DJ's Mom

The board says I am having lap band but I am having the gastric sleeve. When I started researching way back when, I was going to have lab band

Hi. I am having surgery on February 2 in Tennessee, and can hardly wait.

My hips hurt so much and I ended up taking a nap afterward. Feeling about 100 years old.
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if your like me it doesn't take that much to gain 7 lbs I can look at a brownie and gain 10 lbs!
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As a follow-up I talk to my doctor and just as I thought because Mirena is in a totally different place we are they need to do this incision in surgery that's not put the Mirena in to any Jeopardy of being accessed so the marina stays in there shouldn't be any problems unless there are hormonal issues which you can trigger an early cycle or have a cycle if you haven't had one in a while.
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I'm due to be sleeved before year end. Thought I'd Start my walking now on the treadmill at the gym. I did 15 min. And got my heart rate up to 108. My his were killing me. Baby steps, right?
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There's an app on Android unsure about iPhone called yummly recipes and shopping list. Very helpful as well as other apps for bariatric
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I was wondering the same thing. I have a weight visit tomorrow and will be scheduling my surgery date. I will try to remember to ask about this and let you know what they say. I'm sure each place is different but would give us an idea of what to expect.

I am going so strong because I do it for my daughter... I am very unhealthy and have been fighting and going through hoops and obstacles just to get this surgery. My whole mind and thought process has changed and my daughter is growing up with healthy habits. I would be devastated if I passed because I couldn't change or even get this surgery. She needs a mom and I will be there to see her grow up. My fiancé Miranda is very supportive as well and she is on the healthy band wagon with me also. I am doing this for my DAUGHTER and also for ME. I have had a lot of negative feedback from so called friends and family but at the end of the day it is my body and my longevity! Who are you doing this for? What are your goals?

I have been worried about this as well because my hair is already so thin I wear a wig and weaves so no one can tell. I'm just scared after the surgery it'll be even thinner or I'll be completely bald and will have none of my own hair to help secure the wig or weave. I've been taking Biotin Forte for the past 2 years and it doesn't seem to help at all. Guess I'll deal with it when and if it happens.

hair loss seems to happen to some - regardless of what they've done to prevent it. I lose a ton of hair pre-op - so not looking forward to what will happen post-op - but I'll deal with it if it happens. It's one of those things - it is what it is.

Every time I brushed my hair the brush was full of hair, and when showering and washing my hair it fell off in the shower. I took worthless Biotin two years, way before the sleeve, I did it all.

I'm in the beginning stages of getting prepared but too have been told no drinking 30 mins before, during or 30 mins after eating. The reason I was given is because your stomach will only hold approx. 3 oz and if you drink anything right before eating you won't have room for your food and get the nutrition your body needs. From what I'm learning different doctors have different view points on a lot of things but everyone seem to be doing really well regardless.

I'm in the beginning stages of getting prepared but too have been told no drinking 30 mins before, during or 30 mins after eating. The reason I was given is because your stomach will only hold approx. 3 oz and if you drink anything right before eating you won't have room for your food and get the nutrition your body needs. From what I'm learning different doctors have different view points on a lot of things but everyone seem to be doing really well regardless.

Hello all!! I was told Water empties the pouch pretty quickly so 5 mins before I eat and 30 mins after (which kills me). One thing I have learned is everybody's surgeon is soooo different I find it unbelievable
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Here I am less than 36 hours before I take my seat on the losers bench. Currently on day 12 on my 14 day liquid diet. Pause to knock on wood, I made it with out cheating and no major craving episodes. Hopped on the scale this morning and I'm down 14 lbs since my pre-op visit, 36 since I started this journey in March 2016. Someone today applauded my weight loss and commented, that if I can do this without surgery, why am I having surgery. Well my friend I said with a smile on my face. These 5 months have prepared me for the rest of my life. See, I've lost massive amounts of weight before, once I took phentermine and lost about 50 lbs, of course when I got off the drug I gained about seventy. About 7 years ago I went on a high Protein, low carb diet, joined a gym and exercised 6 days a week. I lost a whopping 90 lbs, of course along came a job change, a new roommate, a change in habits.... and I gained 110, imagine going to bed one night wearing a size 10 and waking up in the morning wearing a size 22. I know it didn't happen like that, but that's what it felt like happened. See yo yo dieting is real, the struggle is real, and the mind and body play tricks on you. Each time you lose and gain your metabolism slows, your mind tricks you into craving the sweet, the fatty, the salty. Your body wants more, and it stores more (fat that is). That's only part of my story, but you get the drift. I've gone through it, and that's why I am going through with it.

Night before 3 weeks of liquid! Sleeve surgery date set for Feb 10, 2014. I am feeling positive and nervous at the same time. Any good suggestions on how not to stray on the liquid diet?