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I'm don't think anyone but your doctor can say for sure. At each of my follow up appts I've been ahead of what he wanted. Tomorrow is my 6mo since surgery and I'm sitting at 98 lbs lost since dos. The weight loss will vary by each person! We really have to stop comparing our weight loss to other people. There's people on here who have by far been more successful than me. So I have to be really careful, otherwise I'd get really down on myself. 95 in 7 mo does not sound horrible. Be proud!

Congratulations and good luck!

@@anaxila you are doing so good! You are an inspiration girl☺

Follow up to my first reply, I had no expectations of an outcome after surgery. My mom and husband both did. They would say things like we won't know how to act when you get skinny. I thought I'd be the one that surgery didn't work for. So I never allowed myself to go there. So with every size I drop, every pound I lose, I'm thrilled and excited!

I was a very full 48H at surgery. I'm almost 6mo post op and am down to a 40ddd. And it's actually getting loose around and cups are getting gappy again. For me I'm loosing proportionally. So everything looks pretty even.

@@azsqwurl have you checked out this thread? http://BariatricPal.com/index.php?/topic/276681-How-about-some-NSVs!?!? How about some NSVs!?!?

I've drank bourbon straight up 3x now since surgery. It is very high in calories so one really needs to watch what they're doing where is concerned. My doctors thought on alcohol is to abstain because of a possible dependency.

Regrets? None. Now the day after surgery I kept saying, "what did I do, why did I do this!" I just had major surgery! I hurt, was thirsty and hated the hospital bed. Seriously, I have no lasting regrets! I'm expecting that on June 30, which is 6 mo post op, I will have lost 100 lbs. Crossing my fingers!! I can't relay how much better I feel. How much better I look! All the compliments I get! People telling me I'm skinny! It's crazy. And for the first time in forever I feel as if I have a future. I'm going to start barber school in August! I'm finally making something of myself and it's all because of this amazing surgery that has saved my life. Yes, saved my life! I was so dead before and I didn't even realize it. I had fooled myself soo much. DENIAL big time! My youngest daughter told her teacher after winter break, "my mom had surgery so she can live longer." I can't recommend this surgery enough.

@@BSU I second that your transformation is amazing! You truly look like a different person. Good for you, you look great :-)

Very good! I had a great recovery. Tiredness was an issue but around week 6 that went away. Before that though I couldn't make it through the day without a nap. Early on it was 2 naps. It's a big shock to the body. Food wise has been relatively great. Eating out is becoming easier. I've only gotten sick on food about a handful of times. It's because the food I ate was too dry. The only way we learn is through trial and error :-) At my 3mo check up I was ahead of his schedule for weight loss. I go back in a month and I think he'll be rather surprised again. I'm having great losses every week. I'd drive myself nutty if I weighed in every day! I've had no negatives. The only regret I have is not doing this when I was much younger. I feel that life is mine for the taking now!

I have uhc and received a very similar letter. I had surgery 12/30/14 bypass, because I had already met my out of pocket max for the year, I paid nothing for the surgery, surgeon, hospital or anesthesia! Good luck.

I've had it and it did just fine. Mind you I don't eat it every day. It's a handful at the movies and then no more :-)

Emotionally, I had some very bad emotional days. I still get them, but they are now mostly hormone driven. My hormones are very out of wack. But from what I've read from others, it won't last. Fatigue was a biggie for me in the beginning. At around 6 weeks it went away! I dealt with anxiety a great deal before surgery, it's still there. It really depends on what's going on in my life! Hope this helps.

My dinner was 1/2 johnsonville brat patty, 1tbsp ketchup, pickle slices and 2tbsp chocolate pb2.

Let us know how your treatment works. Good luck and thanks for the info!

That's disappointing! I'm sorry. I'm glad I'm asking then. It's always good to hear truth from actual patients!

I have uhc also. Did you have good results?