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Does anyone have any good questions for me to ask my doctor? This is my first post op appt. An RN commented that it’s too soon but hey 🤷🏾♀️ it was already scheduled in order per the coordinator. Surgey date 7/24/23. Post op appointment 8/3/23. I will be 9 days post op by then. SW: 279 CW:265 Goal weight: healthy❤️
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I’m really struggling lately with head hunger. I’m about 8.5 months post op from mini bypass and the sickness and nausea has subsided (yay) but the restriction has also eased a lot. I find myself wanting to just eat because it tastes good. I know I’m not hungry but I’m really having a hard time with it and looking for any advice on how people handle it. I’ve gained four pounds in about a week. I know I tend to fluctuate at this point but I’m getting nervous that I’m going to mess it all up.
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Absolutely! Amazon has a few with good reviews. I made sure to search for surgical compression garments. They are a lil pricey but it seems worth it. Several bariatric patients told me in person that I need to wear a girdle of some sort to help with the excess skin amount and weight loss . Told me it will help out a lot for contouring without having to get a lot of surgery.
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Absolutely! Amazon has a few with good reviews. I made sure to search for surgical compression garments. They are a lil pricey but it seems worth it. Several bariatric patients told me in person that I need to wear a girdle of some sort to help with the excess skin amount and weight loss . Told me it will help out a lot for contouring without having to get a lot of surgery.
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Hey all, I had my GS done on 6/21/2023, and I feel like I’ve been going through hell ever since. My surgery went great and the healing process went normally. But the weirdness started happening around 3 weeks post surgery. SEVERE nausea and vomiting 3+ times daily. My Dr has me on Zofran which only works sometimes and I’ve been living my day to day barely eating or drinking ANYTHING. My body REJECTS water (tried all different kinds and temperatures of water, along with different flavorings; nada), and it comes right back up. Food stays down a bit easier but even the thought of eating most things makes me gag. I’m prepared for the backlash on the comment I’m about to make but honestly all my body lets me keep down is Sprite and occasionally some cereal. I know I know, I’m supposed to be avoiding sugar and carbonation. But honestly I’d rather get Sprite and cereal down than throw up water and chicken over and over again. My Dr says I’m part of the 10-15% of patients who experience severe nausea weeks after surgery, and that it’s something that goes away on its own.. Has anyone else experienced this?? I’m scheduled to get a CT scan on the 9th of Aug. to see what the heck is going on. I’m almost 50lbs down a little over a month past surgery and to be honest I’m a bit worried I’m losing TOO much weight? (TMI?) But I haven’t gotten my period since the surgery (I’m 20 so my period is usually pretty consistent). Brain fog is real right now!!! I take 30 seconds to process the things people say to me right now and 30 seconds to form coherent sentences. Is this from lack of food? Lack of water? Who knows, but it’s really annoying. This post is all over the place, but I feel the confusion of this post connects perfectly to where my brain is at right now. I have no idea what’s going on, all I know is my stomach hurts and I’m nauseous and I just want this nightmare to end so I can start LIVING. Thanks in advance for reading.
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Alcohol consumption
Lipman replied to greekgoddess2468's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was told 6 months by my doc, but made it 2. Went on a trip to Italy and drank 2-4 glasses of wine a day (never more than 2 at a time for lunch and/or dinner), then another trip to the beach where I consumed quite a few frozen cocktails. I learned pretty quickly to stay away from the heavy cream type of cocktails as they filled me up and made me not feel great. With the cocktails, I also got a real dry mouth sensation an hour or so after stopping. Now that I am back home, I'll stay away from the empty calories until at least 6 months, but hopefully until I am at my goal weight. -
Hi there, I just found this site after googling because I haven't been feeling very good and haven't been losing weight. My sleeve was 7/20. I had to go to the hospital the day after for uncontrolled vomiting and dehydration. Since then I've been struggling with nausea. I'm hungry but if I eat anything that seems to control the hunger, I have dumping syndrome- pain, nausea, spasms, feel terrible. I know the first week, I gained weight from all of the fluids and that has come back down, but I haven't lost any more. I'm worried that I made a mistake.
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Losing weight before surgery - how
maintenanceman replied to MommyRunMommy's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Are you required to lose weight before the surgery? -
Losing weight before surgery - how
KathyLev replied to MommyRunMommy's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
As long as I kept my hands busy , I was okay. I was a big "sit in front of the tv with a bowl of something and keep shoveling it into my mouth" type person. I stopped buying the tempting stuff and instead bought myself a bunch of markers,pens,sketchbooks , coloring books and kept that next to me while watching tv. I also had water with me at all times. Not gonna lie - the first couple days are bad ! Pretty soon my brain switched gears and I really got into my doodling. Lost a good amount of weight,too ! -
Sleeve to Bypass revision (didn’t lose enough w/ sleeve)
SleeveToBypass2023 replied to XoxoLadyA's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
I had to have a revision for other reasons, but I can tell you that you lose a lot less with it than the initial surgery. I'm 5 weeks post op, and I've lost 16 pounds. This time last year, I had lost 30. So you lose roughly half as much with a revision as you do from the initial surgery. Revisions tend to be worth it more if you have complications from the initial surgery (like I did). Additional weight loss isn't really a huge reason since you lose slower and less than the original surgery. -
August 2023 Surgery Buddies!
Hapamomma replied to kayhay0714's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I should have mentioned in my initial post that I had a sleeve in 2018. Had horrible GERD since and also never lost the most weight that my surgeon said I could possibly lose. Fast forward through COVID, loss of a family member, major job change l, etc etc - I actually gained almost ALL of the weight back. It very embarrassing. I would have never thought that I would gain it all back - ever. As the day goes, never say never. I have a new surgeon now and she is amazing and did not make me feel like a loser. Since I have GERD and never lost to my potential, and have the hiatal hernia, I am having a revision to gastric bypass on 8/11. My highest weight was 250 and my lowest weight after sleeve was 169. I’m 5’4”. To say that this second chance means everything to me is an understatement. I haven’t even told anyone (besides my husband) that I’m doing the revision because I’m so embarrassed. -
Losing weight before surgery - how
MommyRunMommy posted a topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hi! I'm at the very beginning of the process. I keep trying to stick to any diet so I can lose weight before the surgery and I have been struggling. I'm just always hungry. It's so hard to not just walk in my kitchen and eat something. I've never struggled so hard to just get started. Anyone else? What did you do? Thanks!! -
August 2023 Surgery Buddies!
Kia1983 replied to kayhay0714's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hello guys, Congratulations to everyone on their weight loss journey. My surgery date is August 3rd (Sleeved) and I am so excited. Tomorrow starts my pre-op liquid diet which I’m a little nervous about. But other then that I’m ready to join the losers bench. Good luck to everyone and look forward to hearing our success stories 🫶🏾 -
August 2023 Surgery Buddies!
Kia1983 replied to kayhay0714's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hello guys, Congratulations to everyone on their weight loss journey. My surgery date is August 3rd (Sleeved) and I am so excited. Tomorrow starts my pre-op liquid diet which I’m a little nervous about. But other then that I’m ready to join the losers bench. Good luck to everyone and look forward to hearing our success stories 🫶🏾 -
August 2023 Surgery Buddies!
Kia1983 replied to kayhay0714's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hello guys, Congratulations to everyone on their weight loss journey. My surgery date is August 3rd (Sleeved) and I am so excited. Tomorrow starts my pre-op liquid diet which I’m a little nervous about. But other then that I’m ready to join the losers bench. Good luck to everyone and look forward to hearing our success stories 🫶🏾 -
August 2023 Surgery Buddies!
Kia1983 replied to kayhay0714's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hello guys, Congratulations to everyone on their weight loss journey. My surgery date is August 3rd (Sleeved) and I am so excited. Tomorrow starts my pre-op liquid diet which I’m a little nervous about. But other then that I’m ready to join the losers bench. Good luck to everyone and look forward to hearing our success stories 🫶🏾 -
August 2023 Surgery Buddies!
Kia1983 replied to kayhay0714's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hello guys, Congratulations to everyone on their weight loss journey. My surgery date is August 3rd (Sleeved) and I am so excited. Tomorrow starts my pre-op liquid diet which I’m a little nervous about. But other then that I’m ready to join the losers bench. Good luck to everyone and look forward to hearing our success stories 🫶🏾 -
August 2023 Surgery Buddies!
Kia1983 replied to kayhay0714's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hello guys, Congratulations to everyone on their weight loss journey. My surgery date is August 3rd (Sleeved) and I am so excited. Tomorrow starts my pre-op liquid diet which I’m a little nervous about. But other then that I’m ready to join the losers bench. Good luck to everyone and look forward to hearing our success stories 🫶🏾 -
August 2023 Surgery Buddies!
Kia1983 replied to kayhay0714's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Hello guys, Congratulations to everyone on their weight loss journey. My surgery date is August 3rd (Sleeved) and I am so excited. Tomorrow starts my pre-op liquid diet which I’m a little nervous about. But other then that I’m ready to join the losers bench. Good luck to everyone and look forward to hearing our success stories 🫶🏾 -
Sleeve to Bypass revision (didn’t lose enough w/ sleeve)
XoxoLadyA posted a topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
I had the sleeve done and only lost 30% of my excess body weight. Typically they like to see you at 60% of your excess body weight. They had me on wegovy and that didn’t work so I’m now scheduled for a bypass revision. For people in the same boat that lost some but not a lot the first time, how much did you lose after revision? I’m hoping because I have so much weight to lose that it will come off the way it should have the first time -
GERD/Gastritis with Gastric Sleeve
lavette43 replied to MasonMoonGirl's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I had the sleeve in 2016 and never had Gerd until the surgery. Got bypass in September of 2022, and it feels so good not to have Gerd and take nothing, and I have reached my goal weight....Go for the bypass.. Sent from my SM-G991U using BariatricPal mobile app -
From what I've read, creatine can have a positive impact on muscle mass by about 5%. But of course that varies greatly from person to person, being influenced by diet, workout routine, age, genetics, etc. Its considered relatively safe, though there is some concern about kidney function impact. Overall, there are very few thorough, peer reviewed, long term studies, so its really mostly anecdotal. Ultimately, having a solid, protein rich diet and lifting weights consistently is what is going to make the biggest difference. But if you're looking to supplement, talk to your doctor/dietitian before starting anything.
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How did you select your goal weight?
BabySpoons replied to Sigh's topic in General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions
So true. I knew what to do to lose the weight. It just stopped working. The WLS tool we have now is amazing in reversing whatever that hindrance was. Age, insulin resistance, meds, slowed metabolism??? Now I just want to use it as long as I can without breaking it. -
After you loose a considerable amount of weight you really should have another sleep study. I lost 70 lbs & still have to use one! I’ve been using one for 18 years 🤦♀️
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Anyone starting out around 225lbs?
pintsizedmallrat replied to Tammy Monette's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums
I weighed 220 on the day of my surgery and am an inch shorter than you, so yes. I have struggled with feeling like I've ended up "too thin", but it's been due to a combination of complications from the surgery itself and some unrelated medical issues as well. My goal weight was 110, I was happy at 105, and ended up at a low of 91 when I was at my sickest a few months ago (a few pounds underweight for someone my height). Most people start to feel their restriction loosen at around the year-two year mark. I'm 22 months out and have only just started to feel like I can eat a bit more, and I'm simultaneously relieved and afraid because now it's up to me and my self-discipline to maintain.
