Djmohr

Not sure from the title of your post whether or not you have GERD? If you do, the sleeve is likely not the best procedure for you. Check with your surgeon on this.

The sleeve can make GERD worse resulting in a revision to bypass. It is the reason i had bypass, I had my heart set on the sleeve and then was told it was not the best solution for my health issues.

I had my RNY over two years ago. I am 53. I had type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, severe gerd and worst of all stage 3 kidney disease. I also have psoriatic arthrits, Osteo arthritis and hypothyroid.

Within 3 months my diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and severe gerd were completely GONE. My kidney disease was in remission and liver function went back to normal. Within 12 months my sleep apnea was gone.

I was off all medications for those issues with the exception of my thyroid replacement and biologics for my Psoriatic arthritis.

I of course now take calcium citrate, a multi Vitamin, Vitamin D, Vitamin b1 and vitamin B12.< /p>

It is alot less expensive for me, I lost all of my excess weight and other than my lousy back, I feel fantastic. Years younger......prior to losing my weight i felt like I was dying every day.

Try not to worry, just educate yourself. Get on line, go to support groups, talk to those on forums like this. It will help you know everything you need to know to get healthy and stay healthy.

Best of luck to you!

@@sugarbear234

Malabsorption was very scary for me when i first started this journey mostly because I did not understand it. It is not a side effect, it is on purpose and it helps you with weight loss and maintenance. I am thrilled that I had RNY and have the malabsorption factor.

The most important thing is that you take your Vitamins as prescribed and have your nutritional panel done as prescribed. This makes sure that if you are malabsorbing Vitamins and minerals that they know and you can take a supplement.

I am over two years post op, get my blood checked once per year now. There was only 1 time that my blood work was abnormal and that was post op 6 months, i was low on thiamin. So now i take a B1 Vitamin everday. My blood work has been fine ever since.

Dont be afraid of malabsorption unless you are not a rule follower. They told me that some people stop getting their blood work done, dont follow instructions and then years later are in trouble.

If you follow the plan, it is nothing to be worried about.

Best of luck to you!

@@vita428

I started losing it fast at 8 weeks post op and it continued through month 13. that said, all the while i was losing, new hair was coming in. By month 15 post op i had sprouts everywhere. It drove me nuts.

Then before I new it, My hair was thicker than it was before.

I did take Biotin for the first year but i am not convinced it did anything.

The survey results are very scary. Will we ever get to a point where people begin to understand this disease?

Same is true of the medical profession. Having had to change insurance companies and states, I am no longer covered for bariatric services under my health insurance.

Every time I see a doctor, even my own general doctor, I have to come very prepared to question, challenge and educate them on my new digestive system. I have to fight every insurance bill that has anything to do with post op care. If my doctor uses the word bariatric in coding, I have to pay 100% out of pocket.

I am waiting for the day when things change but it really stinks that people do not understand this disease nor the proven cure for it.

Even from the pureed stage i was eating mexican style Proteins. Of course NO tortillas just the meat, veggies and cheese only.

the tortillas, even corn will slow down or stall weight loss. At least they did for me.

I am making Barbacoa beef in my instant pot tonight for dinner. Cannot wait!

@@kblanc

She is still on life support and they have been testing all day. When you need a transplant they want to make sure that there are not other diseases that you might have like cancer, heart disease...basically anything that might cause you to lose (waste) an organ that someone healthy would do better with.

So, today they have been running tests all day long. They did a heart catheterization as well as many other tests.

They are watching the pressures in her brain and we are hoping that they do not rise any more. If they do, they will have to put a monitor into her brain to monitor the pressures and that can cause bleeding issues.

When you are in liver failure, your blood does not clot so they want to avoid that if possible.

They are still saying that she is not stable and we are taking one hour at a time right now.

It is so weird because I knew this could happen but I did not realize how many people have lost their lives from acetaminophen overdoses. By the time they get symptoms it is too late to do anything about.

They think that she actually overdoses approximately 4 days before based on her billy ruben scores. She is very yellow. She didnt feel well but the night before she walked into the ER is when she really began to complain about feeling crappy. When she woke the next morning she had alot of pain in her gut. Apparantely this is when things started to get really bad, hours later she was down and incoherent.

Very very scary......I cannot tell you how many times I have taken more tylenol than I am supposed to trying to get rid of the pain in my back. Of course this and being so overweight was why my own kidneys got so bad.

My husband wanted to come home and throw out the bottle until i educated him. I literally went on line and read out loud about acetaminophen overdoses and how they can happen. He gets it now but is scared.

@@danaymacklin

Are you able to get close to goal on Water? That will help alot as well.

I had the opposite and still do. Plain Water or Water with a lemon in it works best for me. Also, room temp water especially first thing in the am before your new stomach wakes up.

I still drink room temp water today, it allows me to drink much more of it. I have a hard time with anything that is too cold.

Yes for the first few weeks it was like that. then a stall around week 3 and then it kicked back in.

Don't worry, it should taper off and slow down and when that happens you will wish you were back at the days when you would lose 1 to 2lbs per day.

If i could do things over again, I would better leverage the heck out of that first 6 months before hunger set back in for me. (Honeymoon period) I was pretty good at sticking to the plan but there were times where i would eat something that would stall me out or slow my weight loss.

I guess the good news is I did end up losing all of my excess weight, it just took me longer.

Best of luck to you and you are doing fantastic already!

Have your bowels been working up to this point? I know it took about 10 days before they did for me and that gas and bloating can be very painful.

Water intake does help with it but you might need laxatives.< /p>

I would not be afraid to call the doctors office.

Oh my!!! I hate that smell. Poor dog, poor Lisa and poor you!

On Sunday's we usually go to my 87 year old Father N Law's house to watch Packer football and spend some time with him.

Then we take him grocery shopping after the game. Yesterday while in the car, my brother N law calls to tell us that Jim's sister walked into the ER yesterday morning. She was feeling like crap for a couple of days and it was getting worse.

They took one look at her and knew she was in trouble. She suffers from chronic pain and takes alot of pain medication. We have been after her years because she takes too much and does not follow doctors orders.

Well, they quickly did some tests and determined she was in complete liver failure. When they did the toxicology tests, they determined she had massive amounts of acetaminophen in her system. To the point where they thought she tried to commit suicide.

She walked in at 11am, by 6:00pm she was no longer coherent and at 9pm last night they put her on life support. She is also a type 1 diabetic and was dealing with ketoacidosis, brain swelling and her kidneys had 0 output so they put her on dialysis. She was dark yellow and her face and body were swollen to the point where neither my husband and I did not recognize her. We only knew it was her because her husband was in the room. It was very scary and sad.

They gave her a 10% chance of making it through the night but said if she did, they would put her through the process to get a liver transplant. So today, they have a team of doctors assessing her to determine whether or not she will qualify.

We are currently taking it hour by hour at this point in time. I have to say I prayed last night as hard as one could not only for her but Dad, Brother and husband. All of them are in shock that taking too much acetaminophen can do this.

I do not know if they will approve her for a new liver or not or if her body could even survive the surgery at this point. Having chronic pain myself, I get why she took so much. You will do anything to get out of pain. I learned my lesson when i was told all the medications i was taking took a toll on my kidneys and ended up with stage 3 kidney disease. I have learned to deal with my pain in other ways, some days it works, some days not so much.

I read so much about people in chronic pain and see so much on forums regarding people taking more pain medication than they should.

A tylenol overdose can happen to anyone and i am here to tell you it is a horrible thing to have your liver failure. A team of doctors and administrators literally decide your fate. The decision is not as simple as "yes, i will do a transplant" - someone decides for you. We are praying that she gets through this and if she does, she will be able to follow the very strict instructions of living life after liver transplant. Following instructions on medications.

@@summerset

What is your deal? Challenge all you want, I responded to your questions. It is not necessary for me to argue with you. Clearly you have it all figured out.

Also not angry, just dont need to deal with rude people such as yourself or take over someone's post with nonsense.

I have used Almond flour for making a coating on chicken or fish but not until i was a year post op. I think you could use it much earlier than that.

I made my version of chicken parm using almond flour and parmesean cheese......

I never have used coconut flour but i have some in bought in my pantry. I was going to try baking something with it but honestly i just dont care much for sweets so I haven't. Its probably been in there over a year now.. LOL.

I have said this at least 1000 times. Weight loss surgery is 90% head game, 10% surgery......

I literally have to talk to myself before getting on the scale so my head is in the right game.

You need to post more! I literally find myself laughing out loud.

And.....I just came from the grocery store with my (geezer) father N law. Imagine an 87 year old in one of those motorized carts.

This really happened.....He plows into an entire table in the bakery section of cherry pies and they all crash to the ground. The worked comes out and starts cleaning up the mess. You would think said father n law would say something like "I am so sorry" but no....he says: "Got any more cherry pies, these ones are broken"

Really, true story!

@@Annieof2

I too have multiple medicine allergies and now that I have had bypass, nsaids are completely out of the question. I also have stage 3 kidney disease in addition so surgeons are careful with me when it comes to medications of any kind. I used to give myself shots of torridol as a rescue drug for Migraine and I can no longer use that either.

I don't think it is unreasonable given your allergies that you know the plan ahead of time. In fact, I would insist on it.

If it helps any, for me the bypass was not what I would call painful. There was discomfort. For the two days i was in hospital, they gave me liquid vicodin because I am allergy to percocet and NSAIDS were immediately off the table. I can take vicodin or even dilaudid if the pain is really severe but I honestly did not need it for this surgery. The only time they gave me that was in the recovery room when i woke up and my chest was hurting but once that was under control, that pain never came back.

I took liquid vicodin 3 times per day, then went home. I took it one more day and by day 4 i was on liquid Tylenol. That stuff is horrible to drink after having stomach surgery because I think it has alcohol in it. I found that simply avoiding all of it made me feel better. Any kind of pain reliever was actually more of a problem than what it was worth.

I used a heating pad and chewable gas x which helped with the gas pains when your bowels start working again. I walked the gas off that they use for surgery, honestly the pain medications did not help that discomfort anyway.

I do have a high tolerance for pain but I have seen many many many posters like me that just did not have a great amount of pain. The gas is the worst part and meds really dont help with that. Lots of Water, walking, heat and gas x is the only thing that helps.

Let me know if you have questions. I would be happy to help.

Sorry to say, never for me. I always have to be thinking about what I am eating, how fast i am eating it, how often i am eating.

In maintenance for me it has become even more critical because I am always concerned about regain. It is easy to do, 1 lb becomes 2, and before you know it you have gained 5....and so on.

Also, I might add that it always has to be discussed when going to the doctor and you need to be well educated. Most general doctors dont know enough about how those of us with different digestive systems need to be treated.

When I changed insurance companies my bariatric team is no longer covered so my general doctor had to take over completely and I have had to get information from my old team just to educate her enough to order the right tests and monitor my nutrition which is absolutely critical for a bypass patient.

You do get used to it, for me it is a whole new way of life and took hold almost before my surgery.

It just becomes the way that it is.

@@mrsNilla

Congratulations on getting your surgery!

@@LykaCory

The reason you are so nauseous is likely you are severly dehydrated. It can make you very sick and 12oz of Water is not nearly enough.

Call your doctors office, they can give you an IV of fluids and you will feel better. Also ask for zofran which will help with the nausea.

But, in the end you must must must get liquids in your body or the vicious circle will continue.

By the way, this is the #1 problem after gastric surgeries.

Best of luck to you!

@@Melanie89

See, trust me....it was not two pounds of fat. It was Water retention. Happens all the time and will continue to happen. It is just the way it works.

I would call your surgeons office again.

I do know that sometimes RNY patients need to take a step back and go more slowly. Other than that, I know some folks develop a stricture that can cause some of this.

Dont be afraid to call them as much as you need to.

Sorry you are feeling so badly.

@@LipstickLady

Ok, Now i am going to have to order that. Just looking at the picture made me happy happy happy!

Thank YOU!

My hair came back in thicker, curlier and much healthier as well. My stylist cannot believe how thick my hair is now.

@@khuuxo

I would be surprised if most people did not feel that way but the thing is, you have to be realistic. Not sure when your surgery was but when is the last time you lost this much weight this fast?

You are doing fantastic!!! Slow and steady wins the race.

I was a slow loser. It took me 18 months to lose all of my excess weight. I lost 152lbs. The first 100 came off over 9 months, then next 52 seemed like it took forever....another 9 months.

When i think about it now, it was sooooo fast! My brain did not even have enough time to catch up with my body.