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Welcome James! Congratulations on making the decision to get healthy. It has been the best decision of my life. I am thankful every day for my new found health. What's even more crazy is seven months ago I could barely get up a flight of stairs without feeling like I was going to Kiel over. Now I literally run up the stairs, jog, walk for miles and use my elliptical. I would liken it to learning to walk all over again. It is very exciting to experience life in a whole new way. I wish you all the best!

@@cpower100, I am sorry to hear you are in so much pain. Please call your nurse for help with that. Do they know why your blood pressure is so low? For me heat packs helped with the pain in my tummy. I used them the entire time I was in bed or sitting in a chair. They really do help and they gave them to me at the hospital. I wish you a safe and speedy recovery! You will start to feel a little better every day. Good luck to you!

Honestly I don't think I ever had it either. I may have been close once or twice because I would get nauseous, hot and I would begin dry heaving. As you said that was in the first couple months. Now I am 7 months post op and I have definitely tested it. I have had sugar, and enough to make me sick but I simply have not gotten sick. I have been told that it could come on later but I don't know if that is true.

@@sonandonubes, I am so sorry to hear you are feeling so bad. Please call for help immediately. Liquor actually makes depression worse and probably is not helping your weight loss either. Please go talk to someone at your local hospital right away. Call 911. I really hope you start to feel better soon. God bless you....

@@kaseyw0od, that time will go fast! Be good to your tummy in the meantime so you are ready in 2 weeks. You are going to be soooo happy. Good luck to you!

Yeah! I remember the phase and the feeling that I would never get to chew anything just wait until you hit the soft food stage! It is like heaven!

I had the bypass in September. I hAve been taking Biotin since the beginning and I get more than my daily goal of Protein. In fact my 6 months labs came back and everything was in normal range. Biotin helps with regrowth it does NOT stop your hair from falling out. I have lost 3/4 of my hair volume so far and am still losing everyday. Both my surgeon and dermatologist have told me that the only thing that stops this is reaching my body's goal. When the weight loss slows so will the hair loss. Then it will start to come back in. Good products and a shorter haircut have helped. Also it just thins, it does not come out in Patches. I look at it this way, when I get to my goal, I will get some of it back. I would rather be thin and alive vs. thick and dead. Besides I can wear a wig if it gets too bad. Wig shopping would be a lot of fun!

This is truly the toughest to deal with because you know that a surgical intervention would definitely help and prolong her life. For me it took another crappy health diagnosis of stage 3 kidney disease but it was in fact that specialist who told me I was looking at dialysis and an early death. He asked me one simple question: have you ever considered weight loss surgery? That was what it took for me to immediately begin working down this path. I would say I felt absolutely miserable at this stage and probably could have died from a heart attack at any time.bthank goodness my heart was actually still in good shape. I was absolutely ready and it worked for me. I know as everyone else that if a family member had brought up this idea I would have done the exact opposite. All you can do is be supportive and hope she gets ready before it is too late. God bless you and your family.

I was so sick with gallstones after having a 75lb weight loss many years ago. In fact it was so long ago that I had an open surgery to remove it vs. a laporascopic surgery. Anyway, I immediately felt better and I do mean immediately. I have never regretted it. Now of course this was before my bypass surgery so I cannot speak for that nor have I heard that it is more risky. Honestly because mine was removed I have not paid much attention to the risks. Maybe someone else can answer that for you. Good luck and don't be afraid. You will feel better!

Here is the thing, you just had a very major surgery. On to Of that it is very difficult to get all your fluids and Protein in the first couple of weeks. You are going to be drained of energy those first couple of weeks. Just take it one day at a time and do your best to stay hydrated. I promise this will get better. For now, you need to listen to your body. It is going through enormous changes. Be good to yourself and good luck! It will get better!

In the beginning I simply would crush then or cut the in half. You only take one at a time in the beginning. At about 8 weeks post op I was told I was healed and could swallow them whole, so I started doing that and no proble. There is only one pill that ever gave me trouble and it is my Calcium citrate. That pill is pretty bid in even though it is the smaller version. I have to make sure I take it with quite a bit of Water. Once I swallowed it and it seemed to go down sideways and dry and that did make me vomit.

Hi Lena & welcome! I had my surgery at the end of September and I am down 96lbs. I have about 50 more to go. I had gastric bypass and my only regret is that I didn't do it 15 years ago!

Welcome! Congratulations on making a decision to get healthier. It will be a long road ahead but it sounds like you are already making changes to improve your love fey to get ready for surgery. Every change you make is well worth it! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

For me I was and am very focused on good quality Proteins and veggies. My favorite is chicken. It needs to be cooked to just done, do not over cook it or it will be dry. Dry anything does not go down well. I made chicken cacciatore, chicken souvlaki, chicken with cream of mushroom soup, BBQ chicken, chicken vegetable soup, chicken salad on a cracker. I also was able to eat ground beef almost right away and there is so much you can do with it. I always have one or two veggies with my meals and skip the starches. I treat myself to starches maybe once or twice a week. The rule I was taught by my nut was 2 bites of Protein to 1 bite of vegetables or fruit. In the very beginning you need to start with canned fruits which are soft, wet and mushy. I am 7 months post op now and finally able to eat more raw vegetables. I love salad these days with protein added on top. This is my new best meal.

I had the most fabulous salad tonight from Redstone Grill. It was the Thai grilled chicken salad with honey lime vinegarrete dressing. It had romaine, carrots sticks, jicama, grilled chicken. Tortilla strips 200 calories 23 Grams Protein 4 grams fat 12 grams of sugar (this could have been better) We are staying in a hotel and I really wanted a good salad. This fit the bill. I could only eat about 1/4 of it. It was huge! If I had been home I would have pulled out what I knew I would eat and saved the rest.

This is completely normal. For me it was about 10 days. If you are drinking a lot of Protein currently that can actually make you constipated. You are more likely not eating much at this point which is causing this. If it doesn't resolve, give your doctors office a call and they will recommend something. I would not take anything until they tell you it is ok. Good luck!

I am motivated by the way I feel everyday now, especially after a good work out. It still amazes me how crappy I used to feel and never realized I could get my health back. Never feeling like that again motivates me. I am motivated by my husband. We share laundry responsibilities and he tells me that it is so weird and quite funny to fold my jeans. He says they are so tiny! I went from a size 26 to a size 14/16. I am looking forward to smaller sizes in the future because I love his reaction. I am motivated by my Father N Law who tells me how pretty I look. He swears I lose more weight every time I see him. Not really the case as I see him about every two days now. I am mostly motivated by my children and grandchildren. I know that every lifestyle change I made, I have done it to remain here for them much longer than my Mom did. She passed away at 66 from complications of type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea. These were results of letting her Rheumatoid Arthritis get the best of her. When she gave up, the pounds came on fast. She developed type 2 diabetes, lost her toe, then a toe on her other foot, then her foot and then a leg. this disease really takes a toll on folks that cannot get around as easy. She saw no path to better health and paid the ultimate price. I am completely motivated by what happened to her and how it makes me feel as her daughter. She should still be here today. I never want my children to feel the way that I do! That is my motivation!

How absolutely frustrating! I would make sure your PCP is aware that this has happened in their office. If your insurance denies you because of it, they are going to have a lot more work to do to appeal. Unbelievable!

I am seven months post op and doing great. I still have one Protein shake which has 30 grams of protein every morning. I get the rest of my protein from my meals and Snacks. My nut is perfectly satisfied with the fact that I still get some protein from a shake.

I am 7 months post op and I can tell you it is still trial and error. Some days eating is a pleasure and others it is a struggle. If you choose slider foods which is easy to do, you find yourself hungry more often. If you stick to good Proteins and good carbs you feel fuller longer. I do great on my meals but I still have one premier Protein drink that has 30 grams every morning religiously. It helps me get kick started on my protein intake for the day and I never and I mean never miss my protein goal.

Way to go!

Yup, you are dehydrated. You need to make sure you are getting tons of fluids or your head will hurt and you will become more lethargic. Now, I will say that by day 8 my brain was just not working as well as it should be. By then I was tired of Protein shakes and living on chicken broth. I found that I was so tired of the taste of the Protein Shakes that instead of drinking 4 to 5 a day, I was only drinking 2 and then lots of chicken broth. I think that was why my brain was not as sharp.

I would not assume that your 6 month supervised diet will be waived. You need to check with your insurance company what their requirements are. They will be the ones that hold you accountable to their requirements. For example my insurance required a 6 month supervised diet, that I use a bariatric center of excellence, that I have a BMI above 40 or 35 with comorbitities. I actually had a life threatening illness and was told it did not matter, I had to go through the process. Now, some insurance companies don't have any supervised diet so it all depends on yours. My insurance covered 100 percent because I had met my deductible for the year. I just paid all the co-pays for all the Drs. Appointments until I met my yearly deductible. Good luck!

Just keep that Water bottle in your hand at all times and keep sipping like crazy. Also watered down apple juice and good chicken broth. These things will help on the energy front as well. You do have to be a little realistic, you really have no idea if you are going to have issues with drinking and eating or not, you won't know until post surgery and then you will have to make the call. You definitely do not want to cause yourself a trip to the ER. Are you flying?ni was not allowed to fly in the first 30 days. They were worried about blood clots.

I promise the loss will come. Just keep focused on liquids and Protein and follow the plan your doctor gave you. It was probably 2 weeks before I started dropping and then it came very fast. Now seven months later I fight for every single pound.