AussieLady

Thanks for your input everyone. I am having further investigation before further surgery so I will update when I have all the answers.

Not really, that's what the surgeon said when I came out of the theatre. I was hoping someone on here knew more.

I had surgery 18 months ago and am at my goal. Everything has been going fine but I started having a lot of trouble eating, vomitting, really bad gastric reflux and lost more weight. My surgeon gave me a gastroscopy and said my sleeve had moved up and I need more surgery. So confused right now and not looking forward to more surgery. Help!!!

Thanks Irene.

Is there still a veterans forum? I have a question I need to ask on that forum.

Anyone interested in getting together for coffee and sharing stories. Sure we could find somewhere central to meet.

Any Melbourne people who would like to catch up. I am in the East but we could find a good spot I'm sure. Get in touch.

I stuck with the diet all except for one night when I had and said goodbye to all those yummy things I loved! I know lots of people frown down upon doing this but it was kinda my Hens Night for food. It was a goodbye to food freedom and gave me closure on my bad eating habits, 18 months later I have lost over 100 lbs. and am well past my doctors goal.

You are at the worst stage Antonia. It's all uphill from here. Keep on sipping the water and get out and do some walking. The weight will start to fall off and you will feel much more positive.

Hi Mick, I am 18 months out from surgery and have surpassed my surgeons goal. Have lost over 40kgs. And now have a normal BMI and my cholesterol and blood sugar are under control. The early days were a little tough but now I can eat anything I want, but limited quantities. My surgeon was Patrick Moore at Epworth Private and I would highly recommend him. I was out of pocket about $3,500 but I do have private health ins. Though bariatric surgery isn't covered. Good luck. Any more questions don't hesitate to contact me.

Are you taking a multi-vitamin? I am 18 months out and have lost about 100 lbs. I have reached my goal weight. At times I get very tired and take some iron with my vitamins for a month and increase the amount of red meat I am eating. I find this helps a lot.

I would definitely go with Surgeon #2. When you are getting major surgery like this you want a surgeon who is experienced and confident with this procedure. Surgeon 1 might be charming but I would not let anyone perform surgery on me if they didn't believe in what they were doing. I'm thinking that he also doesn't have a lot of experience in this surgery also.

Join MyFitnessPal. It is great for keeping on track.

How about some photos?

I would not panic at all. My incisions were painful for a long time, especially the main one but talking to your doctor is always a good idea when you are unsure.

Have you tried eating? I am 16 months out and have lost about 90 lbs. Whenever I thought I was losing hair I would eat. Not enough to put on weight but enough to stabilise for a week or two. It worked great. I never lost a significant amount of hair that I noticed.

I am really interested in the neck lift. How do they do that? Where are the scars?

I had a brow lift and upper and lower eyelids as I looked like I had a constant frown. Thinking about getting my lower face lifted and neck done but my plastic surgeon said I needed to wait 8 months. I am 55, have lost 80 lbs. And my body, boobs etc are fine.

Surgery on 11/14 have lost 80 lbs. SW 251, CW 171. Happy but would like to lose another 20 lbs. Height 5' 10".

I have been working myself up to starting this and set Monday as my deadline, but you ladies are making me terrified!

Are you married Nate? My hand is up if you're not!

8 months out. Still can't eat chicken.

I was in this situation with my daughters wedding. I ordered one size down at the latest I could place my order. My thinking was that if the dress was too tight I could wear some shapewear and if it was too loose I could have it taken in a little. One size up or down is no big deal.

Hi Ladies, As an Aussie I realized today that I owe all of you a huge apology. You see, here we were just getting on with our lives, loving our men and all the things they did for us like... Opening the car door for us or the door into the restaurant and pulling out our chair and telling us how lovely we were, and never commenting on our weight because that would be impolite and giving us compliments and and and......... Then along came Germaine Greer. Suddenly we had to feel weak and insulted if men did these things for us. We had to burn our bras, shave our heads and turn our men into women. Though secretly we loved this man who wanted to do those things for us, we could not admit it because if we did we were letting women down. I want the men of the past back. Those who don't judge us by how much we weigh and who love us because of who we are. I want the door opened for me and the chair pulled out. I want a world where weight does not enter into how beautiful we are. I may be a dreamer who does not see this in my lifetime, but I want this for my children and grandchildren.

I think it is somewhat hypocritical of us to expect someone else to like 'the whole package' when everyone on this site are here because they didn't like the package they were offering. How can we sit back and say "I hate my body, but if you love me you have to love my body". Seems a bit much to expect.