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There is a whole foum dedicated to it. https://www.bariatricpal.com/forum/394-band-to-gastric-sleeve-revisions/

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It sucks also because I either gain 5 pounds with my period or stall. So it made it seem like my weight loss was slower than it was. I had breakouts too. I went to get derm and got pills for those, they have helped so much. The pills also help with hair loss.

i took them for a week and could not function at all. They made me so sleepy. I was passing out in the middle of the afternoon. Between those and blood pressure meds, it would be basically zero life quality. Those meds are the main reason I picked surgery.

@kimberb The moisture content of food really matters. if it has a lot of sauce and a thin crust, it is basically a puree once you chew and pretty easy to eat a whole pizza. Not to mention anyone can eat a whole pizza with enough time. It is really a lot easier than people think.

I had a period every 2 weeks for about 14 months. It started with them moving up, then it was every 2 weeks, and with spotting in between.

I have the same issue but my Dr knows it is because of my weight loss. No meds.

I mean you can basically eat whatever you want. I know I can eat a whole large thin crust if I wanted. The crust crumble to mush like crackers and I know that pizza toppings are a slider for me. It might take me a few hours but I could totally do it. You made a mistake one time, learn from it and don't do it again. Losing weight after WLS is all about the food choices you make post op. You can easily eat around any surgery. If you just follow people on IG, I suggest you stop, unless you are look for what no to do. I follow a lot of people on Instagram, their diets are bad, they lose weight in the beginning just because they are healing but they never get to goal or even close and they end up yo-yo dieting and worse.

It depends on how tight it is. First I think compression is great on your stomach after surgery,it supports your stomach making it easier to move and helps work the C02 gas out faster. The only problem with shape wear is it makes it harder to eat and drink. That compression compresses right on your stomach and is leaves even less room in a very compact and swollen space. It just depends. if you have one of the full body version you can unzip down the front when you eat you might be okay.

I too had the dark neck. I had it so long I thought it was normal, but a Dr once told me it was a metabolic issue and because of my diabetes. When I lost weight it completely reversed and my neck is the same color as my chest, after being darker for at least 20 years. My "waist" was 66.5 before, I carried all most of my weight in my stomach and on top of the mucle, not below (which now I know is a really good thing). Currently my waist is 29 to 30.5 depending the day. I relieved a lot of my symptoms by low carbing off and on for over a decade but I could never lose enough weight to cure myself on my own.

I really like seeing someone switch doctors and take control of their healthcare. Medicine in America is a for profit business. If they can drag you through 6 months of visits and then do surgery when medical weight loss fails and they know it will fail. They get to double dio and milk your insurance. It is more cost effective for your insurance to get you to surgery as soon as possible. Congrats on the adoption. My grandparents adopted my mom in their 50s and I am so grateful they did. They had so much love to share. Older parents make wonderful parents. Thank you for adopting.

With the reflux RNY is your only option. Sleeve is not an option for you.

I eat my veggies as their own separate meal. They are usually my afternoon or after dinner "snack". I don't eat veggies with my meat because if I do either they take up too much space, or they make my dense protein not as dense and I am not full for as long. I think an unflavored protein powder could work with a stir fry but you could have to be really careful with the temp so it doesn't clump or curdle. One of the reasons I enjoy eating them alone is because I can eat them in a large quantity.

Men never admit they have small penises up front or say anything about their shortcomings when naked. Why should I handicap myself when men don't. I've never had a man be like oh girl let me warn you, I don't have a 6 pack! I don't disclose anything about loose skin and no one has ever commented on it once. I don't hide the fact I have lost weight, but men I date don't even ask me about it or care. They know I'm active. I've lost a lot of weight. Even though I look good in clothes, you can look at me and tell I used to be fat. The arms are a dead give away. They already know what they are getting into before I take my clothes off.

Less fat means more carbs, it isn't really worth lowering the fat for cloud bread. You really aren't getting that much of it per serving anyway.

@PatientEleventyBillion is right. It is like an umbrella term for a lot of things going wrong. It is just a blanket term for being fat is slowly killing you, although everyone with metabolic syndrome isn't fat most people are unless they have some seriously screwed genetics. That being said dropping weight completely reversed all my metabolic issues.

As long as you are hitting your protein and calorie goals. I mean some programs are going to say no to full fat dairy, but eating it is really up to you. I eat full fat cream cheese as a desert/snack. I haven't made cloud bread because I am too lazy to beat the egg whites, even with a mixer.

The answer to this is yes for the most part he is right. If you have hanging skin and it has fat in it, losing more weight isn't going to fix the skin. It is still going to hang and just be empty. Losing more weight won't fix the skin. However, if you still want to lose weight, it is better to wait until you have lost to the weight you want and then have surgery. Only because if you have surgery before and then lose more you will have more loose skin and want a revision. Unless the skin is causing you physical pain, it is better to wait until your weight has bottomed out and you have been at the same weight for a while.

@Megall9 I was 358 on the day of surgery. I'm really excited to see someone in my same range. I am wishing you lots of luck, you seem right on track.

Why did you increase your carbs? Glycogen in your liver and cells, creating water weight after coming off low carbing. That is your weight gain right there. Increase your protein and try to keep your carbs at 25, max 50. That is pretty easy to do. Meat and green veggies, that is all you should be eating, and the odd protein shake if you are running low on protein for the day.

@carlita42 Keep us up to date. I am wishing you a speedy recovery. Keep your spirits up.

I always thought I had a big head because I had trouble with hats and stuff, but I just had a fat head. I wear wigs post-op and now when I measure my head, I need a small cap wig, down from a large. I can wear a wig and a hat and still have room, and I had issues with just hats before. When you lose weight you lose it all over and it balances out. The one annoying thing is that you might lose more in one place at a certain point but then it will drop in the other places. The one thing that helped me accept my size and that I was no longer plus size was taking my measurements and comparing them to size charts online. I did it every week for months. It helped me accept that I was really not plus sized anymore. I also tried clothes on every week even if I didn't buy anything that helped a lot too. Still shopping plus size has a lot to do with comfort levels and what you are used to than body dysmorphia. It took me a ton of time and trial and error to find stores and brands I like now and I am still learning. I still see a fat person in the mirror because unlike you, I have a ton of loose skin. If I could have my loose skin removed today I would drop about 20 pounds easily. Just keep working on accepting your size, it takes time. And most people have no experience with it,so they don't understand. A large frame is a technical term, big boned is not and it is a myth and a lie. I have a large frame, I have long bony thin feet now, I wear a size 10, I have longer fingers and big hands alone with a wide shoulders and a big rib cage. I'm still not effing big boned. https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17182.htm I'm 5'5/5'6 and I have a 6.75/7 inch wrist (It used to be 8.75). That still isn't an excuse to be obese. It just means I can look smaller while weighing more.

@carlita42 I'm glad you called your surgeon and went to the ER. I would also ask why you need RNY to fix a leaked sleeve? Most of the time they just don't let you eat and the leaks heal on their own when you have a leak that early. Plus your stomach is gone, at this point it isn't RNY, it is a DS. Did you have a post-op swollow test in the hospital, a barium swallow test?

A healthy weight might sound skinny to yourself or to other people that already think you are small enough. Everyone I know thinks I am small enough. You can see my collar bones, they pop like crazy, all the veins in my neck (never had a fat neck anyway).I wear a 10, sometimes an 8 and I have an hourglass figure. It looks really good, but a healthier weight would be a better weight. I had like an hour long conversation with a friend of mine the other day that thinks I am small enough and losing another 30 pounds is unnecessary and ridiculous. When people look at my they don't think I weight around 190 pounds, I look like I weigh probably 160/170, because I have more muscle than most from years of obesity. I'm literally 1/2 the person I used to be. I get why it seems like I am small enough to them. I however know the difference that carrying a few extra pounds can make in how you feel and I don't want to carry any extra weight. Plus is I ever get injured and can't be active I am so close to 200, that I could be right back over 200 in a couple months of bad choices and I never want to see that 2 on a scale again. Your goal is your goal, no one else has to live in your body but you. I do understand how people telling you are skinny can make you feel, but you have to do what is best for you. I am very conscious of the fact a lot of people develop eating disorders and body dysmorphia after surgery so I do pay attention to what some of my health conscious thin friends say just in case I am getting off track, but I'm not interested in the opinions of fat people, they are too skewed.

I didn't have problems. I just stopped taking chewables and took a gel cap vitamin that I like.