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And I hope he steps up and starts figuring some things out! I am a recent (3 month) PICC line user (November 29 2018- February 26 2019) although I was happy with lessing of my malnourishment symptoms and believe you me, YOU CAN FEEL A DIFFERENCE, I realize now the 1400+ calories it contained slowed my weight loss almost to a stand- still. About a pound or so a month. March 1, so right after -267 pounds , now I do not own a home scale, after ichucked one in the dumpster after it refused work right, long before surgery, when I was trying to lose weight with my diet pills and was getting nowhere fast, bet I am the only person in history to take 1 month of Phenteramine and GAIN 30 pounds! So I only weigh at my PCP and surgeons offices. Drum Roll Please- March 26 2019- 234.6 pounds, my Golden Honeymoon Months may NOT be over- they always you have just so many months of smoother quicker weight loss and then things slow down. This makes me feel better about ME, see I started out in October 2017 with a highest admitted weight of 365+ , I say "plus" because I was so disheartened by how my body was " back-stabbing" my best efforts to lose, I refused to climb on another scale. Figured the the next step would be the Farmers Equity where they weigh out feeds on a massive scale. Went through a bariatric Plan for the second time, quite a story there, went almost all the way , my job was terminated, lost the insurance that would paid it and surgeon's office failed to inform me I could have gone with my secondary which had less stringent requirments and I could have had my surgery, although I was one month short of finishing Plan # 1 requirments, this was August 2015 through January 6 2016. PCP sent me back to that place again after the monster weight gain, went through all their. specifications, jumped in and out of hoops they erected, tried to act righteous, followed their " Company Rules" only to be told in February 2018 their head surgeon. no longer felt any urge to do my surgery, would not permit his 2 or 3 partners to do it either. Yep kicked" right to the curb" after he had raped my insurances of all the monies He could get. I finally got mental closure on it, God says I should forgive the Stupid Sack,of Offal, but I shall never forget! So I transferred to OSU, the place I should have gone to in the first place. Would you believe my PCP sent me to place #1 because he thought it was " Christian- Based" and what a Giant Farce that was! Went through Ohio States requirements, there were a few extras I still had to do, but in consideration of me not filing an equivalent of "Breach of Promise suit" they were forced to release all my previous records with no detrimental observations. And another thing to my benefit , Ohio State actually liked me, pledged to work with me to make my weight loss journey and surgery a Good Thing. And on September 5th 2018 I received the RnY bypass I had been struggling to receive for over 3 years. It will be forever my Wonder Wednesday, my Day of Days when all my mental pain, all my sorrows and my feelings of unworthiness went away.And I am eternally grateful for the second surgeon, he was a better person as well as a more skilled and compentant surgeon than that poor excuse for a Human Being I first encountered. As you may have guessed I have not had the easiest of healings afterwards, I am now 73 and some things just don't heal as qucickly or smoothly as they might were I In my 20s or 30s, but THEY have been with me, supportive all the way! " This isn't working? Okay we will find an alternate way of doing it!"And although I could not have forecast these 7 months they have still contained joys and successes. I am still in IT to WIN IT and the rest of my life will be the BEST of my life. This is a vow, I am seeing Onderland ahead for me, where I can break the 200 pound barrier and in the distance shining like a beacon is my Finish Line, my Victory Lane and I am going to make it THERE! My Will is STRONG, my body? Well it may be only along for the ride but we are going to make it THERE!

ok.. I will do MUCH better this month! Starting weight: 174.0 Goal: 5 pounds, and get my hiney exercising again. Surgery: 12/10/18 - SW 234 1. Proud of my family - they are my biggest supporters

I’m in! Starting weight: 211.6. Goal: lose 12 pounds so I can FINALLY be in ONEderland! Surgery: VSG on 2/6/2019.

Well, my 5 month update (I'm really only 5 months out because I was sleeved on 10/29). I'm down 103 total, 96 since pre-op diet, 82 since surgery (appx 68% EWL since surgery). I'd take it all back if I could. I had a great first 3 months - got my protein/liquids in from around day 3, could eat most anything I tried. Now I'm sick as a f'ing dog. Luckily, I'm at least a bit better than I was at the end of February, when I cried every day from the reflux and overwhelming nausea. Doc changed my meds a bit, so the reflux is manageable and I am not nauseous all the time, just when I eat. I can eat FAR less now than I could even a month after surgery. And I can't tolerate protein drinks. So, I'm now getting about half the protein I'm supposed to (and that's with drinking 2 glasses of milk a day) and struggling to get my liquids. I did this to improve my quality of life, and it has deteriorated rapidly. Doc doesn't seem to know what is going on, and is just suggesting converting to bypass to fix the reflux. But he admits that might not fix the nausea/inability to eat. So, his answer is to further reduce the size of my stomach and rearrange my intestines, which will cause more malnutrition, when he's so concerned about my lack of nutrition that he's considering putting me on a PICC line? Um, no thanks. Not untill he figures out why the hell I'm so f'ing sick. I see him again on Friday, so I hope we can get answers. Because at this point, I'm a little scared of what my life is becoming. I'm supposed to be creating healthy eating habits, but I can barely eat anything. So I feel like I'm creating super unhealthy eating habits, just the opposite of the ones I had before.

My 6 month is 4/25 and I’m down 76 pounds since surgery almost ONEDERLAND. I’m averaging about 12-13 per month and I not been exercising sometimes my energy level is next to nothing. I know because I’m not getting my water or meeting calories. I will start exercising this week to meet my 6 month goal at end of month to be low 190s. I’ve lost 10 pounds since last photo

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My surgery was on March 13, 2019. It was supposed to be a month earlier but I caught the flu and the logistical setbacks kept rolling on from there. Now, thankfully, I’m 17 days post-op. I feel relatively good. Still a little sore. Struggling to get all my protein and liquids in as I get accustomed to my new stomach. I have no regrets so far but I know the real challenges will come when I return to work overseas after surgery and recovery in the States.

hmmm I never thought about any of the pain I had being related to the hernia repair. I just chalked all that pain up to the gas but it did last about 10 days for me.

Hello All! I just found this community as I was researching some information about my weight loss surgery. I just had my surgery on March 25th 2019 and still very nervous I am excited that I found this because I was looking up why I was feeling a knot under one of my incisions but no redness no pain and this group actually answer that question without me having to panic I am still very nervous I'm looking forward to the things I can learned from this group as well as help others and I'm looking forward to this new lifestyle that I have begun any advice support food ideas liquid ideas are all welcome #newme2019!

Happy Early Birthday, Kate! April 2019 Is going to become even mor4 special if your surgery happens this month also. Will be praying 🙏for you as well as the others I've met on Bariatric Pal.It would be nice,of there was a Birthday Cake protein shake, k,ow there are bars, so totally not seen but there ought to be one in liquid form Arm throbbing,woke me up at 5AM, took a couple straight Tylenol, then, let's see if that will faze me enough I can go back,to sleep. in the olden days. I'd get a cup of something like coffee because things are quiet st Chez Frustr8. I don't want to even what up my cats, days are long enough all ready. I

Hi, Tereza, welcome! I had gastric bypass on the 27th, so Monday is day 5. My stats are the same as yours. I gained 10 lbs of water weight in the hospital and am not yet down to my surgery weight of 229. I am 5' 3.5". Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app

I will have my 8 week post-op appt with the nutritionist who will finally give me the go-ahead for vegetables! I have a big organic garden full of veggies I can't eat and it's killing me! So this appt is very exciting. The food restrictions will be lifted and I can start eating more normal food. But..... I am scared. I have been doing great for the past month on 500 cal/day - protein shakes and protein foods. When I add some berries to my morning smoothie, some veggies and a salad with meals, and then try to gradually add more legumes, seeds, and nuts, the calories are going to go up. I have been losing 4 pounds/week for the past month, and I don't want to lose that momentum. I have also been adding more to my exercise regimen every week and will continue to do so. (Presently, I walk at least 10,000 steps, climb 10 flights of stairs, do 100 wall pushups, and alternate between Elliptical and weights, every other day.) I will add time to the Elliptical each week and more time/pounds to the weights each week. Anyway, I am hoping the extra exercise will counter act the extra calories, My plan is to increase the calories 100/day at a time for at least a week to find the amount I can eat and still keep losing. Does this sound reasonable? I have been doing so well, and I just don't want the additional food groups to cause a stall.

I think most people have to do at least a 2 week liver shrink diet. So perhaps you will lose what you gained.i have gain almost 10 lbs since.ive been.in this process so mad Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using BariatricPal mobile app

Elvira's silence is telling. I bet her surgery procedure went through anyway and she's in recovery! This said, although I am very new here, from what I've read it's generally not a good idea to sneak food before surgery, especially that close before it. The stomach finishes digestion 8-10 hours after you eat so there was likely little or no food left in hers, but guaranteed her surgeon knew there were food remains in her large intestine and will scold her a bit about it. But her silence so far makes me hopeful. I am pulling for her they operated anyway and she will be fine. Don't cheat, folks! (Says the girl who munched poke with no rice a day ago...) *blush*

it’s been almost 10 yrs since my lapband it’s been a constant fight keeping the weight off I lose 20 gain 10 it’s up & down, then it’s food getting stuck that’s been a nightmare now I’m having acid reflux problems I don’t have to eat much I try not drink a lot of water or coffee before bed but I wake up during most nights can’t breath I’m choking & that nasty taste. I haven’t had a fill in 4 yrs so I know I’m not tight. I won’t be able to see the doctor until June when I get home. Hope it settles down until then

I had my sleeve surgery on 10/10/18. The first couple of days sucked (nausea and vomiting) but never really had pain. I never took 1 pain pill once I got home (though I did stay 2 nights due to vomiting). Some people get bad gas pains but they go away with walking. I feel a MILLION times better and more energetic that before the surgery. Good luck and “try” to relax!! 👍

Surgery in the morning at 10:00! It feels like Christmas Eve to me! I can't wait to open up this new life :)!!

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No darlin' anesthesia is not a bugaboo, don't fear it! I hate to sound "campy" but you should have been here for the Bad Old Days of ether and such, I had my tonsils out at 5, I am now 73 and I still remember how sick I was, I threw up even water! Then I was here for the Slightly Better Middle Ages of Anesthesia, not so much vomiting but headaches, general malaise, you knew you had been " had". Present days are a breeze. Let me relate a little about my RnY last September. , I think it will make you feel a little better. First of all my surgeon as well as being a wonderful surgeon is a very nice guy. I was the first surgery of the day, he had explained that in the office, he was making,me first , because at 73 he wanted to allow time in case i was more difficult once he was "in". He literally brought in his crew and introduced them all. Among them was my anesthesiologist Dave, hate to sound cougar-like but he had the prettiest blue eyes. I think. in the midst of our conversation he may have slipped me some " Happy Juice" because I was Super Mellow as they pushed me down the hall and into the Operating Theatre. Oh I did kind of " Rubberneck" as we were traveling, this was my Journey of Journeys after all! Now I had gleaned a few horror stories from BP as well as a few other sites, so I wanted to see if they were true. Number 1 people kept saying the room was chilly- nope mine was warm as could be. Number 2 Everybody hustled. And bussels around, nope even though they were gowned , my hospital wears green, I knew who each person was .Number 3 the tables are so narrow, nope not mine, like Goldilocks it was just right. Number 4 They make you drag yourself over, nope they helped me and wear very gentle and respectful. Number 5 You won't even be able to tell who or where your surgeon is. Nope Dr Needleman promised me he' d wave so I would know it was him. Another erroneous thing I had been told was since it was a teaching Hospital I would be turned over to interns and residents once I was asleep. Nope , Dr Needleman promised, since I would be his all-time oldest patient he would do everything personally and he kept his word. Number 6. Once I was situated on the table , I looked to my Right and there was Dave., blue eyes sparkling, they tucked a warmed blanket around me, he called me by name , said" Do you feel comfy?" I said " I believe I am" and that was that, next,thing I knew I was in my own room on 10 Doan, not hurting a bit, fact is I lifted my gown to look, I wanted to check if they had even done surgery. I expected big ABDs, nope 6 tiny incisions, criss crossed with steri- strips and the 7th was in my navel. Now I knew why my pre-op instructions said to scrub and clean my navel really good, he used it as another point of entry. I remember on the Bad Old Days having a rubber mask slapped on my face, being told to count backwards and the smell, none of that at all now. Things are so Easy Peasy these days, and if anybody would not be waking up, on age alone it would be ME not YOU, so don't worry and fear, it is a cool experience and it starts you into a beautiful future life. Me, I have lost 70, no it's 80 pounds now in 7 months, could never have done it on diet alone. And every day I am grateful, oh my after surgery was not average, healed a little slower, had some bumps in my road, but I'm in this to win this and I truly can say The Rest of My Life will be the Best of My Life. And now I'll look forward to chapters and updates from YOU!❤

I had the sleeve removed also due to it grew into my stomach. I got the sleeve on Feb 22, 2019. I have been happy with my progress. I did have a stall for about 5 days but I just started eating real food and carb which I know better. I have loss 2.5lbs in 3 days since the stall. You need to talk to your Dr and see what they think will be your best option.

Hi, I am scheduled to have my surgery on May 1, 2019. I was suppose to have it back in January, but I had palpitations. That lead to tons of test and procedures. Found out everything is fine. So it will be 11 months in May since I had my first appointment with my surgeon. I have noticed my jeans got tight around my stomach. I know I have gained weight, but I'm worried about what's gonna happen at my last pre OP class. Has anyone else gained weight before surgery? Can anyone tell me what's going to happen at the last pre OP class? I'm really nervous!! Thank you ! Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app

I only do protein water on the rarest occasion cos that smell of whey just finishes me. My alternative is 1% Milk with 10% skim milk powder added. That isn’t a fave due to carbs from the lactose in the milk, but right now you need protein to heal, calcium, and vitamin D all of which come with the milk (not enough, but more than nothing). FWIW I still have a latte daily with a decaf expresso shot and and this fortified milk. Whaps a third of my protein in in an indulgent feeling and comforting way, then avoid carbs in meals to balance. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I know I've been on here a few times to discuss my diet. I had surgery March 14th 2019 (bypass) and I can't seem to get things in. I can't drink enough or eat the puree like I'm supposed to. It's Saturday at almost 2am and I'm on the couch sobbing. My stomach has been growling. I almost burst into tears tonight when we were out for my boyfriends birthday dinner with his family but I didn't. I held it together. I can't figure out how to make this all work. I think I'm severely dehydrated and literally starving. I have a few things going on that are complicating things for me and they are both so dumb. One is that I have multiple friends who've had this surgery done that are insisting that I do this or that, that I shouldn't be on purees yet. I have a neighbor I frequently hang out with that has A friend who's had this surgery so she thinks she knows all about it and is trying to tell me what to do and how I should feel. The other thing is that I'm really normally a very tough person. No one is used to seeing me hurt or struggle. I'm not the type to complain. I'm a lead singer in two different bands and I've taken seriously bad falls off the stage and chipped bones once and split my face open on another occasion and just kept rolling with the night so everyone just thinks I feel nothing but this is different. It's not the pain that bothers me and to me the pain wasn't even so bad it's that every time I feel pain or just something different it's scary because it could be an indicator to something being wrong and I get really anxious. I'm so grateful for this forum because honestly it's the one place I can come and not only be vulnerable and honest and know the people here won't just say hey you're right Jezz, you'll be fine. I don't even know what this post is about. It's the mad rantings of a hungry, tired, frustrated person trying to figure it out. I just feel lost and I can't wait until Monday so I can call my Dr and get help. I'm just REALLY afraid to eat and feel like I'm waisting away. Not getting protein. Again I'm so sorry. (Half of me hopes no one reads this, the other half of me is praying that someone completely relates with me because I feel crazy) Sent from my LG-Q710AL using BariatricPal mobile app

50yo and was sleeved on 2/6/19. Even though it hasn’t even been 2 months yet, I’m feeling great about the whole thing. Pre-op was exactly how I thought it would be, and I have no hospital horror stories. I knew going in that this was going to be something I had to work to get through so I was super-motivated from the moment I was taken back to my room to get drinking and moving. In fact, after about a half hour visit with my family right after they got me to my room, I kicked them all out because I had work to do and was serious about it. Was released the next day and never took one single pain pill beyond the first few hours post op. Okay, so my abs were sore, but I’d just had abdominal surgery. I just knew it was something I had to put up with for a few days and then the discomfort was hardly there. Started walking a couple miles a day 3 days post-surgery. Flew cross country to my nephews wedding 17 days post. Went back to work 20 days post. Started Pilates 3 weeks post. Transitioned from liquids to purées, to solids when I was supposed to and each time the transition went smoothly. Each week I learn something new about my new stomach (2 weeks ago was the epiphany that it won’t kill me if I skip breakfast bc my sleeve is pretty tight in the morning) and even though I had a stall starting on day 12 that lasted for 20 days, I’ve still lost 31 pounds in the last 7.5 weeks. I’ve already moved down 2 clothing sizes and it is sooooooo much easier to move and live in my body than it was 2 months ago. I still have 60-70 pounds til I’m at goal weight, and just the difference in how I feel from losing the first 30 pounds makes me so excited for the next few months. That feeling overcomes any negative feelings that “missing out” on food might give me. Every day I ask myself if I would do it again and the answer is always yes.