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I am getting married April 1 and have the almost perfect wedding dress except Spanx are not doing the job with my loose skin. The back of the dress is fairly low so my compression garment can't be too high and the material is too thin to wear boning (it will show). I bought it thinking spanx would work but I need to either bandage this skin somehow or tape it to give a smoother appearance. I found a product on Amazon called Skinnies that can be used for stomach, arms and thighs and wondering if anyone has had luck with it or can suggest something else. Surran wrap would be just too hot for my Texas wedding. Down 150 lbs! I didn't want to have plastics before pregnancy.

I knew i was feeling better but i wasnt ready to take body shots what i see in the pics the mirror never showed me 
The Losers Bench

Highest weight : 337 lbs
Starting weight: 306.5 lbs
Surgery date : June 8, 2016
Current weight: 209 lbs
2.5 pounds away from 100 lbs since surgery! But I'm not frowning
Progress pics....so far
  
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You need to stop thinking of your post op eating plan as a "diet"....it's not! it's a prescription. It's not something you can cheat on. Most of your stomach has been removed and what's left is being held together with staples. It's not had time to heal and that's the reason you're not supposed to eat solid food. If your stomach leaks food and stomach acid into your abdomen it will cause an abscess and can very quickly become life threatening......so eating solid food too soon is like not taking a prescribed medication that is necessary in order for you to heal..........With this surgery it's hard to picture what your insides look like because you don't have a big incision on the outside.....all you have are the little incisions that look mostly healed. But those are not the incisions you need to be worried about. The whole length of your stomach has a huge staple line that is red and swollen....if you haven't watched a video of the actual surgery I encourage you to go to YouTube and watch the actual surgery so you can have a clear picture of what was done to you. So perhaps next time you feel hungry you'll be able to make a better choice.
In the meantime you need to check in with your surgeon's office and let them know what you ate and how you're feeling so they can determine if anything needs to be done....
I wish you the best. Good luck.

Your staples could rip, causing a leak.
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From caloric/ bariatric perspective honey and agave are not good options. I have no idea about sorghum.

Oct 18th!!! :-)

What I asked myself was ~ would I have a perfectly healthy kidney removed to improve the chances of survival for someone I love? (yes) Then why wouldn't I remove part of a healthy stomach to improve my chance of survival?

Oh geez, I don't know exactly what to tell you. At my pre-surgery class (a week before my surgery on August 18), I was literally gleeful. If the surgeon had opened the door to our meeting room and said he had a last minute surgery cancellation for that afternoon, I would have leapt out of my chair and run to him.
But I am 49, and my BMI was 50, and I have spent my whole life feeling like I was hidden deep inside this body that did not match my soul. I was not only emotionally weary, I was becoming physically weary as well.
Maybe you don't feel this way? Maybe obesity has been a recent change in your life? I don't want to tell you to reconsider, but you seem to have some real reservations that you should at least wade through fully. Do you have a therapist you could reach out to?
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a lot of people expressed to me dismay over cutting out a "perfectly healthy organ" but to me my system was not perfectly healthy. I was hungry all the time. it would take me 3 or 4 times the amount of food I should have been eating just to feel satisfied. I don't know - in time, science may reveal causes of obesity - but in the mean time I have to live and be as healthy as I can. the surgery gave me that
now my diabetes is GONE. and a normal child size portion satisfies me. completely satisfied. with a normal amount of food. I have never lost the weight before, and it feels wonderful all the changes in my body.
I can't say if it is right for you, but most of us only feel like we should have done it sooner. Keep searching your heart and see whether you are ready for this or not.

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I like to mix crab meat with just a dollob of Greek yogurt, horseradish, and of course the egg yolks.
I season it with Old Bay crab spice and lemon.
YUM!
You could use a bit of mayo, if you don't like the yogurt.
Enjoy!!!

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If you have to drive any distance you probably shouldn't return to work that quickly. If you have a good recovery, you will have energy but you will also fatigue very easily.
If this is the only way you can work surgery in, then do what you have to do but like @@Bufflehead said, don't lie at work. You need some integrity in the work place. Just tell them surgery and talk to HR, don't talk to your boss. The amount of people that post on here about things they discuss with their boss and HR baffles me. 95% of the people that post here are a lawsuit waiting to happen for frazzled HR managers everywhere. Keep it light, keep it honest. They don't need to know exactly what you have having done. Surgery is enough, if they pry, practice your death stare.

Sorry to hear that. We are in Georgia. Different state, different policy. Good luck with your journey! Sent from my SM-G920V using the BariatricPal App

I have Obama care under the ACA and it's covered for me. I really just think it varies. My deductible is $500 while my max is $700. I had to make sure I got a good plan. Co pays are $5 for my primary and $10 for specialist. I guess I lucked up!
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One year ago today was my gastric bypass surgery. Surgery went fine. Although I did not have a very fun recovery, but it is MAJOR surgery. I had stabbing pains while healing, couldn't drink or eat much of the required nutrition, so it was a slow recovery for me and all I remember was saying to myself "I just want to feel back to normal". Well....as the time passed....I got back to my "new normal".
Today, I am 86 lbs less - basically at the goal weight I set for myself. I think if you are +/- 1-2 lbs of your goal weight = goal weight.
I reached my goal weight at about 9 months after surgery and am maintaining so far.
I still am not able to eat a whole lot at any given time. Dairy (except cheese) does not agree with me (bye bye ice cream...booo!). But I can pretty much eat anything - just in a very small amount; which I have now gotten used to. I'd rather be nice and thin then pig out on a serving meant for a family of four! I love to shop for clothes, because I don't wear anything larger than a medium, most things are medium to small. YAY!
I do have cocktail hour a few times a week (just one). I have a very unusual condition as I only "feel a buzz" for a maximum of about 10 minutes; and do not get drunk at all. I think it's because it goes right through me and doesn't have time to absorb! My husband likes it because it makes me "designated driver".
My husbands one year anniversary is next week on the 22nd. We did this together! He reached his goal much quicker than me - he's a guy - no fair! All of our medical co-morbidity conditions are completely gone!
All in all, with some of the challenges it takes to get used to the "new normal" - I'm definitely glad I choose to do this. So if you're reading these forums and thinking about it - you will succeed and love the new you!
Here is our before/after photo (taken in February of 2015 and 2016) I currently weight maybe 5 pounds less than the pic on the right.

It depends on your surgeon and health insurance. I had an EKG, pulmonary tests (various breathing tests... lots of inhaling and exhaling), breathing into a bag to check for H. pylori bacteria in stomach and upper intestines, upper GI tests (swallowing barium while in various positions while getting x-rayed), blood work to check for anything abnormal, and a urine test for abnormalities and nicotine. That's what mine involved.
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Here's a couple more from this weekend. I will take an updated incision pic tonight.

It's on the refrigerator section near the chicken salad, rotisserie chickens, food prepped at costco.

It's delish. I add thinly sliced red onion, fresh lime juice and chunks of avocado.

I wish I had a better before but I'm surprised even this picture exists. It was snapped by my boyfriend back in January. I was at 263. I'm two months post sleeve and at 217! I've hit a stall, but I'm not going to stress. I figure as long as I keep exercising and eating right the weight will come off. Size 22 to size 16! I have so much more to go but I felt good today.
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Well you all know it.. the struggle of getting in enough oz of liquid during the liquid post opp phase.. I've finally made it there and I'm living on tangerine and strawberry flavored Outshine no sugar added popsicles. I LOVE them.. the problem is.. I can't figure out how many ounces of Fluid they are.. i'm eating the ones that are single bars (as opposed to a double bar with two popsicle sticks) can anyone help? What ounces did you count these as... ?

Including a shower before and a cuddle after?

@vsgann2014... The kind of "smarts" it takes to educate yourself about surgery isn't IQ related.... I have some very smart friends who make some real dumb choices regarding medical care because the fail to understand how serious it can be or they put too must trust in anyone with MDafter their name... All kinds of smarts, we're all good at something....
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"
Einstein

Hey, I was wondering if anyone else feels like this?? I live in Australia and until a couple of months ago I have no fricking idea what bariatric surgery was!!
I'm pre-op, having my surgery in 4 days (excited and nervous) and I feel like I'm walking around with this giant, awesome secret. Even though I would never do this, cause it's rude. But every time I see someone who's obese or overweight I want to tell them about it and I keep thinking about a number of people I know who have dropped a fuckload of weight in the last couple of years and have maintained it! Do they know about this secret???
Does or did anyone else feel this way??? Or am I just a weirdo??
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I know this question probably has been asked. How did you tell people, did you tell? I've been very private thus far. I'm not planning on telling my coworkers, I'll probably use vacation time if I am approved for surgery. I haven't even told my boyfriend. He's very encouraging when it comes to me losing weight however, I am nervous to tell him my decision. I just don't want the negatively from anyone! I feel like I'm making the best decision that's going to benefit me.
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