Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums

I had my surgery Nov "12 and have lost a total of 120lbs. My situation right now is I'm having this extreme pain in my stomach that's making me nauseas, I want to throw up but nothing's coming out. Sorry for the details I just don't know what to do. Plus sucks just found out Monday I no longer have health insurance. Please if someone's had similar problems let me know what this could be and what I can do. Thanks

I Sometimes marvel at my own stupidity. I am 5 days post op. I took my daughter to basketball practice tonight. Because of the Super Bowl only 3 girls showed up. I looked at my other daughter who came with me and said let's go shoot some hoops we almost have the whole gym to ourselves. Whoooo and off I go. Running around, jumping, shooting. Next thing you know I fall backwards on the gym floor. That's when it hit me. What the heck was I doing? I fell backwards so hard. I'm home now and scared to death about what I may have done to myself. I'm seriously hurting. It's almost like I had a moment of totally forgetting I even had surgery. Sorry I just had to vent somewhere.

Hello. I had my surgery on Tuesday. When they weighed me after surgery in the hospital I gained 5 pounds. I chalked it up to bloating and tried not to let it get to me. I weighed myself today and I still weigh the same amount. 5 lbs more than the morning of my surgery. Is that normal 5 days out??? Please be honest with me.

Has anyone had any gall bladder problems after surgery? What were your symptoms?

I was just wondering if anyone has been revised from the VSG to the RNY at all. I am being revised because of severe reflux, but just wondering if anyone could share the story with me...(hopefully success) Did it cure your reflux if that 's the reason that you had the revision, and how was your weight loss after the revision. Thanks in advance!!! I have been researching but am having a hard time finding a lot of info on it!

I had RNY on Monday. I came home from the hospital last evening. Since I've been home, I've noticed every time I try to sip my water, protein drink or take my medicine, it feels like it sticks in my throat. Or maybe it feels a little bit like reflux. Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong?

So tomorrow is my psych evaluation... Could anyone give any suggestions or any info on what to expect?

Hoping someone has some insight on this. Today I ended up in the ER for extreme stomach pain and vomiting. It was like an 8 out of 10 on the pain scale. I was sipping a Swiss Miss Diet cocoa and bam! Was completely incapacitated. At the ER they ran blood tests and did CT. My heart rate was too low (46) but that is because my blood pressure meds need to be adjusted again, no doubt, and that wouldn't cause this kind of stomach pain. The CT showed inflammation but nothing concrete. They gave me zofran, which stopped the vomiting and helped with the pain a lot, which made me think that maybe the vomiting caused cramping which is now much more painful with a sleeve. The ot…

kinda nervous about surgery have not got my date yet but soon.

Ok I gained 3 lbs on my last nutrition appointment an I going to be denied?

So I'm 3 months post op and I've lost 63 pounds so far. I'm am very pleased with my progress and I've started to exercise. I have been training for a 5k so I've started running on top of aerobics and weight lifting and I've noticed here lately that my appetite has increased. I was just wondering if this is normal??

Im in the market for a new scale. What do you all use and have you tried the Fitbit scale??? I'm just full of questions today.

Hello. I am 5 days post - op. I was surprised to see Tomato Soup as one of the food options. Does anyone know what other types of soup would be considered whatever is acceptable for post op. I was under the impression clear liquids would be broth only. If tomato soup made with lactaid milk is ok I'm wondering what else is. Also can protein powder be put in the soup? I'm currently only getting approx 300 calories a day and only 30 protein so I'm trying to find ways to add it. I put it in sugar free pudding and it was fine. Last question is. I was using Muscle Milk powder but I'm almost out of it. What is everyone's favorite or best choice for protein. Thank you

Hello all of you great supporters everywhere, I know there are many people who can relate to this and help me with my dilemma. I had my bypass on 1/7/14 and have been doing great. I have definitely been conscious of my breath d/ t the protein shakes and I brush at least 4 times a day to get out the nasty taste (sickening sweet dry mouth). But I returned to work today ( my first day back) and I was so excited to show off all the great success I've had so far. Partly through the day I was sipping on my protein shake which I admit doesn't smell that great and has a horrible after taste when one of my direct co-workers asked if the smell was the protein and I said yes and ap…

So my surgery is monday the 3rd. I cant believe this is actually happening. But im completely terrified. Im 34... i have a 6 year old...what if i die?? What if something goes wrong. What if i get to skinny and my husband isnt attracted to me anymore? Oh God... what if i have sooooo much loose skin that he isnt attracted? I have kind of the apron stomach already so i know i will have to have the pannaectomy (sp) after i loose. But i just have this mental picture of havkng so much loose skin it like hangs down to my knees. And its like flappppin away during sex and like hits me or him in the face :/ And my boobd are awesome but they sag a little now after the dear daughte…

Hi! I am in the pre-op phase and my surgery is in a week! How did/do you cope with nerves? I'm doing good with sticking with the diet plan thus far, however, I'm still craving my favorites. Help!!

Im in Wisconsin and had gastric bypass in 2002 and a revision in 2010.. [ATTACH]3559[/ATTACH]

Hello all, having my band removed and revision to rny on the 20th of January 2014 in Brisbane, Australia . I have a fairly physical job at times ( work in a refinery ) and was wondering how long others have had off. Surgeon said 4 weeks should kill it. Work has unlimited sick leave so time isn't an issue. Was wondering how long everyone else has taken off ?

I am having a very hard time loosing any weight since the weather has gone into this deep freeze. I had my bypass a year &a day ago & I have been lucky the weight has been coming off steadily for this year with the infill now. Two weeks ago I got on the scale & was thrilled, I had broken through the 250's & weighed in at 248lbs, I stood on the scale & cried I was so excited. When I weighted in this week, the rotten thing said I was 258!! How did I gain 10lbs in a week??? I do mother & eat candy or sweets unless it is sugar free or under 10 grms of sugar. The only thing I can think of is I really haven't been out of bed in over a week, I have chro…

How soon after bypass did u start drinking alcohol? I know beer is out, but a friend is having a big birthday bash soon and I was wondering. I am only 7 weeks out. I will be about 9 by then. Im pretty confident finding what I can eat in social situations without feeling awkward but im not a big drinker as it is.... I just dont wanna feel/seem like a total party pooper.

I had my procedure 12/30/13 at Essentia St Joseph's Hospital Park Rapids, Minnesota. Thought after meeting such awesome, supportive people there I'd start a thread. I attended a nutritional meeting this past Wednesday and connected with many people from newbies to veterans all doing well. I'm still off work, had an endoscopy today to dilate my stoma. I feel a bit better. Back to step 2... I can do it.

Let start out November Group! and go.... Mine is November 26, TWO days before Thanksgiving.... When is yours?

Help. Friends help. I am freaking out and all alone! So a week ago i was diagnosed with hectic bronchitis. GP booked me off and put me on antibiotics. As well as cortisone. Although the terrible chest pain went away, i still felt sickish. So through this whole week of meds and sick, of course i became constipated again. But i was hardly eating and didnt realise it ad much. So Monday my meds were done but still not feeling fine. Took a laxative, nothing happened. Took laxatives again yesterday, nothing happened. However i did start getting the feeling that i have trouble to pee. And my mouth is burning up, my tongue and insides as if acid was thrown on it - very we…

Friends please help me. I've been seriously constipated the last week. Only pooped once and it wasnt a lot. It was kind of like clay and greenish in colour. I've been having a fee stool softeners, but it isnt doing the trick. Is it safe for me to take a laxative like laxa? I am 9 months post op. never had a probem like this. Please help!!! Tried flaxseeds as well, nothing, feel so bloated!

My surgery date is oct 28th anyone want to be exercise buddies and support each other? Let me know!

Hi everyone. Surgery date October 21st. Excited nervous all in one. Looking for a buddy:). Let me know if ya need one too!

Arrived for checking in at 7:15 this morning. Got walked back to the OR around 8. woke up around 11, Not very much pain so far, did a small walk from the post op area to my recovery area, only about 10 yards around 11:20, Have been able to already manage 6 to 8 oz of Water, very minimal pain so far. Found out I had a small hiatal hernia as well which was repaired. Blood sugar still coming down from the initial levels, so far so good. I keep dozing in and out for 10 minutes at a time.

Hi! I have been struggling with Iron and Vitamin D deficiency since my RNY surgery on December 28, 2013. I have received one iron infusion and high doses of oral VitD but my levels don't increase. Has anyone else had this problem and how did you over come the problem? I'm tired of feeling horrible and sick all the time. Thanks!

So in my year and a half post RNY I have never really had issues with food getting stuck. I did with my band all the time it didn't matter if I ate super slow and tiny bits of food. It would all get stuck. About a month ago I ate some ground beef and it go stuck. It was painful I have never experienced that type of pain before. I let it go for about three hours I finally caved and called my dr. He said give it time don't eat or drink anything. He said if it doesn't ease up call me in the morning and I will get you in for a scope. About 30 minutes later it all came out. I still didn't eat anything just drank lots of clear fluids (well what I could handle). Now a month l…

June 26th 2013 surgery day! I was so excited to feel better and become the healty person I want to be. At 3 wks post op I had been having pain on my left side ever since surgery. CT was done on June 20th that found my spleen to be bruised from surgery. I went home with pain meds and a follow up appt. Friday Auagust 2nd I woke up early in the morning in severe pain that I could not control. I called 911 and they rushed me in. Another ct was done and my surgeon determined I had a hole in my new stomach and I was in surgery again that afternoon. Its August 7 and just got word I have to be here atleast another week I have been NPO for 6 days now so my stomach can he…

Well.....This is the third time I've had to take antibiotics since my surgery on 7/11. First time was for the incision infection, 2nd time for the infection in my intestines/bowel due to the first antibiotics causing an imbalance and killing my good bacteria in there. Got off the 2nd antibiotic two weeks ago...things seem to be much better and then bingo 3 days ago rut rooo. The same thing started happening again. This time waking me up at 2am and kept me up. After 2 days called the doc and she put me back on antiotics to try to clear up the C. Diff. I asked to be tested again but, she said they don't usually test again. Basically if this two week supply doesn't make …

I'm 3 months post-op and I'm pretty sure I'm eating WAY more than I am supposed to be, but how do I control it. I've heard you can stretch your pouch out.. I'm scared that is what I have done already. I never understood the whole "dietary guidelines" what to eat and what not to eat. I FEEL My doctors office pretty much left me out on my own, they gave me a food list for 7 wks, since then I've been on my own, and failing!!! I don't get sick like some, I eat candy, cookies, basically whatever I want! I drink 5 bottles of water a day. Just bummed, pretty much feel like I ruined it for myself and its only been 3 months.

Sometimes my stomach seems so much louder than other times. And I really "feel" everything going down. Doesn't seem to be a pattern. Anyone have any insight or experience the same? (11 months out post RNY) thank you

Hello I am post op 4 days. I am home and doing well. I'm able to drink water/crystal light no problem but find Protein shakes harder due to consistency and they get warm. I am suppose to consume 116g of Protein a day. That's like 5-6 shakes depending on amount of protein in shake. Anyone have to consume that much protein and if yes how did you get it all in! Hope everyone is doing well with their goals and post op routines. JP Starting Weight 471 Weight day of surgery 449 I'll weight myself on Thursday for first weight after surgery.

Need to go back to basic eating again!!! Any suggestions on that ?? How much to eat Protein foods drinks It will be 1 year coming up and I need to lose 50 lbs .... My Weightloss has been very s l o w...... Can anyone HELP ME get back on track And get me to the finish line Thanks!!! Godspeed

Today officially marks 100 pounds lost. I should be jumping for joy. I waited for this day. I was so excited for it. I've spent the last four days at the hospital with one of my best friends while her father was dying. She is young, only 25. I'm more like her stepmother. She lived with my husband and myself for the last year. It just kills me to see her going through this pain. They had to remove him from life support. I'm just so drained and so sad that I just can't celebrate this loss. :/

I'm 19 days out and still have a hard time with stairs and taking showers. I get so winded and weak I have to sit and wait for it to pass. My doctor checked me to be sure I don't have a blood clot. X-ray And cat scan. They said no problems. Ok, now what? Is this normal?

I'm 4 months out and have only lost 48 pds. I'm always tired and never have energy to exercise. I take my vitamins regularly. Can anyone tell me what helped them?

How many of you had your gallbladder removed during surgery. I had an u/s done last week and all looks fine with my gallbladder so we are keeping it in. I'm new to the bypass world (was supposed to have a sleeve done on Tuesday and it got canceled last minute and now moved to bypass 2/3) and wonder what others did. Thanks

Today's Press-Enterprise newspaper front page featured a young woman weighing 555# who had a gastric bypass in Oct. It took 3 pages and was a great article on the surgery and her journey. It was wonderful to see such a positive article since there are still so many people that feel that surgery to lose weight is the easy way out. I know many of you will be doing "secret" surgery to avoid the negativity of friends and family. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we all had the courage to shout out to everyone and get only love and support back!

I saw this and thought it might be helpful for those trying to choose which ones to buy. Numerous companies market Vitamins to gastric bypass patients, including chewable Multivitamins. Not all of these vitamins are created equal, though, and some are not really suitable for gastric bypass patients at all. But how can you tell the difference? Well, the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) has issued specific guidelines for bariatric surgery patients when it comes to vitamins. Let's see how some popular brands measure up. Celebrate Vitamins Celebrate Vitamins markets a fairly comprehensive line of vitamins to bariatric surgery patients. The la…

My wife had her surgery in May of last yr, doing great I might add. She has had a migraine since Monday night. She is sleeping now and if she wakes up again with we r headed to the emergency room. I know since she had surgery there r something's she can't take anymore. But what can she take to make it go away and/or ease up a bit. It's not fun to see someone you love hurtin like this. This is her husband and it's killing me to see how bad she is. HELP

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I had RNY Jan 30th 2013 at Penn State Hershey Med. I'm looking for others that have had surgery there also.

14 days out and my breath is horrendous. I don't have gum disease -- recently had my teeth cleaned. I know gum is out. What are others doing??

I started my journey march 2013 have since then completed my orientation all my appts with dietician , nurse , psychologist , pre-surgical class and met the surgeon as well! On Nov. 25th I met the surgeon and was given my prescription for the optifast shakes (3week supply) . But am now waiting for a call from the hospital to give me my date and tell me when to start my shakes! I am glad I have stumbled across this app for my phone as I find I am constantly glued to it reading everyone's success stories an hoping my day is only around the corner to join the "losers bench" it's nice to read an see the pictures and know I'm not in this alone !!

I just bought one huge tub of Caltrate (chalky type) chewable tablets...read that these particular tablets can block the absorption of my other drugs...so I gave them to my husband. He is doing ok with them and swears it has helped his ailments. So I go out and buy large bags of Caltrate (fudge like) chews in chocolate flavour and vanilla flavour. So now I just read this: When you choose a Calcium supplement, make sure you get calcium citrate, not calcium carbonate. Calcium carbonate is often cheaper, but unfortunately gastric bypass patients cannot absorb it because they lack stomach acid. Did you guys know this? Now I have to try source calcium citrate....…

Hi all! I am new to the forums! I had RNY on July 2nd. I have lost 30 lbs since surgery and 110 pre op. I am down 140 from 365. A number I never want to see again. Actually I never want to weigh more than 199! I am having trouble with craving and I have already had dumping. I am trying my best and watching my protein and going to the gym etc. I get so frustrated and I am having a hard time seeing any changes. How do u deal with the mind struggling?

I had so much chocolate this weekend I am so mad at myself. Felt like pre-op me again. I dont like that obeast! Why oh why??? Why did i do this?? I craved it so much though and i just gave in! It doesnt make me dump (but breadstuffs and pies does). I am so mad at myself. So afraid that i am self sabotaging myself. And i have been so good this whole time. Always eat like i should. Just struggling to get into a groove with exercise, really dont like exercise. Sigh. Just allover depressed and mad at myself and mad that i have to feel this way now i thought i was over and done with with this self-loathing after self-indulging. Just want to cry a bit and be done…

Typing this post from the gym this morning. Literally one year ago this morning, I was on the way to the hospital for the band-to-bypass revision... Today, I'm going to run 5 miles on the elliptical... Life has changed and I am so thankful for friends, family, and this community for the support and encouragement along this journey. As I often tell folks, I may have reached my weight loss goal, but the war of the scale and heart remains...always need to focus on maintaining a healthy weight and living life. Moderation is my friend. Binges are no more and emotional eating is always on my mind...... Reflection is key. It's not easy, but the surgery wasn't a magic pill -- jus…