GinaCampbell

God bless you. You are not alone. I have had lots of complications. I thank God every day that I only had a vsg and not a bypass. I think that I would have died if I had had the bypass. I can't stop losing weight either. My family are still really upset too. I look and feel awful. I am much sicker than I ever was as a fat person. I too just have to trust God. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am on team banana. This is why. Quote From the USDA: Bananas are rich in healthy B-vitamins that help your body maintain a healthy metabolism and reduce health risks associated with type 2 diabetes, are important for your nervous system, and help your body produce white blood cells. The potassium in bananas help your body maintain healthy Fluid balance, which protects against swelling. Bananas also help keep you healthy by potentially reducing your risk of kidney cancer, and macular degeneration (due to the high content of the carotenoid “lutein”). If you suffer from PMS or want to improve your mood whether you have PMS or not, eat a banana. The sugar and potassium in bananas is also good for you when you are learning or concentrating[iv]. So eat a banana if you want to be focused! Want to power through a vigorous workout? Consider eating bananas first as their mixture of slow-moving sugar plus electrolytes can help keep your energy level steady. The potassium and magnesium in bananas may help protect you from muscle cramps at night and during workouts. Bananas are rich in pectin, a soluble dietary fiber and natural detoxifying agent, great for digestion. Banana fiber contains prebiotics that encourages the growth of healthy bacteria in the bowel. These bacteria produce digestive enzymes that help your body absorb nutrients, and actual support healthy weight management. All that fiber in bananas is good for helping ease constipation… Bananas are also a healthy way to sooth your GI tract if you have the runs. Bananas may naturally soothe acid reflux, heartburn and GERD. If you have stomach ulcers, raw bananas may “coat” your stomach and relieve the distress caused by stomach acids. Bananas are rich in antioxidants, especially when overripe which protect you against free radicals and chronic disease. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I saw a consultant dermatologist who said exactly the same thing. She said that nothing could prevent it if we are patients that have it happen. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I lost far too much weight too fast due to post op infections and c diff. Despite presenting repeatedly regarding the bowel issues and illness, I was just told that I was an "anxious" patient. I am supposed to be c diff clear but I still have pain and other symptoms. I too am losing without trying. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

So I have C Difficile. I have had it for several weeks if not months. Only found out today. Have exposed all of my family. Just a heads up, your GP here in the UK does not test stool for CDiff unless specifically requested. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Always stick to your plan. You are nowhere near healed at four weeks. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

That's interesting, might give these a try. We call Zuccini an 'aubergine'. By the way, feel free to 'gatecrash'; 'the more, the merrier' as we say here in Blighty. Here in the UK, zucchini are courgettes. Eggplants are aubergine. Wouldn't want you to be trying to make aubergine crisps! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am six months out and my hair is falling out in extreme amounts. It started at four months. At this rate, I think I may lose all my hair. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

What does your plan suggest at 4 weeks out? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

What about bananas, seriously? There was a super serious discussion about the nutritional merits (or lack thereof) regarding bananas. As you can imagine, for every thousand members, a thousand different opinions on bananas. sigh Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

The original question about missing food has little to do with overeating or binging on unhealthy foods. I miss healthy food in healthy portions. I am only six months out though so maybe in a few years I might be able to eat healthy food again. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I did have post op complications. I am six months out now and my surgeon tells me that my stomach was healed months ago (which I doubt). I am cleared to eat anything I want and am only expected to try to eat as much Protein as I can because I have struggled to find one that works for me. I am always surprised at what people try to eat. I suppose I could eat tiny amounts of food all day but why would I? It's not only restriction that stops me, it's the feeling of a food in my sleeve or if I feel dizzy after I eat it. If I really miss something, I do taste it. It usually doesn't taste the same or feel right so I can pass it by and stop missing it. I wish I could eat healthy foods! I miss salads and protein. Maybe a year out is the magic number. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I did have post op complications. I am six months out now and my surgeon tells me that my stomach was healed months ago (which I doubt). I am cleared to eat anything I want and am only expected to try to eat as much protein as I can because I have struggled to find one that works for me. I am always surprised at what people try to eat. I suppose I could eat tiny amounts of food all day but why would I? It's not only restriction that stops me, it's the feeling of a food in my sleeve or if I feel dizzy after I eat it. If I really miss something, I do taste it. It usually doesn't taste the same or feel right so I can pass it by and stop missing it. I wish I could eat healthy foods! I miss salads and protein. Maybe a year out is the magic number. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Wow! I couldn't eat a steak or a burger if I tried. Certainly couldn't eat the bun, lettuce etc. Or fries. Definitely not a milkshake. And I can't eat more than two small, very small meals a day and fluids the rest of the time. My sleeve simply won't let me. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I miss the ease of eating whatever everyone else is having. I miss salads. I have lost all interest in food and get no pleasure in eating anything. All carbs are off limits for my sleeve. I too would just take a pill for nutrition. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hang in there. You won't feel normal for awhile. Concentrate on Water. Start there. Start with broth, especially beef bone broth. Super easy to make. Throw beef bones from the store into your slow cooker with water and let it simmer. Drink small and I mean tiny amounts every hour that you are awake. If you are hydrated, things definitely improve. Don't fret if solid food isn't working out right now. Rest and Fluid will really help. Then you can add small shredded beef or chicken into the broth. Get back in touch with your counsellor and just be honest. Rest. Heal. Sip. And repeat. You can do this. I still get dizzy and the sweats when I eat. But I try a new source of Protein often. I always focus on water first, protein next, then Vitamins. You do need someone to support you if you can find someone. All your food issues will insist on being dealt with because your coping strategies are gone. Your hormones are raging because the fat is melting. You can do this! You will heal. Don't worry, you aren't alone in how you feel. Send me a message if you need someone to talk to. God bless. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

You can never know everything before surgery. You can never know exactly how you will feel about your new normal until you experience it. You can never predict every post op complication that you might encounter either. Most people do great but some of us stay ill and incredibly debilitated for months on end. No amount of research can predict exactly what the outcome will be post op. I am nearly six months out and still can't eat normally. I am exhausted, hungry and weak. I did my research thoroughly for over two years pre op. My bariatric team just say "this happens sometimes". Well they never told me that any of this could happen! By six months out, I was supposed to be well and up on my feet. Yes, I am at normal weight now but what good is that if you are too weak and sick to move? For some people, this surgery was just not the right decision. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App To suggest that your experience was something that is going to happen to all is irresponsible if it can drastically improve the health of others. Too many people have had positive improvements. We shouldn't push our negative opinion on others as the rule. When it is not. I have multiple auto immune illnesses and have struggled with weight which compounds the discomfort of arthritis, fibro, CFS, hormonal imbalances causing leptin resistance. Metabolic syndrome, High Blood pressure. Diabetes, I am a nurse and have bad knees, hip etc. celiac, and diverticulosis. Graves Disease and Graves Eye Disease. So after all my research in a way to improve quality of life, this was the answer. So that's all I'm saying! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I am not pushing my opinion on anyone. My having a different experience than others does not make it invalid. I have never said that this surgery isn't good for some people. I have clearly said it was simply not right for ME. And people like me should not be expected to keep quiet simply because we aren't "happy sleevers". There are people struggling out there who need to know that it is okay to feel the way they feel regardless of whether they like what they chose to do. I certainly never suggested that our experience is "going to happen" to anyone else. We are in the minority for sure. You can't have it both ways though. Either people need to do their research and be educated pre op ( which means they should be aware of people like me ) or they should just skip merrily into surgery hearing only the success stories. Being healthy should be our goal and sometimes just getting thinner can have a higher physical cost than high blood pressure. I understand that you are happy with your decision and some if us are not. That's all I am saying. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I know exactly how you feel. You aren't alone. Not everyone feels "amazing" post op. You definitely will heal. And with the healing comes less discomfort and pain. I found that simply concentrating on healing and getting well post op was the most peaceful way forward. I only concentrated on drinking Water and broth to stay hydrated and "fed". I stopped worrying about how many or few calories I was getting or how much Protein etc. I just focused on getting well. You just had major surgery. Just think about how many internal stitches are in your stomach and how much healing that will take. Think about the lsyers of skin, muscle etc that the laparotomy tools went through. Just because you only see a few small external surgery sites, I think some people forget how much trauma our bodies have been through. I became seriously ill post op and dropped 60lbs in four weeks with a septic abscess in my abdomen, then contracted clostridium difficile. Trust me, if I got better, you will too! Well done for trying to get back to work. I could not have done it! Just take really good care of your healing process. You can worry about weight loss and food intake later on. Good luck and God bless. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

You can never know everything before surgery. You can never know exactly how you will feel about your new normal until you experience it. You can never predict every post op complication that you might encounter either. Most people do great but some of us stay ill and incredibly debilitated for months on end. No amount of research can predict exactly what the outcome will be post op. I am nearly six months out and still can't eat normally. I am exhausted, hungry and weak. I did my research thoroughly for over two years pre op. My bariatric team just say "this happens sometimes". Well they never told me that any of this could happen! By six months out, I was supposed to be well and up on my feet. Yes, I am at normal weight now but what good is that if you are too weak and sick to move? For some people, this surgery was just not the right decision. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I certainly would never have had surgery for a 50lb weightloss either. This was the worst decision of my life. I am coming up to six months out and still feel as you do. But you will come to accept it more. We have no choice. So I just concentrate on being at peace. What's done is done. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Mine makes alot of noise. It is embarrassing especially if I am at a table where other people are eating. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am nearly six months post op and my hair is literally dropping out in clumps daily. I was losing hair moderately before surgery so I was scheduled to see a dermatologist anyway about it. Had consult and am having a biopsy to determine exact cause (if possible) of hair loss. This increased hair loss only started a few weeks ago. It is really shocking how much I am losing each day. The consultant said any event could cause this, from infections to stress to trauma from surgery. She also said that what I ate or didn't eat would not have mattered. So I am just accepting that this is happening and letting it be, following my plan and doing all the things that I think might help. She prescribed minoxidil but I decided against it. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hopefully, you will find other ways of "treating" yourself. Once you have been without processed carbs, full fat foods etc that made you overweight in the first place, gone through the withdrawal process; perhaps you will want to take advantage of this WLS, this tool that you put in place. Pizza as you knew it, is really awkward to eat post op. Chewy bready carbs like bagels and conventional pizza bases swell in your sleeve and sit really heavy in your stomach. But there are lots of bariatric recipes for faux pizza and you could always substitute full fat cream cheese for 0% fat cream cheese with thin slices of fresh strawberries on melba toast. Point being that restriction is a part of this process for weight loss but many "bad" foods are tiny and "slide" down your sleeve easily. You could easily find yourself eating more calories than is allowed on your weight loss plan and start gaining weight. Don't get me wrong, we all still want to eat foods that made us overweight in the first place, it takes time for our heads to catch up to our sleeve. I have been working really hard on training my new system to enjoy good, healthy foods. Unfortunately, even at five months out, I am still struggling to eat well as my sleeve hates everything. I hope that you can eventually see that other ways of treating yourself is better than using food, especially unhealthy carb and fat laden foods. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App If that works for you then great. But my goal from the beginning of the process has been to use the restriction as a tool to relearn how to eat normally. Maybe your definition of normal is different then mine but if I have If I had eaten like what I think is normal then I would never be obese in the first place, I binged for years and not even on just bad foods. There is absolutely no reason I should not be able to "treat myself" every now and then as long as I'm not bingeing and it's not everyday it shouldn't be a problem, at least not for me anyway Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I hope for your sake you are right. Food is fuel for our bodies. Not a reward. I refuse to go through all of this only to turn around and undo it all by putting in fat, unnecessary carbs and processed foods. You are right, everyone's idea of "normal" is different. That's why there are bariatric diet programmes. Even though we have been sleeved, we still have to be mindful and eat a weightloss diet. But you are right. You have to do this your way. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hopefully, you will find other ways of "treating" yourself. Once you have been without processed carbs, full fat foods etc that made you overweight in the first place, gone through the withdrawal process; perhaps you will want to take advantage of this WLS, this tool that you put in place. Pizza as you knew it, is really awkward to eat post op. Chewy bready carbs like bagels and conventional pizza bases swell in your sleeve and sit really heavy in your stomach. But there are lots of bariatric recipes for faux pizza and you could always substitute full fat cream cheese for 0% fat cream cheese with thin slices of fresh strawberries on melba toast. Point being that restriction is a part of this process for weight loss but many "bad" foods are tiny and "slide" down your sleeve easily. You could easily find yourself eating more calories than is allowed on your weight loss plan and start gaining weight. Don't get me wrong, we all still want to eat foods that made us overweight in the first place, it takes time for our heads to catch up to our sleeve. I have been working really hard on training my new system to enjoy good, healthy foods. Unfortunately, even at five months out, I am still struggling to eat well as my sleeve hates everything. I hope that you can eventually see that other ways of treating yourself is better than using food, especially unhealthy carb and fat laden foods. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Trust me. You will find other ways to feel better... because you have to. You must be a very strong person to have gone through the process of obtaining your WLS. So you will be okay. Whatever you do, don't attempt to eat outside of your program. I assure you that you won't enjoy the food, it won't taste quite the same and you could really injure yourself. How you are feeling is not unusual. You have just had major surgery. You will heal, you will figure this out. You will eat food again in time. A counsellor would be a really good idea if you can access one. There is an abundance of information here and there is always someone here who feels the way you do at whatever stage you are. There is no "right" or "wrong" way to feel about your new body. Be nice to yourself right now. I hope you feel better soon. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I feel the same way. I regret it so much. Every day I regret it. I started 245 when I got surgery. I have other posts talking about regret. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Are you feeling no better? Prayers coming your way! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App