Matt Z

Did you have surgery yet? If you had surgery, and it was recent, don't worry about it. If it was 2-3 weeks ago, don't worry about it. In fact, don't worry about it at all. Your body will fluctuate up and down when you start making changes to your diet. Just stick to what you are supposed to be doing and don't stress about the weight, it's called Weight Loss Surgery, but really, it's all about the Fat Loss.

Come on James, it was literally the very first line he wrote. "My wife underwent gastric bypass"

@BigViffer Care to chime in about how us bypass folks can't work out? LOL Show proof.. what do you want photos of us in the gym lifting weights? You state you can bench 400, well, using your own logic, prove it. I'm in the gym pretty much daily. Cardio, Weight lifting, I had the band installed in 2011, had it removed and was converted to the Bypass this past March. Zero issues working out and building / toning muscle. Just because you refuse to accept it, doesn't mean it's not possible. No on here is giving you anything other than the truth, that you just refuse to accept. Everything you are writing is just highlighting how this issue, is 100% with you and not your wife or her surgery. In all seriousness and honesty, you need to get to a therapist, your mindset is grossly unhealthy.

Congrats! That's a pretty nice NSV!

Advice. Avoid the Lap-Band. I was banded in 2011, revised this past march. Wish I just went with the Bypass to begin with. The Lap-Band is being phased out, 2 major manufacturers don't make them or replacement parts any longer. If the major suppliers are pulling out, that should tell you something.

@Biggamehunter Ok... let me put my 2 cents into this conversation. It sounds like you don't fully understand the human body and are tainted by something that happened 12 years ago. Your wife has a stomach. And speaking from personal experience, yes, you can most certainly weight lift and body build with the bypass. What I think you don't understand is that, fat isn't just on the outside, it's on the inside as well and Visceral fat, the fat on the inside, wraps around muscles, organs etc. Did your wife lose a little muscle mass? maybe. Did she loss all her muscle mass, hell no, she's lost the fat that made it APPEAR as if it was larger. As far as the wrestling... body mass and weight play MAJOR roles in hand to hand combat. She's more than likely not weaker, she's just working with a lot less mass and can't use that mass to overpower you like she used to do. You are using a lot of "I feel" and other opinion statements... when talking about a medical professional. I'm curious what background you have that makes you believe you are smarter than a doctor. Not saying all doctors are super geniuses and they are all simply humans, but, by and large, they know their damn jobs better than those that aren't doctors. It sounds like you need some therapy because it's pretty clear that the issues here are not with your wife or her surgery. What happened to your Aunt sounds horrible, but, it is a VERY rare occurrence, as you were informed. But it's totally understandable why you'd have strong feelings about it, your reaction is justified, and you are allowed to have them, but that doesn't mean that what you are afraid of is happening or common. Just because you feel a certain way, doesn't mean that's what is actually going on. I hope you reach out for some counseling.

LOL trick question. It's a shorter list to ask me what meats I don't like LOL

There is a difference between drooling over the foods you CAN eat... and those that you can't. I took the OP as looking at all the foods they cannot eat.

There is no such thing as "normal" because we are all different to begin with, then each of our surgeries are unique. Drinking that fast, if there are no issues, is fine. Liquid will pour right through unless you put in more than can drain. If you are draining that fast, then congrats! You'll have zero issues with your liquids!

@MG1776 Congrats man! Epic transition!

It seems tough, but it really isn't. Like for me, late afternoon snacking, I'm a sweets guy, so I will cut up some strawberries and a banana. And that totally covers the need for something sweet. Pizza, I found that Cauli-Power Pizza (a cauliflower crust pizza) is quite good (a little expensive) and the "crust" is a vegetable so no bread!

Go for it. at 3 months post op, you should have been cleared for the "try it out" phase, where you get to find out if you can tolerate foods. However you want to cook your meats, go right on and have fun, just watch the sugar content for those added items is all.

Do I miss certain foods yes, am I going on sites and drooling over foods I can't eat... no. The key is to find alternatives to the foods you can't eat.

I was revised from band to the bypass March 21st, I was in the hospital until the 23rd. My wife was around for a while, but honestly I didn't need any help at all at any time after leaving the hospital, for most things at least. I was told not to lift more than 10 lbs for several weeks, so I just didn't lift anything too heavy. So I couldn't help out everyone else, but I didn't need help with my own day to day stuff.

Congrats!

Banded in 2011, revised to bypass this past March, best decision ever.

I vote caffeinated, but given how WLS patents are told to avoid caffeine and all, just seems a bit odd/off to me for a WLS site to be offering something that we are told to avoid. Just my 2 cents, I still drink coffee every morning at this point personally. Will you all be offering samples? I've had some pretty nasty coffee flavored proteins in the past.

Anything you can see though is a "clear" it doesn't actually have to be "clear". So, water with some sugar free / calorie free flavoring, even if it's colored, is still a "clear".

Congrats and Good luck!

Cauli-Power pizza is pretty damn good and since the "crust" is vegetables, it's ok to eat! They are expensive considering, but... when you want pizza and can't eat pizza... you can eat cauliflower crust pizza.

I'm more shocked that there are surgeons still putting the band in. I was banded in 2011, worst choice in WLS I could have made, got stuck on foods I shouldn't have, could **NEVER** get to the "green zone" no matter what we did. Leafy greens and other things I should have been eating hurt to eat. Even though I had no major complications, my band was 100% encapsulated in scar tissue and took my surgical team more than 3 times longer to remove it than it should have taken. If I had left it in, I would have been faced with some serious complications. I didn't even know I had Grade 3 Esophagitis until I had my upper endoscopy to make sure everything was ok for the revision to the Bypass. The band caused the Esophagitis. 2 of the major manufacturers of the band, don't make them or replacement parts for them any longer because of how badly they are doing. I mean, good luck and all, but I'm very suprised your doc didn't alert you to all the issues, revision rates, etc https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3266497/ Seems on average 20-30% (depending on where you look) of all lap band patients will need revision of some nature.

I brought too much, most people do. The *ONLY* Things I used were: Cell phone and extra long charging cable/charger Dry mouth spray (made things so much more tolerable the first day post op, highly recommend this!) Lap balm of some nature (This and the dry mouth spray made a world of difference!) Sweatpants/pajama bottoms Slippers Blindfold (hospitals are still pretty bright at night) Ear Plugs (hospitals are still pretty noisy at night) Pillow (extra pillow for the overnights and for the ride home) That's it. I brought a bunch extra, clothing, book, etc etc... but I didn't even touch them.

Good luck today! Taking the vitamins daily isn't even really that much of an issue overall. I'm curious how you are going to be revised to the mini bypass after the sleeve since the sleeve removes the part of the stomach that gets attached lower during the bypass/mini bypass.

Welcome to a stall. They are common and happen often. You can search for "Stall" and you'll be faced with hundreds of posts about it. Sucks, but, part of the whole process.

Was doing some researching into this...and this was like the first thing that came up https://www.huffingtonpost.com/lani-simpson-dc-ccd/calcium-heart-attacks_b_1553873.html Digging a little deeper, I think the recommendation is for Sleeve patients only, given the issues Sleeved folks have with acid production, it would make sense that using an acid reducing calcium carbonate would be a decent idea, however in bypass patients, with the stomach coming in later to our tracts, it might not be such a smart idea.