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I had surgery on 24/05 and I still feel that fatigue. I usually sleep a little bit during the afternoon. As for exercise. I started walking the dog again on Saturday but I can definitely notice the difference when comparing to pre-op. I also feel a little bit dizzy after walking stairs. Should be better during the next few days. I usually do yoga, bodyweight exercise and some HIT but my abdominal wall tells me to take it easy for another week or two. I also plan on starting running again (had to stop after bumping my knee cap really bad over a year ago and never came back into running so far).

Thanks for your answer but I chose the private mode on purpose. I was just wondering why the profile shows e. g. my starting weight as 130 lbs and not as 130 kg.

Somehow it's bothering me that I can eat and drink amounts that literally feel like a lot compared to what I thought would be possible. I'm a bit anxious about what eating will be like in a few weeks and months from now...

Good idea.

No, the hospital I work at doesn't offer WLS. Even if it did I would have want to have surgery at a center with lots of experience. I also wouldn't have liked that it would have spread like wildfire. The radiographers I work with are very gossipy and I want to be the one who decides which person to tell or not. They know already I had some kind of surgery in February and that I had some other kind of surgery recently as well. I bet there is a lot of rumor going on what it exactly might have been, lol. However, this is not only regarding to WLS. I wouldn't want any more serious health issues treated at the place I work at because I care about privacy a lot.

The thought of them makes me want to gag right now. I guess this is because I experienced some nausea and even vomiting one time after drinking them. I will try Protein powder stirred into cooked oatmeal soon. I always liked eating that.

Got the staples removed on Friday. The wounds look fine so far.

I'm interested in this, too. I use CRON-O-Meter for tracking, but it's not that good for planning.

Thanks a lot.

Ok, thank you. Have to watch out for this.

Wow that's bad news here... did they do a CAT scan? I hope you will be alright soon.

I also had my MGB on 24/05.

Thanks for the explanation but this isn't answering my question. E. g. someone likes one of three posts I made in a thread. Is there a way to see which one of the three posts someone liked? I'd like to know what people liked.

Yesterday I drank some Protein shake and my stomach was just fine with it. Today I drank the same Protein Shake and a few minutes after drinking it I felt nauseated. It's getting better now after drinking some other Fluid half an hour later but I'm not entirely feeling good right now. I wonder if this was early dumping though I'm not sure why yesterday it was fine and today it wasn't. I already had this experience two days ago. Both times the same food and in the morning it wasn't ok, in the evening I tried again and I felt perfectly fine. Anyone else has this problem?

Thanks for your answer. It always feels good to know that you're not alone with certain things. I had some cold sweats about 20 min after eating and felt very weak. That's when I thought it could be early dumping after all. I drank a chamomile tea after vomiting and my stomach settled again. Today I ate twice so far and it feels fine. Not sure if I should risk a protein shake today.

Our NUTs told us to expect hair loss at about 6 months post surgery, seems to be pretty common.

Me neither. The NUTs at the obesity center also don't recommend calorie counting. They set a Protein goal and what Vitamins and minerals to take and make suggestions how to reach these goals. They also recommend full fat products and to ditch the dieting stuff. I was a bit surprised reading so much about calories here.

I think the chung shi dux are even better (had real crocs before), especially the dux sensitive (I have both and the sensitive are even thicker and provide more cushioning).

I think you just confused me with Heather. I would have told that woman a thing or two about scolding me. (I'm an M.D. so I talk to patients myself.) Disclaimer: I don't know in which way Heather was "chastised". There is criticism in the way of "Hummmm, that wasn't the best choice you could have made but I understand things happen, we're all human and everyone slips from time to time" and there is criticism in the way of "Oh NO, how could you have done such a thing like eating something you're not supposed to?!! You're a disappointment!"

Had to vomit yesterday evening about half an hour after a protein shake. And yes, bile is really vile.

Not necessarily. Maybe he/she is just one of the lucky ones. I know several people like this. They simply don't have to really watch what they eat. Either because they have not that big of an appetite and are satisfied with a relatively modest amount of food or because they have fast metabolisms. Some of them actually appreciate how lucky they are and would never look at fat people when they see them eating a cookie like they just drowned a little kitten or two. The other ones act like it is the biggest accomplishment of their lives staying skinny while gorging on food. Sometimes I don't know if to think "a***hole" or "poor thing" when it comes to these people.

Seems to be different with everyone. Even after my lapband was removed I felt satiation from eating a protein cookie. Talk ing about 36g of protein here though. I doubt I could eat more than one (if that) now that I have an Omega Loop.

Really? Warranted? Chastised because of a single cookie? I sometimes wonder what NUTs expect. Robots or something who always function perfectly?

I think protein bars or cookies are "worth" it when it comes to protein content, depending on the bar or cookie. They're convenience food and yeah of course fresh is better but we're all human beings with time schedules and cravings. Trying to be holier than the pope never worked out for me in the end.

That's only because us fatties are that weak that even the "easy way out" doesn't work, ya know?