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I had this surgery done this last July in the US. I had not worn shirts to show my arms in 20+ years and now I show my arms as much as possible. I had no pain at all. I took one pain pill and only took it because I was afraid not to. I did not have drain tubes either. Easy, easy recovery. I was back to my weight/cardio exercise class in 2 weeks. Best decision I ever made.

I am having brachioplasty surgery on July 1st. I started thinking about it being a week away and questions kept running through my mind so I was glad to find this post. I am nervous but also ready to be able to wear cute, cool clothes in the summer and ditch the hot 3/4 length sleeve shirts. My husband has to go back to work on the July 2nd. Will I be able to stay by myself the day after surgery if I don't have to lift or reach for anything? I am a teacher and will have to start getting my classroom put back together around the 2nd week in August. Will I be able to put up bulletin boards and move light objects by this time? Thanks for all of the info!

So when does the hair loss stop? I have been losing hair for six weeks. I have stopped up 2 bathroom sinks and the bathtub. Surprisingly, I still have hair on my head. I have very thin hair and I was so worried about this stage of the process and ending up with no hair at all. I also tried everything made to keep this from happening and it happened anyway.

I don't know if having hiatal hernia surgery also made the difference but I had required training this summer 8 days after gastric sleeve surgery but I was in so much pain at the training that I was not sure if I was going to make it through the training. At lunch I had to go home and take pain meds to get through the afternoon. I have a high tolerance for pain and I was dying.

So when I exercise my shorts are too big and fall down and my panties are too big so when my shorts fall down my panties fall down too. I have always bought my panties at Lane Bryant and bought the high leg. I liked these because I have a big lower stomach from excess skin and the high leg was not too high that my stomach roll fit in the panty and not over it and because they had pretty colors and laces, etc. Well, I was wearing a 14/16 in LB panties and their panties do not go smaller in size. Does anyone have some recommendations for panties that have the same qualities are LB's? I have lost 43 pounds but I still have this excess skin stomach that has to be tucked away.

On September 18th, I was 3 month post-op. I have started a cardio and small weight exercise class and I have found when I do sitting exercises like sit-ups or when I lay on my side to do leg lifts or side sit-ups that I can feel my stomach. It is almost like it is moving around or rolling around inside my body. Is this normal?

I just finished my first week of school after having surgery in June. I am tired but I do have to say teaching is so much easier physically with 35 less pounds. Bending over to tie shoes and to talk to students is much easier. Wishing everyone a great school year full of student success and health success!

I tried one when I was on liquids and it tasted horrible. I love regular snowcones but the sugar free ones taste like eating ice with sweet and low on it.

I had terrible pain with my surgery too. In fact, I felt horrible for about a week and a half and was thinking what in the heck did I do. About day 10-11, I turned a corner and started feeling so much better. I teach school so I have had the summer to recover and in the last 2 weeks, I have finally been able to say I completely feel good and have enough energy to not feel completely zapped at the end of the day.

Well my eating binge must have done something because I had not lost a pound in 3 weeks and I weighed this morning and I had lost 3 pounds. Woo Hoo!

At my 6 weeks post-op appointment, my dr. cleared me to eat anything I wanted. My husband and I went to our favorite local Italian place and ordered a medium pizza. I ate 1 piece of thin crust, supreme pizza and I did fine and felt no guilt for eating it. Before surgery we would have finished off the whole medium pizza at the restaurant. That night we took home more than half so I feel that I am not going deprive myself of things that I like. I am just not going to eat the whole pizza.

I had a hiatal hernia repair when I had gastric sleeve surgery and had horrible reflux before surgery. My dr. said going into surgery that repairing this would eliminate the need for the acid reducer medication. I am doing great with the reflux. My stomach has not growled today. I just felt the need to eat.

My Dr. told me to quit taking it at my 6 weeks appointment. Why would I not feel this everyday if that was the cause. I have basically been eating the same things for the last 2 weeks. Yogurt, deli meat, string cheese, protein for supper with veggie. Sometimes I eat a few bites and feel so full and then sometimes I could eat a horse and not feel full.

I am 8 weeks post-op. Why are there days when I have to make myself eat because I am never hungry and then there are days when I feel like I am hungry the whole entire day?

I am about to ask for a refund! LOL. I am so frustrated! I posted my frustration above on the 11th and I am still in the same boat. I have not lost a pound in 3 weeks and this is my 2nd stall. All of this in 8 weeks! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!