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I've had a really rough week of pain and gas. I've been having serious doubts as to whether this was a good idea or not. So of course, this morning I woke up in pain again. I downed my vitamins, and my Protonix, and my gas x, and hoped for the best. I also decided to put on a body shaper to hold in my stomach a little bit. It actually felt pretty good. So, I was out of protein shakes and I decided to re-up my membership at Costco and go get some Premier Protein. The place was packed and I had to walk all the way to the back to get a bag of chicken for my son, then all the way back up to the front for the protein shakes. I was starting to get tired. Finally I made it out and the gas pains were just killing me. But then I noticed on the way home that I really started burping...a lot. I got home, had a little bit of yogurt and all of a sudden, I realize I'm feeling so much better! I'm drinking my water and I'm feeling almost (almost) normal. I even lifted weights today, which I haven't felt like doing all week. It's funny how when I'm feeling my absolute worst and the idea of getting out and walking around seems insane to me, it really is the best thing for me. I'm thinking I may go out for another walk since it's so beautiful outside. So tomorrow morning when I wake up, and I feel horrible, I'm going to read this and force myself to go walk outside for a little while. It's got to do me some good.

I am 10 day post op .surgery on Jan 18th. Today I thought let me try to clean my house. I vacuumed and mopped floors cleaned and organized kids rooms. I started noticing my incisions being sore.. then the main one above my belly botton where they removed by stomach is so sore right underneath.. could have damaged something .? I was bending over a lot and of course when I got to the point of pain is when I decided to stop.. such a typical women/mother move.. and now I'm laying here in pain. I even ended up taking a left over pain killer.. Help..

This is just for fun and YMMV: Print this out and post it on your mirror, your refrigerator, near your scale, on your dog, at your doctor's office! Just be inspired! Commandments courtesy of the hilarious Waffleking of OH VSG http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/VSG/4366095/10-Commandmenments-of-my-Sleeve And here are DIY Blank Slates to use and create your own! Print it out and hand write on them or photoshop to your liking!

I'll be 10 weeks out on Friday and haven't lost any weight for the last 5 weeks. How long does a normal stall last ?

Ok I'm actually Preop bit I have a post op q. I have a baby that I have got to put in his crib twice a morning while dh is at work. Noone is going to come over just to put the baby down for me. Now I'm taking this seriously, and definitely don't want to cause myself harm but.... Really? What am I supposed to do? I almost deleted this because it sounds lame written out, but I really want an answer. O.o there's got to be an exception for the rule? Or something....,,,

I've been sleeved since 4/29, battling staying hydrated. Can this stall weight loss? Am I on track and over anticipating? Anyone else have similar problems? Lost more or less in the first 2 weeks? Love To Hear Your Thoughts

Hi guys, are there any other March 19th bandsters. This is like my second post so im pretty new. I started my diet today and im so hungry but other than that I feel great!!!! Is threr a group for march bandsters and if so how do i join?

Its my 10th day on liquids only and it is getting very boring and hard. I have lost 6kg so far which im very pleased about but the options are cery limited. Is there any thing other thsn chicken brooth that i can drink also how do you keep yoirself courged. My start weight was 99kgs Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

When I went for my post-op on Thursday, the NP told me I could begin mushies on Tuesday, which would be 10 days from my surgery date. He said to do 10 days of mushies and then to start regular foods... Is this standard? For some reason I remember doing 14/14 and reading the board it seems like that's the norm. Has anyone else done 10 and 10? Thank you!

Hey guys is there anyone being sleeved on or around 10/22. I need a buddy someone anyone LOL I feel like a little kid but I need someone that I can compare notes with on what to bring or what not to bring. I see so many encouraging posts and friendship bonds forming and I need that in my life So if anyone is having surgery around this date or even the end of October just drop me a line and we can partner up. Blessings, Am

My surgery is March 13th 2019b

I had my psych appt today and she indicated no concerns. Met with the nurse and all medical tests are done and good. Now back to the surgeon to sign off and then schedule. They told me it could take up to 2 weeks to hear back but an early December appt is likely. Anyone else looking at first or second week of December? Lori

WOW, I just came from my 1st follow up visit since I had my gastric sleeve surgery on 11-19-12. I can proudly say that im not considered morbidly obese" anymore. Im down "36lbs". I feel great and just got had my post op diet adjusted. This is the best decision I made. I actually decided to have the surgery after my wife had it in April 2012. I told her that she wasnt going to go thru this alone. Shes over 60lbs down now. I know this is a lifestyle change, but to do this with the one I love is just making us grow closer together and making the change eaiser for both of us. Im looking forward to the time that we go out to dinner and find out that 1 appetizer fills us both up lol. I wish everyone that has this proceedure all the best. Pictures to follow soon.

Hi Community, I am excited about getting the band, lots of participation. If there is one thing that anyone could tell me to make this surgery better, what would it be? Hope everyone is doing fine and accomplishing your goal. Make it a great day!:angry_smile:

😕So during my sleeve surgery 6/27/2019 my doctor found a small tumor. It was cancerous and very active. It did not show up on any pre op work, he was literally in the right place at the right time. These past few weeks on top of healing from surgery I have been seeing an oncologist. My doctors worked together with me and decided that going to a gastric bypass and bypassing the part of my pouch that is cancerous is safer than putting me on powerful cancer targeting medicine that I would have to take for the next 3 years, Gleevec. The oncologist told me that my case was about 1 in 1000. Normally people come to him with a huge tumor that is beginning to spread cancer and at that point they have a gastrectomy. My surgeon has also never experienced this where a tumor did not show up on preop but he is against messing with the sleeve at all and would just rather cut all that part out if that makes sense. He said he has seen where making the sleeve smaller leads to more complications vs doing a sleeve to bypass. I flat out asked him if I was being punked. I have not had any major complications from my sleeve, I did have to go to the ER almost at the 6 week mark for sharp pains (turns out I ate tuna too fast). They did a barium swallow and everything looked great with the sleeve no leaks or anything. I regretted my surgery in the first week and I am a little nervous about having surgery again but I’m also glad they found this. If I had chickened out before having the surgery or dropped out of my doctors program like I had done in the past, I would never have known about this tumor growing. I’m feeling a bit meh and blah about it all just thinking about the liquid diet I will have to do all over again 😂 but I’m also trying to remain positive. This site helps a lot so thank you all for your updates, the t.m.i. (Looking at you poop threads,we all need you) , the highs and lows etc. My surgery date is 9/5/2019.

How is everyone doing?? I am struggling to get my calories in Protein so so, Water not all the time. Not down as much as I want but I'm working on getting ok with that. My clothes are loose but I sure don't want to spend money on clothes that at way too big. Already down a size so I'm good . Just checking on you in this journey of ours. Have a good weekend and holiday

Been drinking liquids right now trying hot green tea with 2 splendas some milk. I was a big coffee guy but i tried it and it didnt taste the same and green tea is better go figure. Anyways i feel very weak today. I dont want to force food. Wife is making instant mashed and i have a bottle of gravy and see if that works. The tea is going down well. I havent felt any hunger at all is this normal?

Just curious how the stages go on the post op diet...today im 10 days out and not sure if its time for the mushy/puree stage yet...I have already had some thinned out oatmeal and cream of wheat...so far everything has went down fine. looking for some more protein options...

I was just reading info on the post being resleeved( I think that one) and there was some info done on like 57 people and some their weight came back some had to get the DS. Im just wondering what will happen to us. Will the hunger hormone come back, did the dr remove enough of my fundus? I actually scared myself while reading that info. I dont want to have surgery again.

I've found this treasure when I was a teenager some 20+ years ago. My ex-Stepmother had a copy of this book and I took it an read it. Suffice to say I never returned it... LOL :-) I still do have it to this day. It is by FAR the best workout book I have ever (well I can't say bought... haha) came across. I have been getting many requests for tips on how I'm being able to keep my shape the way I am. I'd say there are several factors to this. Firstly, eating low carb... it does help with belly flab!! Believe that. Low carb eaters have much flatter tummies than those who do not. Second, my running really is helping sculpt a very lean body structure. I can't say enough about this!! I don't think I've EVER been able to get my legs to cooperate as much as I can right now with looking thinner all the time. Third, and this is what I'm sharing here with you all. It is called Callanetics: 10 Years Younger in 10 Hours. Best. Muscle toning workout. EVER!!! It does NOT bulk you up. I have a hard time keeping this from happening which is why I don't really do a lot of weight training. I don't want to look like a bodybuilder! I could get this way very easily. Instead these workouts only tone and sculpt a very lean and sexy figure, for both women AND men. There are testimonial pages showing this within the book. I just now bought the complimentary DVD's and I am planning to take these workouts to a whole new level. I hope this inspires some! I'm not kidding these workouts are pretty amazing. Little known in the workout world but so worth it if you find it. FYI, some of the DVD's are a waste and are not created by the original founder of these workouts. If it's not by Callan Pinckney, don't waste your money on it. *hugs* Callanetics: 10 Years Younger in 10 Hours http://www.amazon.com/Callanetics-10-Years-Younger-Hours/dp/0688037879/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

My story has been a long 10 year roller coaster ride both in weight and emotion! I was banded at 18 in California. I was just under 250 at 5'1". I had an easy surgery and started losing pretty quickly. After a couple years, I was down almost 100lbs and feeling great until suddenly, in August 2005, I couldn't swallow Water. My band had slipped and badly. I went into surgery the next day to have my band fixed, but due to erosion, it was removed and as the surgeon put it to my parents, he "MAY have punctured my stomach trying to navigate scar tissue, but it was difficult to tell what was a puncture and what was an erosion." I was devastated to put it lightly and spent 9 days in the hospital recovering. Insurance refused to replace the band (despite multiple appeals) because my BMI was too low. My surgeon and I worked through the year on appeals and by June, I had climbed back to my starting weight of 250. We found out in March that when my insurance changed at the beginning of the year, they had made WLS a contract exclusion and we had exhausted our appeals. I decided that if I wanted my band back, I would have to pay for it and began looking into options out of the country. For a bunch of different reasons, I ended up choosing a hospital and surgeon in Mumbai, India. The surgeon in Mumbai told me that my first band was placed so high, that my scar tissue wasn't in his way at all. I now wonder if that is the only reason it worked so well. I had a new lap band placed in August 2006 at 269lbs (my highest weight) and went home filled with hope. My hope faded as over the next year I only lost around 40-50lbs or so. Not a small amount of weight, but only half of what I lost the first time and only about a third of what I was hoping for. This band never worked like the first one. By 2012 I was back up to 250. My current insurance has a contract exclusion as well, and instead of going through lengthy appeals (since that worked so horribly before), I decided to self pay again. This time I am going with Dr. Fernando Garcia in Tijuana with Ready 4 a Change. I have my surgery scheduled for April 25th and I'm fearful that I am starting to get my hopes up that this will be the right path for me. I am hoping that this roller coaster will take one final dip (hopefully at least a 100lb dip lol). My kids need a mom that can keep up with them and I know I can't do that on my own. Anyone else struggle with the fear of getting your hopes up before a revision surgery?? How did it go for you? And more importantly, after going from band to sleeve, what would you say were the biggest changes for you? I'm so thankful for any input anyone has to share

I finally have a surgery date after waiting 10 years. I started this process 10 years ago and my son begged me not to have the surgery lady was afraid that I would die I your later he passed away and I kept hearing his voice tell me "mommy you're not fat , mommy you're not fat" then what insurance companies didn't cover it anymore. My husband's new company a year ago added it to the insurance as long as it was medically necessary I can have it done once in my lifetime so I began the process a year ago and yesterday I got the call that my surgery is March 15th at Mayo Clinic. Now I'm scared to death what happens if I'm hungry what happens if I miss my junk food what happens if and I've been eating right and I've been losing weight but all the sudden I'm afraid that I'll never be able to eat food again.

Hello all.... My name is Michele. I've been heavy my WHOLE life. I came out of the womb and 10lbs 2oz and just kept getting fat from there! ) I'm 40 now and on WAY too many medications for my age. 3 BP meds, 4 Diabetes meds, 3 for depression/anxiety. That's just SICK!!!! I never looked at it in print until now... eek! Anyway, I've been afraid of getting WLS for a very long time. RNY scares the crap out of me, therefore the lapband. My mom had her's done 12/2008 and is now about 90lbs down!!! She's amazing. She did that mostly without exercise because she had a bad hip. She had a hip replacement in October and is now just sailing along. Guess I'm avoiding talking about me. Well, Like I said, I'm 40, on way too many meds, married to an absolutely wonderful man (4 years in April) that supports me no matter what I do (including making an ass out of myself sometimes), no kids, but haven't given up the ghost yet on that. My eggs aren't all hardboiled! ) I work as a medical assistant in a family practice office. I spent the last 4 1/2 years working in occupational health. So it's an interesting switch! I'm also in school for nursing. I used to be a helpdesk analyst until my job was sent overseas. I went back to school for this and figured I'm not stopping til I hit a master's degree. Long road, but not giving up!!! ) So... the surgery. I'm freaked out a little. I'm still wrapping up all the pre-req's for having it. But will be done in time. I'm kind of doing Optifast right now, but as usual not sticking to it very well. I try. I guess I'm just here for the same reasons you all are. To know that there are people out there like me. Is there anyone that had lapband that started out over 400lbs? How are you now? Any problems? I'll take responses from ANYONE!!! Help me be less freaked out!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::smile2::scared2::confused::cursing: Michele