willowwaters

We've been talking for quite some time I just want someone else's opinion on their Journey if they've experienced the same. The reason it hasn't got any further is my house at yishun due to recently having a bypass procedure oh I've also had a tumor removed in less than a year. My doctor is pushing I'm hesitant Sent from my SM-T560NU using BariatricPal mobile app

First and foremost let me make it clear in my state this will be legal. My doctor wants to put me on marijuana. I have been on narcotics for the past 10 years and my pain levels are increasing. Due to a new state guidelines they want to take away the meds. My doctor feel to be a good candidate for medical marijuana. My question is how do I intake it if I can't smoke it correctly would it lose part of its potency or its effect if I ingest it instead. I need some thoughts please and thank you Sent from my SM-T560NU using BariatricPal mobile app

I have just hit 3 months post-op. Yes I'm still losing weight but I feel like it's still a very slow process. I don't understand why sometimes I eat one or two bites and I'm so full and other times I feel like I don't get full even after eating almost a cup of food. Lots of new changes just happened to start at the time of my operation. My son started acting out at school, I had my oldest move back in with her significant other and the baby. They've been in the doctor's office so many times. I lost my father-in-law to cancer. I also started a full-time job sitting all day in a field like I've never done before so my stress of those little higher from that as well. Holy s*** this whole process is truly life changing for me. The only thing that is the same as before as my shoe size. Right now I don't know if I have buyer's remorse or I should have waited a bit longer to get this done. I know this is supposed to be life-changing. But it seems like my life is turning so many different Corners right now I don't know which way to go. I am currently lost looking for my way the new me.... apparently what I had in mind was not what the universe had in mind. So now I'm completely lost I'm where the hell I should be. I've only lost 34 pounds since my surgery I thought that number would be a little bit higher. I was expecting one to two pound still a week right now. Yes overall I am halfway to my goal.... I am just not so sure on what I'm doing wrong. Is it normal to feel like the whole world is overwhelming and your going batshit crazy.... I don't feel like I'm depressed right now I just feel very tired... My soul is in need of some good mojo..... I still feel like I'm missing a piece to this puzzle. .... Sent from my SM-T560NU using BariatricPal mobile app

yeah i am trying to refocus now.... hopefully I can figure this out... it' just life never slows down at all. Haha... you would think as mich as i run around i would of hit my goal by now

What you're feeling is probably gas pain. I had such a horrible time in the hospital when I try to lay back down I couldn't because it hurts so much more. So I got up and started walking and walking and walking. For the first few days it was so hard to get water down.. I would talk to your doctor and see if you can take something to help you sleep... and possibly something to calm your stomach.... Sent from my SM-T560NU using BariatricPal mobile app

Today marks day 31 after my operation..... Starting weight was 265, day of operation 240, go home weight was 246.... today I am 222.... is that normal???? I do understand everyone is different.... but the first few weeks I was dropping over a pound a day..... now I am looking at only 2 pounds a week..... which "normal people" loose when dieting and exercising the right way.... getting frustrated and discouraged quick.... I was sooooo hoping to be at a 30 pound loss by my first post op appointment. putting me at 210.... I am not even close!

I am trying.... I am a counting down the minutes... my HAAARRRDDD part right now is I need to drink about 1.6 ounces of water every 15 minutes to get enough in for hydration (up about 630 bed about 1030..... 3 meals a day = 2 hoursish around meal time I cant drink)... my pouch cant handle that yet.... and food was I am oka... I still don't want food a lot I am around 400 to 600 calories a day, with out protein shakes, with protein shakes its about 160 calories more.

yeah, I have not felt full yet with food, I know when I burp I need to slow down drinking by that is about it. I don't want to burst!

I have not been on here since before my operation. Today is day 19, I think I am doing oka, the weight loss has slowed down a lot. my heaviest was 265 (my first weigh in), the day of my operation I was 240, today I am 227. I have not dumped, taking everything slowly... getting excited I get to eat food I can chew tomorrow!!! It is kinda strange, some of my friends that have had the operation said they would be there for me and I have not heard a word from them.... yet my best friend, who was against my operation from the start, spent 15 hours with me the day of my operation, and has called me every day, and text me to. so now my goal is to wake up my digestive track, I feel like I am backed up still..... I know I am only "eating" about 3/4 of a cup of food a day but I think by now I should be able to go, with out "help"

portion control is not the problem.... I don't eat more then a few tablespoons at a meal.... starting tomorrow, I can work my way up to a 1/4 cup... I bought small containers to keep on top of my food portions!!!!

With a blink of the eye, my day is here in 20 hours.... not that I am counting...... I pack my bathroom stuff, clothes for 2 days, a book, my phone charger and phone. Is there anything else I need??? What are things you wish people would have told you before you operation? I know sip, walk, burp, toot.... I did pack several types of chap stick, because a lot of people are debating over what you can and cant have. (Also there was an end of the world crisis when I was I labor and delivery and did not have any...... gosh the torcher was horrible!!! Can not repeat that!!! haha). I am not stressed yet, almost to calm..... I think I am full ready, I think programs like this one have been my study guide to get me down the right path! (thank you Bariatric Pal) IS there anything I am missing... I have waited 5 years for this.... I am waiting for that last curve ball to be thrown at me....This is my 3rd try and damn it I am ready!! (right?)

I did take a picture in the work bathroom Mirror today... the down side is I am quitting this job Today!!!! So I guess I need to re-do the picture. Thanks you for the advice on clothing..... I will have to rethink my shirt choices! I will try and also to my measurements... My goal is one-derland for my son's 9th birthday. Adoring to the charts I should make it perfectly! Today as my finial prep day I am looking at food on pintreast...... BUT.... I think I got this!! Thank you for the tips!!

I am lactose, dairy, and soy free. I am looking for something besides baby food, for my stage 2 foods (yogurt, cottage cheese not an option). is it possible to make oatmeal, loose enough??? I can't live on mashed potatoes for every meal either!

Yes, I am in a way. I am telling them I have another Fibroma removed. Less questions, and believable. I juat don't need their judgmental ways!

it is now down to 30 days!! I hope 3rd time is a charm, I started this journey 5 years ago... Its almost "to true".... a bit of anxiety is setting in now. I am down to my upper GI, blood work, Nutritional class and finial clearance from my primary. My phyc exam went better then I expected. I was soooo worried they were going to yell stuff like "why did you eat that pizza?" "did you really need that candy bar?' It was pretty laid back. They wanted to see where I was mentally in this change. I do not know exactly what I said "right" but they told me I got an A+.... I was very on the fence with a few of their questions. Like how am I going to do with food after my operation. my answer was honest "I don't know" .... I told them I was going to take it slow, that my body is by far NOT normal. I would take everything a moment at a time. Apparently me being uncertain was the "correct answer" cause they gave me the green button!

Can I say you are damn hot!!! you are beautiful creature of the earth and you can tell from your eyes the beauty is truly on the inside to!!! Congratulations and Happy birthday!

OOHHHHH Damn.... Shiffe has gotten real..... 33 days away. Went for preo-op testing today. took them 3 HOURS to weigh me, draw 4 tubes of blood and put me on the EKG machine for 45 seconds (not joke). I also had the interview with the hospital nurse! So on Friday have my Physc exam, next week I have my nutritional class, then all that's left is final approval from my primary, last round of blood work, my upper GI and my finial weigh in. I hope like hell the 3rd time is a charm, cause I don't want to repeat this process again!

my pre-op diet should be starting in about a month. I have already bought some shakes. I have found there is one a "the dollar Tree" that I am allowed its called "protein Boost" it a mix berry flavor. its 45 calories, no sugar, and 10 grams of protein in a 3 ounce serving. its made with a Hydomaxx protein Blend. its also gluten, lactose, and soy free. I am not sure if it will help you much, but its no to bad tasting.

I have done my research...... and I am not talking a day or two, I am talking years.... 5....5 years. I am shell fish free, a celiac, dairy intolerant, and now soy. I have been grow tumors since I was I very little. This operation, is many ways, may be the only way I can try and live a more normal life. I have asked so many questions, and continue to ask questions, because I know, "not every one is the same" ..... but why is my counselor trying to almost talk me out of it. she keep throwing all the worst cast in my face, and then all she try to trip me up by asking questions to me like she does not know the answer already. DAMN if I wanted people to debate me with my choice to try and get healthier I would tell people who sell plans like 21 day fix...... Why is it so hard for people to past judgment on me cause I am over weight, and not as healthy as I want..... but as soon as I through in the towel, cause ever diet, exercise, and life style goal have not worked enough they get mad again. Now that I have gone to the point where I am going to change my digestive patterns to add in my ability to lose the fat, they are screaming about that. over and done with people not being happy for me! its not like my weight problem is effecting them!

Its all just over whelming. I know I have tried and tried to beat the scale at it own game. Now I can't "work out", but I can walk .....so I walk every chance I get. even If its only for a hundred yard or so. I count my calories. I keep a food journal, and with the exception of my crystal light consumption (now mind you and most that's 50 calories a day), I don't lie about anything. I own it! She has told me the negative effects weight loss procedures has had on her loved ones. But I know the risks. I know I have to be on point the first few months for sure. I need to be there for my son, otherwise I won't live to see 40

I am 6 weeks, 6 days away from my operation. I have done all the work, the required weight loss, classes and pre-authorizations. Now I have 2 more weigh ins, my "head cheek", and the nutritionist visit. I feel like so much I still don't know. Like when I start the "prep diet". My last weigh in is not to October 19, I am on the table October 23. Everything seems like it is last minute. I am also having a hard time finding a protein shake that does not cause me a reaction. (shell fish, gluten, dairy and now soy free.....uggghhhhhh!!!) Should I be worried? why does it seem like I am the only one that wishes I had all the steps, play by play weeks ago?? I recently was sent a copy of a friends paper work and it has sooooo much more information then I have been given at this point. I am sure I am going to get it, and I know all doctors are a bit different but dang.... I am a planner.....

Never heard of them Sent from my SM-T560NU using BariatricPal mobile app

Yes I am a Celiac. Endoscope 5 years ago put my gastric bypass Journey on a hold until I could get my digestive system back on track... the Cilla (sp?) To heal and regrow.... and then I had to change insurance,.... and had to start over twice more as a result Sent from my SM-T560NU using BariatricPal mobile app

Yes October 23 Sent from my SM-T560NU using BariatricPal mobile app

Mhy12784, Shellfish I blow up, gluten depends on the day but mostly IBS with constipation, dairy and soy is Diarrhea. I am trying Muscle Milk (the non dairy kind) but I think I may react. I seem to react to lactose free milk (well I think I did, but truthfully I only ever drank it with a soy shake mixed it)