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I was cold preop on the low fat, low carb diet. After surgery I'm on a moderate diet and haven't been cold as much.

I don't have experience with this, but wanted to say don't panic. Things are going to fluxuate for a while as your body stops losing and gets to maintenance. What does your diet look like?

I just tell them "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"

It looks much better! Just take quick showers and blot-dry it off well. It should be fine as long as it doesn't soak.

Basically just keep on doing what you have been. If your weight is holding steady, then you don't need to change anything. As for the belly, give it some time since things will keep shifting around for a while as your body becomes accustomed to its new normal.

My weight goes up all the time. For example: 286, 285, 287, 287, 284, 284, 284, 283, 283, 285, 283, 282, etc.

If you otherwise qualify for the sleeve, it is a good one that doesn't interfere with medication absorption. Do you currently have heartburn?

Welcome! This surgery will be like starting all over from scratch again. Clear liquid diet after surgery, etc. I'm not that familiar with how long a band patient takes to resume a normal diet, but a mgb patient will take 8-9 weeks. Expect the recovery to be a little worse because it is a revision, and it is a more invasive procedure. Not horribly worse, but a bit. Did the band erode into your stomach? If so, then it's an added complication. Once it's over and you are healed, you should find the new procedure superior to the band. No more fills, more natural eating.

Welcome!! It sounds like this path will be a very good one for you Your surgeon will likely want you to lose some weight before surgery. Don't get discouraged by the prospect, even if it turns out to be lengthier than you thought. Just keep in mind, every pound you lose before surgery is one that will NEVER return. This is a huge realization for most patients that have yoyo dieted for years. Also, every pound lost will make the surgery that much safer, and your recovery that much easier. Please keep posting as your journey unfolds!

Sweety, weight loss will not make you love yourself. It's kinda like I tell my 11 year old. I love YOU, I just don't like what you DID. It's ok to love yourself yet dislike the fat. But if you believe they are one and the same, and therefore changing the outside will change the inside... It just doesn't work that way. Please start a new thread of your own so that the very knowledgeable people on here can help steer you toward good books, etc.

The oral meds I was talking about are Milk of Magnesia, Smooth Move tea (I found it in the tea isle of my local grocery), and the miralax. All over the counter. Good luck!

It isn't time to worry, but time to take action. Get an enema. Immediate results while figuring out which oral med will work. I did an enema every two days for the first two weeks until I could start fiber. My GI doc approved because it is just so important to not get impacted. I'm 6 weeks out and don't have trouble now because of the fiber.

At 200lbs I was a C and at 305 I was a DDD. I'm down to 268, but haven't changed bra sizes yet. The girls do weigh less though, so there is hope. I hope to be a C again.

It seems that even if they did block something that after a couple days in the moist environment that they would dissolve. If you have any extras, you could put them in water to see what happens. But, as always, ask the doc. The chances of catching a bug are high too, and it may be a coincidence.

Interesting study! I did want to point out that only 1 in a thousand had no copies of the gene. Which means almost everyone will lose significantly.

Amazing!

Recipe for removing skunk spray: First, do not use water until the solution is applied. The spray is oil based and water+oil don't mix. Hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + grease cutting dish soap like Dawn. Mix it together and put on the sprayed area for a few minutes, rinse off. Repeat as necessary. I forget the proportions, but basically make a liquidy paste and add the squirt of dish soap. Doubt anyone will be pulling out the measuring spoons!

I felt full for about 20 minutes but no pain.

Hmm.. Maybe I'm eating too fast. I just ate 2 whole eggs (over easy) in maybe 10 minutes, tops.

Even when the scale stops I keep feeling better. I'm down 22lbs since surgery. 5.5 weeks out. I haven't started working out yet. Even walking is hit and miss. I notice my body DEMANDS I get up and move more and more. Only weird thing is the feeling of having a lump in my throat that I'm constantly trying to swallow. Kinda like thick mucous or something. Is that from acid?

Holy cow!!!! Look at you! Un-be-lievable! Ok so, thanks for a great video, like always. I was just thinking about you yesterday and wondering why I hadn't seen an update. First, I have that same shirt! Lol. I have also lost family members, and those dreams are truly... unusual, aren't they? I'm not a superstitious person, but there is SOMETHING in those types of dreams. Thanks, man.

I was on clear liquids the first week. Protein didn't figure in at all (I think that was helpful because I could just concentrate on the drinking without the full-factor). Warm tea, G2, a little apple juice (was too sweet!), water, propel, etc, etc. I got my goal in 4 days postop. I might as well have attached the bottle to my hand!

Lol! Lucky you! I actually never smelled a stinkbug (didn't really know why they were called that)... Until the day I helped my MIL vacuum up a few hundred of the buggers. There was so much concentrated odor that I became sensitized to it

I had a doctor whose scale was no fewer than 8 lbs incorrect. (Weighed light.. so a 100lb person would weigh in at 92lbs.) Completely unacceptable! Merchants are required to have their scales checked for accuracy. Drs should too. How many people have been declined by the insurance companies because of insufficient bmis? How many of those would have qualified if the Drs scales were correct? (Of course, the opposite is true as well..) Sigh.

Ok, I got curious, so looked around. It is shameful how much differing information is out there for such a seemingly simple question! I found this chart that coincides with what I was thinking. (The 150cal/mile was based on 300lbs which is what I weighed. My bad). https://www.verywell.com/walking-calories-burned-by-miles-3887154