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Preop birth control restriction
colorfulperson replied to mrsvw's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My surgeon required a month without hormonal bc. It's because you are more likely to develope blood clots. I had to stop my depo two months ago. My date is Feb 2nd. -
Gastric Bypass recovery
cpower100 replied to Karlnjax's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I am taking 4 wks in total but only bc my job is very physical. I am 10 days post op and if I had a desk job I could be back at work. I will say though that while I feel ok, I am glad to be home and on my own schedule to get the eating, timing, drinking, and exercise routine down pat. -
KILLEEN/TEMPLE TEXAS
Coexister replied to ReeTee's topic in Revision Weight Loss Surgery Forums (NEW!)
Kempner, TX but working out of the Killeen office with the Texas Bariatric Specialist group. Sleeved December 2018 and had revision to Roux-en-x-y gastric bypass on October 7th, 2020 per GERD/Acid reflux issues causing damage to my vocal chords and creating a cancer risk. Lost 20 more lbs since revision and am happy with results as I was only able to get to 173 with sleeve and now I am 8 bs from goal weight ( Now weighing 153) and finally within reach. I have had no complication and no longer any problems with GERD or reflux and am very happy thus far. -
Hello everyone, My name is Leann, I am 38 years old and I live in Surrey,BC. I am just starting out on this journey and would love to have someone to talk to or go through this with a buddy. I have a consult next week at Puget Sound Surgical in Bellingham and am hoping to have surgery end of April. Is there anyone else out there from the lower mainland going through this process or have gone ahead of me,I would love to connect. Llcourage@shaw.ca Thanks, Leann
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Over Thinking
NicoleL1016 replied to 87deondessiree7's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
That's crazy u said that bc that's all I have been doing. I haven't been able to sleep for a while now bc I'm up thinking about it. I've waited for this for so long I feel like it consumes my thinking 24/7 lol Sent from my iPhone using RNYTalk -
Insurance pays for nutritional supplements
vita428 replied to findingnish's topic in Insurance & Financing
I have $25 but since I'm revision I got very used to all my old vitamins and supplements. I'm willing to give it a month but pretty much know I will go back to my old stuff. Not big on the B12 nasal spray or taste of new ones Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App I have $25 but since I'm revision I got very used to all my old vitamins and supplements. I'm willing to give it a month but pretty much know I will go back to my old stuff. Not big on the B12 nasal spray or taste of new ones Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App Sorry $25 copay not sure what insurance pays BC do not know total Sent from my XT1254 using the BariatricPal App -
Vegetarian food at the hospital
FarfelDiego replied to imaginegirl's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I was fed ensure protein and water. I guess you could bring a plant based protein shake with you. I was just in the hospital 24 hours. -
WOW! Gained 10 LBS over Holidays-HELP
Ms skinniness replied to ASBgirl's topic in WLS Veteran's Forum
This rings true for me also.....I have gained 3 lbs in the past holiday season bc I let sugar back into my diet. So it's back to basics for me and I'm working on my head space and staying focused on clean eating and the 5:2 diet. This is a life lesson for all of us and also a warning that we really can't let our guards down or we will gain. Old habits slip back in really fast. -
Yes, people do die and have died from this surgery. It is a sad fact. There was a guy who was on here a few months ago who passed away, he had a blood clot after several other issues. There are some people that have leaks, and I did read one poster posted about here sister who had tons of issues and was hospitalized for several months after this surgery, and had to be fed through a feeding tube. I'm not trying to scare you by telling you these things, but it does happen. I was lucky enough to be incident free when I had my sleeve done, but I was also in relatively good health. That is not to say people in good health do not have complications. My mother had a tummy tuck in December, she used a wonderful surgeon that cam highly reccommended who I helped her choose after tons of research. Her tummy tuck went septic, she had to be recut open and the area had to be fully cleaned out. She spent over 2 weeks in the hospital, and is still not fully recovered, she still ahs extensive swelling and the scar looks awful. She just happened to be number 1 in a million. I would do this surgery again in a heart beat, and I will probably have a tummy tuck someday as well, but please do all of your research and know that unfortunately complications do exist in any type of surgery, and one of those complications is death. I hope you find a good trusted surgeon. Best of luck to you.
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Please make sure your getting in your fluids. I have been back to the hospital twice bc of dehydration and its not fun:(. And if your dr is just saying drink more then I would unfortunately go to the emergency room because brown pee and pain is NOT good. Maybe you have a uti if you had a catheter in at the hospital. Please get it checked out I would hate it if something was seriously wrong and it was ignored.
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14 days post op 6 wks Pregnant
gryffen replied to Marcella Restrepo's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Please keep us updated, our programme requires all woman of childbearing age to be on BC for 6 weeks before surgical date and they do check for the hormones if on pill etc and do blood and urine check before surgery. Hoping for a positive outcome lass! -
Asking about prices here doesn't really work because there are so many variables.... I live in Vancouver, BC so I got online and found some local plastic surgeons, they all have websites with contact info so I picked 5 or 6 and emailed them. I told them that I had lost a significant amount of weight and was looking at a tummy tuck....could they please supply me with prices, time frames etc. Of the ones I contacted the prices ranged from $6200 -$8600. I've looked at a couple of surgeons in WA state (was banded there) as well as in Mexico....from everywhere I checked the prices go from $4300-$9700.....quite a spread. I will be self-pay as I was for banding....and my TT savings account is finally to the point where I can seriously start looking into it !!!! YAYYYYY!!!! Patricia
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Can we add a little fruit to our protein shakes?
FocusOnMeNow replied to ld33's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Stay away from strawberries raspberries or blackberry though bc they have too many seeds and you are NOT allowed to have seeds in soft phase. 1/2 a banana mixed in would give you a great potassium boost but no more than 1/2 per day with your protein bc they have a lot of carbs. -
I'm half Filipina too, and I do believe that the first real food I was ever fed was rice. That goes for everyone in my family!! It took years to get over the white rice thing. I only eat brown rice now and not even that often. I couldn't even really eat carbs for the longest because my tummy just couldn't hold it and even made my stomach feel a little funny. I can now, but still not very much. Good luck! Just give it some time and things will slowly but surely bet back to normal.
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I would not recommend Implanon because I experienced alot of the side effects. I would definately do your research before you decide. I think I experienced most all of the side effects at some point, even some of the lesser known ones, and I have not had a good experience with it. I'm going to be checking into some non hormonal bc pills or some alternate bc methods.
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I had my surgery Tuesday may 19. I had absolutely no pain.. But the nausea I experienced felt like death! I had to stay in the hospital 3 days bcs I couldn't keep anything down aND I could barely move my head without feeling dizzy. I know I've heard people talk about the nausea but I never ever thought it could be that bad!
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Thanks for letting me vent... It's getting harder each day. I really don't wanna say it but here it goes..... Today I went to get my nails done like I do every 2 weeks. It's bit easy finding parking but I find even if I have to walk 3 blocks. Well I noticed the gas was less then half & he (hubby) had fill it up to half. I came home between 2:30-3 pm... I went to asked him about the gas but didn't know his brother came to visit (basement). He explain must have been that he took the long way home. I got over it... Took my middle 4 year old to get my eye brows done & go get ice cream at the market & chicken gizzards at the Chinese for hubby. I'm home kids been fed thanks to my 15 year old. We all took a nap. My room gets hot so I was in panties when suddenly hubby smack me real hard on my butt. I woke up! He said why I'm showing my kids my butt. I cover my self but it was hot so I under he comes again I cover my self he said why I'm showing my body if I'm not giving him any. He then started saying how he should smack me on my face. I have the nerves to ask him about the gas when I should had asked the guy I was f---ing with the least he could have done was put gas since I'm giving him free p---y. I was shocked!!! He kept saying how I came home at 6pm when he wasn't even home. Marriage going down down down the drain..... I don't know why I asked about the gas. I started all this argument. Now he wants to hit me. I get accuse for going to therapy my nails the market dietician. I must be the biggest slut my p---y must be made out of gold that everyone wants it.
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I'm so tired of shows saying that there must be something wrong with a person emotionally to be fat... I just don't believe it. Like on the Biggest Loser when Jillian was saying there is always an emotional reason as to why somebody is fat... it's BS. Had Oprah or Jillian or whoever asked me I would have simply said, "food is fun and yummy".. end of subject. I was a thin kid and very physically active up until I met a guy, and we went out to eat twice a day and I gained like 80 pounds in a year.. then I got a foot disorder and gained even more... I'm super happy in my life and always have been... I've never been raped, or abused or whatever they think fat people deal with. I just like food... and why does it seem like they treat fat women differently than fat men.. like, it's okay for there to be obese men... they dont' have emotional issues.. just obese women.. Give me a break!
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I don't think it is my thyroid either. I just don't think they could diagnose me or didn't want to. My bladder issue ended up being mostly weight and my fault for "holding" it too long. My 'other' issue ended up being endometreosis...It'd became a blame game with them and a bunch of BS. I've since changed doctors and my thyroid hasn't even been an issue.
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Wow. I wish I had seen this. I have such mixed feelings on the issue. I have a daugther who is almost 15. She is 5'8" and about 230 lbs. My heart aches for her all the time. I try and try and try to help her with healthy eating. Unfortunately, she is only with me half of the time and seems to totally overeat when I am not around or not watching. She will do good for a week or so and then not see any results that are easily recognizable and say the heck with it, it's too hard. I would do anything for her, including surgery to help her lose the weight. However, I think that at only 15 she is not ready. She proves that over and over by giving up after about a week of healthy eating. She makes every excuse in the book why she ate this or that. She totally has it in her mind that she can not lose weight. Her father and I (we are no longer together) have discouraged her even more with the fact that I had lap band surgery and he had gastric bypass about 3 years ago. She now thinks that surgery is the only way out. Being an overweight teenager is SO hard. I know this from experience. I wish I had never fed her anything but fruits and vegetables! haha
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I haven't had a continuous period like that, but I have been getting it twice a month like clockwork. My surgeon's office said the first 6 months toootally wack out your hormones, so any sort of weirdness is normal. My weirdness has persisted past 6 months, and my gyno thinks it's because I restarted BC. I got off of it a month before surgery and two months after because of the increased blood clot risk. Still haven't normalized, and if it continues, she'll want me to switch to another level. Your hormones really change dramatically.. Wow twice a month, I don't know which is worse going on 12 days or twice a month. Hopefully these will return to normal soon.
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. Oh wow, well since u submitted on the 7th. I would have your doctor office call UHC this week the sooner the better and see if they can get an answer. Start the liquid diet preparation this week. Majority includes substituting meals with Protein shakes. Goal is to lose some weight to help shrink your liver. I can email you my pre op packet. So if u are pressed for time you would be ahead of the game. I understand the job part. I work in a bank at a big branch that isn't fully staffed right now. Some1 just got fired n another got transfer so, the manager does the schedule a month in advance so I would need a date set by the beginning of sept for October bc I can't over lap with another employee. I plan on using a vacation week. I told my manager I need my gallbladder out n it might be in oct lol so she has a heads up.
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I had my surgery July 9th and my weight loss was great. I started my birth control once I got my period, stepped in the scale one morning and all of a sudden I gained 6lbs. The weight is coming down about a 1lb a week and it's very frustrating. Has this happened to anyone? I feel like getting off the BC but if I got pregnant that would be a whole separate problem. Please help Kellee
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Weight Gain With Birth Control
nerdyandfit replied to kelleeh11's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
I really want the paraguard over mirena because I had a really bad reaction and gained lots of weight on bc pills. Hormones are not for me. I have a fear the iud will move or I will get pregnant around it. I am hesitant to trust paraguard alone for this exact reason and I don't want to have to use a backup form of bc forever. Nadz, did you check your string monthly and this still happened? -
What did you tell you family/friends?
jenc87 replied to charlibell's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
i only told parents and my hubby who hubby doesnt have filtter told his sister who told her mom and ask why did i do if i look fine lord i turned red all i said coooouch !!!! and ur special blanket i didnt talk to him for two days bc if i wanted to tell someone its for me to decide not him its hard for me to tell ppl just bc u dont know what there reaction will be towards the band
