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I began loosing hair like crazy 2 weeks post op J I had the same problem of not being able to hit my Protein target neither my Vitamins back then. By the time I became better in both matters, my hair was falling in a crazy way by the third month to the limit that I saw a lady taking a picture of my car seat and when I asked her why? She said I could not imagine that someone would loose that much hair!!! The good news is in couple weeks I will be 7 months out and this gets better by the time “I’m not bald thank god”… My doctor said that the less amount of weight u loose the less hair falling u ll see. I took Biotin and it seemed to help and I used the products that would prevent hair loss like Vichy Shampoo. It will get better, hang in there…

I honestly kinda hesitated to reply when I saw all the experts replying but here’s my input anyway J. I have a big issue with acid reflux my self and I would tell you few things: - If you are just like me and you get so depressed when u suffer from the acid reflux symptoms then most probably you think 1000 times before you eat or drink anything because this will make the symptoms worse! This is how you feel the numbing and you are struggling with the words because this happens to me exactly this is simply “nutrients insufficiency”. - I do not know if you tried Nexium or pariet so far or not? Anyway That’s what I do when symptoms are high. I take either one of them on empty stomach in the morning have food or Water an hour later. I keep eating stuff I know for a fact that it wouldn’t make my symptoms worse like no fatty, heavy or greasy food, NOTHING WITH tomato, no citrus as well. The point is: play it safe as much as you can that day. Stop eating at 7 or 8 PM and take the Nexium 40 or pariet 20, 2 hours later at least or before you sleep. During the day if you feel you have the symptoms I second recommend what Tiffykins said of taking Gaviscon. Do the same steps for the next day please J - The third day you hopefully feel better by now “I feel better my self after this plan” Now try to focus on your Protein intakes and Vitamins as well from now on. I am so sure that you are not making the required effort on that… Last thing is again I second Tiffykins opinion that Prilosec take up to 14 days to kick out, so my v valued advice for you is when you find your right medicine just stick to it. It usually takes shorter time for the medicine to relief you if the system is used to it from before. So what ever works for you stick to it even if you ran out, have the gaviscon until you get your medicine back!! Hope any of this make sense to you Feel good and get better… Lila

I’m not a mom J and I know very well the all of us go for the sleeve as a solution to help our selves’ b4 anyone else, but I also know that many of us go through this brave step to secure better future for their children and many others go through this step to get healthy happy babies. For all the great mothers in the forum: HAPPY MOTHERS DAY L.

This is so great congratulations L

I owe you all a thank you! I am 24 days out. I did not face what you all have faced forutnatly so far! I am on the soft dite stage, I was eating just a while ago and the second I felt that I might be full I have left the fork immediately! Felt thirsty! Never got near the Water until 30 mins have passed! I do not want to puke water .. I felt like you guys talked about this topic so the rest of us the sleevers be aware b4 we dare lol! Thanks L.

I agree no need for another pound coz u r great right now, but as u said the fantastaic thing is that u r going even to drop off more weight, congrats

Don’t get anything or anyone get on your nerve, u have a goal to achieve! stick to it and it seems u r doing great towards that goal. If I was in the same workplace as urs as a customer I would have beaten him up for u , keep it up sometimes we can not escape from idiots around us at work...

Such a smart person! and a very clever idea congratulations on all the pounds u dropped, I wish all of us reach the goals set for ourselves

I got sleeved 6 April, My doctor fixed my hiatus hernia and he got excited that my value is looking better now, I expected that my acid reflux will get better. However it did not L, it is just the same may be littel worse. I am on PPI medicines and it does not seem to help much… since I am on the liquid phase the Water is making my reflux worse. Anyone who is few months older in the sleeve and eventually had the reflux reduced to give me hope or advice? I am kinda disappointed that I have to suffer from the reflux with all the mood swings that comes with this period already..