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My recovery has pretty much been the same. I have only had incident of food getting stuck and that was tuna. Very scary, thought I was having a heart attack. It will be a long time before I try tuna again. Other than that everything has been great. I do get full if I eat a really dense protein like chicken or pork. I can drink as much as I want I don't have to sip but I don't gulp my drinks down either. I hope everyone's recovery keeps going smoothly.

In Arkansas you have to jump thru all the hoops too. That's why I didn't use it for my surgery. I just used my husband's insurance.

I bought a pair of XXL compression capris this morning, I got them home and tried them on. They are loose. Put a smile on my face.

I am still on soft foods. I am allowed to have lean ground beef. Well, I made some with a little steak seasoning which consists of some garlic powder, salt, pepper and things like that. Nothing fattening. Anyway, I ate about 3oz of meat and it took maybe 15 minutes after eating it I became very ill. Heart racing, feeling faint, the whole shebang. I sat there for about 20 minutes with the foamies and I drank two sips of water. It immediately came back up. I finally had to lay down and sleep it off. It was an experience, I don't want to do again.

I agree about the pb2. It is great! I order mine from Amazon. On Amazon it comes in a two pack one is regular peanut butter and the other is chocolate peanut butter. Both are very healthy alternatives to regular peanut butter. You should give it a try. I was skeptical at first so I ordered the two 6oz jars for 10 bucks on Amazon just in case they didn't have the taste of real peanut butter. It tastes just like it's normal counterpart. I put in my protein shakes and mix with a little water to reconstitute it. Can't recommend it enough.

Ever since I have lost 60 pounds in two months, my personality has totally changed. I am judgemental of people, really bad. I guess I am making up for all the years people have judged me for being super fat. I know I still have quite a ways to go. I go to the gym and there are always these two really large women there. Instead of me being happy for them, that they are exercising. I want to go all Jillian Michaels on them and tell them they are not working hard enough. BTW, I have a severe exercise transfer addiction. I'm also set off by any little thing. I just started a fight with someone on Facebook for no reason at all because she made a comment that I deemed smart ass. I have cut ties with my best friend, and my two brothers. What has happened to me? My shrink has me on several different meds that keep my bipolar under control. I just want to know where this meanness came from. My husband says I have a ton of confidence that he has never seen before.

You are not alone. I have already had surgery. I am on the soft food stage. I am supposed to chew to an applesauce consistency. I find this disgusting to do with meat especially chicken. I too want to throw up, because of the texture. I go see the doctor and the nutritionist tomorrow. I am going to ask how to get past this. That is a very good question. I will get back to you.

Honestly people, I wasn't trying to offend anyone. Just trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I had no idea I would ever feel like this. For those who are trying to help thank you, and those who are judging me, I don't know what to say.

Thank you for not bashing me, I posted this to try to get a little support because I feel like I am going to explode. I had my meds adjusted last week. I didn't realize that I would get a public lynching for telling how I feel. Not sure if I want to get support from this forum anymore.

Yes, I can use my mental illness to explain anything I want. You don't how I act when my meds are out of whack. You don't know hiw I am when I am manic or depressed. When I see two heavy women come into the gym and work out for 5 minutes barefooted on a recumbent bike, and then complain about it. Like I said I would never act on my thoughts. I keep them to myself. I am just wondering what the hell is wrong with me. Yes, I deserved my surgery and I will workout in the gym. Maybe it's you that needs to take a good in the mirror for judging a person who is for looking. help. I don't believe God got the surgery and if you think he did you have some issues. I got weight loss because my insurance paid 100% of it. God has nothing to do with it. I'm perfectly comfortable in the gym cause I work my ass off while I am in there. Go judge someone else.

I never said I was mean to those girls, I said I had thought of it. I posted this to get some support not to be told to quit being mean. I have kept the majority of my meanness inside me and I have patched things up with my best friend, but I refuse to with my brothers. They deserved what they got. I have severe bipolar disorder type 1. So just changing my attitude isn't that easy. So humble yourself and quit telling people not to be mean before you know the whole story.

I seen my psychiatrist the other day and he knows about it. I do therapy with him , since I refuse to see another therapist because the last one I seen laughed at my not so lavish lifestyle. I was having to live with family at the time. He adjusted my medicine and switched one for another. I feel like I am starting this med thing all over again, like when I was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He agreed that I have body image issues and that I will need to work through them.

I have horrible body image issues. I still see the 325 pound person. Now I am depressed and a jerk to everyone. I can see my weight loss in pictures but it just doesn't make me as happy as it does everyone else.

With me it lasted about a week or so. I am a respiratory therapist, you see this a lot with people who have abdominal surgery. Deep breathing and coughing it up will keep it from settling into your lungs.

It's from the anesthesia, coughing it up is the only way to get it out. Be sure to deep breath and cough. You don't want to get pneumonia. You can try holding a pillow up against your tummy to brace while you cough, it should help with the pain.

I had a roommate. It was a little old lady. Luckily she discharged a few hours after I got in there. She was gross, instead of using the regular bathroom. She insisted on using the beside commode. Which was quite a noisy and stinky experience. Not something you want to deal with when everything nauseated you. I remember all the nurses aides were running around spraying air freshener. An experience I don't care to live through again.

I'm pretty sure it was dumping. I've had tuna get stuck and that was painful as all get out. Thought I was going to have to call 911, felt like I was going to die of a heart attack. Wouldn't wish that experience on anyone.

Have you alerted the doctor? If it is so bad you can hardly eat or drink, you don't want to become dehydrated.

My taste buds have no desire to eat. I don't like half of the stuff I used to eat. A lot of times I'm eating just for the protein. Plus I eat on schedule now or I will forget to eat.

Did the doctor not prescribed you anything for nausea? Like Zofran or Phenergan.

Three months for me, except for my B12, it's getting checked next week. I am severely depressed and my shrink wants my B12 checked because B12 deficiency can lead to depression. I'm already severe bipolar 1, don't need to add depression on top of my mania. My psychiatrist switched me from an antidepressant to Prozac. Prozac last longer in the system then the antidepressant I was on.

I've had gas since I had surgery almost two months ago. Take some gas-x, it should help. Everyone has gas it's really not that big of a deal. My handbook from the surgeon's office says you are going to more gassy, that's just part of having the procedure we have had done. The only time I find it annoying is at the gym, when I am on the treadmill. I'm a farting machine on that thing. Lol! Good luck with your WLS journey...

The morning of my surgery, the hospital bothered my husband for 3500 dollars while I was in middle of my surgery. How professional right? I called them to find out when they were going to bill the insurance. They told me they already did. Yeah they billed our old insurance company from last year. I don't even know how they got the info to send to that particular insurance company. Can we say morons?

My surgeon's office says I can only use their protein shakes since surgery. They sell bariatric advantage and celebrate mixes. They are 45 dollars a tub. I prefer the protein shake I was getting from sam's club. What is everyone using after their surgery?

I have been taking all my meds whole since surgery. If the pills are real big you may half to cut them in half. My vitamins are chewable.