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Three mornings in a row, exactly @540 am i wake up with a burning, almost hangover, rot gut, morning sickness feeling. No real regurge, no acid refux, just achy, burning, queasy in breat bone. I get up, sip on warm decaf coffee with half and half, take my morning rx for acid and sit up. Takes two hours to relieve. Is it hunger, from laying in bed...common?

Beautiful Day - I printed out everything the surgery coordinator sent me and started a 3 ring binder. I'm self-pay and the consent forms and pay forms and all the forms that needed my hand-written response or signature or whatever, added up to 20 pages worth. I sat down for a dedicated hour and got the paperwork done and the various coordinators have said that I can get all the tests and face-to-face meetings taken care of the day before surgery. I will stay at the Kabuki the night before surgery and my Mother will stay there the night of. The paperwork suggested that anyone having surgery might want to go on a liquid diet in the week prior to surgery but there was no directive from Dr. J telling me to do so. I am in Iraq right now and I had the Dr. consult and psych eval by phone. I will pre-reg over the phone and have the nurse consult over the phone. The day before surgery I will meet with the nut., Dr. J., and have my blood ekg etc.

I am returning to work today and I am scared. Today starts the 5th week since my surgery. My nausea has mostly left but I still feel like crap. The doctor doesn't know why I feel like I do and assures me it's nothing serious going on since I have no other symptoms. They always prescribe me more and more pills. The last one was to stop stomach spasms but I can't take it. It makes me too dizzy and it gets stuck in my throat. That makes me fear a stricture but I don't have any problems with other pills. It's weird. The pills is a small round pill it's fat. It's weird. I still can't eat. I eat a few bites a day. I'm working hard on hydration. The doctor said that is more important. Don't get my started on Protein. It's all yuck! So I hope I'm not making a mistake by going back to work. If I can't do it I will just take more time off if I have to. Now to what's irking me.I've been sitting in the lobby of my job for 1 1/2 hours and can't get in. They need the doctor signed release form and no one told me I was supposed to bring it in to work too. I was told to send it to the leave administrators which was done last Tuesday. I called them for a copy. They said it was put in their system Thursday and takes 5 business days to review. I can't get a hold of my caseworker. She's busy and can't take a call and won't respond to my email. I put in a request for a call back and it takes 1 business day. The manager on duty is being a complete jerk! I can't wait to go talk to my manager. I didn't have to come back today and if they want to treat me like this I can just extend my leave. I was so ready to come in and try my hardest to exceed and get back on track and now I'm like screw this. What a horrible way to start the day. I'm waiting for my surgeons office to open at 9 so I can see if they will fax the paper to the MOD. All of this red tape is ridiculous. It could've been prevented if I knew. I told my manager my return to work date and she told me to rest up and let her know if something changed and said she'd see me today. I'm too sick for this drama! All I want to do is go back home get in bed and cry. I feel like I'm failing at everything! Thank you for letting me vent. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Well, Tomorrow is my surgery date. Down 17 lbs. on 2 week pre-op diet. I'm unusually calm about it. Hoping all goes well, the journey begins...

ok so i m 3week4day post op n m doing much better had some problems after surgery end up back at the hospital for chest pain to find they bruised my spleen then a week later to find i had a 103 temp so they kep me for 3 days to find a lil lisgen of blood next to my spleen but they said it should go away i see the doc on aug 2nd cant wait to get wight brite side had to get some new underwear went from a 13 to 11 that was nice and i have had chicken n its not all i was hoping for but eggs are good n had some tilapia for dinner to night my husband cooks and he is all about making me a kids plate i no he means well but some times it just a lil much he talks to me like a lil kid now i hope it does not last cause i may have to run him over with my car lol well i will write again soon hope everyone is doing well

Congrats on the banding. I had this too during the first couple of weeks...unfortunately for me it went away before I was able to eat solid foods. That in between time was tough!

So i've searched & read many of the previous "stall" threads but none seem to be similar to my issue. My HW was 387, SW 338(sleeved on 6/20/18), CW 250lbs. My macros are 1000-1200cals depending on lifting days, 90-110g protein, 50-60g carb per day. I'm lifting heavy 4 days per week with 45min HIIT cardio 5-6x/week. Per Apple Watch I'm burning between 4500-5500 cals per day so clearly burning 3x what I take in. My nut says I am were I need to be macro wise but the scale is just not friggin moving. My goal is cutting another 40lbs. I wonder if I am just not getting enough calories but don't think I can eat more. I don't want to lose any muscle mass, just burn fat. I've spoken with a few trainers who train bodybuilders & they think I am not getting enough calories but they admittedly don't have experience with bariatric surgery. The flip side is I've made a lot of progress and body has changed. I've dropped several sizes(4x to 2x), 50" waist to 40" but have more to go. Seeing people with better numbers and doing much less work is getting very frustrating. My question is- has anyone had a lengthy stall like this and was working out heavy? Was upping calories the answer? Was lowering your macros the answer? and were you able to maintain your muscle mass? TIA!

Went to meet Dr. Scott on Tuesday, made 41 BMI, thank Goodness. Now I have to complete Psych Eval (scheduled in 2 weeks) and compile all of my medical records showing all of my medically supervised weight loss attempts and send to doctors office. Feeling optimistic

This is not an original recipe, but when you get to have meat or even puree, this might work for you... It'll easily feed 6 people. 60 if they are all sleeved HAHAHA cut up a 3 lb cut of pork (I use pork loin because its leaner) rub with 1 Tbspn of Hawaiian Red Sea Salt (you can find this at places like Trader Joes...and if not, Kosher Salt makes a decent substitute) Rub with abt 1 Tbspn of liquid Smoke (I like the smokey flavor, so usually double that amount for us) 1/2 Cup Water Put it all in a crock-pot and cook on high for about 8-10 hours. Then using 2 big forks, shred the pork and let it rest in the juices. I usually serve this over Trader Joes Brown Jasmine Rice with some sauteed cabbage (and if I'm lazy, I buy a bag of coleslaw shreds to saute and use that!). I made this for my family this week and ended up really grooving on the pulled pork. I shredded it very finely for myself and then chewed well. YUM!

Does anyone else hate taking their meds now I'm only 3 weeks post op but every time I take meds it often feels like I'm eating and feel sick afterwards. Its almost like I feel full just from taking my meds,and this sucks? Comments anyone? I have to take about 7 different things daily,and sometimes I don't take em all because of this ?

Yep, the one in the belly button was nasty lookin' for a few weeks.

I'm 6 weeks out and my belly button incision is still painful at times. It looked the worst right after surgery and I didn't take the bandage off of that one til about 3 weeks after surgery because it was too sensitive until then.

Hi y'all, I am one month post op and going for my first fill next week. Till now I have been able to eat anything as long as I chew it well. I have not thrown up or PB'd once yet. My question is will that change after my first fill? I know I won't be able to eat the sane quantities that I an eating now, but will the foods I am able to eat change? Thanks,

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My surgery is Nov 7th. I'm on my second week of the liquid shakes. So far so good.

SandeeD, we have similar stats - I am 5'2" and started at 223 pre-op, 207 on day of surgery (26 April) and hit 140 between Christmas and New Year. However, I am a couple of years older than you As a result of my sleeve, I have lost one of my comorbidities (diabetes) and I have stopped taking a chemo drug for my arthritis (just have one injection a week and we are even discussing that later this month!) and no longer have swelling or pain, my BP is normal, cholesterol good - and a couple of weeks ago, my doc said well done to me for saving my own life... All my risks are now the same as every other non-obese person. So congratulations for taking the big step to head off on this road. I wish you all the best, you should be excited... And I hope it all works out well for you!

1. The sleeve can stretch, however, it could not stretch enough to be as big as your original stomach was. The stretchier part of the stomach is what is removed, however, there is still a little room for stretching. In theory, you start out being able to eat very tiny amounts and in about 18 months to a year you are eating a more 'normal' amount (normal for non overweight people, not your pre-normal). 2. You could eat whatever you want for the reason you said, however, the main thing you want to concentrate is getting enough protein and proper nutrition because you can eat so little. Anytime there is rapid weight loss there is danger of losing muscle mass, the emphasis on protein is so that you are able to keep as much of it as possible. I do not believe you have to deprive yourself of anything, just be aware of what foods you find you can eat too easily (I discovered I could eat an awful large amount of lifesavers, for example), someone had given me a bag of them and there I was munching away like my old self. I will avoid them now. Same would go for something like potato chips, you don't want to get into this mindset that, well, I was able to eat that little bag of chips, but I still need my protein and I am not full from them so I will have some protein now, no harm done. However, this could get out of control and you might find yourself having more 'slider' foods than are good for you. I think it is important to write down everything you eat (at least initially) and really look at your numbers as far as fat, calories, carbs, sugars, iron, vitamins, etc. Look for patterns and see if you are doing too much fat, not enough protein, etc. If you ate nothing but junk food or food that was not nutritionally dense but kept your intake to (for example) 600 calories, yes, you will lose weight, however, you might not be feeling or looking your best and you might be losing some muscle mass. In other words, eventually, you will not be doing so well, even if you are skinny. So emphasize nutrition, but do have your occasional indulgence (a taste or a bite) of something you really want. 3. I am actually looking at different 'diets' and trying to decide which diet is the best for me. Yes, with the sleeve, it is soooo much easier to 'diet'. You don't feel that massive hunger, and the times I have said "hmm, I'll get a small kid's hamburger or a bean burrito", I have found that after three bites, I really am done and you know how when you first want something, the first bite tastes really good, and they get progressively not as good as you get fuller? This happens only about 20 times faster than it would have in the presleeve days. I think for my particular health issues (metabolic syndrome, diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol) I am going to try to stick to the DASH diet. 4. You can sip a little bit of a drink, or at least, I have been able to. I know there are some who are very sensitive to that and cannot eat/drink at all. The main reason you don't want to drink with your meal is that it will either push the food down or maybe overfill and make you feel like vomiting. I really don't think a sip of two will make much difference, it doesn't to me, but your mileage may vary.

I have a few questions. I was an original sleeve patient in November of 2011. I had a severe stricture that was finally corrected with a bypass in August of 2012. I had lost 110 pounds. Scale finally kinda quit moving but ok with that I guess. I was at an ideal weight and had lost all "my girls"! LOL. My sweet husband agreed and paid for me to have a breast augumentation Thursday of last week. The scale gained almost 10 pounds. I know those silicone implants did not weigh 10 pounds. Help! What happened? I haven't felt real well or ate a whole lot since that surgery Thursday. Any idea where that weight came from ? How to get rid of it? I can't exercise for a week or so. Anyone else experienced this ? Help I'm struggling.

I think I started sleeping on my tummy week 2 or 3.

My doctor requires the Glucerna Diabetic shakes. I have to drink 6 a day for two weeks. They taste ok, but after 2 weeks, i will probably hate them.

You just have to watch your carbs with Protein shakes. I have seen some pretty descents ones that like 30+ grams of protein and only 5 grams of carbs. After the 2 weeks of semi-liquid and week after surgery (sleeve on 09/11) I would rather try to chew my protein in the form of chicken or turkey than drink it but I still have a shake in the afternoons to make sure I am getting the minerals and vitimans.

I haven't had a stall BUT I've mean a million times to up your calories and it seems to help...