I'm having already xxx

Crap band in nov 2007,#1 lost 80lb by the may 08 then next fill I went to have .. i have a flipped port they could not gain access to it so along came op#2 then I had to wait for tissue to heal so they could do a fill, so went 8 weeks later and surprise surprise it's flipped again! No fill for me and so came surgery #3 where they say they will suture mesh to my stomach wall then attach the port to that, so it doesn't flip again so at this point I'm like screw this, but off I go and get back on my feet again.Then gallbladder attacks they were fun, not! It took them 8 months to diagnose me with stones 7 of them, so back I go for op #4 then I get an infection back in to hospital i go have a little chat with god and come back again. So then I'm getting so much pain when I eat and constant pain from port site I'm back and forth like yo yo! The hospital I went with give you 2 year contract, I was out of time so I went to a new doctor and had to appeal my case to get my band removed and switched to a RNY it took 2 yrs to fight my case and Monday this week I finally got op #5! And here I am :-)

Thanks Anne, have made the call but they told me if it Carrys on I may have a bug and I need to see me gp. Still worrying like mad as I don't think I could cope with anything else going wrong :-(

That was ment to say my stomach! So has anyone else had very very loose BM as I am really suffering and just on water?? And not a lot of water at all! Op was Monday loose B M started on Thursday when I got home?? Please please tell me someone else has had this and I haven't got c diff .... Xxx

Hello everyone I've been in so much pain and I haven't known what to do with myself :-( it hurts so much, surgeon said my port site was in an awful mess and no wonder I was in pain his words were it was like concrete... :-( took a lot of digging to get it all out now left with a hollow in mytuy where the port once was.... So so glad to see the back of my crap band!

Hi, long time no speak, just wondering how you were getting on with the c.diff bug and your wounds and to see if everything is getting better for you xx

Hi everyone had my surgery Monday 15th, got home this evening! I'm so sore! But I had revision from band to by pass and my surgeon said it was pretty nasty inside, and he is not surprised I was in pain with the band, and all the problems i was having, but surgeon that did band was shocking!!!! my new surgeon that did this op(band to by pass)was awesome!!! X How is everyone else?

Well my surgery is in 13 hours... And I am so nervous! Not like me at all! X

Think I'm in for 3 days! Gutted! How long you guys in for then?