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I did the same at work and was lucky to receive nothing but support and compliments. I wish the same for you! Sent from my HTC One M9 using the BariatricPal App

@@lhorenblas - I am in DFW area. I had bypass 11 months ago (not sleeve) but happy to help as much as I can. Feel free to PM me but definitely hang around this site. There is a lot if great info here. And most of us had the "what have I done" feeling early on so don't panic. It is a totally normal feeling. Hang in there! Sent from my HTC One M9 using the BariatricPal App

@@lhorenblas - I am in DFW area. I had bypass 11 months ago (not sleeve) but happy to help as much as I can. Feel free to PM me but definitely hang around this site. There is a lot if great info here. And most of us had the "what have I done" feeling early on so don't panic. It is a totally normal feeling. Hang in there! Sent from my HTC One M9 using the BariatricPal App

@@LisaMergs - Congrats! I am looking forward (well sort of) to hauling mulch myself this year. I did it a few years ago and seriously nearly passed out many times. And had to do it over several days (it was about 50 bags). Hoping it will be much easier this time around! Mowing the lawn certainly is!

I don't think those patients go through insurance for the WLS and barely any insurance covers skin removal so there would be no need to go through insurance if they don't cover it. (Most folks on this board do plastics as self-pay.) And yes, I think the production (or someone) pays for this. One of them said on one I was watching today that "Dr. Now put us up in an apartment". Unlikely that it was Dr. Now himself but it appears to be the same apartment that many of these patients go to. I don't think I have seen one yet that actually lived in Houston, TX where the show was filmed (before coming to Dr. Now that is). I could be wrong, but it appears many of these folks (if they have insurance) are on medicare,, medicade and/or on disability.

I did not use Dr. Nick but had a friend who did with same route as you. He is an excellent surgeon; HOWEVER, just because you do not HAVE to go through nutrition and therapy, you really should do it. My friend did not - successfully lost about 30 pounds in the first 4 or 5 months and then that was it and she has been eating normal foods since then and of course no loss (and she is about 13 months out). I strongly encourage you to seek out all the resources that go with the surgery. This isn't like getting your gallbladder (or other body part) removed. It is something that helps you but is only a tool (as you will read here many times) and without the other tools, you are less likely to succeed. Just my 2 cents....

Well, I think I must have been wearing the wrong size pre-op because I was a 46C but now that the band size has gone down, the cup size has gone up. The girls have definitely gotten smaller and longer, and I have to "stuff" the bra to try and fill in the gapping / loss of volume at the top but going down in cup size (or even different types of bras) does not work. I am now in a 36DD.

Congrats!!

There is an ad on this site for Insure Nutrition. I haven't used them but I believe some on here have. You might contact them and see what help they can offer.

@@Babbs - I did notice that and wondered exactly what he meant.

@@CharlotteKat - Interesting information. Sorry you are going through this though. Hope this all clears your problem quickly!!

I think I tried to do 4 ounces at a time only for maybe twice a day? If you are drinking it really slowly, any more than 4 ounces gets cold (and it would take me 30 minutes to an hour to get down those 4 ounces).

That is what I was going to say @@Inner Surfer Girl - we aren't talking about cosmetic procedures (just look at the stitches he does - nothing cosmetic or pretty about that!). Looks like Dr. Now agrees to do some on people with very serious skin (as you say in the form of masses) so that they can be more active. It's not like a tummy tuck or arm lift - at least not the early stages he is talking about.

It seems to be different for everyone. Sometimes I get hiccups. Sometimes I burp. Sometimes I get a runny nose. But mostly I just try to stop when I start to feel a little pressure just below my breasts. NOT sharp pain (that is too far). Just a tiny bit of pressure. I too had complications early on (stricture), so I progressed with foods slower as you did @@Mrs. Lincoln so I understand the hesitancy. Best thing you can do is measure it out and stick to the 30 minute max rule. In the beginning, I stopped after 20 minutes. You will learn. I promise. it just takes time to understand the new feelings (and frankly a little trial and error of going too far will keep you from doin it in the future - sometimes - I did it again just last week and I am 11 months post-op....)

@@shamale - Pain meds can often make you nauseous (even non-WLS patients). Couple of suggestions - make sure you have a little Protein shake (or whatever food you are allowed to consume) and maybe try only taking 1/2 the dose? You can even take 1/2 the dose with a small dose of children's liquid Tylenol. (ONLY do this if you only take 1/2 of the Norco dose as Norco also has Tylenol in it and you don't want too much Tylenol). If that still makes you nauseas, ask your dr to prescribe Zofran (sublinqual so it melts under your tongue) and you can take the Zofran with or slightly before the pain med to prevent the nausea. If all of that doesn't work, you can try different pain meds like Tramadol (not near as strong though). Good luck! Don't be afraid to call the dr if you need to!

@@cal2okl - Glad my post gave you hope. 57 pounds in 7 months is really good! Also note that I am considerably taller (5'10") and had bypass (instead of sleeve - and bypass patients sometimes lose a little faster). I promise it will all add up! Just stay on task and keep your eye on the prize!

@@NikkiDoc - that is actually a pretty good idea! That is what I do when I get a diet soda (yea, yea, I know....) A few sips to satisfy then I throw it in the trash.

@@Beck90 - Aren't you so glad you started this topic? I certainly am! It makes me feel less guilty about occasionally choosing carbonation (and straws...) Personally I stick with iced tea (unsweet) most of the time which may also be a no-no given the caffeine but it is the only caffeine I have all day, so I justify it.... But there is nothing like that occasional first sip of those ice cold bubbles!

Ok, one more question for you maintainers (or really anyone I suppose) - Do you look at your micronutrients by each meal or over the whole day or maybe even over a week (a la Weight Watchers for example)? I mean I know I need to keep carbs in check and sugars low by food, but for example, are you diligent to make sure each and every meal is less carb than Protein or do you look at the end of the day to just make sure you got less carb than protein for the whole day? I strive for the first but often end up making sure it balances out for the day. And as for my question about the week - for example do you occasionally go over your typical calorie limit one day but just make sure you are under your limit the next day or so to even it out to an average of your total calorie limit? (I know some of you don't track and find this to be laborious. I would like to think I would get there one day, but for now, it is the tracking that keeps me on track so to speak. )

@@Inner Surfer Girl - I thought the skin removal obsession/talk was a bit odd. I hadn't heard that before. It had to be production. I was happy to hear about the Protein as we certainly haven't heard that before either and I was so surprised that Laura clearly didn't know that. Do they really not send these people to therapy or nutritionist? Having said that, I was so happy to see Marla come around in the end. I also thought it was nice that she called Dr. Now and thanked him. (Again, likely at the behest of production, but still it was a nice feel good moment.)

Good luck! Let us know how you are doing when you can!

This sounds wonderful!

@@Beck90 - Did you see this post? http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/367575-dont-shoot-the-messenger-carbonated-drinks/ ? Just thought it was timely and a pretty good explanation - at least as good as I have seen. I know some people (non-WLS) say diet sodas are evil and blame the artificial sweetener; however, the NUTs all approve Protein shakes which contain artificial sweeteners. The difference being (I suppose) that at least Protein drinks do include some nutritional values and diet sodas don't. I am a rule follower yet still want to know "why". So maybe I am a follower of rules that make good sense to me. Not necessarily the best example for a WLS patient (but I wanted to say I know where you are coming from). I will also say that a lot of my thoughts and worries pre-op changed and became non-issues once I was post-op.

Hmmm - that is strange. I too eat carrots without issue. I have not tried celery yet (though I have oddly craved it); however, I am able to eat apples even with the skin which gives some people issues. Are you sure you chewed them well enough? The only reason I ask is that I had a similar experience after eating peanuts at about 3 months out and didn't chew well. Additionally it turned out I had a stricture (scar tissue over the stomach opening) and a very small piece of peanut got stuck. Ugh, it was awful. It took several more days of throwing up everything before we figured it out and then had the balloon dilation to stretch the opening. No issues with peanuts now.

Agree there are so very many. I think my 2 favorites are - 1) the ability to sit on the floor and then able to stand up so easily without getting on all fours and making ridiculous grunting noises getting up and 2) Went to a park recently with the nephews and I got in a swing. I smiled from ear to ear. I have no idea how long it has been since my big ol' bootie was able to actually fit in a swing. It was quite freeing to swing like a little kid again!