kflint2112

Thank you so much for your response! I guess I accidentally posted in the sleeve forum, still trying to figure this app out lol
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I am two years post op this month and have been at goal for about 14 months. I don't know if I obsess about food, but I still have to be constantly diligent about food. I still log my food daily, I watch my carb and Protein amounts. I do have days where I splurge and eat treats, but I am mindful of what goes in my mouth.
As you become further out its a different kind of "obsessing". In the beginning it is so challenging to learn how to eat again and how to get all your protein and fluids in- seems that consumes your day. Later it just transitions into being aware of what you are eating.
I just consider my obesity is in remission and if I don't watch things it could rear it's miserable head again.

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Thank you all.... I'm currently taking hair infinity which have several of the named Vitamins, really good reviews...so I'll see

Thank you, I may make an appointment with a derm and get their opinion!! As far as the collagen pills go...I'm not too fond of swallowing pills but the bamboo tea sounds promising. Nevertheless, I'd rather have a missing eyebrow than feeling how I used to! Good luck with everything!!!

congrats on the weight loss. I went to a derm to get labs done. I have hereditary alopecia so I'm scared to lose anymore. Read that some people take collagen pills. Might have to look into that. Good luck with yours and keep up the good work!

the sleep study wasn't bad. By the time they hooked all the wires to me, I was ready for bed.

If you'll take a Multivitamin that is also for hair skin and nails, along with extra Vitamin E, and extra zink, this will stop your hair from breaking and falling out. It stopped mine in about a month and I've had no problem since.
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I have not yet had my Surgery but I have a few relatives who have had the sleeve and experienced Hair loss. What really helped them is Biotin and making sure they are hitting their full Protein intake that they were set with. My aunt's hair is now thicker and longer than it was before surgery. Also plenty of Water, but of course you knew that already (:

Just found out today that my surgery date is set for June 22nd. So excited to get this going.
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June 6. Excited, scared and nervous!!
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Close... June 15th...

I am June 20
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June 21st!
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I am scheduled for June 22 - so close!

I began to lose hair and experience breakage around four months post-surgery, but it wasn't dramatic or noticeable to anyone else. I stopped washing and drying my hair daily and instead washed it every third day to minimize strain. On the days when I wasn't washing it, I just wore a shower cap and then sprinkled on a little dry Shampoo to freshen it. I also apply hair masks a couple of times a week that are for damaged and breaking hair. If you're in a pinch, coconut oil can help. Just apply it once a week, put a shower cap on and a towel on your shoulders to catch the drip, and leave it in for half an hour or so. Nioxin hair products have been helpful to me. I haven't taken Biotin or any other Vitamins for my hair because I have PCOS and am acne-prone. Biotin caused a horrific breakout in the past.
Losing weight slowly has helped to minimize Hair loss, and I also don't have any loose skin. I added in a reasonable amount of healthy carbs (more fruit, vegetables, oatmeal, quinoa) and slowed my weight loss a bit while also making my diet more sustainable long-term.

Just found out today that my surgery date is set for June 22nd. So excited to get this going.
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Just found out today that my surgery date is set for June 22nd. So excited to get this going.
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@@Valentina
You are absolutely correct.
I for one thought I was so much happier living in solitude. Problem is, I didn't realize how much I relied on food for that happiness until I couldn't eat.
Those first few weeks were rough, but I remembered I had the sleeve in order for me to start living.
9 weeks into my new journey, and I couldn't be happier.

Just found out today that my surgery date is set for June 22nd. So excited to get this going.
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Just found out today that my surgery date is set for June 22nd. So excited to get this going.
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a little less then a month to go!
anyone else getting sleeved june 22nd?

I am scheduled June 13th. Just got the call today insurance approved everything covering 100%. Bring on the new me ????
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Oh girl!!!! You remind me so much of myself just a week and a half ago. I was two weeks out, hating life, hating myself, hating all the professionals involved for not telling me what I was getting into.....i was an emotional wreck. Everyone is different, but I will tell you what I did that helped me. I stopped Googling, and I stopped watching all the you tube videos. There was one thing I read and this woman had only lost 20 pounds after the VSG and wish she had gotten the RNY. I was a terrified mess. What if I was going through all this, and I only loose 20 pounds?!?!? That's when I decided I had to stop. Once I realized this was my own unique journey, everything seemed to fall into place. I'll be 4 weeks out on Wednesday. I still have the stomach restriction, but it's not as much as it was at two weeks. I still have down days, but its no where near like it was when I was questioning my existence just days ago. It's tough. It's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but when I learned to stop comparing myself to everything I read, watched or heard....I was able to calm myself down and in turn accept the decision I made and why I made it in the first place. I do agree with everyone in saying you need to speak to your surgeon, or therapist, but my two biggest pieces of advice would be to stop reading all the crap, and to rely on this community. These people are FANTASTIC!!! BTW.....I did go back and read the ladies post that had only lost the 20 pounds. Turns out all she had been eating was cake, Cookies, ice cream and candy. I was so terrified at the thought of her only loosing 20 pounds that I didn't comprehend why. Well um, I don't care if you have VSG, RNY or whatever the heck else is out there. If you are going to eat crap, you aren't going to loose crap.
I know it's hard for you to see it now, but you got this. Just give it another week or two. I promise it will get easier.

It sounds like your bariatric team let you down by not informing you better about your options and consequences. Well, you can't undo your sleeve, so you may as well hop on for the ride.
The first month is tough. Not only are you healing, but your body which has been used to indulging itself, is now being told "no" or "let's find an option for that".
Hopefully your surgeon gave you a meal plan to follow that will graduate you from liquids, to purees, to soft mushies, to regular cooked food. For many of us that takes four to six weeks.
You will feel so much better when you start soft mushies and may start to get some energy back. The foods that you have to leave behind are the ones that really weren't food at all. Instead of nutrition for your mechanical human body that your soul lives in, you were probably eating mostly factory edibles made from highly processed ingredients.
Now you can focus on what it takes to keep a human being alive. You will find that the human body does not need nearly as much food as we thought it did to thrive from day to day. As the pounds drop off, you will feel more encouraged that maybe you did do the right thing and will have a better quality of life because of it.
Worry is a waste of time. Poo poo happens in this life, whether it is spraining an ankle or getting reflux, or something more tragic and heart-breaking.
Hang in there kiddo. You have already made it through two weeks and lived to tell about. Keep coming here for encouragement. I wish you good luck and good health.