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You are not doomed. It will get better the more you do it. And, yes, when your core and your legs get stronger you will be able to balance easier. I have done a ton of balance work with my trainer and it has helped so much. I love it! To me it is empowering to balance in different ways!! One thing that is key is to really work on your breathing while you are doing yoga/balance exercises. Concentrating on your breathing and learning to relax will be key in making this work. Take a deep breath before you start an exercise and really try to zone out. You can't be thinking about the other people in the room believe me they are so focused they aren't paying any attention to you. Focus your eyes on something and breathe and this will help you relax and focus, when you do this everything else will fall into place. Keep working at it and you will be amazed at the progress you will make!

Thrift stores!!!!! I love them. I have found tons of clothes, brand new clothes with tags still on them. Now that I am very close to where I want to be I have started purchasing more things that will stay in my wardrobe. I love to shop the deals so I usually buy end of the season clearance for the following year. Any store I go into I head to the back where the clearance racks are. I have done this for years with my kids and now I can do it for me, too!

What is happening to your body is not right. Sounds like a blood sugar problem and you need to see your doctor asap for that. It's very serious. Have you talked to your doctor about this yet? If not please call him/her today and let them know what is going on. Keep us updated.

As others have said, this is probably mental for you right now. At first I had a hard time dealing with this because I wanted to feel satisfied and I didn't. I was mad about it and had to learn how to deal with those emotions. Now when I eat I am very satisfied. Do I ever wish I could have a few more bites of something because it tastes so good? Yes, but I know that I can have a little more again whenever I want to and that makes me satisfied. This was a huge learning process for me and now it's a part of my life and I am fine with it in fact, I am happy with it!! I am happy with the fact that food no longer controls my life and that I can actually enjoy food. There are so many other wonderful changes when you start losing weight and become thin that you learn that food is just not that important other than what you need to be healthy. 11 months out and there are some things that I can eat a lot of, like popcorn and goldfish crackers. I am careful and I have to limit myself but once in a while I have them and have as much of them as I want. With most foods, though, I still have a lot of restriction. I love my sleeve and I love my life now with my sleeve, in time I believe you will too!

I take Biotin. It doesn't help with not losing hair but it seems to help me with regrowth. I started losing my hair between 2 and 3 months. I lost A LOT of hair, it would come out in clumps. Good thing I had a lot of it to start with but it still got very thin. I stopped losing between 7 and 8 months. I have a lot of regrowth going on now. I was also scared about the hair loss but I knew it would probably happen and I would do it over again for all of the positives that come out of having the surgery! My hair was very important to me when I was heavy but once I started losing weight it suddenly wasn't as important to me anymore, too many other things to be excited about and I didn't have to hide behind my hair anymore!

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Let's see if this works. I'm not computer savvy so I don't know how to link this but you should be able to copy and paste it and you will see a picture showing the difference in bougie sizes. Not much of a difference at all. http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/carmelita/blog/2011/03/31/-2/ If someone else knows how to link this please feel free to do it. Thanks. As for eating 4 cups of food at a time, it would depend on what you are eating. I could probably eat 4 cups of popcorn if I wanted to but I couldn't imagine eating 4 cups of any Protein.

At the beginning I drank one in the morning and one at night. I mixed 3 scoops of Protein powder, each had 10 grams of protein, with 14 ounces of Water. When I was on soft foods I would add a scoop of the powder to pudding, or yogurt to get more protein during the day. Now, 11 months out, I still drink one a day, in the morning, with 3 scoops of powder and 2 Tbs flax seed. I do this because my sleeve doesn't like food in the morning and it tolerates the drinks well and because I am one of the rare people that actually like my protein drink!

Everyone is different...Cold drinks were much easier for me to tolerate right after surgery. All my drinks had to have ice in them or I couldn't drink them. I still like cold drinks and I am almost a year out. I also enjoy drinking hot tea so both hot and cold are fine for me. Take it slow and one day I am sure cold drinks will work for you again.

I had Verizon and called bf I left to see if I would be covered. They told me I would but it would cost extra to talk and text. Turns out when I got home my bill wasn't any higher. I assume I was able to get connected to a tower right outside of Mexico.

Yes, you will get back in the US without the passport. You just need the receipt showing that you paid for it and your DL. There were 2 people in our group that didn't have their passports yet and we got across just fine.

I think that upping your calories will do the trick. If you are working out so much then you need to be eating more. I try to get in 1100 calories a day and I am 3 months out. I work out with my trainer 2 days a week and workout on my own 3 days a week. Also, you need carbs and fat! Fat free, in my opinion, is not the answer. I know many don't agree with that but it is what works for me. You need fat in your diet, good fat. You also need carbs, especially when you are working out. So I would suggest upping your calories, fat and carb intake.

Wow! Seriously, wow! You look amazing. I love the dress, I love the shoes, too!! Thanks for sharing.

I have a Juiceman juicer. I bought mine at Kohls.com over a year ago. I waited until they had a 30% off sale and found the coupon code online and ordered it. I don't even know if they still sell that brand. It works great so far. The ones you are looking at look wonderful! I probably wouldn't spend that much money on one unless you know for sure you will like juicing and want to keep doing it.

I have never watched the movie you are talking about but I love my juicer! I juiced before surgery and now after. I obviously can't drink as much now as I could before surgery but this is a great way to get in fruits and veggies. I use it for my kids too. My favorite is to always add raw beets to whatever I am juicing. It's interesting because as long as you add some fruit to the juice it takes away the veggie taste. My kids even love it!

Interesting. I had he young one and he never said anything about it. I didn't have any pain either. I was one of the lucky few who didn't even get the gas pain in my shoulder or sides. Each day you feel better, I promise! If you seem to be doing well with cold things ask for some crushed ice. It is so good, I loved it when I was there.

I was told the exact same thing by Dr. Campos just for regular gas not the gas they pump into you. In face, when he saw them on my bedside table he also told me that if you use too many they can cause do the opposite and make you more gassy.

Glad you are doing well! Ask Dr. Campos about the spine meds, he will talk to you about anything and take as much time as you need! I am interested in hearing the answer bc I have heard of this with others too. I didn't have anything in my spine that I know of, I would think that I would have known if I did because I asked a million questions.lol Did you have the young or the old anesthesiologist?

I thought I'd jump in here. I know Suzanne will answer as soon as she sees this, she always does! If you are having problems with the soft foods you can stay on full liquids a little longer. Once you start foods, it is very normal to for it to feel tight and to get full quickly. Make sure you are taking tiny bites at a time and chew, chew, chew the food before you swallow it. It seemed to me like every few days things would go down a little easier. It takes time. Your tummy is swollen and you just had major surgery. Don't push yourself too hard. You have to get to know your sleeve and figure out how to make it work for you. I promise it does get better, just be patient and take things slow. So many people eat too fast or too much when they can start eating regular foods and then get frustrated bc they feel sick and some then even stop eating all together. This does not help! Go slow! It will come. Try to really focus on getting liquids in right now and your Protein drinks. Don't worry about the food part of it too much since you are just starting to eat again. Little bits at a time like I said before. I wouldn't worry about getting 2 ounces in at a time just do what you can. Shortly after I came home I stopped taking the Nexium and started taking Omeprazole which is a generic form of Prilosec. The pills are little and I was able to swallow them. I still take one every morning before I get out of bed. I wait an hour before eating or drinking. Hope this helps until Suzanne comes to the rescue!

Dr. A. suggests using liquid Tylenol. I was able to take pills pretty quickly after surgery, small ones. They will send you home with some pain pills that dissolve under your tongue. I didn't need to use them or any Tylenol but everyone is different. I am surprised you didn't find the strips at Target, I got mine from there. Try WalMart or Walgreens.

Just an fyi...you can get back into the US without your passport. You just need the paper showing that you paid and applied for the passport and a drivers license. My passport came just in time but there were two other ladies in the car with us that didn't have theirs and we all got through just fine.

Glad you got an answer! Thanks for updating. Take care and hope you are feeling better very soon!

Thinking of you....please update when you get a chance. I hope you went to the ER. A fever is something that needs to get checked asap.

Can you go to your PCP? My PCP has seen me for any issues that I have had and will continue to do so in the future. She is very supportive. Also, my doctors from Mexico are very supportive and are willing to talk to her about any questions she may have.