LisaMergs

Ha! Saw my NUT today, yes she is a registered dietician who specialized in bariatrics. Asked her what she thought about bananas? Her reply? Yes. Why not? Eat a half of a small one. Enjoy!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Dang. Thought for sure you were going to say "The Bitch is Back". Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Crazy carbs!!! Back away...slowly, slowly, now RUN!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Yes. Exactly. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Glad to hear you're on the mend and congrats on the book!! Much success!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

For the ladies- there is a shop in Michigan called Haystacks. You can find them online. They make a skirt called "Switchstacks" that I love. I purchased three of them when I was wearing a 16-18 in size large. They still fit now that I'm a 10. Lovely material that is stretchy, but not a bad, show every lump, stretchy. Very very flattering. Great thing is they are reversible, so you get 2 for 1. They're about $50 each, but I've gotten so much wear from them it was truly worth it. They have other styles as well, but the bang for my buck came from the two-sided prints. No waistband either, just slides right up and sits on your hips where you need them. I've included a pic- the flip on the top shows you the reverse print. They have a couple dozen choices. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Great song!!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hi! Just checking in on you and hoping your surgery was a success! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Never had a moments worry or thought about it. Until the night before. I called my kids out of school for the day. I needed to see them before and after the surgery. That was the only worry or thought I had. The oldest took them all back after I came back to the room- lol - they all had afternoon tests and wanted to get back!!! Such good kids I have lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I think I'm just still enamored with shopping off the rack in regular sized clothing. More than anything, constantly surprised they fit. Did have a "clothing" funeral at about 4 months out. Don't know why I kept them when they were falling off, but one day it just "clicked"- I have no need for them, nor do I want to ever go back there. Good thread topic. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Ok, we did one word to describe what you need right now, so, let's try another: If you had "intro" music, what would it be? Mine: 10,000 Maniacs "These Are the Days" Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

My BCBS IL covered everything, minus the $30 copays, including follow up with the NUT (RD). Starting Oct 1, we switch to United Health Care. Horrid policy!! Heck, they don't even Cover speech therapy for kids unless it is part of another issue (autism spectrum, etc). I'm certain they won't cover my follow up with the surgeon, but I'm 6mos so the next one will be at 1 year, provided no issues in between. Thankfully, my 6 mo check is in the morning, so it's still covered. I definitely need my husband to have a discussion about what is covered and not for this group Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I was driving as soon as I got off my pain meds--4 days? Hell, not supposed to drive for 6 weeks after a c-section. Tell that to the mom of 3 whose husband left for China the day after the last was born! (Um yeah, me, and he was gone for 3 weeks!!). You do what you need to do... Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Massage on the beach in the Mexican Riviera- best one I've had to date. Ahhhh. May need to fly off there just to do that again Congrats @@Inner Surfer Girl Well done, well earned!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Want to get my hands on the Pumpkin. Can't find them Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Geez, I'm so sorry. I thought this was a public forum. My bad... Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Ok. At this point, I would be sitting on the doctors desk waiting for an answer. Keeping you waiting while they CYA Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Yep! ^^ THAT exactly!! || Hospitals have General Counsel. Bet you get a response from them PDQ. And if, in fact, they DID do a bypass- don't speak another word with ANY ONE WHO YOU CAME IN CONTACT WITH or who WORKS FOR THE HOSPITAL until you take a day or two to find the best malpractice attorney available in your area. And I mean the best. I don't advocate willy-nilly law suits- believe me!!! But I do think that if someone was negligent and performed the WRONG procedure you need to be answered to they need to feel the repercussions of it. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

And to add- what works one time might not another- and vice versa. These early months are SO much about learning, experimenting, adjusting...

In addition to the "actual" one??? Poor you!!! Feeling your pain!!

I do believe that Valentina told her to keep experimenting. How is that shoving Quest bars down the OP's throat?? People have a case of the Mondays here??

And, I might add, I WOULD NOT even consider paying for that test- I'd demand it and tell them that because of the chart entry, even if the surgeon says they did a sleeve, you aren't taking any chances- either way, the onus is on them to reassure you. My daughters hospital birth certificate came with her name replacing one that was crossed out- the baby girl delivered to the room next door to me, within minutes of me, both babies were emergency c-sections (a fluke), both girls, both the same exact weight. It came in the mail to me about a week after I got home. Let me tell you-I was FREAKED OUT!!! Was this baby mine??? Were they switched?? No amount of reassurance from the nursing staff calmed me... It all worked out fine, and she was my baby, but during that waiting period I can't tell you the thousands of feelings and scenarios that played out in my mind.

Crazy.....

Let me add to that...

I've kept my experience private- family and ONE other person I know. Funny enough, out in public- at a restaurant with a waiter, shopping for clothes where a room assistant is needed, I'm very open about it. The medications I was on for years caused ulcers- this is true. I simply exaggerated the extent of them and said I had surgery to repair my stomach. Kinda skirting the issue- and said that the "diet" I was on was to be kind to my stomach post op and then as I saw weight loss, I just kept going with it. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App