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How many calories is everyone eating at 8 months? I'm getting between 900-1000 Sent from my SM-G975U using BariatricPal mobile app

Congratulations on a successful surgery. My doctor told me that after surgery my throat might be sore from the breathing tube and instrument they inserted during surgery. I also had on a leg compressor, if you did that could be the cause of your soreness in your calves.

I'm feeling almost normal. I miss eating though but I think as I am able to eat a little more that will wane, as well as just working through it. I am not depressed or overly emotional which is what I was expecting. It has been more pleasant than I anticipated.

I'm sometimes at 650, sometimes at 900.

Congratulations. Sometimes I can eat maybe 700 and other days 1000 lol. Sent from my SM-G975U using BariatricPal mobile app

I drink it almost daily, I don't think it is specifically excluded in my plan, I'm almost 4 months out. My surgeon just advises against carbonation and sugar free drinks and to be mindful of stomach issues with coffee. otherwise I haven't had any issues!

Everybody has a difference requirement for there insurance company and/or surgeon team. Before I even meet my surgeon, I had a upper endoscopy, HIDA scan, gi nutrition e val, nut e valve, gi doc saying what I needed for surgery and his PA backing up his claim with a PLAN B, my pcp cleared me. The only things that I needed was a sleep study, 24 hr ph test, gastro empty stomach test, blood work, ultrasound, pulm doc clearence, ekg and physical with chest x ray. But, my surgeon team turn in all my paperwork before I had my 24 hr Ph test, ultrasound and sleep study and I was still approved by Cigna. Hope you get everything approve. I am not doing this for weight loss like everybody else on here... I am doing it to help my gastroparesis and GERD to go away. Sent from my SM-G973U using BariatricPal mobile app

We can't have anything in our system. Even though the oil isn't smoked, but perhaps the absorption into the skin and they just don't know enough about it yet.

Per my medical team, no smoking of any kind and it keeps coming up...so, I have to be done. Damn.

I’m so sorry to hear you are going through anxiety and that part of it was fueled by coworker and nurse. I’m getting my surgery next month and I’m a doctor. I decided to just tell everyone a year ago, don’t ask me why, I just did, and I have heard so many different opinions coming from fellow doctors and nurses, but to my surprise, most of them have been of support and motivation. One of the few people who was against it (like I asked for her permission???) was as girl who went to med school with me. She actually got mad at me and told me she was disappointed (what?), anyways, after speaking to so many people about my surgery I can confidently say, her words were not coming from a professional place but from a preconceived notion, funded by judgment and lack of information. This is such a long journey, and you don’t need everyone’s support, just the people you care for and really matter. That silly nurse’s jaw will drop when she sees how well you are doing after the surgery, and how much work you put into it, and how GOOD and Healthy you look! Good luck tomorrow!! Wish you all the best!