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oh..as for co-workers..i work in a doctors office and just found it easier to be honest with them. We eat lunch together in the break room every day and it would have been obvious. Come to think of it I told everyone and wasn't shy about it. Today I have to bite my tongue when I see heavy people because I want to help them.

I planned to be off work one week; ended up taking two. The hospital stay was supposed to be two days but for me it was 5..just so much pain. No complications just slow to recover.

Mine were soooooooooo big before sx'44DDD After the weight loss I was just normal big; 36DD...and then in 2013 I got breast cancer and had to have them both removed. My plastic surgeon reconstructed them, and I will never forget the day in her office when she asked me (prior to sx) would I like to go a little smaller. YIPEE..Yes I would. She made me a C cup. Come to think of it I will also never forget the stricken look on my hubbies face either when she asked that question and said YES. All my life they made me look fat even when I wasn't that fat yet..and never could wear a button down shirt. The breast cancer was very scary but I am so happy today to have perky average boobies.

WOW!

Throw those big girl duds out!! My Mom had gastric bypass one and a half years before me. She was 65 years old. Today at 73 she has maintained her weight loss. A co-worker is two years out and she looks soooo good and no signs of re-gaining. A friend of a friend is 3-4 years out and I think is a bit too thin..no regain. You will do great! I think we will always have the Fat Head. I am like a fat girl on the inside crying to get out. My eyes are always bigger than my tummy. My husband thinks it is hilarious that while in France I had my nose plastered to every pastry store front we passed. I just want to look!!! He has always been thin and does not understand this.

I forgot to mention one other sort of major side affect that I suffer from. Kidney stones! The gastric bypass has turned me into a stone maker. About every 18 months I have to have one surgically removed because I have narrow ureters and can't pass even small ones. Something about the PH of the urine.

Thank You! I exercise; hit and miss but never get completely away from it. Currently I go to Planet Fitness a few days a week right after wwork. Eliptical for 20 min and a bit of strength training. I haven't found maintenance too difficult. I still have the tools in place. I do not feel like my pouch has stretched. And the dumping keeps me in line. For example: I made a cake last weekend and cut myself a moderate slice when we had company over to play cards. I ate approximately two or three bites and started to feel sick so pushed it away. The old me would have gobbled it down and wanted more. I feel fortunate that I still have this tool in place. I eat anything that I desire; it is the quantity that makes the difference. The old me loved cold cereal; multiple bowls. The me today can only eat a very small quantity and sometimes I don't even get away with that! At the end of the day I would do it all over again. It has been a miracle for me. I recently was looking at old pictures of myself and I was just sad for her that was me! My doctor told me that really it IS the b12 and VitD that we have the most trouble absorbing from food. My b12 has always been a bit high because I like those cherry under the tongue discs from costco and take them more frequently than I should. My oncologist discovered my VitD was low in 2013 and now I take 5000 IU's a day and am in the normal range. I think the key to maintenance for me is a daily weigh in. The old me would go months without weight because I was scared.

5 days in the hospital and two weeks off work for me.

Hi everyone. New to the forum. I had gastric bypass in 2010. It has been six and half years. I weighed 232 pounds prior to sx. Within 9 months I weighed 145 pounds and that is pretty much where I have stayed for the past six years. I wear a size 8. I weigh every day and when I hit 150 I cut back until I am at 145 again. I still "dump" almost weekly but not as severely or as easily as in the beginning. By "dump" I mean if I eat too much sugar I feel nauseous and need to lie down for awhile. No sweating, no beating heart, just want to throw up but can't. miserable. One year after sx at my check up my labs were normal except for K was low. I did not do any more follow ups until this summer. I called my bariatric surgeons office and explained I wanted to touch base. I just left my appointment. Oh...I have a confession. Four years ago I quit taking my mult-Vitamin and Calcium. I have been religious with my B12 and VitD however. My labs were all completely normal. I did confess my lapse of the multi and calcium to the doc; to my relief he told me since my labs were normal that essentially I am absorbing what I need from my food. He told me to keep doing what I am doing and I told him he probably would not see me again unless I encountered a problem. In addition to still dumping (which I am glad I do; but he said is patients usually do not dump so far out) I have an occasional episode of reactive hypo-glycemia. If I eat clean I can avoid both situations but I still have the head that got me fat in the first place, so there you have it. Just thought some might be interested in this info from someone a ways out from sx.