summerseeker

Thats awesome. You have knocked 10 points off your BMI already. You are doing so well.

Congratulations everyone

As arabesque says. Its upsetting and worrying for sure. My hair has just about stopped shedding at 9 months out. I have had very long hair all my life and it went at the front of my head the worst. It looked to me to be scalp without hair, very scary. I took the leap and had a short cut and then a pixie cut. If I say so myself it looks good. So quick and easy to style every morning too.

I bought my first non elastic waist skirt and it fits perfectly. I just cant believe that tiny skirt fits me. Deep joy day

I am still wearing my elastic waisted skirts from before surgery. I have had to turn them up because not having a big bum and stomach anymore, they were sweeping the floor.

Yes it happens all the time. Trust the process, do what your team says and stay off the scales. Easier said than done i know. Read the back pages on here of the 3 week stall

Please ring them and ask. Explain that you dont understand the letter, neither do I. Good luck

Me too, ditched the iron and have been ok since. Hurrah

Yes I imagine half of all patients on here struggled with their water intake. Me included. Waking with such a dry mouth is the worst feeling. Have a drink handy at all times and even in the night. Every day will get easier as the swellings in your tummy recede.

Hello and welcome in the forum. You wouldn't be human if you didn't feel some trepidation and oh boy the excitement, I remember that. If you have any worries we can help with ask away.

You need to contact your team and tell them these worries. It could be as simple as your full stomach signals have finally kicked in. Mine did this and I had to go back to just eating protein until I could fit a little more in my tummy.

Hi, Serious pain should be reported to your team. It sounds like Gerd and could also include Gallbladder problems. I had my gallbladder out years ago and remember a back and front agonising pain from that. I never had Gerd till sleeve surgery so have had some trouble with nausea and reflux at night. I now take 2 x 30 mgs of Lansoprazole. [ Might be a different name as I am in the UK] I take them on a very empty stomach in a morning and at night. I also bought a bed wedge and also put some bricks under the top legs of my bed. So my head is higher than my feet. I never eat after 2 hours before bed either. I hope you can get this sorted out

When your stomach heals and you get onto real foods, you will begin to get full signals. In the beginning my nose would run or I would get sneezes. It takes a while to get used to these signals. Now if I get really cold and get goose bumps on my shins, then I know I have missed my cues and overdone it. Yes I know it sounds bizarre but its true, goose bumps on my shins.

Yes I ditto Arabesque's answer. I defiantly had ketosis smelly parts especially my breath it was ghastly

Chicken and egg really dont like me anymore. I can hug that food for hours, yuck

Exactly this. I got a jumper yesterday and thought wow thats tiny, it fit

It sound very much like Dumping Syndrome. It may be the oiliness, the bread, the amount of food or the eggs. All are symptomatic. Eggs, chicken, fats, sugar and bread are particularly difficult for lots of bariatric patients Even now I can not eat bread unless it is toasted so crispy that it snaps. Its all about trial and error, you are early out and I dont know what regime you have been given but at 5 weeks out I was still on soft foods. Even now I can only eat one egg for a meal. Until your new tummy heals, you wont have any feelings of fullness. At your stage my nose would run or I would sneeze and that was my cue to stop eating. Its all a learning curve and its not easy.

We love any victory here, Congrats

Hello and welcome into the forum. I had my surgery last November in the Uk. I had to pay too. If you have any questions for me please ask away.

Thats amazing

I know it took me almost 10 years to save the money. 10 years I could have been slim ffs. My local doctors kept poopooing me off and wouldn't refer me, I just knew I had to pay. To me now its worth the money but I just could not have gone into debt to pay it back even a 0 percent I had to wait 8 months for my surgery last year even though I paid. I was told 6 months in the beginning but Covid caught them out and it ended being 8. I cried when I found out but my turn came quicker than I thought. You are a step further than I ever got so good luck with your appointment. Worth telling them you are available for any cancellations too.

When I lost about 60lbs I had to begin buying new clothes and wearing the old baggy stuff at home. When buying new stuff I'm naughty. I go into my local M & S store and try clothes on to see which size I fit now. I buy M & S items new from Ebay at a fraction of the cost. As I dont go out that much I can get away with 3 outfits and a dress for special occasions. My old stuff that does not fit anymore goes to a charity shop. I seem to be going down sizes quite quick so I am always on the look out for a bargain

Not all surgeons require the same regime. I was given the choice of soup or custard in the hospital the day after surgery. I wasn't able to manage it but the lady in the next room did

Good luck with your appointment but I have to be blunt here, Its not going to be this year. The NHS is swamped with two and a half years of back cases of urgent surgery that will come before yours. Don't despair though, You will have your foot in the door and are a step closer than before

Take lots of pre op photo's and measurements. Don't be worried when the 3 week stall appears, you are not doing anything wrong.