🅺🅸🅼🅼🅸🅴🅺

I could probably bring her along to the appointments. That's a good idea. She can grill the doctor instead of me LOL

Partly because I think it'll overload her. She doesn't handle mass quantities of information well OR she'll come on here, focus on the negative and start really freaking out on me.

Man, that’s terrible. I’ve been there and done that ugly cry too. I sure hope they turn it around and approve you. Keep us posted!

😱 Who’s your insurance company? I think mine requires this too, but my surgeon said they can get it all from my PCP. Can you appeal this?

"Dietary Chaos"

Yep! I was just about to say that! Looks like there's carrot in there too...and whatever things are on top, probably tortilla strips. I'd be dumping those off LOL

Poor thing...hopefully it'll sort itself out. Your pouch is still new.

Wow that is so crazy! And your gallbladder was FUSED to your liver?! How does that even happen? Ya know I found this weird, tiny set of eating utensils on Amazon when I searched for bariatric stuff. They're supposed to help you eat tiny bites compared to regular sized utensils. Those and special plates for sorting your food into mini portions. I'll definitely be getting those because I hoover my food. They're pretty cheap too. You've got this though...just like you did the first time

UPDATE: Yep, I was definitely overthinking things The dietician was so nice and very helpful. We talked for a good hour and a half and the best part is, she's down with keto! She said her main focus right now is to get me prepared for life after surgery like working on weaning off caffeine and mindful eating. Also, these dietician visits are free and unlimited even after surgery which is flippin' great! My mind is at ease now

Holy cow! Well I am very very thankful that you popped into this thread when you did. I filled everything out and faxed the doctor his portion. It says it should only take 5-7 days after they receive the application. Fingers crossed!

OMG thank you!!!!! I'm checking this out right now!

Thank you I'm sure something will work out...

Ya'll...I just learned my anti-depressant, Trintellix, is not covered by my new insurance policy AND neither are any of the weight loss drugs we were all talking about last week. I went down the list and checked them all once I finally figured out where in the Anthem website...Contrave, Belviq, Qsymia, Topamax, Saxenda, phentermine, Adipex-P, you name it...NOT covered. So I told the office and she canceled the appointment which is totally fine, I didn't want meds anyway. Crappiest part is, I won't even have my depression meds anymore after about 7-8 days (not sure how many pills I have left). Trintellix has given me my brain back. I'm kinda dreading what's to come...waiting on my doctor to get back with me about what to do next

You rock that look like a BOSS!!! That was honestly a great move because once all your hair starts growing back in (which it will), it'll all be trying to come in at the same time the rest is growing.

Yeah, most likely LOL I tend to do that I texted back and forth with the girl last Friday afternoon. She seems really cool. They gave me a 53 page pdf about "Eating to succeed with Weight Loss after Bariatric Surgery". Apparently we discuss this packet over the course of the next 5 months. Each of the dietician visits are 1hr 15min video chats. The first visit is today so I guess I'll see how it goes.

There are so many brands out there and I'm not in the position to make my own. What's ya'lls favorite bone broth and why?

Thanks ❤️ Yeah the plan is to go in there and refuse anything. I only have 5 months of nutrition visits to go. There’s no need for meds that aren’t for a serious issue. And yes, serotonin syndrome is scary! How long did it take your hubby to recover?

Same here! Quitting Advil will be hard, but it’s interesting how I hear so many people say that Tylenol never worked for them pre-op but works great post-op. I wonder why that is. 🤔

Yup, sepsis is no joke! The Universe looks out for us...this is definitely a prime example of that 👍🏼

Holy cow! So glad they found those things before they got dangerously bad ❤️ ✨✨✨ Sending quick healing vibes!!! ✨✨✨

Yep I was given Topamax years ago as a mood stabilizer and the same thing happened to me. Just all the sudden couldn’t talk. That was some scary shiz!

I’ll definitely check into it! How much did you lose? Any side effects?

As common as these stricture situations sound, I'm curious if anyone has been told a way to help prevent them or do doctors even know why they happen in the first place? Is it just a charlie horse in the pouch area?

Girl, once you get better give that thing a whirl! FOR SCIENCE!

Meh, potato/potatoe...you're in ketosis, it's measurable. In order to be in ketosis you simply have to eat less that 20-50g (high side) of carbs a day AND avoid sugar, which it seems bypass patients do naturally (unless you still manage to pound back Cheetos and soda lol). No one will crank out ketones by eating that junk. I'm curious what level of ketosis bypass patients have achieved by not actually trying, just following a low carb diet, like you. Most folks tend to cut sugar anyway to avoid dumping so the minimal amount consumed by a post-op person eating by the book most likely isn't enough to knock you out of ketosis, if so, not for long. See what I mean? To me, someone with bypass, eating as they should, should easily be able to achieve "hardcore" nutritional, if not near therapeutic, ketosis just by barely eating bad carbs or sugar.