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I am 3 months post op and my stomach makes noises all day long is this normal and how long does this last, I hate sitting in a quiet room and having my stomach talking to me constantly. I also get this feeling like a air bubble in my throat all the time and it makes me burp all the time am I causing this somehow or is this part of the after effects of the surgery?? Neither one is painful it's just annoying as crap. Thank you

@@Frenchie1977, I have been eating reduced fat wheat thins with my tuna salad and chicken salad just so i can have something crunchy do you think these are okay?? I love them and I don't like cucumbers!!!

@@theantichick You were talking about refried Beans. I haven't started my puree stage yet, I start Wednesday, but my friend told me she would puree refried beans with beef broth and Protein powder and she loved it and I thought that sounded good too and intend to try it!!

Hey Everyone, I just had my surgery on Dec. 8th and I read on here that if you call the Genepro flavorless protein powder phone number you can get a free sample, does anyone have that number or know where I can get it? I don't want to buy a whole bag and not like it, even though everyone says it's great!

I just had my surgery on the 8th and I hear so many people have constipation and i have gone 3 times today!! Is this normal? What could I possibly have coming out???

Thank you everyone!!

This just scares the crap out of me, I am supposed to have surgery on Dec. 8th, I'm already panicky and now I am worse, that is exactly what I am scared of happening to me after surgery and I won't be able to handle that, so what do I do???

Hi all, I'm from Mississippi not Georgia but it's the South. My date is Dec.8th and I am scare to death but can't wait to start healing and loosing the weight and get more energy!!! But soooooo nervous!!!!

My surgery date is Dec. 8. How do you change the feelings of panic and anxiety to excitement??!!!

@@Goals, that is exactly how I feel, I am just going to take it one day at a time and like my brother told me once all the weight starts coming off I will be excited and know I did the right decision, I just want to hurry up and get the surgery done and get to the healing part and getting used to my new life and new relationship with food!!!!

Mine is December 8th too, good luck to all of us!!!

Hi everyone, I was just wandering I haven't had surgery yet but I hear of some people getting sick off of certain things, when this happens is it immediate and how long does it last? Is is just vomiting that is the outcome or does it come out the other end too and do you need to be close to a bathroom after eating certain things? Thanks just trying to get myself prepared for anything with this surgery!!! Then maybe I won't so panicked about this whole thing!! Thanks

I know this is going to be a stupid question but has anyone after having surgery gone on a cruise and got seasick when they never got seasick before? Will it affect your new stomach differently then it did before??

I know i have been on here before and asked the same question, but I really need help! I have done all my pre-op appt's only have one more left. I am scared to death of making the appt. everytime I think of giving up popcorn, pizza, lobster, and anything else that tastes good and is not good for you I panic and tell myself I can't do this!!! The liquid part, I am trying to drink more Water and the most I have been able to drink in a day is 48 oz, and read stories of people passing out, being dehydrated and that scares me. I know you are all saying, you need to quit you are not ready for this and your probably right the problem is THIS IS MY LAST OPTION I can't just cut down on eating on my own so what do I do???? If I don't have it this calendar year I will have wasted all the other pre-op appt's and will have to start over in the future if I try again to do this!! I really wish I could just by like all of you and just put on my big girl panties and finish this but I am petrified please help me, Sorry so long!!! AlsoI am seeing a therapist but I don't think she can help me, I have talked to her about it and she just says I need to make this decision myself and I am thinking about it too much!! but thats what I do I obsess over crap!!!! HELP!!!!!

Thank you so much every one, you have given me a lot to think about, and you have some really good points, Thank you so much again!!! I think I will continue the process, I just don't want to feel like this anymore and I hate taking so much medicine. I am only 50 years old, no spring chicken but I take tooooo much medicine!!! So here we go!!!

I feel exactly the same way, and worry about the same things I'm still pre-op after I had my psych eval. he recommended for me to see a therapist for depression for 6 months before he would approve me for surgery. My 6 months is up at the end of August and I am too scared to call and schedule my second appt. to get approval from the bariatric psychiatrist. I wish I could just quit thinking about it and do it!!!

I haven't had my surgery yet but I was just wandering if anybody with IBS or any other digestive problems has had this surgery and how did affect it??

@@kgd002 Let us know how you are feeling.

I'm from Northern MS, about 15 miles from tupelo. I am still going back and forth on whether to get the surgery done, one day l'm ready to do it and then the next I'm like there's no way I can do this. I am done with all my preop appt's am now just trying to get myself talked into this, I'm just scared if I will be able to do this but if I don't I don't know what's left because I can't loose on my own, I need help and thats what I feel the surgery will be for me. So that's my story, thanks for your time .

Thank you so much everyone for taking time to help me, you have all given me alot to think about, and you all make it sound like it should be a no brainer. Do I want to continue feeling like crap, looking like crap, no energy, taking too many pills or do I want to do something about it that can change everything about me that I hate, hmmmm. I will figure this out!!!! Thank you all again it's nice to know i have support!!!!

Well I've got all my preop appt.'s done all I need to do is continue my therapy and I can have my surgery. The problem is I have completely psyched myself out with the surgery, I have been reading too many stories of people having problems, ex. ( excessive vomiting, not being able to eat anything, being weak, and other physical problems) and I just don't think I can do the surgery, so now I feel hopeless because I just don't think I have the willpower or discipline to do it on my own!!! But I have pretty much decided against the surgery! I hate this.!!!

I don't know if this is too personal for some but I need some advice/support. I had my psych eval in January and it was recommended by the psychiatrist that I have 6 months of therapy and then go back and see him. I started in March seeing someone and I have been there 5 times and don't feel any different, got my anti depressant I was taking changed from paxil to wellbutrin 2 weeks ago and haven't noticed anything!! I don't really think I have a problem with depression, the only problem is how I feel about myself, I have no self-esteem and no self-confidence because of my weight which is one of the reasons why I am getting surgery so I can loose weight and feel better about myself physically and mentally. And I have asked numerous times as has my therapist for the results of my eval. and we have seen nothing so we don't know what red flags he got and exactly what he thinks I should be working on!!! Long story short, has anybody had a similiar experience and does therapy and medicine help with this problem, I am afraid they are not going to let me have the surgery!!! Thanks for your time!!! I would love some support on this!! :(

I am in the middle of my pre-op requirements I originally planned on being able to have my surgery around May, but (and this is embaracing to say) but I flunked my psych evaluation and the psychiatrists recommendations were to have 6 months of therapy before I have the surgery and then I go back to see him, so now it won't be until September or so but I'm still in the same calendar year so my insurance deductible will still apply. But I just wanted to know if anyone else had this same outcome and did it help you more when you had the surgery in the long run, Because that is the way I am looking at it is it will just make me more successful when it comes time for me to have the surgery. I do have some depression problems and self-esteem issues to work through but just wandering what everyone thinks and any similar stories and what were your results???

I am from MS., I am 50 years old. I am 5'5 and weigh 260lbs. and I have diabetes, high cholesterol, blood pressure, and acid reflux. That being said you would think it would be a no-brainer to have the surgery. I have started the 6mo. program required by my ( I will have all my appt.'s and tests done in January),so I should be able to have my surgery in May or June, and the more I think about it the more I think I can't do this!!!!! I have lost weight on Weight Watchers but after a couple of years I start gaining the weight back and then i just quit and end up gaining all my weight back, so I can loose it I just can't keep it off, so I feel if I don't get this surgery I will just get fatter because I have no willpower and I need the help of the surgery to not eat so much that I feel miserable.I am scared if I fget the surgery it won't work for me and I will just waste the money and I will loose but then gain it all back or something will happen and after the surgery I will be sick and it will cause more health problems. I am just so confused, how did y'all be so sure that you were going to have this surgery and you had no second thoughts, because I would really like to feel that way but right now as i type this I just don't think I can do this!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!