mgarrett1311

Thank you so much for the support

Hello all my fellow April surgery people!!!!! I'm Melissa and I had surgery April 8th 2013! The surgery itself went fantastic I went in on Monday and left on Wednesday!! However a week later I was in the ER with stomach pain and I wasn't able to get fluids in!! They did a CT scan and found I had two blood clots, one in my messentary artery to my stomach and one in my liver (not from surgery) found because my new tiny tummy was losing blood flow due to that clot! So I was admitted again for 5 extra days where I was put on heparin! Cool thing was that my best friend had surgery (sleeve) on the day I got re admitted and we ended up room mates for 3 of the 5 days I was in!! So I have been on Coumadin for the last 6 months and am off now awaiting blood work for a reason behind the clots!! But my journey has been an interesting one to say the least....about 2 months in I stared puking everything I'd eat with an upper GI found out I had a stricture (scar tissue) in the area where they connected my small intestine to my new tummy!! So I have had that dilated with a balloon endoscope 3 times! But all is good now! I also had abdominal pains and after an ultrasound found out in august my gallbladder needed to be removed....so my gastric surgeon removed it and all seemingly was great til about 5 days later (while on vacation in Chicago) had horrible pains went to the ER to find out I was bleeding internally!!! Yikes (took 5 units of plasma to thicken my blood from all the blood thinners I was on...but after 4 days in the hospital I was released to come home and thankfully I can say now that I am fully healed and feeling like a million bucks! We'll i do love reading about your stories and am glad I found this particular forum so I can read and share what goes on in the daily life and struggles of our gastric journey (makes me feel better to know I'm not the only one who goes through stuff) I am also currently at a plateau for almost 2 months now and I've learned to let my body work it's way through it!! We'll thanks for listening (reading actually) ~Melissa Highest weight:266 Surgery weight:256 Current weight:167 Surgery date 4-08-2013

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I am logging my food and just had my 6month follow up with the dietician and she said all seemed to be ok with what I was eating. I'm getting about 1200 calories a day and can't figure out what else is going on

I've tried searching stall threads on here but I'm not very savvy on navigating this site lol

Thanks so much!!! I'm so proud of my accomplishments but I'm just feeling in a rut!!

Here's a before and after

Hi all, So I've been down this road before and am just about at a loss for words!!! It's been 4 weeks since the scale moved and I'm not concentrating on that, I'm trying to focus on my body and losing inches but I don't seem to be moving in inches either!! I've upped my protein and water intake and have even been hitting the gym!!! In all honesty I feel like I'm done losing or even as ridiculous as it sounds I feel like my body has called it quits and my tool is no longer working I'm not discouraged by any means I am down 93 pounds in 6 months!! It's pretty amazing and I feel a ton better!! Highest weight: 266 current weight:173..I have hit my dr goal of 175 but would like to lose another 20lbs or so!! I just don't know what's going on with my insides!! Help!!!!

Hello all, I figured I'd reach out to you guys here for some food help!! I am running out of things to try and have been eating the same stuff over and over and was wondering if anyone could share their ideas and list of things that are good for gastric patients!! I'm not very good at the nutrition part of this journey and I am not big on cooking and am looking to start cooking more but I am at a stand still as to what's good and what's not!! I'd anyone can assist me I would love that!! Melissa Highest weight - 266 Day of surgery - 253 Dr goal - 175 Current weight - 173

I am so appreciative for all the feed back and it helps tremendously!!! I have hit my Dr goal of 175 and surpassed that by a bit, my personal goal is about 20 more pounds! I do need to change up my eating and push way more water than I've been drinking!!! I can't thank all of you enough for your kind words and encouragement!!

Hi All, I'm curious if any one can help me answer this question...I'm 5 1/2 months post op and I have lost 93 pounds so far and the scale hadn't moved in weeks and I'm fine with that but want to know if it's possible that I could be done losing now? Is if possible to lose all the weight I'm gonna lose on almost 6 months??? If anyone had info I'd love to hear it!!!!!! Thanks so much!!!