Browneyedgirl41

I was taking magnesium everyday for migraine prevention but had to stop two weeks pre op because it thins your blood! I gotta start taking it again, on top of everything else. Good luck to you with your surgery. Oh man, I know people who have gone to Mexico to get diet pills. I have never heard any of them called lizard spot lol! The crazy things we do to lose weight, right? I know I have been there!

No problem! You are right to warn people about trying to go off it cold turkey.

He's been very supportive and to an extent, like the "food police". He is encouraging me to stay on liquids for a bit longer and not adding too many foods, even soft ones, into my diet yet. I am only 3 weeks out and liquids do feel best in my belly for now. Also, he doesn't want me to blow it- to have gone through all of this and not succeed. He says I talk about food a lot. I challenged him to go on an all liquid diet for 3 weeks and tell me food was not always on his mind! So, he's been supportive, but also kind of annoying, mostly for my own good, though.

I tried freshology (supposedly fresh but I think they were frozen at one point). It was like $1500/month and there were so many things I didn't like. It was interesting in terms of seeing portion control.

I got mine from Amazon. I took it to the surgery center with me (my procedure was out patient) and had the nurses put it on me when I woke up. They knew exactly what it was and seemed to approve. I thought it really helped when up and walking around. It kept me from jiggling and hurting as much. I wore it a lot for the first two weeks, but I would take breaks. I loved having one. I slept in it most nights too. I found it soothing. I'm almost 3 weeks out and I put it away a week ago.

I take it too- one 60 mg capsule a day. Since it was in capsule form, I was allowed to swallow it right away after surgery and it goes down just fine but it's a medium sized capsule. Perhaps your pharmacy could give it to you in a different form?I have tried to withdrawal from it. The brain zaps are horrible. Kind of wish I never started taking it but I was crying all the time. My son, who was 5 at the time, asked me, "Mommy, why are you so sad all the time?" That's when I knew I had to get on something for depression and it helps. It really does help but I sometimes would like to clear my body of it for awhile. Tell me about it! My husband made pancakes for our son, who is now 9, this morning. I grabbed a Protein drink and high tailed it out of the kitchen. I used to love Sunday morning pancakes. I'll be able to partake again- someday, on a limited basis I hope. I hope your 4 year old takes a nap today! I am able to take them, I just have that fear that it's going to get stuck. My husband took care of my son for a little while and I rested until I felt a little better. My head is killing me still... I would really like to try and go walk later this afternoon. I have been on cymbalta since 2009, and i would love to come off them. If I could handle the withdrawals, I would, and I try and then find myself weak... because they are just horrible. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App You poor thing. I get migraines and have to take prescription meds (both preventative and to treat them when the preventative Med does not work). I hope your headache goes away soon.

Oh, mine is in capsule form and it is quite easy to get down. I would never mess with adjusting dosage or trying to wean off it (without a dr's care) especially right now. Besides, I tried months ago and decided just to stay on it. My body has been through enough! Thanks for caring enough to mention this, though. In the future I will talk to my GP about it, but only once I am good and healed from this. I can't take any more shocks to my system.

I have 100% Italian ancestry so I totally get the world revolving around food thing. I was svelte until I hit my 30's. I used to get lots of compliments on my figure as a very young woman. It is interesting to have seen life from both sides- from being someone who turned heads to ironically becoming invisible the bigger I got. I used to have all sorts of hobbies- making jewelry, scrap booking, ballroom dance classes. I dropped all of them (depression struck) and now I concentrate a lot of time on my only child, a son in third grade. I would love to get into something new like knitting. Maybe that would keep my hands and brain occupied and away from food! Happy belated birthday!

I take it too- one 60 mg capsule a day. Since it was in capsule form, I was allowed to swallow it right away after surgery and it goes down just fine but it's a medium sized capsule. Perhaps your pharmacy could give it to you in a different form? I have tried to withdrawal from it. The brain zaps are horrible. Kind of wish I never started taking it but I was crying all the time. My son, who was 5 at the time, asked me, "Mommy, why are you so sad all the time?" That's when I knew I had to get on something for depression and it helps. It really does help but I sometimes would like to clear my body of it for awhile. Tell me about it! My husband made pancakes for our son, who is now 9, this morning. I grabbed a Protein drink and high tailed it out of the kitchen. I used to love Sunday morning pancakes. I'll be able to partake again- someday, on a limited basis I hope. I hope your 4 year old takes a nap today!

I'm new and excited to be here so I adjust my ticker for every pound I lose! On the app, tickers cannot be seen.

I liked the idea of the sleeve that it wouldn't resection my bowels at all. Also, I "only" weighed 225, and I don't know if I woukd have been a candidate for bypass. I never looked into it. I did look into the band several years ago, but people were having problems with it so I waited.

You know. You're right! I'll do it AFTER my tummy tuck, though. I forgot that I am going to have one once I reach my goal weight. I used to look great in a bikini. They were all I wore when I was much younger.

I am taking the PPI omeprazole. Still hungry. Last night after I posted, the hunger did subside a little- chewing the gum, drinking the tea seemed to help. I think being on liquids it's hard to really be satisfied. I guess I'll just have to distract myself when I feel the hunger and drink more Water.

Hey there! I don't have sleep apnea but I do use ambien to sleep sometimes. I'm a night owl and occasionally an insomniac. Crap. I didn't know it made a person hungrier. Lol. Great. Just what I need. I'm totally with you on the emotional roller coaster! I've been thinking about and researching WLS for 2 years. I finally get the guts to go ahead with it- pay for it OUT OF POCKET (no co morbid conditions and was denied by insurance), and after all that- having regrets!!!!??? I think these feelings are quite common and will go away in time. Plus, like you, I've been so blessed to not have had any complications (at least not yet). Truth be told, I know I am a food addict and it's going to take some brain retraining to sever the connection between head and stomach. Some days I feel pretty good mentally and others are a struggle. I was an Cymbalta for anxiety and depression byway and depression runs in my family. I had post partum depression after the birth of my only child , so this doesn't really surprise me. Hope you and I both feel better soon. XO

Oh, no! I am so sorry about the ulcer. My brother has had them from taking too much ibuprofen (he suffers from debilitating cluster headaches). I remember he and I went skiing for his birthday years ago and he was in so much pain (his stomach). We took him to the urgent care in Lake Tahe and they guessed ulcers. When he got home, he had an endoscopy and sure enough- ulcers! I'm almost positive I don't have an ulcers at this time, but yes, I believe that it can mimic the gnawing hunger feeling. I am glad your ulcer meds are working.

I am three days out. I am having the same problems. I feel like I'm starving. I think it really is head hunger, because what we are eating isn't what we are use to, and it's not "good"... it doesn't satisfy that hungry feeling. I have tried the same stuff you have, and I don't feel satisfies. I just want more... I want food. This is hard. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I think you're right. It's such a deviation from how we've been living. For years I never put limits on what I ate or how much or when. 3 ice cream sandwiches at midnight? Sure! Going from that type of food mentality to this is drastic. Even during my pre op diet I was instructed to drink 2 Protein shakes and one meanl with lean protein and veggies, so that was more than we can have now.

Exactly. I don't plan on entering the Hawaiian Tropic bikini contest! When I was younger, the scars would have bothered me more, but now? At 41? Not so much, and they are really quite small. I can't wait until when I can wear an elegant one piece bathing suit without a grandma skirt and a hip hugging sarong like I used to.

Thanks for your reply! I don't get as much Water as I should. I'm having a tough time with that and the Protein shakes. Sometimes I would rather just skip the Protein shake all together but that's no good because my body will go into starvation mode and start storing fat, slowing any weight loss. I guess I just didn't expect so much hunger. I thought most of the hunger hormone was removed with the excess part of my stomach. ??? I'm surprised is really what it is. Best of luck on your upcoming WLS!

Yep. I'm in the same boat. I've heard of the "three week stall" before. I'm trying not to worry too much about it.

I miss it, but I am newly sleeved. I'm sure someday I will be able to find out again. Going out to restaurants has always been something I have enjoyed. Not a drinker, though, so that will not be something that I miss.

I had my surgery on 9/6 and have 5 incisions (I also had a hiatal hernia repaired). Several of my scars are raised a bit but I tend to develop keloids on scars anyway so I was expecting it. It's usually a genetic thing. I'm going to start using mederma soon to hopefully decrease the look of the scar.

I agree about the hot, milky tea. It fills you up and is soothing.

Taco topic, again? Lol. To the OP, I woukd stick to retried beans, some shredded cheese and a little sour cream if you are on the soft foods stage. Maybe it woukd worked for puréed too. One of the vets woukd be better equipped to sort out puréed from soft.

I had a hiatal hernia repair too along with my sleeve. Yes, it's very uncomfortable at first. Believe it or not, you're going to feel a lot better in a week or two. Seems hard to believe, I know. I didn't believe it either!

I feel the same way and I have a 9 year old son and husband who had steak the other night while I slowly slurped down soup- AGAIN. I was not a fan of Soup before and even more so now. I stay in my room a lot to avoid being around the kitchen. Made my kid Breakfast this morning. No question about it- this is more difficult than I expected and I have had MANY second thoughts (too late now!). I keep telling myself it's head hunger and take my antacids, but boy it feels like real hunger to me! And I am hungry a lot- more than I was pre surgery. I'm not sure about all of this, not that it matters now. What's done is done. I'm too early out to really make any hard line assumptions yet. However, if I could go back in time right now, I'd probably cancel my surgery. I hope I feel differently in 6 months.