Rootman

I'm over two years out and sleeping a lot worse than I used too. After I hit puberty I have had bad insomnia issues, since being sleeved they are worse. I was tossing and turning till 12:30 last night, got up and stayed up till 3:45 then went back to bed only to wake up about 5am. I've tried a few sleep pills, Ambian and Lunesta but they only help you fall asleep, not keep you asleep or make you sleep. Sucks.

Me too, I used to NEVER bruise, now I get them all the time.

Everyone has heard about it, the infamous Mayan calendar that "runs out" on our date of 12/21/2012 and all the doomsday predictions that go along with it. And we all know it's all just nonsense. The "date" of course coincides with the Southern Solstice and has nothing whatsoever to do with numbers in the date 12/21/2012. Our modern calendar is basically just an arbitrary number with arbitrary names of months and days, it has no link whatsoever with any type of celestial events. It's not even accurate as far as enumerating the years since Christ's birth. For us northern hemisphere dwellers it will be the first day of winter, for those in the southern hemisphere the first day of summer. So all nonsense aside, is anyone planning any events or celebrations? We will be going out to dinner, as we do practically every Friday night. Beyond that nothing. I for one am exceedingly glad it's the winter solstice as the days will become longer and I will actually have time to ride my bike after work should weather cooperate. Jay Leno says it's going to be a terrible day as everyone will have to fight the crowds of Mayans that didn't do their Christmas shopping thinking the world was going to end BTW: the EXACT MOMENT of the solstice is 11:12 AM UTC. So take your time zone offset (in the USA -5 for the eastern, -6 for central, -7 for mountain and -8 for pacific) and subtract it form 11:12. Here in central it will be 5:12 am on Friday 12/21/2012.

2 years out and in the last month I have gained about 3 pounds. Part of it is eating crap for the holidays and par tof it is eating more out of sheer boredom. With the early nightfall and cold weather I cannot ride my bike and my job is very, very slow now and I have many hours with little to do. We have NO budget and NO projects. Once better weather and daylight return I should ramp up my biking and hopefully work will pick up and I can lose the few extra pounds. While I hate it and really want to get rid of them having 3 or 5 pound extra is a far cry from the nearly 200 pounds I carried pre-op.

I'm a "sleeve master", woo-hoo

Well, I had the VSG Monday and was back to work Friday, to dang short in my book. Felt like crap for about 2 months and then felt better. Starting to exercise really helped out a lot.

Nope. there is NO issue. You do not swallow any more air than when you sip a cup straight. This is just an old wives tale. I've been using straws for the 2 years I've been post op, yes I get gas occasionally but no more so than when I DON'T use a straw, it's just part and parcel of having a teeny tiny stomach.

Sorry in advance, this is a long rant. I wanted to write it out to try and calm my nerves as well as advise people to report suspicious behavior whenever they can. All of us have been rocked by the recent school shootings, there has also been a mall shooting (no one was shot) and ANOTHER movie theater shooting where the gunman was shot dead by an off duty cop. All of this within the space of about a week. What is the world coming to? The reason I write this is that I had a mere brush with a nutty person yet again and want to not only vent but to remind people to REPORT SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR where they think a person might be a real danger to others. We certainly don't need to become a "spy" society but we need to make sure stuff like the above shootings DON'T happen again. I have been swimming for the last 2 years at our cities wonderful Adult Wellness Center. I went again Monday night. All 4 lanes were occupied and everyone who swims there knows you MUST share a lane when space is tight. A lady was trying to get a hold of a mans attention in the far outside lane that she wanted to enter his lane and swim. He was ignoring her. A man in the lane next to it spoke to her and said he was getting out soon so she abandoned her efforts and moved to his lane and started swimming. I moved to this remaining lane and waved and shouted to the guy to try and get his attention, he ignored my too and turned around and continued swimming. I hopped in and got my gear on and looked to the far end of the lane. The guy was standing there so I waved at him to let him know I was going to start swimming. Now I've shared a swim lane with dozens of people, these lanes are more than wide enough to accommodate 2 people. So I was swimming and hugging the wall to give him as much room possible and half way down the lane he hits me. I pop up removed my snorkel and mumble "Sorry" and continue on. At the end of the lane I reverse course and about half way down he hits me again, he hit me in the face nearly knocking my swim goggles off and popping the snorkel out of my mouth. I popped up and tried to remind him that there were signs everywhere stating that 'LANE SHARING IS REQUIRED" and that he should move over. I was tight against the wall actually brushing my arm against it with nearly every stroke. Well EVERY time we pass, he made sure and poke me in the side, arm or leg. After 10 laps or so I was growing tired of it. Thankfully the lane 2 lanes over opened up and I grabbed my stuff and moved over, I was glad THAT was finally over. About 50 laps or so out I look up and see that he is getting out. I just continued swimming and not really wanting to get into it again with him I just ignored him. He had to cross my lane to get out - he could of just gotten out the end of the pool but some people can't get up and over the edge so they cross the other lanes and use the steps. He stopped and lingered in the final lane next to mine next to the stairs. Now, I just want to swim, not fight, not argue not "make any point", just swim. I heard him shout something when I turned for another lap again and just ignored him. Another 10 laps I took a breather and noticed he was finally gone. I breathed a sigh of relief and continued on. Well after about 80 laps I was again taking a mini breather when he comes BACK to the pool room. He had left, showered and dressed and came BACK into the pool room fully clothed. He started screaming and pointing at me and said "If you ever run me over again I am going to KILL you". I tried explaining how I tried to let him know I was in his lane and how he ignored me. I also let him know that he bumped, jabbed and poked me EVERY time we passed. BTW, the end lanes (which he was in) are about 8 feet wide, actually a lane and a half wide as the pool never puts the lane dividers up on each END side only between the actual lanes. It went back and forth, I told him I was going to report him and he said he didn't "Give a **** what I did". At this point I was really frustrated and told him to "shove it up his ass" and tried to continue swimming. He went on again, reminding me "If I ever run into him again he was going to kill me". I again told him to "shove it up his ass" and swam away. He then left. I really wished I had kept my mouth shut, but I just could not take it any more and said what I said. I finished up my 100 laps and got out. I reported the issue to the management. Unfortunately I didn't know his name and could only provide a description. It's behavior like this that unfortunately some times proceeds violent actions like we've seen recently with the shooting. Antisocial behavior and taking perceived "slights" to unhealthy conclusions. I was concerned this guy was going to jump me in the the locker room or outside, or worse yet follow me home and threaten my wife. Please report it if possible any time someone threatens you, whether in real life or on a forum like this. Mental illness is very real and can lead to violent behavior So in the days to come if you read about someone getting shot at a city pool in Arkansas, it might just be me who gets shot when and if this nut comes back.. Thanks for letting me vent. It feels good just to type it all out.

Yes, be careful with it but I too do not see that it's infected. If it were red and swollen and oozing pus and serum then I'd be concerned. Ask the doc to be sure. What probably happened is that the incision was not closed with stiches, staples or steri strips, or it WAS and split open by them being removed too soon. I had a cancerous growth removed that did this. My largest incision also was not stiched and I used steri strips once I got home. Their thinking, I guess was that there needs to be an opening to allow any possible drainage out. The wound must heal from the inside out or it may abcess and THAT can get really nasty. Stiches, staples or steri strips keep the edges closer so the can heal together and therefore keeps the scarring smaller. The body is filling in the open area and you will likely have a broader flatter scar. The only way to get it fixed now is to let it heal a bit more then have a doctor recut it and THEN close it with stitches, staples or steri strips.

I too would suspect it's ketosis, and yes it affects your breath, small and taste and is the keytones eminating from the burning of fat - which also comes out in your perspriation. It will lesson soon. Remarkably as I lost weight my BO got better, I used to have a very acidic, sour smell. Now I barely perspire and when I do it's a very mild smell. Pre-op I would have to turn my side of the bed down when I awoke just to air it out before the next night's sleep - PU! Now I am fine, just another benefit of WLS.

Too late! And on the sub-thread of an affair, just be careful, there are MANY things are at stake, not only the marriage but there are legal, ethical and even health ramifications at stake. Don't play with fire unless you accept the fact that you may get burnt. And BTW: Any chronic heart burn suffers that desire relief I would like to offer my services free of charge - just out of the goodness of my heart mind you OH, and this offer is for GALS ONLY! Not that there's anything wrong with the other ya' know.

Just eat slowly and your sleeve will let you know when it's enough, and trust me one or two spoonfuls more is TOO much and you will be miserable and in pain.

Hmmmm,no not that I could remember beyond the feeling that it was empty and wanted to be filled - REAL BADLY.

Hi!

Not till just this fall / winter, seems the cut back in exercise (too cold and dark to ride my bike) and the holiday food have led me to put on about 2 pounds. I am trying to cut back, to lose it again, it's a LOT easier than it used to be, at least I don't have the constant gnawing hunger like I used to.

They are right it's the inner ear and the eyes sending conflicting messages about which way is right side up, eyes say one way the inner ear is saying another and the poor brain gets confused and as with many other things it causes dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

Shows how different we all are, my fat was largely inter-abdominal, that is packed around the organs, the rest under the skin and over the muscles like you, hence I always appear to weight less than I actually do.

Yes. very good posts above. I practical terms NO there is no way to lose too fast. Your body requires energy to live, when you are not eating or eating very little it pulls energy from fat and muscle. The heavier you are the more you must eat to maintain that weight, yes it actually REQUIRES energy to not only haul that fat around but just to feed the cells and create the blood supply to feed it, the skin to cover it, the muscle to carry it, etc. So the fatter you are the faster you will typically lose as the amount of difference between what you consume and the energy requirements of what you need to maintain is much larger, as you lose weight that gap narrows and the energy requirements to maintain the wight drops closer to what your consumption is - the gap narrows. So you will only lose the amount of difference between what you eat and what you NEED to eat to stay fat, at first you lose a lot, after some loss you lose less as your energy requirements drop.

No, that's why it takes multiple "doses" to make a difference, I would say at least 6 a day to start with, more if you feel the need. The poor guy is gonna be weak in the knees

So sorry to hear of this, wish you the best and a quick recovery before the holidays of possible!

No problem, the amount is so small I doubt it would have any effect, to play it safe wait a few weeks before resuming relations then have at it.

I kept all mine till I just about reached goal and then took an unbeleivably big pile of stuff to a donation place, it felt so good, I regretted all the money "wasted" but thought it was cool all the stuff I got rid of - and most of all all the closet space I now had.

Wish you the best, it was just over 2 years ago I went to TJ and had mine done, best thing I have ever done for my healther EVAR

Kewl, encourage is always welcome.

Yeah, surprising how bony your knees will get. Get a knee pillow, it works wonders.