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You can still use Tylenol after rny. It's just NSAIDS you won't be able to use and honestly a lot of the pain that you would need to take pain meds for will go away as you lose weight. My Migraines were near daily events pre op and now it's down to a couple a month around the time my period shows up. My constant joint pain is gone and except for fevers, I don't even take Tylenol. The surgery will take away a lot of your discomfort and dependence on these things to get you through. It really depends on what you are comfortable with and what will be the best tool for you to lose weight and live the life you want to live. For me, rny was the way to go and if you have a substantial amount of weight to lose, you don't want to have to go back under the knife for revisions down the road. I wanted one and done and I am so glad I chose rny. It really helped me get to the cause of my obesity which was sugar addiction. By taking that variable out, I was able to get my mind around what I needed to do.

Just give it time, and keep trying things every once in awhile. For about the first year, I couldn't eat any kind of chicken or pork. I still can't eat pork, but I've improved over time to be able to eat chicken in certain preparations, but still not in all the ways i used to. It takes awhile for your body to learn to process Foods differently. In general, if something bothers you, wait a month or two and then try it again. Try it with a sauce, a marinade, or another preparation and see if it handles better.

There's not a whole lot you can do. There are a lot of factors on the battle of the skin. How many stretch marks are on your skin, age, how many children a person has had, how fast they gained the weight and held on to it to begin with. For me, my whole childhood into adulthood I was morbidly obese and I've had 7 kids and stretch marks on my stretch marks. My skin is horrific. My doctor says I am carrying around about 30lbs of excess skin. It bothers me immensely, it makes finding clothes that don't show it harder, but I've put a lot of time in both trying to shape muscle under the skin for support and a lot of money in buying compression undergarments that minimize the appearance on the outside. The only thing I haven't found is some way to hide my bat wings now that it's tank top season. They are a true embarrassment for me having gone from well over 429lbs down to 190 now. I just cannot afford skin removal and I lost my insurance so I'm pretty much just trying to conceal and not reveal. Don't let the skin hold you back though. Even knowing that I have all this hanging skin, I would still do it in a heartbeat.

Drink more Water. It sounds like your body is in survival mode and trying to hold as much as it can to keep you alive. Drink drink drink and wait for the pee pee pee when it decides it's ok not to hold on to it anymore. [emoji23]

Your body will go through stalls over time to sort of rest up and give you time to mentally catch up. If the stall goes on a long time, try mixing things up. Add more Protein or more fat to your diet or change up your exercise routine. Anything that is different can break a stall and bring on weight loss. Also you are reaching the point where your loss will slow down. You won't have the big jumps anymore, but you will have a slower more predictable loss like someone on a conventional diet would. I'm a yr and a half out now and my weight loss is like 2lbs a month if that. I'm not cheating my heart out, but things slow down the further out you get and you still have to stay on top of it.

Good luck on your surgery and congratulations to the start of your brand new life!

I eat popcorn. For me, it is a super filler, and on days when I'm exercising extra hard, I need more carbs in my day so I will eat popcorn and I do fine. No adverse reactions except that I might not be hungry for the rest of the day if I eat it, so I may be forcing down Protein Shakes to get my minimum in.

I was lactose intolerant after surgery and for the first like 4 mo the or so. You can either attempt to use lactase tablets until it gets better, or You can try a non lactose form of Protein like Vega protein. It is a vegan protein as well. They carry it on Amazon in a 4pk. The chocolate is pretty good and contains no lactose. I didn't know about Vega when I was going through it so I basically lived off of Syntrax which was easier to digest and my NUT advanced me to puréed eggs early on so I could get more protein.

I haven't updated pics in awhile so....gonna do that now.

To answer the question when will you feel better, it's hard to say. For me, I had the foaming thing once and it was because I was not sipping my Water constantly like I was told to, and when I got to carrying around my water bottle everywhere and sipping as I went, that went away. I still carry my water bottle everywhere I go. I'd be useless without it.

Did you have the sleeve or Rny? For RNY that would be way too much for 5wks out. I wasn't eating more than 1/4c of anything for the first 6 months. Regardless of which surgery, eating fast is not your friend. It compromises your new stomach and can lead to overeating down the road. Take small bites and chew them thoroughly even when it's mushy foods. Take the time to taste it all and take a full minute between bites. That's the recipe for long term success.

Congratulations on the start of your journey. The surgery itself without complications is a walk in the park compared to a csection, BUT the NUT is right in that there is another form of hell you have to go through. The surgery changes the size of your stomach, but not your brain and those first few days a i so badly wanted to lick food just for the taste. It was so hard and I had no real support at home so it was very hard. If it wasn't for all the cautionary tales my NUT had given me, I wouldn't know just how "normal" all this was and got through it knowing it was just temporary.

17 months out and closing in on my personal goal! From 429lbs down to 197lb.

I don't want to run out and spend a lot on clothing until I reach goal weight. The goodwill and thrift stores in my area are lackluster . Since am a stay at home mom I don't need anything dressy except for church . Any ideas?

I was think about maybe Sams club? I have a Target near by but the plus size section is nonexistent .

What did you do ?

Zulily became a good friend of mine for cheap and decent looking clothing to get me through my many MANY size changes. I started my journey in a size 32w/34w that were TIGHT and as of now am a 10/12, so there have been lots of changes. Also, try the clearance sections of stores because there are often decent deals to be had on returned clothing. Now that I am where I consider to probably be my end goal or close, I'm putting more money into buying a forever wardrobe. Which is soooo much fun! [emoji16]

My advice is to just take it slow and I wouldn't worry too much about making recipes or anything because you will be eating so little that even a meal will take days to eat. My NUT gave me a basic list to follow when I as in the puréed stage so if you have one, follow it, otherwise, refried Beans, cottage cheese, and soft eggs were my main staples. The good news is that this passes fast and soon you'll be on to the fun of trying everything again for the first time. You'll be surprised how foods you hated before now taste so different now. Good luck!

You might be surprised to find out that your cycle changes, but not always in a bad way. My periods were always super heavy floods where I literally had to use depends and sit on a stack of towels at home to prevent leaking everywhere. Since RNY, my cycle lightened up quite a bit and instead of my old 32 day cycle it dropped down to 26 days, which may explain why it's lighter, but it's definitely much improved. I didn't do anything special to try to improve it though, just got lucky.

Thank you all. When I first started out on this path I didn't believe I'd really make it to this point. Honestly I thought if I could just get below 300, I'd be happy. What I have gotten back this year has been amazing! You get out of it what you truly put into it and I plan to keep on chugging with my many hurdles til I reach that final goal line. I can see it's possible now and I want people to know that it really can happen and will happen, but you have to get up and put up the fight every day even when you are sick or injured or depressed. It's hard and when you backslide to a bad habit you need to pick yourself up, give yourself a scolding, and get back on the right track. I got more bad medical news yesterday afternoon about my heart and my autoimmune diseases being more aggressive than we would want, but I'm fighting to stay "sober" and stay on my plan and keep chugging forward. You may never be a size 2, honestly at 5'9 it's just not reasonable for some of us, but you can be so close to your goal a year from when you start...just start and see it through! ❤️ I went from a 34w/36w to a size 12/14 in one year!!!!!!

It's been a whole year since I took control of my life and had RNY gastric bypass. I've had ups and downs and physical delay after delay(chronic Lupus flares, swollen joints, torn rotator cuff, loss of ability to use my right arm, etc), but here we are! It's been one year and I don't regret it for one moment! I am not where I want to be YET, but I will get there. Here are my stats: hw:429lbs sw:386 cw:220lbs

Um, seriously if someone told me I may need adult diapers after WLS that probably would have been enough for me to say "thanks, but no thanks". It's not normal to need a diaper post op. If you do, either you need to change what you're doing i.e. Buy some lactose free shakes, or call your doctor or take some Probiotics or something. That is not normal.

I had my first sashimi at around 6-8wks out I think. I had just been promoted to solids at Christmas time and we traditionally have Chinese food on Christmas Eve so it was one of the better choices at the restaurant we go to. I had no problems and sashimi grade fish is actually a lot safer than many cooked foods as far as bacteria. Just don't get the rice with it and you should be fine.

I am 11 months out and still can't eat chicken. I just physically cannot. I get violently ill. I love chicken and miss it so much, but no matter how much sauce, brining, or marinating I do, it's still a no go. Same with pork. It's funny though because I live on a steady diet of beef Jerky and cheese sticks which I never would have eaten before or thought was a safe choice post op. LOL

35lbs at 5wks out is an amazing result. I didn't lose nearly that much in the beginning. You have to be patient and just follow your program and your body will do the rest. It takes awhile. You didn't gain it overnight and you can't lose it overnight. As far as feeling thirsty, just keep on sip, sip, sipping. Your body needs the Water to flush out the waste from the melting fat. The more you can get in, the more you will lose. If water alone isn't cutting it, work in sugar free Popsicles or sugar free Jello or broth to help get the liquids numbers up.

I'm 11 months out now and my feelings of hunger are different. There isn't that feeling like if I don't eat(and a lot) that I'm going to die of starvation. Now, it's more like "oh, I need to eat" vs "I have to eat now, Now, NOW!!!!!!" It also takes a lot less to satisfy that hunger. It floors me sometimes how little I can eat and feel satisfied. The worst part post op was the desire to want to eat or even just to taste things when you can't. I remember my second day home I was cooking brats for my kids and thinking "God I just want to lick one!" But I powered through and left the room til the feelings passed. Chewing ice chips helped a lot to get that desire to chew out of the way. As far as gas pains, I didn't have any. My surgeon does his best to get all the gas out after the surgery and I never had any gas pains this time. When I had my gall bladder out 14yrs ago, the gas pains were insane so I was expecting to suffer through that, but was grateful I didn't. The most important thing to prepare yourself for IMO is the vast changes that will happen and FAST. There were days and still are sometimes that I would look in the mirror and not know who the face was looking back at me. It can be very scary sometimes especially if you've been overweight your whole life like I was. I honestly didn't know what I looked like under all the extra weight. ItMs like meeting yourself for the first time and it can be scary. Also, don't compare your progress to anyone else's. We all have our own starting points, mitigating factors, and biochemistry that play into how our results turn out. Just judge against yourself and take lots of pics along the way. It's easier to see your progress through photos than looking in the mirror.

I had severe Migraines before surgery. I was averaging about 6 a week even with medication. Now I am 11 months post op, and until recently, I hadn't had any at all. This last couple of weeks though I've had 3-4 cluster migraines. I have lupus though so it might be different for normal folks, but for me, generally they did decrease.

You lost 20 years

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thank you! It's amazing how better I feel with 200lbs removed.

I'm almost 11 months out and my diet has completely changed from before. Even now, I still eat mostly proteins-steak, fish, nuts, cheese, Jerky, eggs and then a few vegetables. Once or twice I've had a bite of pumpkin bite(literally 1 bite not like a whole slice) at the end of a meal and it was nice and just made me not think about wanting pie. I don't eat Pasta, potatoes, bread(except on the rarest occasion I may take a bite), rice, or Desserts in general. It's just too risky a slope when you know what you have to lose if you fall back on bad habits. I plan to stay in this mindset always and not slowly creep the crap back in.