MasonMoonGirl

Thank you for this post! I decided to make an appointment with my gastroenterologist before moving forward. It sucks because it Is delaying my surgery. But I want to make the best decision and it needs to be addressed.

Yes I am completely stable now with my medications and don't want to mess with that. Will not be able to sustain my weight loss if I lose my mind lol. I'm on an anti depressant, benzo and mood stabilizer. My psychiatrist said we may have to up my dose after gastric bypass. I really don't want to do that I'm on low to medium dose right now and want to keep it that way. My benzo could be liquid form but the rest can't. My surgeons office made it seem like since my gastritis and Gerd isn't bad enough to be on medicine (I just take Alka seltzer or Picot when it acts up) I should be fine. Sucks that my choices are basically being morbidly obese, worsening gastritis and Gerd or not getting my psych meds. Not getting my meds would be most disastrous and being obese with all my other health problems would be as well so I'm going to follow my Dr suggestion and do the sleeve and hope for the best I guess. When is your surgery date?

Any Gastric Sleeve surgery buddies in August? Mine is scheduled for August 7th! Almost 1 week away! Counting down the days!

Hey everyone! So I was scheduled for Gastric Bypass on 08/07/23, but after reviewing my medical history, my surgeon believes that Gastric sleeve would be a better option for me (due to Psychiatric medication I currently take and past history of addiction). I am a little worried because I heard the chances of GERD/gastritis are higher with the sleeve? I already suffer from occasional GERD and gastritis, but I agree with my doctor that the malabsorption of Gastric bypass probably isn't a good fit for me. Anyone get the sleeve and have issues with GERD/gastritis before? Did it improve or get worse? TIA 😊

Two weeks until surgery!!!! I scheduled an appointment with my surgeon to go over ALL of my last minute questions. One of the concerns I had was of my post op diet. My surgeon seems more "liberal" when it comes to the pre op and I am allowed to eat fruit, eggs, bacon, cottage cheese, protein, vegetables, nuts, cheese etc until two days before surgery. From most of what I've read online it seems like most people go on a liquid diet during this time. I wondered if maybe he thinks patients maybe won't stick to it and that's why he didn't assign it so I made up my own semi liquid diet with the information I gathered which was basically 100% fruit juice Popsicle, sugar free pudding, gelatin, soup, protein shake and ground beef salad everyday. I wrote down what I was doing and handed it to him and he proceeded to ask me where I got this diet from and straight told me that this diet was crap, snacks had no nutritional value which would make me weaker before surgery, Popsicle had a bunch of sugar and that my liver would shrink by cutting Carb and starches alone and that i need to eat and stay off the internet 🤣🤣 Did anyone else's surgeon put them on a diet like this pre op? Don't get me wrong I am of course happy to eat food, but I've never heard of anyone else having such a liberal diet pre op and it makes me wonder...

I do too I just take the vital Proteins for the collagen Peptides

This is a good tip to just keep us going when we can't stand it anymore. Bread and butter is my weakness I'll probably do the same it's better than eating it 🤣🤣

I am taking biotin 10,000 mcg, vital Proteins Collagen with my morning shake, and skin hair and nails supplement now before surgery to hopefully help with that, we shall see

I love pizza and burgers now I wonder if I will hate them soon, hopefully! 🤣

So interesting how some people have such bad gas and some don't! I thought that pretty much everyone had it because I was going off a support group I was in and the therapist told me that her Gas pain was worse than 2 c sections that she had! And another girl the same about having a lot of gas and I was like whoa sounds pretty bad! I'm going to do what I have to do if that's the case for me no shame in my game 😅

I've told a few close friends and family members, but not telling all yet. I told my fiance when she chooses to tell her family I don't want to hear the reaction and I don't want anyone visiting me in the hospital 🤣🤣 it was nice that my friend that invited me to San Diego cooked me a bone broth from scratch after I told her my hate for Campbell's soup 🤣🤣 so I am lucky that I am getting some support, my fiance has come around and is supportive too although it does irritate me that I feel she could be more supportive and cut the bread out (my weakness) for the time being but oh well. It is much easier now for me to say no to things I was just having one of those days!

I decided to hold off on the exercise and just do what others have suggested which is park further and walk farther stuff like that. I'm also laser focused on my diet and am not eating more than 1500 calories and then 12 days ahead not eating more than 1200. I'm doing surprisingly well on my semi liquid diet. I thought i would be so hungry and really I'm not really ever that hungry at all. Today is day 3 and I felt weak and a little out of it and had some headache but it passed. 2 weeks until surgery will be here before you know it!

How bad REALLY is the gas right after gastric bypass surgery? Did you just let it rip in front of all the doctors/nurses or did you try to hide it?? 🤣🤣🤣 What helped it and how long until you felt better? I appreciate the input so much as always!! TIA 😊

Thanks everyone this makes me feel so much better. ❤️ I finally have an appointment with my surgeon on Thursday to discuss all of my health problems and concerns, but I like to compare it to what everyone whose been there thinks as well i get such good advice and tips from you guys on here. My all or nothing thinking really gets the best of me sometimes and has me thinking if I can't do it for 30 mins then it's not worth it at all which obviously isn't true!

My surgery date is on August 7th as well! Lots of August 7th people! Less than 3 weeks!