Gastric Bypass Surgery Forums

Hi everyone . Hope you are all doing well ? Does anyone get a stomach ache when drinking?

It’s weird but since my surgery I have been cooking for others A LOT. I don’t eat my creations but I enjoy cooking it. I’ve been thinking about this and I believe it’s my way of staying involved in the social aspect of food. Anyone else find themselves having a urge to cook a lot or am I just weird.

I am trying to get motivated and get back on track to lose my regain. Anybody have any tips or techniques to help?

Hi everyone, I had my by-pass operation 3 weeks ago and lost 14 pounds in the first 2 weeks after it. During the 3rd week I noticed that my weight loss had somehow stopped, and at the end of the 3rd week I had put 2 pounds back on. I am still on liquid foods such as Water, Milk, Clear Soup, Yoghurt, Jelly. I only have each day a Yoghurt or a Jelly for one meal, and Clear Soup for another meal. In between I drink Water or Milk. I had a Stroke 22 months ago and I am now in a wheelchair, so I am unfortunately very limited to being able to do exercise. I just can’t understand why all of a sudden my weight has stopped coming off me, as I ea…

Tomorrow is my big day and I'm very scared and nervous in my anxiety is through the roof words of encouragement would be helpful[emoji17] [emoji17] [emoji17] [emoji17]

Does anyone else have Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency?

So, my plan has no drinking during eating and no drinking before/after eating for 30 minutes. I understand the during and after, but how important is the 30 minute wait before, and why does it exist?

Hey everyone, so I wanted to reset my eating and such for the new years , have gotten a little off track, and am at a stall/ plateuaI. I was looking at other meal replacement high protein drinks and was told about MRE Lite , it has animal based proteins rather the whey , anyone have information for gastric bypass patients if this would be good option??

No more pains at all from surgery. Still not losing weight since released from the hospital. Under 600 calories a day. At least 60 to 70 grams protein a day. No sugars or carbs yet. All vitamins and minerals are being taken daily. I just have to wait till the scale starts slip sliding down again. I hope everyone a great day as well. You got to just love how they shave us for surgery.

Hi guys, I know I have to talk to my surgeon and have a call in to him, but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any experience with this... I was diagnosed with osteopenia 4 years ago. I just recently had a new Dexa scan which shows it's a bit worse now. I had an RNY 6 weeks ago and am already taking calcium supplements but think maybe I need more. If you have had this problem, are you taking additional supplements? Thanks for any info you can share.

I tried 1 piece of black forest ham on day 5. Chewed to a pulp, went down fine. The next morning at 1am I ate one more with no problems. So I woke up this morning after fasting last night for labs this morning with my PCP office. I explained what I had done and explained that my surgeon was made aware that I ate lunch meat already. He said some people advance and heal faster than others. He said I'm at least craving protein. He asked if I've been getting all my protein in each day. I told him yes as I am. He said he will confer with my surgeon at the end of the day. He said try a few pieces of turkey or chicken is what he would recommend first. So on the way home I went t…

Has anyone had bruised ribs , and had agonising pain? I was given anti biotics for something , and they made me very sick and gave me terrible diarreoh. I was trying to vomit for 2 days and 2 nights on an empty stomach . The doctor told me I’d now got bruised ribs . I am 5 months post op and whenI left hospital after a bypass, I was told that I could only take Paracetamol . The pain is so intense that I can’t talk , or do anything when it comes, and the tablets often don’t last 4 hours .At 5 months out, dies anyone know if we can take anything stronger ?Tried to talk the bariactric team , but can’t get anyone . Thank you in advance for reading this ?

Seems like it's going to be a great day, the sun is shining, I took my first crap, I ate a piece of Hillshire farms black Forest ham around 1am and still no problems, my decaf coffee and slim fast caramel latte 1/2 bottle is going down just smooth, my horse pill medications that my surgeon told me to keep taking are going down fine. I want to thank everyone for their support and to the ladies: love ya, to the guys: fist bump.

Did anybody here come home with the draining tube from the hospital. I had surgery 12/31 and I came home with mine. I find it hard to get a comfortable sleeping position. Only two more weeks of all liquid diet for me. Mi can’t wait to have Greek yogurt or something more substantial.

So I’ve had 2 NSV this week...the first is I pulled out my brand new nursing scrubs that I bought 2 years ago and have never been able to fit into them. Well now they fit perfectly!!! Also pulled out some jeans that I haven’t fit into for a long time and they fit too! This is a 2nd NSV because they do not have an elastic band!!! For the last couple years I’ve been living in yoga pants and elastic wasted jeans because that’s all that has fit me comfortably. I’m 7 1/2 weeks out and 32 lbs down since surgery

Betty knows that I love coconut custard pie. She can take it or leave it. I saw the recipe and then I Told her I love her as she is eating her air fried lemon pepper chicken breast and roasted vegetables. Man that smell is to die for. I may make a smoothie with some left over roasted vegetables and a scoop of whey protein Isolate unflavored in it tomorrow. well she said she will make some egg custard next Tuesday the 14th for me. She is a good woman!

Hello, I had my bypass in August 2019 and everything was going great. However, about 2 months post op, I started experiencing some dizzy episodes where my limbs would go weak, my head start spinning and I would get either white bright spots or fully dark vision. I also noticed that it is particularly bad while I'm in the shower and I have actually collapsed a few times now. Has anybody else experienced this? Normally I lay on the floor and take deep breaths and it passes after 20 minutes but leaves me drowsy and delirious. I'm just waiting for results from my drs after I had a blood test and an ECG. The nurse told me that my heart rate was a little sl…

I passed my psyche eval just have my EGD, FINAL DIETARY CONSULT, AND A1C reduction (9.9 needs to be below 9) to go. I've been put on jardiance for a1c. When I first started this I lost 6 pounds in 1 month but have gotten sick twice since then and couldn't exercise. Been trying to stick to the dietary changes and I joined a gym but haven't been able to go much. Fell off the treadmill (lol) and work. I don't think I've lost honestly think I'm back to my original wait the one I've been stuck on for 10 years 246. I am doing this because I'm tired of my diabetes. I think my husband is scared of either me dying or me leaving him. I feel he needs counseling for prevailing issu…

Ok sho I'm barely able to type I'm in so much pain. I am 9 months post bypass and I thought it was a good idea to eat some dried okra chips. Hours later i took my vitamin tablet(broken up) i cant stop throwing up it feels like something is stuck I've drank hot water cold water and I throw up all of it. This is miserable and I don't know what to do. I'm crying real friggen tears somebody help!

of I overate one night and since haven’t felt full. Has anybody experienced this? Worried I did some sort of damage!

My back is hurting constantly where my stomach would be at but on my backside. Its constant, annoying, and hurts 24/7. Has anybody dealt with this problem? I'm 2.5 months post op bypass and I've lost 51lbs

Hello everyone. I am 40 yrs old, married 23 years have 3 kids 19, 18 and 16. I live in Texas. I had RNY 6/3/2019. My starting weight was 586. My surgery weight was 531 and today I am 388. I'm wanting to know if anyone lost that much that quick and if you are experiencing weird things with your body, weird feelings, sensations etc.. I don't feel like "me" anymore. Is this normal?

I hit my 3 months on October 25th and the last 2-3 days I've been feeling super full, like I've eating a full plate of food. Yesterday, I literally made myself eat something. I can go all day and not eat anything. This wasn't happening before, I had myself on a really good eating schedule. Now it's a struggle, is this just one of those phases? Has anyone else experienced this?

Sitting in pre-op awaiting my gastric bypass this morning. Pray and wish me luck!

I had my bypass done back in 2014 and lost over 200 pounds. I had then entered a rather toxic relationship and became pregnant. I ended up leaving him but shortly after I had a miscarriage and fell into depression. I had gained some weight during the pregnancy as per normal... but after the miscarriage, I blew up like a balloon. Its been 5 years and I gained back 100 pounds in the time of 15 months (During the pregnancy and after the miscarriage). Have any of you had issues with gaining weight back years later? I would appreciate any advice you can give. I have had the hardest time trying to get it back off.

I am always thirsty , so am sipping drink and sugarfree ice pops all day all the time, can I do too much of this ?

Hello everyone! I am almost five years past my gastric bypass surgery, but at this point, I have gained back almost half my weight (30 pounds). I'm feeling frustrated, as it seems like all of the problems that I had before surgery are all returning, most specifically, the inability to lose weight due to PCOS. I am getting ready to restart, as much of the weight gain is my own fault. What I'm wondering though is what have you guys done that has worked? Only interested in those who are as far out from the surgery as I am. Ultimate goal is to be able to trigger weight loss again. Not looking to lose 30 pounds, but would love to drop 10. Thank you all in advance!

So I’m 2 months away from my one year mark. I’ve gotten down to 210lbs. So I’ve lost 120lbs total. We tried from 2015-2018 and got pregnant four times but they all resulted in miscarrage due to my weight and weight related health issues (high bp but mainly diabetes) and then had one chemical pregnancy. I didn’t realize why until I went to a professional and he told me I needed to loose weight to have a healthy/successful pregnancy. So I proceeded to have gastric bypass and ended up having the surgery March 27,2019 and here I am healthier and happier. Only thing I have wrong now is anxiety and a rapid heart rate (from being on high bp meds so long) which I’m on medicines s…

Hi Guys-Have any of you purposely ate a high-sugar food with the purpose of seeing if you dumped and to see what it felt like? Part of my wants to do this at home in a controlled environment, and another part of me is terrified at the thought of eating sugar...

I had bypass 11/21/19 and still having pain and discomfort. For the last week and a half I’m having issues with getting anything down (liquids, chewable vitamins, food etc.). Not sure why, but I finally called my doctor’s nurse today (left vm). I’m using gas-x in case its gas pains no relief, I chew chew chew/sip sip sip before swallowing but everything seems to get stuck in my chest area. When it comes back up it’s a ball of slime nothing else. It’s happens a couple times a day. Anyone else having this issue?

Hello, everyone the question I want to ask is if this happens to anyone, well I'm 0ne month from post-op and I'm still on liquid diet but I noticed that when I sometime eat sweet-potato very well blend and I mix it with the chicken broth for some reason it always gets me very sleepy but usually anything I eat always makes me sleepy why

Just waiting to get juiced and put under.

Im new i havent had the surgery im still waiting for my nicotine test to come back negative people still keep smoking around me but. My my mom finally stopped smoking next to me a week or so ago so im hoping next time it will be negative. Then i can move on with visits to the doctor i already quit smoking i changed my diet so i just gotta do what the Bariatric docs want me to do.

Hi, my name is Anita. I am 4 yrs post op and am trying to get back on track and lose 30 pounds regain and then continue on to goal. I have forgotten what I should be eating ( proper amount of protein, carb, fat ratios or grams per day) and some of the rules. I remember I need to not drink 30 minutes on either end of eating and just eat 3 meals a day(I think) any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advamce’

I'm laying in bed for the last three hours trying to sleep. Nothing surgery wise seems to be bothering me, except making sure everything around the house is taken care of for the next few days we will be gone. Gotta get up and start a fire in the wood stove in 3.5 hrs, take a shower with the surgical scrub for the third time within 24 hours, make my wife some coffee, brush my teeth, put my phone charger in our go bag, put down extra dogfood, toys, snacks and water for the kids, set the furnace to 65f degrees, and the wake the wife up and hurry up and hand her cup of coffee before she tries to slash my throat with her nails for waking her up before daylight. (The coffee is…

How soon after Gastric Bypass RNY can you Gas X Relief? Is there advice on Constipation? I had Gastric Bypass RNY on Dec 26....I was constipated before surgery with the liquid diet. My one week follow up is January 2...Could anyone plz give me some advice?

Hi New Friends my surgery is tomorrow. New year and new me. I have to drink the magnesium citrate and am having trouble getting thru it. It’s so sweet. Anyway, I’m so nervous. How many days after surgery did you feel a little better? I’ve heard a lot of people have nausea and they I’m worried about that.

So, after lots of investigation, my heart is fine, and I have orthostatic hypotension. Doctor is suggesting Midodrine as a treatment. For those of you who take it, are there any noticeable side effects? I'm hesitant to take it, and wonder if I can just learn to live with the OH. Thanks!

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I am feeling a bit discourage right now. I am only a month post-op but this last week and a half I have only had a 1lb drop on the scale. I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I am only consuming between 400 - 600 calories as per my post-op diet but I am frustrated that the scale is not moving. I feel like my body is fighting me every step of the way. Is it not really early to be experiencing a plateau?

I've lost 57 pounds pre-op as of this morning. Things I've noticed are, I can see my pecker without a mirror, also can see half of my feet. Weird that I haven't had this view since I was around 11.

Has anyone progressed to the point where you can drink something during your meal. I still loathe the thought of not being able to wash something down.

I just heard about this forum from my doctor, so I joined and wanted to introduce myself. I had my RNY nine and a half years ago. I heard about regain, but said, "That won't happen to me." For 6 years, I was logging my food, exercising regularly and weighing myself to stay close to my target weight. On July 3, 2016, I went for a run in the morning and got married that afternoon in a fabulous NYC wedding! Then, it all slipped away.... I was on a high! I ate and drank through Europe on an amazing two week honeymoon. Came back to more parties and celebrations and no exercise. Over the last three and a half years, my new normal changed so much. I recently stepped on the scale…

It's not easy moving a little better today thank god see my surgeon this week

Update on my goal weight and current weight. Saw my bariatric team this week and I am not underweight! They told me to tell psychiatrist not to worry. 8 pounds from their goal for me, and more like 15 pounds from my goal. Which they did not disagree with. I was 148 on doctor's scale, fully clothed. Sent from my SM-N960U using BariatricPal mobile app

Hi, y'all! At the end of December I will be 9 months pist Gastric Bypass. I have gone from a high of 246 to 147, 99 pounds lost. However, I am still a few pounds shy of "normal" weight. I an 5'4" and medium boned. My goal all along was to stay between 120-125, so I think I still have a ways to go. Saw my psychiatrist yesterday, and she says she's terribly worried that I'm losing too much weight and heading for an eating disorder. I have a history of Anorexia, but am definitely not restricting my food intake. How do you decide when you're at goal, and what yo do about my psychiatrist? I see bariatric PA in 2 weeks. Thanks!

Hi everyone, hope you all had a nice Christmas. I have had stomach pains for a while, which I put down to constipation, Went to A&E and was told Id a UTI and was given anti biotics , but then started vomiting- and had 2 massive bouts of diarrhoea. I tried to ring the bariactric team, but couldn’t get to talk to anyone , so rang 111, but by the time they rang me back , it had stopped after the diarrhoea attack. Ihave gone back to the beginning on a liquid diet , and so far am sipping skimmed milk which has been ok . Has anyone else experienced any thing like this ? I’m scared to try anything else, but had anyone got any ideas if sugarfree jelly , thin …

Up until this point I have been very happy with my progress. However, at times I feel like i'm losing too much too fast. I have currently hit my goal weight of 165 lbs.(i'm actually 164 lbs.) and before hitting it, I thought of changing it to 145 lbs. I looked at myself in the mirror this morning and didn't recognize the reflection that was looking back at me, because I hadn't taken the time to really really look at myself before today. Anyone else going through this? RNYGB SD: 6/25/2018 HW: 300 LBS. SW: 246 LBS. CW: 164 LBS. GW: 165 LBS.

I'm in puree stage and yesterday I tried some carrots and since then my throat makes sounds after i drink and i can no longer drink as much. What can i do to make myself feel better? Do i need to go to the ER? Please don't tell me that I have to go to the ER