Lisa1996

Thanks everyone! I'm kicking myself for not taking before pictures. I'm sure my brain will catch up soon enough????

I'm a little over a month out and doing great, feeling good, regaining my energy. I weighed myself this morning and I have lost a total of 35 pounds! However when I look on the mirror I just can not see it. I'm glad I didn't have the surgery for purely aesthetic reasons or I would be so frustrated. My clothes are literally falling off of me, I can see they are big but I can't get to make my brain see any weight loss. Any one else experience this? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

No possibility of being pregnant, I lost one ovary to PCOS and then I had to have an ablation/tubal ligation with my remaining. It's funny because the only time I have ever ever been sick when brushing my teeth was when I was pregnant, it's how I found out- but it only happened once.

Does anyone else have this problem? I'm a little over a month out. Everything else is going great , but every time I brush my teeth I gag. I have never had this before. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

My husband is type 1 and is having surgery at the beginning of 2017. He has a Medtronic insulin pump that has the ability to use a sensor to alert him of low blood sugar. Would that be an option for you? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Profkf- THAT IS AWESOME! Thanks for sharing your experience!

Very sound advice! I just had my first follow up appointment. I'm healing fine, and my weight loss is right on track. I was thinking about this today- I think my mentality was I did this extreme thing to take back my health and I was feeling, for lack of a better word, entitled to quick results. Ha! The more I let it sink in that it is a change of lifestyle the more I feel like I will be so happy that I earned the weight loss instead of loosing it all in a month or two : )

yep, that's the same as my guidelines. I'm wondering more about uncooked veggies and salad. The nutrition sheet is very detailed in the first three weeks and then lacking beyond week 4. It doesn't mention anything about meats like chicken breast, pork or steak either. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

The diet sheet my NUT have me is very unclear about when I can have uncooked veggies, salad etc. When were you given the green light on veggies. I'm not in any hurry to push it, but I am looking forward to eating a carrot Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I had my gall bladder removed a couple years before I had the bypass. I'm my experience, the gall bladder removal was a thousand times more painful a recovery. I had almost zero pain after bypass. I took Tylenol for 2 days for pain after the bypass, but was on narcotics for almost two weeks after the gall bladder came out. Obviously every person is different, I'd say trust yourself and I'd something seems wrong ask your doctor, they get paid big bucks- they can handle a question or two Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone on this forum. You all are such a wealth of information sand so encouraging! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

@@Daisee68 , That makes sense! I'm just paranoid that I will never have any stomach sensation again. It's a process I know. Day by day, week by week.

I probably should have clarified. I'm not really looking to feel full. But right now I feel nothing. No hunger, which is great. Also when I eat it doesn't even feel like I have anything in my stomach, I have zero sensation in my belly. I'm transitioning to solid foods, fish, soft fruits and veggies. I guess what I'm concerned about is that I will have a tendency to graze if I'm not feeling like I have anything in my stomach.

I would love to have a satisfied feeling- I just feel nothing. It's like I never even ate anything. It's strange. I have had that tight feeling after having too much, but that was early on the first couple times I tried actual food. Obviously I'll stick with what my NUT advises but I can have a half cup food no problem.

Thank you fir your response. My surgeon said that the "full" feeling is what helps you loose weight. Learning how to eat slowly, and trigger that satiated full feeling is what I should aim for. I know every surgeon is so different and has different guidelines. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App