WildGrits

You will all do great. Roux en Y is reversible. The sleeve isn't.

Your body is recuperating from a huge trauma. Fluid is clinging to all the areas that where cut or moved during the surgery. Try not to jump on that scale. I know it's hard. The weight will come off. Focus on your fluids and it will help to flush your system.

Yes The night before is very stressful. Tomorrow you are going to be changing everything. But don't fret, when you wake up from the surgery you won't be hungry at all.

It looks like it is just adding mal absorption to the sleeve. I have never heard of it before. If you were already decided on the Lap-band I'm not sure why he would suggest this to you. Maybe if you were looking at the Sleeve.

You can also take your Vitamins in liquid form or sublingual. My surgeon request that we take our B12 in sublingual form. Viactiv is a good source of calcium and Vitamin D and taste good too-----most drug stores have their own version of it for much cheaper In the beginning I bought the chewable vitmains & calcium from Unjury/Opurity. They have everything you need. Unfortunately they are really big and I just cant get past the taste of a chewable vitamin. I was glad I had bought them off a fellow Roux en Y gal so I hadn't paid full price. They ended up going to another gal cause I just couldn't take them. Wellesse makes a nice liquid vitamin. The flavor is a bit like a 5 hour energy. Not great but not terrible.

I don't have BCBS but I found out that my Panniculectomy Surgery will be covered next year. When I asked surgeon what covered means they said however much of your Roux en Y was cover is how much of your Panniculectomy will be covered.

Midol Not the one with Naproxen.

A few people on another message board where complaining about this also. Without a gallbladder it sounds like Pancreatitis. It doesn't hurt to keep Mylanta on hand.

Probably depends on your doctor. My blood work is 9 vials every three months. I know they are checking Vitamin level for deficiencies as well as hormone levels, thyroid panel, and......................well that's all I can think of. Along with blood work there is the upper GI, sleep study, endoscopy, Nut visit x2, cardio, and shrink clearance.

I agree, lots of the shakes and Protein drinks out the are almost impossible to choke down. The Vitamin Shoppe has lots of single serve packages to try so you don't end up buying a container of stuff you hate. My personal favorite shake is Spirutein. The store above sells it but not the single serve packets. What I like about this brand is there is chunks in the shakes so you get a bit of chewing and it dissolves super easy so no blender required. I had no luck with anything made of whey isolates. I still have a giant container of it on my fridge. YUCK!!!!!

What were you told prior to surgery about life after surgery that was not entirely true or was not the entire story? Although I feel that my Dr's seminar was very informative as well as this message board, there are many aspects of my new life I was not prepared for. I was not prepared for how easily eating something that doesn't agree with me can take me out with such intense pain for hours. How feeling full is now in my chest not in my belly. How incredibly important it is to stay hydrated. What do you wish you had fully understood prior to surgery that you did not and what do you believe would have put you in the best possible position to succeed after surgery? As I stated before, the Doctor was very informative and I am extremely happy that I choose to have the surgery. And it has been stated here many times but I still to this day have a hard time wrapping my head round it. NEITHER THIS SURGERY NOR THE WEIGHT LOSS WILL MAKE YOU LIFE BETTER!!!!! OMG I cannot stress it enough and am still struggling with it. Now I am just a much thinner me but struggling with poor eating habits and all my other vices that I have had for decades. It didn't improve my marriage, my parenting skills or my relationship with others. It is a weight loss tool and that is all it is. You still have to do the hard work. What information, if any, was missing in the lead-up to your surgery that gave you unreasonable expectations or that led to disappointment in the months or years since surgery? None that I can think of.

I have a problem with dinners also. IT's mostly because the meat itself is too dry compared to the other meals which are eggs, or cottage cheese or lunch meat. I find cock potting my dinner makes it much wetter and I have less problems.

Yes there is. It is called a closed group. You only thing that would break your privacy is if you forget to post in the group and post in your own wall instead. It happens. Just search groups about WLS and you will find plenty. Just make sure they are closed groups if that's what you are looking for.

I Don't know if it ever really goes bad. It does dehydrate so I would say when it looks like the part sticking to the bowl is higher than the Jell-O itself, probably too rubbery to eat. Defiantly able to keep a week.

I would like to bump this topic. The first few months after WLS my libido was awesome. Now 6 months out it is totally gone. The mind thinks about it a lot but the body is not into it. Anyone else having or had this problem? Any fixes out there? I have had my blood work done twice since surgery and it has rocked, without any supplements.

Please keep us up to date on your recovery. I will be having a hernia and panni in a year. Love to see how your healing progresses.

This is a lesson I learn over and over and over. There's nothing worse than having food stuck trying to get into your pouch.

I just want to add that I never get even close to 75 grams of Protein. 50 is really good for me.

Cottage cheese? Mozzarella cheese? Refried Beans with melted cheese on top. Ricotta cheese with spaghetti sauce and Romano cheese baked.

Cottage cheese & pineapple 4oz of cottage cheese 14grams 4oz of Del Monte Pineapple Tidbits in juice none Calories 150

Ham and cheese 1oz serving of ham is 5grams 1oz serving of mozzarella is 9grams calories 100

There is definitely a stall right around 3-5 weeks. Protein wise, Tuna, Chiobani 100's, mashed beans. If you try chicken I would suggest cooking it in a crock-pot so it is very wet. My stomach was so sore every time I ate meat the first few months.

Did they tell you how much the excess skin weighed?

I too hate shakes. Have you tried getting cottage cheese? When I was stage one my diet was mostly Chiobani 100 yogurt, cottage cheese, creamed soup and milk. I could not choke down the whey products.

If it is liquid form at room tempurature. So Jello, pudding, and SF Popsicles all all considered liquid. Remember to strain the soups.