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So far just once. Am not certain of benefit because I get notice of response in email...go to message and then answer it there. There's no connection from the email to the responses in the application....so only reason I d use the ap is to search for forum or post new topic. (So far and all other things being equal).

12/5 was my surgery and I ve been on Protein and veggies only since then. I do get nuts but only because I asked. I get chili, too, again only because I asked. When I reasonably suggested that the sturgeon (sic) give me a ratio of fats/proteins/carbs because he cannot list all the foods I may or may not eat ("you are cleared to eat everything") he refused and says that people who question him and start looking for diet guidance elsewhere are not successful. He did say no liquid with calories, 64 g protein/day. N0 Fruit no chewing gum no going back to Ensure. He doesn't like nutritionists, he said he doesn't trust them. I'm down @52 # and the scale don't move. I work out 6 days a week...3 with personal trainer. 4in gym and 2 in pool. Walk the doggie at least once a day....I'm frequently hungry @ 20 minutes after I eat. This ain't normal and I don't like it. And yes, I drink @ 64 oz/day. Scheduled a nut visit mid march. Sigh

Alex...why does it say I don't have permission to see who is online? Am I flagged or something?

For the past week my wt has bounced from 258.6 to 256.8 no matter what I do. I want to eat fruit. It seems so counterintuitive not to. I'm "beginning" to doubt the doc....agggh also my fitness pal puts me over the top for fats. Grump. Want blueberries...strawberries apples help! Seeing nut next month. Can't wait.

You got it...as soon as it stops crashing.

The only thing u can miss is your own story because no one can write that for you. Take a deep breath, remind yourself what YOUR reasons are for having the surgery and then pull the plug on the puter. You'll be back in 2 wks with your own amazing observations of what happens during your surgery. Period. And I promise.

Granted, b4 surgery sleep was different...now, well, my dog ain't complaining a snore and I fall asleep and wake up pretty normal...(all things being equal...<grin>)

Idk...its an assumption i'd be tempted to make cuz if you aren't breathing right your blood ox likely should be low but....they say the machine prevents strokes so I honestly don't know how safe it is to thumb our collective noses at the device....much as I hate using it myself. .a shrink advised me not to treat all docs as I they were god...even if they think so themselves. Makes for a lot of confusion for me.....

Thingy on finger measures blood oxygen saturationn. Electrodes measure how many times during the nite you stop breating among othr things...

Love it! You stuffed it in the closet <grin> you can't give these away, u know? I think its an insurance scam. I like the idea of home studies. I had asthma attacks all nite during my first 2 because of the smell of the glue. I'm not going for any more studies either.

My machine malfunctioned in hospital and I just stopped using it when I came home. I do think @ it but I haven't used my asthma meds either since surgery 12/5 and don't wanna take a sleep test (bleah!)...will see pulm doc march 1 to determine if I still have asthma...????

Leslie...are u on thyroid med ? Maybe ur freezing cuz it has to be adjusted. I had mine reduced from 274mcg to 200 within 3 wks of surgery. My pcp sent me for a blood test....just a suggestion

Waitaminit...I didn't know @ the gummies and tooth decay. My teeth have been hurting so thanks foe letting me know! As to boob wise...I'm losing weight all over except there. Went into this 4x all over and 44D and am now 2x and 44D. What gives?

Mina Wondering if the pain thing relates to method of surgery. Did those who had open surgery have the pain? The laparascopic method incisions itched like nuts but weren't painful at all. Most stateside people attended abt 9 hrs of classes or seminars @ the surgery where your issues abt the magic of wls were thouroughly debunked. Even the surgeon said its not magic. That his part is easy and the hard part, after (mine) is hard. All the doctors said that. All the nurses said it, too. So I'm sorry for your disillusionment but wonder where/how you prepped for this. Glad you're doing well now.

I wish smeone had told me the only way id know I am full after the first 2 weeks when the burping stops is when my nose starts to run...feel like I was put back together wrong or with a piece left out

Invisble woul be nice right now. Both to others and to my stupid critical eye. I don't like this. I lost the 1.8 and now at 50.8# at 11 weeks out. Everybody out there who saw me before: thanks for noticing, now shut up and let me deal with it. Gah. Where's my atavan???

I was fully aware of the stress and strain. From past experience and reading the boards here and OH but cannot find a resource foe dealing with being noticed. I WANT to disappear

Prolly won't happen for you...I didn't have nausea and they gave me a huuuge bottle of liquid painkiller to bring home and I never needed to take any of it. Also, keep in mind, some of us responding are old geezers and some are younger so...each person different. I actually was advised on these boards to stop reading the board 2 weeks b4 surgery because I was freaking out, too.

I wish id been warned about the one ounce cups for sipping and the restriction from drinking the whole ounce on the second day ...only spaced over one hour...a sip every 15 seconds. Ridiculous. I wish id been warned big time @ ketosis and how u taste and smell like roadkill. I wish id been warned that even sf chewing gum was banned, that I wouldn't be permitted liquids with calories and that the doc wouldn't give me a guideline of x amt of protien/fat/carb so I can pick and choose what to eat after the 2d month. I wish id been told I would be on injectable b12 because the place where that's absorbed is removed. And I wish someone had talked @ developing emotional resources for dealing with being noticed when u lose weight.

No. I didn't have the tube in when I woke up. Don't worry.

I take b12 shots and get the others from all purpose vitamin

Please ask ur doc @ crushing meds. Some may be, some not. Some capsuls can be opened, some do not allow that. You can't decide on your own. Please ask.

I don't ever remember being 135# I was 428 and lost 128# on phentermine. Then wt started creeping up (lowest on drug was 285). Put myself on diet when planned surgery and went from 320 to 308. Surgery 12/5 @ 308 and have complained my way down to 261 as of this a.m. I've been overweight all my life except for 2 very brief periods when id lost 86# and 100 something the first time on Preludin. I think I kept it off for all of a week or two. If I ever reach goal of 155, I hope I stay there for more than 5 minutes. Its a weird feeling not having the 3d tummy when I lay down....

I pour walden farms choc. Syrup on plain yogurt. (It has no caloric value) and now that I can eat nuts, I mix plain yog, with that syrup and almond butter. Delish. I was forbidden even to chew sf gum at your stage. No comments but agree u might hang in a bit longer

I got constipated a week ago for 2 whole days. Aaaaaagony. I emaild the surgeon's office: nilk of magnesia (yeah, right) and went into the kitchen to cook up some prunes in water. Ate the prunes, drank the 1/2 cup juice and was nicely relieved. Wouldn't normally have any fruit just yet but rationalized it as really medicinal.