Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums

While on my weight loss journey, I've been learning to drink water. I discovered that I really liked higher alkaline water, so I kept drinking it and started wondering if there was a reason I preferred it. Then, I read this article http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22844861. Now, that I think about it, my GERD isn't nearly as bad when I'm drinking pH8+ water. Has anyone experienced this? Also, maybe it might help someone having lapband GERD issues. That's the reason I'm having revision surgery.

Hey guys!!! My name is Suzy. I'm 23 years old and live in Arlington Heights, Illinois. I had gastric bypass surgery on July 22nd 2014. I have a blog if any of you want to read it! It's pretty new, and it's all about my life (especially focusing on this surgery and my experience with it this far). I am a social work major and I just want to help people. I made the blog so I could give an insight into this experience. So many peoples blogs helped me, so all I want to do is pay it forward. Feel free to ask any questions, I am an open book. Love to all! http://dimandgirl.wordpress.com --> blog Suzy Zuffante (Dimand) --> facebook sdimand@gmail.com --> email

Was anyone dianogsed with depression? I answered some questions that make me took depressed when i dont feel depressed n actually i answered question with a whole different meaning that wasnt intended to be a bad thing, i dont feel depressed nore do i ack depressed, im alil stressfull over the whole situation n i need to hear some similar stories. I need alot of help to see what is wrong if im perfectly fine.

Renamed a group for our post op patients! Hold onto the losers bench. I will be here on May 14 to join you! Hope your all doing well on your new journey. Surgery date: May 14, 2013

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An I take a midol???

Are we ever able to use anti inflammatories? What do we use if we have a strained/torn/pulled muscle/ligament?

I'm almost three weeks after surgery and have started gaining some weight. I know that I look thinner but the number on the scale not changing or going up is freaking me out. Eating tiny portions and not drinking. What am I doing wrong????

So my surgery date is coming up aug 19 th I'm more then excited but one concern I have is thag I won't be able to continue to not smoke after surgery. I'm getting gastric bypass and was wondering if anyone had any advise for me. I no smoking is bad in general but it's not easy quitting

Hey all! So I have started, well yesterday, doing the 5 day pouch test. Anyone doing it now? Thinking about doing it?

After surgery the doctor tells me that they found something on my pancreas. He couldn't take it out at the time because it would have caused complications with the bypass surgery. I am going for a CAT scan on Monday. He was optimistic in that he didn't think it was cancerous, but he wants it out. Anyone else have this happen?

Hello everyone, I am new to this site but soooo glad I found it. I will be having my surgery 8/19/2014 and would like to know from all of you what you think I will need to take with me for post surgery. I have heard from some people that Gas X strips work wonders...a pillow for comfort etc....any other suggestions?

Had surgery at Portsmouth hospital.

I was wondering if anyone has had to move provinces right in the middle of the entire process? I currently live in Ontario, but am looking to move for work. The possibilities right now appear to be Saskatchewan or Alberta. I'm concerned about how I will go about getting my surgery if I move. OHIP will no longer cover me, I don't think. And it'll probably be awhile before the new province will cover me... Any ideas?

So I just ate 2 oz easy (2.5 wks post surgery), I never feel satisfied or full and an hour later I'm hungry and stomach is growling. Wth? Frustrating

I am scheduled for July 14th. Anyone else?

So I've been trucking along with all my appointments, completing everything but the endoscopy, one nutritionist visit and the sleep study. I met with the sleep study doctor today and he was very, very interested in the fact that I had a pulmonary embolism almost 20 years ago. I had a vena cava filter installed at the time and took blood thinners for six months and was told it all cleared up on its own. I see a vascular surgeon (and have for the past five years) who monitors the filter --- I just recently had a X-ray of it to make sure it hadn't moved (he actually was going to suggest removing it until I told him I was preparing for gastric bypass). Neither he nor the bypa…

I meet with my surgeon next week YEA!! I feel like those brides that send out "save the date" cards! I chose my hospital/surgeon due to proximity to my home and the fact that 4 close friends highly recommended them. Did nursing clinicals there. Have friends that work there. Met the bariatric staff, LOVED them! I feel that my care leading up to surgery has been excellent. Expect aftercare to be just as good. I will be having lap RNY. Now...I have a jealous co-worker who constantly makes snarky comments about my choice in hospital. Jealous she just started with company and must wait 2 years to get surgery. I did a full year of research prior to making a choice so her "know …

I have said that after 5 months I sometimes forget I have had surgery because I am so into the routine of what I eat but I guess I forgot yesterday. I fixed a peach, small pieces and a small amount of cottage cheese. I was sitting at the table and TALKING to my husband while I ate and about half way through I got an awful pain but could not pinpoint exactly where it was. I stopped eating. Then for about the next 15 minutes I had that salivating feeling we get before we throw up, I was unsuccessful in doing so but I knew something was stuck so I finally made myself throw up and was shocked to see it looked like a raw egg dropped in Water, just a small pc of peach and lots…

Hello all. Had my RNY today. Everything went well I'm just sooooo sore. Wanted to say appreciate the forum. Great way to get support

Having bypass 9/4 and would love to have a buddy/mentor from Western New York (Buffalo area)

When you go into MFP, what do you set your nutrition goals at? RNY is high protein, low fat, low carb. How do I know what percentages to set my goals at so that I keep carbs and fat where they should be...or do you basically just set it based on your protein requirements?

I don't have a date for surgery yet, but will be sometime late September. My daughter is getting married in June of 2015. If I have a small piece of cake at the reception will it be horrible? Dumping syndrome? What will happen? Thanks!

I am curious why the liquid and pre-op diets lengths are so different for everyone. I have seen some on here that only have to do liquids for 2-3 days prior, for me it has been 15 days. I am guessing it has something to either do with weight, BMI, or maybe just surgeon specific but I thank the Lord I only have one more day before my surgery because this has been the roughest two weeks for me. On the plus side I have lost 23 lbs which means less to loose Post Op.... but would not wish this liquid regimen on anyone.

I'M in Grand Forks, ND, I had RNY on June 18. I could really use someone to talk to, maybe someone to walk with, and help motivate me. ANYONE??

So I got the clear to move on to stage two so I ate pureed tuna with light mayo. I ate 2 oz and don't feel that full feeling I hear so much about. Don't feel much of anything for that matter. Is this normal?

Wtf??!!! My husband was readmitted to the hospital last Wednesday for pancreatitis and blood clot from his sleeve surgery on the 18th. The hospital has been letting him drink apple juice but we are not allowed to drink it outside of the hospital (I got rny on the 18th also). They gave him cream of wheat, vanilla pudding and one other food today that are all not on our list to eat and were strict not to have it on our paperwork from bariatric office, PLUS sleevers don't eat food until 3 wks out (according to our surgeons office)and that's next Friday. Wtf???? So does that mean I can eat that crap too??? He needs protein!! They are not helping him start this in a good way a…

How does your menstrual cycle effect your eating? It's a week before mine, and I'm just starving. I am craving carbs like crazy, and all I want to do is eat. This is going to mess me up! How do you girls deal with it?

Good morning everyone.......I had my surgery on Tuesday, July 8th. I had very little pain and no real issues. I spent 2 days in the hospital and was released on Thursday afternoon. The only issue I had after discharge was my leg swelling up due to being off my meds for 2 weeks. This gave me problems for walking the first couple of days home, I did get back on my medication and with in hours I was feeling much better. Last Thursday I went back to my doctors to get the drain removed and have my 1st check up. Everything went well and I have lost my first 11lbs/in 10 days post-op. I am not having any real hunger pains, but the stage 1 diet is getting old very fast. The go…

So... I had my RNY on 7-22, I left the hospital yesterday 7-25. Everything seems to be going okay. not much pain, slept like a rock. Not hungry... at all... I have been able to keep up woth the H2O intake and Protein drinks. About the only craving I have is for coffee.... i'd kill for a cup of coffee... and scrambled eggs with cheese Tom

Nervous! Having second thoughts... scared... hope i made the right choice... im so going to miss my baby girl. Needing encouragement... surgery is scheduled at 11 am in Riverside

The company is Walden Farms and there products don't have any fat, any calories and no cholesterol. They make dips, spreads, sauces, dressings, syrups. Another company is Kay's Naturals for chips, cereals, Cookies. These all have 12 grams of Protein in each serving. The products from these companies that I have tried are very enjoyable.

11 days post op, I'm hungry, hate drinking, hungry, I want soup!!!!!! Why do some people get to drink Soups in their first week and our stupid Dr makes us wait two weeks? I know it's to help with healing but I feel it will be fine for me. Post op appt is Wednesday and I better get the ok our I might just have to defy him. (I get grumpy when I'm hungry, can you tell?) Again, I wish these "rules" were the same for everyone and every Dr everywhere.

Am 2 weeks post op with my RNY and I feel like a freaking shut in! My friends invite me out, but 90% of their outings include going out to eat. I can't stand just sitting there and watching other people eat. And there is pretty much nothing I can eat at this point. It's not like I can bring my own food to the restaurant. How do you all deal with this?!

Can I take tums post op? Im 3 weeks. Im having major heartburn.

Hello. I am here again asking questions. Today is my second day at home after my surgery and I am so bored. The doctor told me I should walk a lot but I forgot to ask him if it is only inside my apartment or if actually I can go outside and walk a few blocks and seat a while drinking some hot tea or something . Today is my four day after my Surgery.

I have RNY surgery next Monday and have a few weeks home by myself afterward. (My husband is home but works nights). I know I'll exercise, and I have movies, books, and magazines lined up. Does anyone have other ideas of how to pass the time?

The past few days, maybe even ever since I got out of the hospital, nothing tastes right. I haven't been able to drink plain Water since the surgery, I have to add Crystal Lite. None of my flavors taste good. The Protein drinks don't even taste right where they did before and after my surgery. I am not getting in my Fluid or protein by any means. I got out yesterday and drove to my friends house and visited and everything felt fine but at the end of the day I was worn slam out. Today has been no different. Worn out all day and even my vision has been blurred all day. What gives with this? Does anyone know? Oh, my pain has lessened a lot, so that is a good …

Holy moly!! I am still so sore, I'm almost a week post-op, and I really thought I'd be feeling much better. Wow. Anyone else sore for a long time? I still can't even sleep in any position other than sitting up in bed, back against the pillows, no turning on my side. And I'm tired ALL THE TIME. Sorry for venting - I know some have had it much worse. But I'm just so fatigued from it all.

I'm 7 weeks out and haven't had any food problems at all (except for two little episodes with dry chicken popping right back up). But, for the past 3-4 days, I just haven't wanted to eat anything because nothing sits right. Everything I eat just kind of feels 'heavy' or 'yuck' in my stomach. I haven't been sick but it's like the stage just before that. Anybody else have this suddenly pop up after no problems? I'm not getting enough Protein because I just don't feel like eating. I'll call my surgeon if it keeps up but I'd like to know if other people have had something like this. Ginger

Hello I am new to the group. I am willing to learn from others and provide support. I had surgery on 7/18/14

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Hi all . I'm not sure if this is going through or not. Someone let me know please. I am having my surgery on July 28. I wonder if I'm too old to be doing this. Looking for buds. I'm very nervous about how I'll handle life after surgery. I don't cook. I'm a little panicky about this. Need some very easy and basic foods to prepare. Casey 999

Question from my overthinking pea-brain tonight. A pound is still just a pound after bypass, right? It takes like 3500 extra non-burned calories to gain a true pound? I'm losing, slowly, and only getting in 400-500 calories a day, I just wanted to make sure that since the surgery our bodies and tummy are subject to new caloric rules for gaining. One day I'm up, one day I'm down, so frustrating!! Just making sure I'm on the right track.

I'm still pre-op but was curious: is there really a proven way to get rid of or hide stretch marks? I didn't realize how bad mine are until I looked today and if I'm going to have a new body, I want it to look as new as possible!

Looking for local support friends, I had the Bypass July 2, 2014 and looking to walk the journey with other locals.

I posted on the pre surgery forum but I wanted to post here to see if anyone has shared these feelings. I spent one and a half years trying to get approved. I finally was and my surgery is 9/3. I know that I am an emotional eater to stop feelings of emptiness or other feelings. I was initially thrilled with the surgery date but now I have come upon something else. I now feel that my obese body was a shield, some kind of protection for me. Now that I am going to be thinner my anxiety is that I will have those same feelings but nothing like I had to "protect" me. I hid behind fat. I wonder who I will even be after losing weight. Has anyone out there had anything si…

Hi all I had RNY on Oct.29 2013. I cannot go to my support groups at my center(too far) and I have relocated to Savannah, Ga. and have searched for support here and nothing has materialized. If you are pre-op I can help with questions. I jumped through some serious hoops and had so many setbacks.When I finally had surgery I had complications that took me over a month to recover from, but I would do it 100 times over! If post op I could sure use someone to talk to as well.I really have no one to speak to about this as it seems people who have not been "modified".... well it feels like I am a burden or,they can't relate. HELP : )

Hi all, I have been a lurker for a few months now, but finally got my surgery date for July 22nd. It's a revision from gastric sleeve to RNY. I had the sleeve done in January 2009 because I chickened out of the RNY. I was terrified that I wouldn't be able to handle it so went with the sleeve. Well, after 4 major surgeries, I gained all the weight back and my peripheral neuropathy is so bad, I can't walk any distance! So, back to the doctor for the revision. I am determined to get through this surgery and lose the weight so I can enjoy life with my kids and grandkids. I would love to hear from people who have had this surgery and can encourage me along my journ…