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I read so often about people getting ulcers after surgery. Is there anything, apart from avoiding anti inflammatory drugs, that we can do to keep ulcers away?

Thanks Molly. How are you getting on?

Don't worry Lynn. I'm losing very slowly, about 1lb a week. I'm happy with this (as long as it continues) as I could eat this way forever and don't feel deprived or as if I'm on a diet. I'm considering doing some exercise to tone up a bit. But every time you think you're a slow loser, you can be sure someone else is slower 14lb gone, 51lb to go.

Thank you! :-)

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Hello. Quick wee update. Was weighed today, lost another 5lb which makes a stone since two days prior to surgery. I'm happy with that. I don't feel deprived of anything and if I lose 1lb a week, I'll be where I want to be this time next year. I'm currently 219lb and would like to get down to 168lb (12 stone).

I do have one but would really like to weigh on the same scales each time. Plus the one at the surgery is so high tech, I might get a totally different reading at home. I'm happy to weigh once a month and then stalls etc shouldn't bother me too much :-)

Yay! Another person from the UK. I had no lists of do's and dont's and agree I wouldn't know half the stuff I do without this site :-)

Hmm. Didn't happen as my nurse wasn't there. Not a problem , I'm hoping to catch up with her next week. It's weird being five weeks post op and not know if I'm losing any weight :-/

I had my op on 10/10 and had lost 9lb by Monday 21st October. It's been almost 4 weeks since then and I'm getting weighed tomorrow. I don't feel I've lost much, if anything. But I guess I'll find out :-) Even if I'm losing just a pound a week, I'll be happy. I'm eating well and although I'm tracking my calories to around 1200 a day, I'm not feeling deprived or that I'm on a diet. So, I can live this way forever rather than feeling its a diet with an end-date. If that means the weight loss is slow, I'll go with that (as long as I'm losing something).

I remember that stage well, it's horrible but necessary and I think I have just about recovered psychologically from the mush stage, lol

Me too - I'm 5 weeks post op and can eat anyting with no problem (except milk) :-)

Okee dokee, so remember I said in another post that when I clicked 'New Content' on the toolbar at the top and all I could see was new topics and posts from Banders? You can change this to see only new content from forums you're interested in. Click 'New Content' along the top. Then on the right hand side you'll see a list (See image 1) which says 'By Content Type', 'By Time Period' and 'By Other'. Under 'By Other', click 'Filter By Forum'. Then you'll see a long list (see Image 2) which has your preferences ticked and highlighted in pink. You have to go through and untick those you don't want (I pretty much had been ticked for all of the Band Forums so this took a while) and then tick those you do want to see new content for! Hope that helps :-)

Yep, I can eat/drink everything except milk. I buy Almond milk now which is great. I haven't tried anything with a high sugar content, only because I don't like sweet things. But I've had no problems at all with everything else.

I don't know what's happened but our RNY forum seems to have died since the changeover. Hardly any new content being added these days or replies being made. I'm wondering if many people have just given up. I think I might have to do the same as it's just a shadow of the great site it was before :-(

I don't know what's happened but our RNY forum seems to have died since the changeover. Hardly any new content being added these days or replies being made. I'm wondering if many people have just given up. I think I might have to do the same as it's just a shadow of the great site it was before :-(

When I was on the mushy stage, I used to squizz up some chicken breast meat with some cottage cheese, salt and pepper. it tasted so nice (and much better than shakes) and was a real protein boost as both are a good source.

When I click on 'New Content' on the right - it's almost all from the 'bands' forum. I just looked again and the whole page was bands and one new topic from the 'men's room' forum ... weird.

Is it just me or has the forum been deathly quiet since the changeover? I had to wait a while before it would let me sign in so I wonder if lots of other people are having technical problems too. :-/

Can you buy some protein shakes? It's hard but REALLY important that you get enough protein in - it's what helps your body heal :-)

I tried everything and thought I'd give it one more go now ... And yay, it let me in :-) What does everyone think of the new site ?

It seems to me that how much restriction you have following RNY is down to chance. Some people can eat no more than 2-4 ounces at a time and others, like me, can eat a whole microwave meal of 14 ounces or so. I'm really confused.

I wouldn't advise the band. I had mine in 2010 and it didn't work. We could never reach a correct fill point between no restriction and being sick all the time. My doctors don't even offer the band anymore as it's so out of favour. I had my band out and RNY done in 10th October. Good luck with your decision. Oh, and I was back at work a week afterwards :-)

Lol. Don't forget the Dihydrocodiene - knocks Paracetamol on the head, if you forgive the pun :-)

Yay! I'm now UK-RNY :-)