swimbikerun

Oh no.

I swam. Less strain on the body and you get an excellent cardio workout. I toned a lot.

There is a bariatric GI at VCU. Don't they have a program up there? I would suggest calling every program on your insurance that is within a driveable range for you. Make them earn your money. I would ask how they deal with bad problems, references for when things gone wrong, how they deal with them.

@@cookarue Sometimes people need the wakeup call to pay attention. Sadly it is sometimes a pop that does it. That being said, with the stigma of obesity & WLS, sometimes you have to simply suck it up and deal. Life is like that.

Here's the thing I had a metabolic issue after surgery. I'm like turn the heat up and leave me alone to sleep in peace. No cell phones, phones, electronic devices (I was trying to unhook the IV when it constantly went off, couldn't sleep). No one bugging me. Get that catheter out, that drain was a huge issue, let me sleep in peace. Since they just left me ill and sick without anything to fix the metabolic issue, I could have gone home and been comfortable in my own bed, not left to suffer with nothing.

The problem is that the more I studied, the more I questioned the ability of the bariatric group I had to really be able to do serious recommends. The RD that was there when I started left. After 10 months, they finally found a new one. The bariatric group could handle somewhat basic stuff but when you ran into problems, they expected you to solve them.

I pack stuff for others but not me.

Getting up at 4 am to go masters' swim at 530 am.

I don't have them. I was dumb enough to trust them and started reading and researching. They are a Center of Excellence also. There were some mistakes made, which is something I try to tell everyone about. Just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't make it right. When the thing is to get people to commit to surgery, a big $$$$ item, and no one really has common sense, studied a good number (and the outliers like me) of those with the surgery over 2, 5 years out, its the profit from the surgeries that drives things. Bariatric surgery practices run 40-45% profit. I found that out when I checked. The conflicts of interest are there to get you in. To do after care, not really. Seen people dumped right after surgery.

@dlappjr Have they proven that or just guessing? The reason why I ask is because that's a lot of money and trouble finding a product like that difference for guessing with no research. I also say that as someone who does have other stomach/intestine issues that I can get it from a carbonate source.

@@MichiganChic Bingo! Try getting bariatric practices to do that though. Its all about the $$$$/surgery. That is where the $$$ come in, and to the hospital.

@@erp I think the question comes "where is it absorbed" at? If calcium isn't absorbed in the stomach there is no basis for the carbonate/citrate difference. I'm continuously corrected about how VSG can create absorption issues. I have other GI issues that contribute to those problems. If someone doesn't, just a VSG, what is the medical basis/research of absorption problems? These are questions I've been asking (and did of my surgeon) without any science behind it, at least that I could get from then and I could find.

I went alone. Sister dropped me off at the hospital before work that morning. Told her give me a call/stop by after work. No sweat, the surgery aint all that.

I lost weight quickly. I lost 27% in the first month (27% of EW). I had basically lost almost 100% of it in 4-6 months. I had several things going on that contributed to that.

Area that has tightened, food and liquids are harder to pass, you can't each as much.

Mine was 12 months. Use it well. You will be glad you were able to prepare.

I had other GI issues before and now after the sleeve. These do include problems with absorbing food. Its why I made the distinction.

That's my anniversary! I was dancing a jig before the surgery.

Ditto on the above. Otherwise I've not had any problems.

Apparently more protein, other items in it. Just came across yesterday.

Lovely area!

I go and don't eat or get a salad or sandwich. It doesn't bother me, doesn't bother them.

@@Jolly Jester Everything she said. {{hugs}}

You can take the email and file a HIPAA violation. I can help you do that if you want to PM me. I would also advertise who the doctor was. I'm putting together things because I want others to be safe, and to show them just how these "medical boards" and the like act and better ways of getting justice for hurt patients.

Vega, Garden of Life.