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Me too, more $ for hookers and drugs!!! J/K I did see a huge difference though.

It's the food addiction many of us suffer. If you changed the above references from food items to alcohol, you would have a recovering alcoholic that is starting to fall off the wagon again, right? Tell dear husband he needs help. Be that in the form of going to a local bariatric surgery group monthly, or seeing a psychologist, or self help in the form of a book. Coincidentally, there is a good book on amazon called Never Binge Again which happens to be free in kindle version for a limited time. I would pick it up and see if it can help him with his situation.

Weight loss cannot cause a spike in hCG. This particular hormone is only present during pregnancy and is what gives a positive result on a pregnancy test. Seeing that the OP said her levels were at 400, she's seen a practitioner and confirmed the pregnancy with a blood test.

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!

I'm going to pose the question and let you know what they say. @orionburn

So I am 3 days post op! I have come down to one problem that I haven't seen before. And it's dehydration. All I want to do is drink drink and drink more water. I feel so thirsty. But I can only drink so much and it's driving me insane. I can't even drink my protein because I fee that it makes me more thirsty.

My sleeve is hungry! I can't wait to get off these liquids. That's my only issue! This was the best decision I've made. I tell you You're sleeve will let you know when you drink to fast or had too much! *pain*

Yay! Ya big loser! Welcome to the club. You're gonna love it! Now it's time to just give your new tool a chance to heal. Then watch it work!!! Congratulations!

Are you making your protein and fluid goals? It's really important to get in the prescribed amounts of both. Many people experience a stall at the 3 week mark or so. Your body is just trying to adjust to everything that's happened to it. Keep plugging away and I'm sure it will pick back up. After a loss, my body fluctuates up and down for a few days and then I lose another couple of pounds. I definitely never lose any weight the day after a good workout. I've learned to go with the flow!

You've got a point. I described my endoscopy experience because the OP mentioned sedation and a tube in the throat. An Upper GI is just drinking some gunk and watching the X-ray screen to see how it goes down.