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Woohoo!!! That's awesome, congrats!!

myfitnesspal is what i use on my iphone and i love it being on my phone, as I have it with me at all times. It was a free app. I tried a lot of them, and it by far has the biggest database of foods/restaurants. I think the scanning thing is new to it, i just got it on an update. I have used the recipe part, but only a couple of times. I also keep up with my Water and exercise on it too. This is my favorite one so far.<br><br>

Surgery : $5500 includied all meds and very nice hotel Flight: Just under $400 but I booked last min Passport: depends on if you get passport book or card and whether you have it expedited. I got the book and had it expedited for right around $200. I had surgery with Dr Kelly and had a great experience. I have a very detailed day by day of my whole MX experience In the "about me" section of my profile if you'd like to read it. Good luck!!

The bubbling is probably both acid and the swelling inside. I took all meds orally and swallowed them whole. The acid reducer is for everyone, and helps with acid and false hunger. Congrats on being sleeved!!

Woohoo congrats!!! You have done an awesome job! I'm very happy for you! :cheer2:

Wow, amazing!! You look fab!! :cheer2:

Wow, amazing success you've had, thanks for sharing!! You look great!

Congrats!!! That is so awesome! :cheer2:

The RNY pouch is made from the persons intestines. They still have their full stomach but is considered "blind" because the pouch acts as their new smaller stomach. I have read of people having it "took down" I have also heard of them banding the pouch. I suppose they could make the pouch smaller. I have seen people talk about revising from the RNY to the sleeve, which I guess would mean the pouch would be taken down and then their old full sized tummy would be sleeved. I am not sure if they would leave the intestines rerouted I guess if the person was having nutrtional or protein deficiencies, they would undo that part maybe? It would depend on the dr and the particular patients issues. It is sad that after this long she's still having problems and has had that many operations. I would probably get othet bariatric drs opnion before more surgeries if I were her.

Yes, you look great! Congrats!!

Thats so wonderful!!! Congrats!!! :cheer2:

Miss Bootylicious!! congrats girl you are rocking that sleeve!! :cheer2:

It can be overwhelming, I am glad things are better today!! Hydration is. #1 priority, everything else will fall into place sweetie., try not to stress.

For the first time ever, i actually spent the whole day shopping with my daughter for back to school clothes. We went to Kohls, JC Penneys, and a lot of other stores walking up and down the whole mall. Because of my weight on top of back/hip problems I could barely get from the parking lot to inside the mall where I would have to immediately sit down, in you guessed it, the food court! I would send my daughter and a friend into the stores, they would have to txt me to let me know what they found and how much $. Sometimes I would go into one store and be in so much pain and so irritable! Shopping was not enjoyable like it should have been. And since I couldn't do anything else, of course I could comfort myself with the great food. Yesterday we still got something to eat, i got an order of smoked wings, and ate 3 out of 6. Was gonna save the rest of them but still had some stores to go in so i :gasp: threw the rest away!!!! Besides being able to walk every where the eating part was not the highlight of the trip like it so often in the past had been. We had a great time!!

Love those kinds of NSV's!

Haha that sounds good!

I think there is a lemonade in the Syntrax Nectar protein powders. Also a fuzzy navel one. There are samples you can order, but i dont have the info. I think its in a thread here under protein drinks or protein powder.

Of course my vote is sleeve! But you have to choose this for yourself. Go with your "gut instinct" (pun intended). You're doing your research. Remember that the Plication and Band sound less risky and invasive but it turns out they all have risks. I didnt ever want to have to consider another surgery down the road. Theres a plication thread, I would encourage you to check there for how their weight loss is going and any complications being reported. Good luck!!

I was seeing way too many failed bands during my research period, and that # has increased over the yrs. But I also did not like the fills/unfills post op. Even going thru that chances were not getting the "sweet spot", and people weren't losing. Then the slipping, erosions, etc. And food getting stuck and throwing up all the the time did not sound appealing at all. The RNY wasnt for me due to malabsorption and nutrional deficiencies. Also after 2 yrs your body adapts and you absorb calories again but you continue not absorbing nutrients. So for 2 yrs you get used to eating a certain way and certain foods but then you begin gaining weight eating the same foods/amounts. And their pouch is made from the intestines which is stretchier than say a sleeve which is our true stomach with the strechy part removed. Also with both of these you still have the ghrelin hormone so you could be hungry/never satisfied on the small amts of food. With the sleeve for most people that is gone so no hunger and total satisfaction on the small amts of food and less chance of overeating.

I am a little further out than you. I had the same issue with the scales, but I did feel my clothes loosening up a lot. I think the 3 wk stall lasts a long time for some of us, and it can feel very discouraging. It lasted over a month for me but the lbs are now slowly beginning to drop. Sometimes they temporarily bounce back up even. It sounds like you're staying really busy. When I am busier and on the go, i don't drink as much water. This can cause a lot of the symptoms your describing. Even mild dehydration. It will also make your body hold onto fluid. Also, the B12 and multi are important to keep your energy level up. I hope things get better soon, wish I was there!

I am med free and my blood glucose #'s are normal now since surgery. I had improved before surgery by losing 35 lbs and diet but it was still around 140 in the morning before eating. In the hospital it was 100. A wk later it was in the 80's and now it stays around that. My type 2 diabetes was the main reason I went ahead with surgery too, and I am very happy I did!

Not Dr Kelly either. I didn't read the blog in question, so I am not sure which drs do this. It would of been nice if the blogger would share the info, if it's true there shouldn't be a problem with giving a name. It should not be required for wls, and in my 7 yrs of research I have never read of any bariatric dr doing this. But plastic surgeons, yes, to be able to give an accurate estimate of the cost.

Mine is a 34 then oversewn. So far so good. There is not that much difference between the 32-40 from everything I've read.

I am so glad you got medical help. I hope you feel better soon!!

Wow, I hope they didn't take nude pics of me!! lol No, never heard of it for wls, but my sis had to send a nude pic to get a price for plastic surgery in MX, and one of the most popular ones does this is well, they have to get an idea of how much lipo, skin, whatever to remove and adjust the cost accordingly.