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I'm glad your Angels woke you up. Speedy recovery. I think pre-op people totally need to read this. Everyone needs to go into surgery eyes open. Anything can happen to any of us.

Nope. I was not emotionally ready. I had it at the perfect time for me.

The Duke study also states that the majority of people with GERD after SG, had it before. They also treated bypass people with GERD. This is why people with pre-existing GERD should not have the sleeve. And people prone to hiatal hernias. They list hiatal hernias has an often missed cause of GERD in sleeve patients. Still even in their study where they are purposely looking for patients with GERD for their clinical trial the percentage of patients with GERD is around 10%. The normal general population has 20% GERD. Duke study https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://web.duke.edu/surgery/2015BariatricMasters/session6_gerd_after_sleeve_torquati.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwim1d-5y_3TAhVF22MKHbytDg4QFghLMAU&usg=AFQjCNES3qOax4_1R4VNXW-1Ps14pvmYbg&sig2=9PCWYL8slSYotO2tMexN9w Gen pop GERD stats http://www.healthline.com/health/gerd/facts-statistics-infographic It is still a rare complication with a lesson common occurrence than people who have never had a sleeve.

Completely off topic but I keep finding guys that are really proud of their omelette skills. Like they can t wait to make you an omelette. Is that supposed to be the male end all be all of breakfast? ??? they are so excited it's adorable.

I knew the risks. It was worth rolling the dice on GERD not to have my intestines touched. If RNY was my only option I would have never had surgery. I wanted to do something serious and long term for a long time and neither the lap and or bypass appealed to me. It sounds like OP has a good doctor and a good course of treatment. This just reminds me not to take my good health for granted and to stay diligent on my follow ups. My friend has a hiatal hernia and GERD and a stomach full of ulcers, never had any kind of surgery let alone WLS surgery. While having surgery increaes your risks, normal people have these issues. I feel really bad for band revision people. They seem to have more complications than anyone else no matter what surgery they pick, sleeve or bypass. The band really messed a lot of people up, I don't understand how it is still on the market and how there has not been a class action lawsuit.

Dude, don't date a packers fan. You are better than that.

I do eat other cheese like cheddar. Provolone, Mexican queso and lots of others. I just don't buy it often and it always goes bad before I can finish it.

When are they going to fix the hernia? I hope you are better soon. Late term complications terrify me. Did you have this hernia or before the sleeve?

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If your friend isn't smart enough to know the Dr is trying to sell her something you can't really help her. If she was really your friend she would know you have her best interests at heart. Also this Dr is slick as he'll. He left out the reason that most people don't have excess skin is they never lose to a healthy weight. If people hit the average WLS success of 50% of excess weight they won't have loose skin. It sucks someone is out here setting unrealistic expectations like that but from reading forums it seems more typical than we want to believe. Just be kind and helpful where you can and let her draw her conclusions.

I know their are lots of scammers but I have been at this off and on for a while. I'm not willing to get cussed out and called all kinds of names for saying no, thank you. I tried responding to everyone saying no and it was horrible. You might appreciate a polite no thank you but most men don't. You go from beautiful to ugly and stuck up in 5 seconds. Also 90% of the messages are "hey beautiful", "you are pretty", those don't even deserve a response. Those are random compliments, and they flood my inbox so much its hard to even find the legit messages. If they actually say something that means they read my profile I respond because at least those guys are witty. That is why I switched to Tinder only. The only guys that can message me are ones I am interested in and I respond to each one. I will never use another online site where just anyone can message me ever again. You get way too many messages also that way. I could never keep up. My phone would die in an hour and I'd have to keep it on the charger and sometimes switch to the wired charger because the wireless could keep up. I don't give out my real number I have a couple virtual numbers. My Google number I use for other stuff and I made the mistake of giving it to that guy. He still randomly texts that number from various fake numbers even though I clearly told him I was not interested and exactly why, right after we met for coffee (he was late, he asked to meet for coffee during dinner hours, he didn't even offer to buy me a bottle of water, I had my own coffee because he was late getting there, then he sat in a coffee shop didn't order anything like it isn't a place of business). Everyone has a different online dating experience. It has been very positive for me. Just because someone doesn't behave how you expected doesn't mean they are being malicious. And even if they are being malicious that is their problem not yours, normal well adjusted people don't strive to hurt other people's feelings.

For selfies, go to you tube and search how to look good in selfies. Then practice. It is really all practice. For family pics find a pro like someone else suggested.

I wear shapewear like Maidenform and Miraclesuit. Spanx is trash imo. Little hold, high price.

When you reply you aren't interested they either tell you off or argue with you. It is safer to just not respond. I told several guys I wasn't interested because they had small children and they tried to convince me it wouldn't be an issue. I don't even want to date a dude with a cat let alone a kid. Not interested. Nothing wrong with it but "It's a no from me, dawg". I met a dude for coffee over a year ago, told him I wasn't interested and he is still randomly calling and text me from different numbers. It is better to say nothing and block them than take the chance on gaining their wrath. Men have no idea how dangerous dating is for women.

Why not Chicago or Springfield?

In one of the videos on the Blossom Bariatric YouTube they talked about a person that ate a 6 or a 12 inch sub as soon as they were discharged. There isn't enough variation in sleeves to account for how some people eat. Some of it is high pain tolerance, some of it is just stretching a meal over some time, and some of it is just flat out food addiction. I have a lot of restriction but I can eat a lot, if I want to. You learn how to eat around your sleeve I just choose not to.

I have a portable scale I keep in my purse. sometimes if I can get away with it without people noticing I weigh things. The thing about restaurants is they have to portion control for profits, so if you ask them they can tell you hour many ounces something is. I ask questions all the time and I just make sure I tip well. Also if you can look menus up online you can get the portions.

Do you play Warcraft or any online games? You could make friends like that and meet someone

I know where I live women in my age group with no kids are rare, but seriously I can't be all that special. I've dated 2 College Professors, several business men (one owns a chain of sports bars locally), and a couple attorneys. All varying levels of fun. I met them all on Tinder. All of their credentials verified, none were frauds or creeps. Tinder has more confident people since it is all picture based and it has more "real" people since you have to link it to facebook. I'm sure there are lots of people looking for hookups but I haven't came across them, they are pretty easy to weed out just swiping left or right on first impression. You can tell a dude that is just looking for some. POF is full of losers. I've never done Match, I'm not looking to get married and guys on Match or more serious. e harmony just seems lame. Tinder has the most men, because you don't really have to make a profile, so it makes sense to go there. Thanks to OKPirate for that tip. Compliments don't get my attention that much, because men always compliment. I like the guys that read my profile, understand what kind of music I like. And ask me out. I'm not will to text or have long drawn out conversations on an app. If they don't have time to go out soon, then it is just a waste of time. That is another quick and easy way to weed out who is serious. If they aren't asking about your availability they are probably married and bored or involved and just looking for someone to talk to while they are at work. A guy with a successful career doesn't have time to chat you up on an app for hours. I want to use the internet as a fast track to meeting people, not for actual online dating. I'm not trying to end up on Catfish.

High quality men are rare in most areas of the country due to a bad economy and increased drug use. So an employed educated man is highly sought after. They have the advantage in dating. Plus just sheer numbers, women out number men, men have their pick. Also if you are really 6 feet tall, you have it made, women will put up with a lot from a tall man.

You need to meet someone in person, that has similar interests so they can get to know you as a person. If you are really shy have someone set you up. Men have the advantage in dating, when you realize that, your dating life will improve vastly.

Hmm.. I dunno. I am just going to share my experience. I don't follow a regular exercise program, mainly because high intensity exercises stress my body out and it clings to weight. I do walk daily, I do yoga randomly, and I do weights and squats randomly. I don't follow any formal exercise. My chart estimates for 24 months post-op... I am 22 months as of yesterday. I was 208 exactly on my 15 month anniversary. So I was in the top 20% of sleeve losers at month 15 not month 24. So far I have exceed all goals. I think for me the biggest thing is my sleeve prevents me from feeling deprived. I was a low carber to control my diabetes long before surgery so eating low carb isn't some punishment to me. Low carb was a life saver for me that prevented me from going on insulin. The fact I can low carb now, without feeling deprived and feeling full seems like a miracle and a blessing I am grateful for every day. People that feel like they are deprived from things they love seem to really struggle all the time with making the correct food choices. I don't have that issue. Making the right food choices is easy and very natural for me. I'm going to start some kind of formal exercise program soon in addition to my walking because I really want to lose another 20 pounds and it isn't going to happen with any speed without me trying a little harder So I am going to try exercising because my food isn't an issue. I might find that I have bottomed out and my body just doesn't wan to lose anymore, I haven't weighed this weight in about 24 years so my body might just think this is good enough. My opinion is exercise is necessary for fitness and overall health, and long term weight maintenance but not necessary for weight loss. If vigorous exercise makes you hungry, it is counter productive to losing weight. Here is something else interesting about that calculator. This is the 12 month prediction... This is the 18 month prediction... Notice that between months 18 and 24 they expect you start regaining, you bottom out at 18 and start bouncing up. I have lost about 5 pounds since month 18 (and a dress size), no regain. My observation from reading this and other forums, is this is pretty accurate. Most people that had surgery when I did are regaining and struggling with food. I'm still losing, slowly with little effort. I have been kind of doing maintenance calories for a while because I wanted a break but I still ended up losing That was a long post just to say I think your attitude about your post-op diet has the biggest effect on your success rate. Weighing and tracking everything you eat would be number 2.

At first I did walking, it wasn't even emotional eating, just boredom. Its a non issue now. Before I had surgery I removed all the high stress people and situation from life since since it has been

I'm almost 2 years out, if I eat 5 wings I am stuffed for hours, and I mean 5 like drummettes, and I don't even clean them. There is no way I could eat that and Pizza. AT 3 MONTHS?!?!?!?