pomeerin

My date isn't set yet, waiting on insurance approval, but I'm hoping to schedule for spring break this march. Do you mind if I add you on myfitnesspal too? I'm pomeerin on there too, I think, and my name is Erin.

I think you both have really healthy attitudes towards it, and I'm jealous! My best friend just told me yesterday that she supports me no matter what, but she thinks cutting my body up and changing it forever is the wrong decision. I'm really struggling with that feedback from her. It's not *negative* per se, and she's still very supportive, but it kinda hit me hard. I really value her opinions, and now I'm doubting myself. With this much emotional turmoil just from one person's opinions, I'm not sure I could handle dozens of people's!

Could either of you describe exactly how post-surgery reflux feels? Basically, I'm wondering how I'll be able to tell it apart from normal hunger.

I had never heard of juice plus before so I just did a quick google search on it, and there are dozens of quack-watch type articles on it. Stuff about how they are false advertising about the health benefits, and that the nutrients aren't bio-available and that the product is no more beneficial than regular cheap vitamins. Plus it's an MLM. I don't mean to start a fight, but it just sounds fishy to me.

I just met with the nutritionist today for the first time too, and I'm feeling just as worried as you. I currently take no pills at all, so taking up to 5 different supplement pills 4 separate times a day is sounding extremely daunting to me. I'm almost reconsidering surgery.

Did your doctors tell you to take the iron at a different time from the calcium? Mine said they can interfere with each other. She also said I'll need to take the calcium three separate times a day because the body can't absorb that much at each time. Thoughts on this?

This is the first time I've ventured into the age specific board here, and I'm so glad to see someone else already posted about this. I've told only my SO, my mom, and my best friend so far. I know I'll need to tell my dad at some point too because I know he'll be supportive and also because I know he'd be very hurt if he figured out later that I kept a major surgery from him. He's not the problem though, his wife is. Uggghh, that woman! @$#&! I don't want her to know ANY of my private business because she is just absolutely tactless and insensitive, but I know my dad will spill the Beans to her because he doesn't like keeping secrets from her. I really don't want anyone at work to know either. I'm going to have my surgery over spring break while I'm out of school, and I was just going to tell them that I'm taking a vacation. And then I'll cross my fingers and hope I have no complications and that I can return to work as scheduled. I was thinking that if I happen to get a complication I could tell them I suddenly got appendicitis while on vacation or something. Whew, it feels good just to spell out my plan and my fears. I'm really glad this forum is here.

Hi everyone, I'm going to be scheduling my surgery soon, but I'm not sure when to do it! I'm a full-time student and I also work part time, and the soonest time I could do it is spring break when I'll be off school for a whole week. My fear, however, is that the extreme low calorie diet after surgery and liquids only for several weeks will affect my brain and my ability to learn and focus at school. So, did any of you have any experiences with this? Will I be setting myself up for failure in school if I try to put my body through this mid-semester?

Well see, I didn't really realize what was involved in the procedure before I got there and I kinda freaked out when the technician started touching my hair and putting this waxy junk on my scalp. I think I said something like "Omggg, I *just* washed my hair" and the technician laughed and then told me a story about a lady who actually cried because she had just gone to the salon the day before and the sleep study ruined it. I figure there are probably other people out there like me who have no clue what a sleep study is and just blindly show up to the appointment because it's something their surgeon wants done pre-surgery. And then when they get there they get a nasty surprise. So yeah, I know, it's silly, but maybe it'll help someone.

Well that's really encouraging to hear that you had more energy rather than less. I'm really hoping it will be the same way for me. What you said about trying to prepare for the unexpected kinda hit home for me because I am indeed scared of complications. I'm trying to prepare for this as best I can, so I enrolled in the online version of as many of my classes as possible for this semester. And if everything starts to go to **** and I'm failing out of school because of whatever WLS reason, my last ditch fail safe plan is to get a note from my surgeon to allow me to get an "incomplete" rather than an F. That's totally plan B...or rather plan F, lol, and I'm hoping it won't come to that. A gamble, but hopefully a smart one. My work is sedentary also, so I'm hoping I'll get back to work in only one week. Thanks for the input!

I'm as white as can be, BUT I have some good advice for any ladies with weaves. If your doctor makes you do a sleep study, make the appointment for the day *before* you have your next regularly scheduled salon appointment because the sleep study people are going to put sticky goop ALL up over your scalp and ruin the crap out of your weave. Hopefully this helps prevent someone the trauma of ruining a perfectly good weave.

I am pre-surgery and am very worried about the extreme low calorie diet I'll have to follow both right before and after surgery. If I go a really long time without eating, like 8 or more hours, I start to get super nauseous and I have to absolutely choke down food because the thought of it disgusts me due to the nausea! I feel completely better after about 2 or 3 bites. I don't think it's hypoglycemia or anything because my sugars test normal, but I'm afraid the low calorie diet will make me nauseous and I might hurt my new sleeve by puking up bile or dry heaving. Does anyone have any experiences like this?

Thank you for the advice! I kept hearing so many people on here talk about sugar free that I was beginning to wonder if the surgery somehow made the stomach physically not be able to handle digesting sugar. Whew, glad that's not the case.

Stevia, splenda, etc, all taste extremely bitter to me and leave that bitter taste in my mouth for HOURS. I cannot tolerate them at all. So, my question is this: am I allowed any sugar at all after the surgery during my liquids and mushies phases? I've found a few Protein powders at the natural grocery store with only natural sugar and those taste ok, but they have like 6 or 7 grams of sugar per serving. Everyone also talks about sugar free popsicles and pudding and Jello, but I've tried all three of those things (my dad is diabetic and kept those things around the house) and the pudding actually made me vomit. Are the non-sugar free versions ok? My first nutritionist appointment is only a week away but I want to know now, lol! *impatient*

Hi everyone, this is my first post ever but I've been lurking for a few months. I just started all the pre-op testing required by my surgeon (oddly enough the doctor requires me to jump through more hoops than my insurance does - weird!) and the first thing I did was my upper GI, also called a barium swallow. I did a lot of research on the procedure and there are some good descriptions of what happens on the internet, but NOWHERE does it say that you have to strip down to nothing if you are wearing blue Jeans or any other pants with a zipper/metal at the top, BUT if you wear something like yoga pants or leggings you can leave them on and retain your modesty and your dignity. I, of course, wore Jeans and had to be buck naked except for underwear and a crappy useless hospital gown. They make you roll around on the table over and over and over to coat your stomach properly with the vile barium suspension, so my a** was just flying in the wind. >:[ Anyway, I just wanted to post this as a warning to anybody else who will have to go in for the same procedure. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WEAR YOGA PANTS.