amytug

You mean spidey whities? Rofl

There's a "self-pay and Mexico" forum ere on vst & I think you'll love it over there. All kinds of info!

Whatdya mean you don't eat much octopus!?

They think I have a blood clotting disorder and that after sirgery my body just wanted to clot. So while it doesn't have anything to do w dr. Technique, it is still from the surgery. Yanno? I'm sad I be away from my family, but at the same tjme at least I'm not at home wondering what the heck is wrong with me every day. I feel asafe here. Thank you all for te support and kind words/ well wishes. I have faith that this will all turn out ok and I'll come out a stronger person. Because of it. <3

I've been to our crappy little er twice in the last week And also to my dr. All offered little help "Pancreitis" said one dr. X-rays and bloodwork. "Stomach bug, I'll give you these 2 medications for pain and stomach spasms" they did X-rays to look for a blockage. Bloodwork. "You just need to let your sleeve heal, I'll give you a script, it's gerd" Still, pain. New pain that's in my lower back. "Leak" I thought. Came to the real er instead of the wannabe one and they immediately did bloodwork and a ct scan w contrast and Iv contrast. I have blood clots in the veins that are in my intestines. Rare, especially for someone my age. So I'm in the hospital, about to start a heparin drip and I'll be here a while. So much for saving money by going to Mexico, huh? I'm glad I'm finally getting taken care of. Sure hoped I'd never have to post here.

Pain else, about as I expected. Overall experience, worse than I planned for.

I get it. Lol. I was thinking you were so bony you could see your ribs through all your shirts or something. Bummer. I suppose there are worse things.

From what I've read, I believe it was 4-6 weeks.

Did you get the ok to eat yogurt a day after sirgery?

Y'all are getting awesome souvenirs. *giggle* Man, I want all of this stuff too, but I have 6 children to take care of and I really don't know if I can deal with the pain and the LONG recovery. *shiver*

I don't understand ?? "/

Three little Chinese kids. * giggle You look great! Feels great too, huh?

You could check into body brushing. I plan on starting soon.

Ok, please Explain this to me? In monkey language. I realize a billion and 2 people who have gone before me have figured this out all by themselves, but I can't quite wrap Mu brain around it. I'm aiming for 48 oz. of Water a day. I barely make it, but I've had a tummy big for a week. I'm almost 17 days out now and I don't see how I'll ever get this t in of I'm also eating and setting the timer accordingly. Especially if I'm eating 5 small meals a day, say what!? Maybe I need a really strict schedule? Care to help me make one? I don't even really know where to even start. Thanks on advance Oh yeah, also! How do you space out your Vitamins? I think I'm gonna get a fat pill box and take them at diff times of the day. And can anyone ACTUALLY get down their FOUR huge Calcium wafers a day?

What about going to a naturopath? I have a non sleeved friend who had it really rough for many months. She went to dr after dr and they all gave her bogus diagnosis (like fibromyalgia). she went to a naturopath and got answers, so many answers! Lyme disease was the big one. I trust naturopaths over drs for most things Also, honestly, I'd start drinking a lot of green juice and eating alkaline foods to speed things along.

I need to fart sooo bad. My whole family has this nasty stomach virus and they all fart burp and poop like crazies to get it all out. I can barely burp and fart and I'm sire not pooping. I've been doing so many yoga poses and prayers it ain't even funny.

Could it be lactose intolerance? I'm pretty sure I am and am waaay too scared to try dairy again. I meant to say thank you in my post the other day. I believe it was you that posted a couple recipes and I wanted you to know that I screen saved them. <3 appreciate it.

Dang!! Go you!!

http://gastricbypasstruth.com/life-after-gastric-bypass/one-month-after-gastric-bypass-buyers-remorse/

That's so good to hear, that's what my doc has me on. It's a shame there is no generic though. How Lon did it take to build up well and start working at its best?

It wasn't until about 50 lbs in (on a previous diet) tht people started noticing. I'm 2 weeks out and others that were sleeved at the same time as me lost 30 lbs already. I lost 17. I'm trying not to compare as well.

I am tired of reading about how hunger is just in our head. I appreciate you on the boards amazon, but sometimes ya gotta let others be different than you. Some wake up from surgery and are never hungry again. Some are hungry after a year or two. Some are starving a week into it. I'm going to say that (for now) I'm stinkin hungry. It could be acid but I've been on this Dang antacid for 5 or so days now and I'm really not noticing much of a difference. This feeling comes and goes just like hunger did before. I'm pretty sore I've read that it can take a month or so for all or the grehlin hormone to leave our bodies as well. I just hate seeing newbies come here saying they are hungry only to be shot down. It's true that some people REALLY ARE hungry after sirgery. (Hugs for the hungries)