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SW: 291 CW: 224 Happy with my weight loss, back in the hospital now after having surgery yesterday to correct an incisional hernia I developed following my surgery. Hopefully my last hospital visit for a while. Happy Wednesday.

I hear you on the challenges of being on vacation. Wrapping up a trip to San Francisco and Los Angeles, where we made multiple stops at Randy’s donuts and Ghirardelli. That is torture. I did take a bite of an unglazed, plain donut, and yesterday I broke down, having a taste of my kids sundae. Both were amazing, as good as remembered. But, felt good afterwards when I realize that had I not had surgery, I would have had multiple donuts, and multiple visits to the ice cream shop during this trip. More weight, more money spent. As for food, I was pretty much able to enjoy the food I would normally eat, just in way smaller portions. I had my first piece of steak since my surgery two days ago, and I was happy that all went well, no issues with it. Hope everyone is having a successful journey. Alex

Mstipps, i have had a few bumps along the way, but moving through them, and looking forward. Pre-op: 291 Surgery 1/25/18: 281 CW: 227

I had my surgery January 25. All had gone very well, down 60 lbs since then. Recently, I developed an incisional hernia and am now scheduled to have the corrected on June 26th. Last night, while having dinner, I began to have severe stomach pains. I stopped eating, figuring it was indigestion. A few hours later, when the pain was increasing, and not subsiding, I went to the ER. I was admitted and they did every test they could, saying nothing conclusively. This afternoon, my surgeon was was able to see all the data from my work ups, and an emergency surgery was scheduled and completed at 4pm this afternoon. Turns out, in addition to my incisional hernia, I developed an internal hernia, that has caused my intestines to twist. That is why no matter the pain meds I was being given every 2 hours, the pain never subsided. Surgery was quick, about 30 minutes and the surgeon correct my intestines. Feeling 100 percent better right now. Hopefully going home tomorrow. It’s my second scare since the surgery, made me question my decision to even have it at all last night when I was going through that pain. My first scare was internal bleeding following surgery which required transfusions. But now that my surgeon has corrected these issues, I’m feeling much better and am chalking this up to just another possible complication with WLS. Just decided to post this as I feel WLS has its ups and downs. But trust in your surgeon and his decisions. Communicate with him and all should be ok. My surgeon gives you his email and phone number for easy access. Definitely an undervalued asset to have that I overlooked when choosing surgeons. Glad I went with one that makes himself available when needed.

Congrats to all the losers! [emoji2] last month was a bit of a stall, and my appetite seems to be roaring back, but still trying to keep my intake in check with healthier choices. Pre-Surgery Diet: 291 Surgery : 281 CW: 236.

Wednesday weigh in: High:296 Surgery: 281 (1/25) Today: 239 Lost a lot initially, but been on plateau last month. I feel like I can eat way more than I thought I would be. And hungry between meals. Anyone else feels the same?

Wednesday weigh-in: Pre-op 291 Surgery 1/25 - 281 Current - 245

My Wednesday weigh in, a day late. Pre-op: 291 Surgery: jan 25- 281 Current: 254 Weight loss has slowed down a bit, in the last week or two. But probably my body making up for the quick loss so soon after surgery. Saw nutritionist yesterday, said I can basically start experimenting with anything, other than rice, pasta, bread, salad,pork and red meat. Got past the puréed stage and feeling good. Have sometimes eaten a little too much. Never necessary to throw up or anything, but a very tired, uncomfortably full feeling comes on. Despite a complication a week post op, feeling great, no regrets.

Wednesday weigh-in Start of pre op diet- 291lbs Surgery weight- 281 (Jan 25) Current weight- 264

Wednesday Weigh-In: Band to RNY 1/25/17 Pre-op Start - 292 lbs Surgery Weight - 282 (4 days on liquid diet) Today - 275 Feeling almost back to normal, very little, if any pain today. Sick of protein shakes! Looking into purchasing unflavored whey to add to broth, and foods in the future. Energy level is fine, hungry, but mostly mental hunger, although eager to start pureed foods.

Miami, FL

I was banded back in 2008, and here I am again, back at my attempt to find the tool that will help me succeed for good. I obviously do not know your reasons for wanting the lap band, but I can guess they are similar to why I was banded years ago. I was young like you are now. I was terrified of having something so drastic and permanent done to me. The fact that the band could be removed in the future, gave me a sense that I can just take it out if it didn’t work for me and not lose anything from it. My band worked great for me for 8 years, until it stopped retaining the saline it needs to create the restriction which keeps you from overeating. I am now scheduled for bypass this week. I did not envision jumping from band to bypass, but am doing so at the suggestion of my surgeon, who recommends it due to my switch to sweets when I was no longer able to eat as much food as I had always eaten before surgery. If I were to start this journey all over again, and with the options there are now, I would definitely consider the gastric sleeve. Talk to your doctor about it. Best of luck.

Thanks for your reply. Have you ever tried doing the nasal spray or patches for the vitamins? At this point, would you feel confident going to a restaurant and being able to eat, albeit not much but still be able to order a meal, or eat from your partners? If yes, how long after did you feel this way?

How has the first six weeks gone for you? Don’t know if everyone else goes through the same thing as the date approaches, but what I am curious now is about living with RNY. And how long until the everyday routine of vitamins and diet become normal.

It has been a crazy week, as I went from submitting for insurance approval, to approval, scheduled for February and today was moved up to January 25th. There is a lot out there discussing post op diet and I have read through a lot of it. Question is, I see a lot of “menus” that realistically, seem like they will be hard to follow years down the road, on a day to day basis. I’m not talking about the type of food etc., I mean the eating 2 oz of meat then in 2 hours, a cup of skim milk. Same routine, throughout the day. On a regular schedule, doesn’t seem too hard, just some planning. But what about on vacation? Or on a day full of errands? Years down the road, are you still eating every 2 hours? Do you get better at knowing what is best to eat so that you can normally assimilate to a somewhat normal routine when going out to eat with friends, or for a work meeting? I had a gastric band, and learned to live with that. Is it the same deal with bypass? Does life become normal again?