Beck90

An update Well.. surgery was about six months ago now or a little more! I'm still doing well and in the six months, I've lost 80 pounds. I still have about 50 to go to get to my goal, but 30 would be within the goal the doctors set for me (I wanted to aim for the lowest possible healthy goal which was 130). Most all of the surgery issues I had have gone away. I don't really experience dumping anymore. Occasionally rich food still churns my stomach and I toss my Cookies so to speak... but other than that.. no complications.. my constipation resolved on its own with time etc. I'm still losing hair even though I meet my Protein goals, but I've heard that can last quite a while. I don't measure my food, but I also only take tiny portions when serving myself and I stop before I feel full - there's a happy "comfortable" feeling right before full that I've learned to identify that tells me I've eaten enough. I figure as long as the scales are still steadily going downward that I'm eating correct portions I no longer have any temptation to over eat. My sleeve is perfect at telling me exactly how much and when to eat! Hopefully that will never change I don't notice much loosening in my restriction. I eat high protein and moderate on carbs with a lot of fruit and veggie. I found that eating very low carb made me lose energy, so my dietician said it would be fine to be more moderate on carbs. I don't aim for a number.. I get my protein in first and veggies and then carbs can happen. I get my protein in using a lot of dairy and also some meat (lots of chicken and seafood) I do drink diet pop without any issue. It doesn't cause me pain or make me tempted to eat other sugary foods. I do sometimes eat Desserts, but a lot less often than I did.. I don't feel the need for them the way I used to. I can pass up a cupcake sitting on the counter and just not care.. which was never something I could do before. I regularly exercise, which was something I never did before and I feel good about that. My energy is huge now and I've gone from a size 22 to a size 13 ish. I can wear skinny jeans for the first time and feel great about it and I feel healthier too. I can do so much more than I was able to once upon a time

I'm a cheese freak lol. It's definitely on my top five favorite list of foods. I eat it every day. I don't eat the low fat ones but I do watch how much I eat of it carefully. Love Baby Bel. I still get a whole lot of my daily Protein from dairy sources. Luckily, I did before surgery too so I think my body is used to it. I had constipation at the beginning but now I'm over it All you people who love the hot stuff just aren't normal (I just can't tolerate spice and never could, I'm secretly jealous)

Hell on earth? Basically.. some people's sleeves (mine included at least right now) cannot tolerate certain foods and when they eat those foods it causes immediate and severe diaherria, nausea, (and at least in my case vomitting). I'm talking where you're in front of the toilet and it's coming out both ends for several hours - at least that's my experience with it. However, you can avoid it by avoiding the foods that cause it if you ever experience it. For instance, Right now that means I can't have any ice cream (which is very sad as I love ice cream). I dislike yogurt but I found out that I do like frozen yogurt so I've been eating that to fulfill my ice cream craving (once in a while only!) and it's made it bearable lol. Sometimes dumping syndrome and the foods you can't eat fade over time post surgery for those who have it and sometimes they do not, but it's less common in sleeve patients than in gastric bypass patients. Foods that are likely to cause dumping syndrome include: any sugary foods or drinks, pastas, breads, rice etc.

I was gonna say I tried all these meds but what wound up working for me was peppermint candies.. I eat them BEFORE I know I'm likely to get nauseous (i.e. I lay there and eat one before I get out of bed and only after it's down for a couple minutes do I try to get up.

So the incision that's on my left side was like this - it was basically like a crater it looked like.. slowly, skin filled it in and it healed up just fine. I was told it did this because that area is more manipulated during surgery and because I had a bad reaction to the gastrographen they did to test for leaks and did a lot of dry heaving about 18 hours after surgery so it opened a bit. But 2 months out it's all filled in.. I can tell the skin there is thinner than other skin as it's still filling in beneath and it's definitely the nastiest looking of my scars, but it seems to be healing! If in doubt give your surgeon a call and ask , especially if you're in pain.

@@GinaCampbell man, your story makes me so very thankful that I didn't have your complications. I'm blessed to be healthy and didn't have many problems at all with my sleeve or advancing through the food stages! I can related to your pizza hut problem. We went there after VBS to eat one night when I was 5 weeks out. I couldn't yet have salad. I wasn't brave enough to try Pasta lol.. they didn't have anything on the menu but wings and pizza so I wound up just eating the cheese and meat off some pizza crust. Your granddaughter is lucky to have a Grandma who cares so much! I think you're right - I'll never be able to eat the quantity I used to at a buffet, and that's okay with me. I don't want to. I had surgery for a reason but this thread had given me so many great tips to make buffets worth it in their own way when I do wind up having to go to one.

I'm two months out and able to drink diet pop with a straw and with carbonation - no problems and it's a big motivator for me because I don't get to have it until at least 75% of my daily liquid is down

@@LipstickLady I don't blame you there. But really... am I supposed to sit here and allow someone to make accusations about me that are untrue, unfounded, and unreasonable based on what she "assumes" based on other posts I've made.. - especially when I didn't ask for opinions in the first place... I specifically asked to know about dumping and what people experience after.. Not to have someone come in here and post that I'm making poor food decisions and now is the time for me to learn better habits. I am not here to be walked over and judged and won't tolerate it. Now if she had some kind of logical point I'd listen. Happily. But she doesn't. As a matter of fact I've been told by my entire medical team (who actually KNOW me ) how WELL I'm doing. So. I feel I've a right to defend myself.

You couldn't be more lost or off base about me if you were in the middle of the pacific ocean on a raft without a map. I am paying attention - that doesn't mean the kinds of things you're posting are acceptable or okay. Clearly you didn't get my point in the previous thread.. I was asking how to make the most out of it because I DID NOT GET A CHOICE IN WHERE WE WENT - read that again.. it was my friend's birthday.. she chose the location and because I care about her I went... right now I AM UNEMPLOYED AND MAKING ABOUT $150 A MONTH - read that again... So yes I absolutely have a right to care about and ask about how to make the most out of a buffet when I am scrimping by on VERY little money. Normally when I go out to eat at a restaurant and order an entree it's simple because I can box up what I don't eat and take it home... That cannot be done at a buffet... and it wasn't all about how to stuff the most in my mouth quite frankly.... it was about how to make the most of the experience and the amount of money spent when I don't have that much to spend... And frankly I got lots of good advice from people - like try one bite of a lot of new things, or see if they would let me do a takeout container by the pound so I don't have to pay the buffet price.. ask if I could do a child buffet... These are all acceptable... gracious answers along the lines of what I asked.. You have no business judging me or anyone else on this forum by "reading between the lines" of various threads they post. I did not "know" the idea was a disaster and it WAS NOT A DISASTER... read that again THE BUFFET WAS NOT A DISASTER. I managed to stay on program and feel like I didn't get jipped money wise based on the tips in that thread which was what that thread was about And why I spent a whole paragraph telling people what I didn't want to hear - because I wanted responses that would help - not salty responses judging me for wanting to get the most of it and have a good experience... just like anyone else would want to. And guess what I'm paying attention - maybe you should too.. I'm down 35 pounds.. PCP says I'm doing amazing, feel better than I ever have, more active than I ever have been.. hard core work outs 3-5 times a week, mostly low carb, 60 gram Protein / 64 oz Fluid a day and 800 calories... two clothing sizes down.. I AM SUCCEEDING.. Just because I'm not doing it YOUR way doesn't mean I'm not doing it the right way.. or making a lot of bad decisions read it again I. AM. SUCCEEDING. I would appreciate if you would not post judgmental comments on my threads when I ask questions from reading between the lines and ASSUMING (wrongly) that I'm not doing well or won't continue to do well.

Well... I'm going to reply to this and I don't think everyone will respect my opinion but I'm going to try to do it in the most polite way possible. I come to this forum to get answers to my questions, guidance, share experiences.. NOT to be judged or run over by people. And I find that the same happens on a lot of other threads as well.. I get that the veterans here are a great asset to those of us newbies and that they get frustrated that no one seems to appreciate their expertise.. I do... but I don't come here to be judged... I opened this thread to ask people what experience they have after dumping. I did not open it to hear anything other than that.. to be quite plain.. @ Thank you for just answering my question.. no judgment involved.. this is what I was looking for. your symptoms seem to line up on par perfectly with what I experienced. @@OutsideMatchInside I'm trying to be nice here but frankly I found your post to be pretty offensive.. I have no idea where you got the information that I'm making a lot of "poor" food choices or that I'm "squandering anything" but I didn't appreciate you posting that (wrong) judgment about me - especially on a public forum for everyone to read. So I'll just set the record straight. For the most part I've made good choices. I've posted more about problems I had than successes because that's usually the way it goes.. when something goes wrong you ask about it.. if it's going right.. you usually don't mention it. Do I occasionally eat off plan when I want to try something? Yes I do.. Am I aware I could dump or have a bad reaction? Yes and I accept that risk. But I sure as heck am not "wasting" anything... I have lost 35 pounds + in only 7 weeks, my doctors are amazed at my progress, I am down two clothing sizes from where I was, My eating habits are far more healthy than they were pre surgery, I am successfully eating -fairly- low carb for the first time in my life, I am doing intense aqua aerobics that puts my heart rate in the 200's 3 times a week and lap swimming 1-2 times a week even though I never used to exercise at all, I religiously get 60 grams of Protein and 64 ounces of Fluid (which is what my plan asks for) every single day. I have upped my intake of fruits and veggies extremely. I am completely embracing the changes I need to make to succeed.. but I'm doing it in a way I can handle. Just like all of us got overweight in our own unique ways with our own unique challenges.. all of us MUST handle life after surgery and losing the weight in our own unique ways... I personally won't restrict myself from food choices I want to make as long as, overall, I'm doing the right things becuse if I feel deprived then I will fall off the wagon completely and abandon ship. That is the case whether I was two months out or two years out.. it does not mean I'm making poor choices overall and it does not mean I don't appreciate this period of rapid loss.. it means I'm doing what I believe I can stick with for -lifetime- not just a race to get the weight off. @@Dub Frankly I don't think it was well said and I'm a little bothered that you approved of it.. for all the reasons I stated above.. that poster is someone I know only casually - she and I haven't talked about my food options at any length and she had no reason to assume anything... Likewise... I don't really ascribe to the "honeymoon period" if that works for some people that's cool.. it doesn't work for me. This is not a sprint.. it's a marathon... I have no intention of "hammering down" on myself in a way I know will cause me not to succeed.. I'd rather lose it slow and steady over time (honeymoon or not) with new habits that are more moderate and I know I can stick to for a lifetime because then I know I don't have to worry about re-gaining because I don't feel I've spent the past however many months depriving myself. I am not the hammering down kind of person.. Like I mentioned above.. I'm doing the right things based on my plan (800 calories, 60 gram protein, 64 oz Water, good exercise, more good choices than bad, increased fruits and veggies and lowered carbs immensely) but I have no intention of "hammering down" anymore than that because to do so would just be depriving myself from living a natural and normal life.. I'm not going to do that now nor in the future because I know me personally and I know that won't work for me and will cause me to give up. I'm far more in danger of failing by depriving myself than I am from "slider foods" "poor choices" or other issues.. I know this about myself and am handling my weightloss with this in mind.. if the honeymoon sprint of losing weight works for some then they should do that.. but it doesn't work for everyone and I resent the idea that everyone "must" ascribe to it.. like I said before... all of us got overweight in our own ways and all of us have to get it off in our own ways.. there is no one size fits all strategy here.. and for me.. I'd rather try new foods, eat with a plan I can -manage long term-, measure my food out, keep my portions small, and stick to the things I mentioned I was doing above than deprive myself just so I can shed the pouds X2 fast and then deal with putting it right back on because I feel like I've been deprived for months. Now... if someone would like to be like @ and @@LipstickLady get back on track with responding to what I actually asked about instead of judging me and assuming you know things you don't.. I'd welcome that.

Well. I made an unwise food decision today. Sigh. And dumped. Like badly. An hour on the toilet and then having it come out both ends at once (more embarrassing still I'm at a relatives house not at home so they all know!) but what I want to know is what's normal after dumping. Now that I've dumped. I feel exhausted. I don't want clothes on. I feel hot all over my body. I just want to lay naked with ice on me. Is this normal ? Those of you who have dumped what feelings physical sensations did you have after the dumping ended? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

What all the others said. And I can't emphasize enough how much talking to a counselor can help when you're going through this process of learning to rely on other coping mechanisms. Look into some counseling if you can Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Ugh. I don't have a lot of good advice beyond that I empathize. I'm bipolar II and anxiety and it was hard for me to get the psych they wanted me to see to clear me even though my own psychiatrist and therapist did right away. (Kind of the opposite of your situation) hang in there. If they're a big enough practice to have an hr department reach out to them to find out who to call. If not start by calling Medicaid itself and find out who you need to speak with because as far as I know they can't just downright not fill out forms. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App