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When I first had the surgery I also had real low energy. I found out that my low energy was caused by low blood pressure. I had to be taken off some of my medications much sooner than the Dr. anticipated. This just goes to show you that we are not all the same and what is good for one may not be good for all which may be your case. It still sounds like you are not eating much. I was fortunate to have a Dr. who did not go by the same book for each patient. He had a guideline but trusted his patients to move through the stages quicker if the patient felt ready. Good luck and hope you feel better soon. I am sure you will feel better when you make the adjustments in your food intake and medications as necessary.

Thanks for the tip, I started weight training 6 weeks after my surgery and also believe in this theory. I do 3 days of intensive weight training and 5-6 days of cardio which I think is a good balance. Looks like I might want to reduce the cardio and increase the weight training.

I have short hair and have experienced hair loss also. I do color my hair every three weeks with no problem. I asked my hairdresser and she assured me it would be OK. The first time I colored it I was really nervous that I would lose more hair, but I did not notice any difference in the amount of hair I was losing. In fact, the first week after the color my hair looks much fuller and thicker because the hair shaft swells from the color. Good luck.

My hair also started thinning at about 3 months post op. Like the other post say, Biotin, maybe some blood work to get the latest on your Iron, B, Protein and other important nutrient levels to reassure you that it is not a deficiency. I am noticing now that I am starting to get some spikes which I am hoping is the re-growth. I am going with the majority that say it will grow back in 3-6 months after you start to lose it. Good luck.

I fly 4 hours each Sunday and Thursday and have had no problems. I wasn't aware that there might be an issue. My Dr. knows I fly each week and he never mentioned that it might cause problems so I am a little surprised that there are people that do have issues.

I hope you start to feel better soon. I had issues in the first 3 weeks after surgery. I went to my PCP and found out that I needed to get off my blood pressure medicine much sooner than they expected. Because my BP was too low I had no energy, all I wanted to do was sleeeeeep, nap, and rest. You may want to check with your primary care physician to see if you might be having similar issues. Good luck and hope you feel better soon.

I also had the pain in my shoulder, it hurt so bad I didn't even notice the incisions or any of the other things that I would have thought would hurt. If the pain continues beyond 3 weeks you may want to see your PCP if you still have your galbladder. Surgery can sometimes trigger this to be an issue and the pain for galbaldder issues also shows up as shoulder blade pain. Good luck, it will get better.

I also am losing hair and have been for the past two months. My hair loss started right at three months after surgery. I have talked to my PCP. He said that the stress of surgery and rapid weight loss is most likely the cause since I lost 20 pounds in the first three weeks. I had test and everything was normal; thyroid, B-12, Iron, etc. There are other posts out here and they all say the same thing, after three months your hair will start to grow back and it will be a thick as it was before unless there really is a deficency so you might want to have the blood work just to make sure all is good. I am taking Biotin and using Nioxin shampoo. It seems to have slowed down the hair loss a little and I am at the two month point since the loss has started. I wish you luck, but I am confident that my hair, and yours too, will start to come back in.

At 250 I did not need an extender but I may carry my weight differently than you do. I think you will be OK though, it will probably be tight, but I think you will be good.

I got banded on 4/15 and have had three fills. With the last fill I seem to have more sticking with certain foods but I can still eat as much as I want to. I plan to have my next fill in October and I am hoping that it will really make a difference. I have the Realize band and I think in general that you can eat more types and quantity of food anyways.

I have also heard that it is your starting weight so I don't think you should have any problems. You might want to gather any information you can that proves you have lost before but re-gained just in case they ask.

I fly every week and have not had any problems. I don't feel any tightness or discomfort at all. I started flying 3 weeks after my surgery and fly each week. My Dr. is conservative on my fills so that I don't have issues because he knows I am out of town for work every week.