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stephenmarksarro

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    so i know the mental hunger thing is a battle many of us have to face but does anybody else struggle knowing where the line is between the real and unreal hunger ?!? i am always hungry and always have hunger growls and i miss the small stomach sensation in the beginning

    i miss those first few months

    i had surgery on may 10th, since then i lost about 90+ lbs but my stomach seems to be able to fit double what it was a few months ago, and i've been stuck on the same weight for 2 months

    lastly, my cpap was for a while, filling me up with air despite lowering the settings, and i wonder if this affects my surgery in any way? i would wake up with intense gas pain like when we got surgery that first day

    i don't know from day to day if i'm ok and it makes me so depressed and paranoid

    bleh... anyone feeling this way?

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    I have not asked about this with my surgeon, though i do plan to, but i would like to throw this out to you all

    Has anybody experienced upper and lower back pain after losing the first 20-50 lbs?

    Does anybody have an educated explanation for it, if it is something to do with weight loss?

    Any info would be awesome

    for the sake of the convo, i started at 330, and im now 250, but i noticed the pain after the first 20 or so lbs.

    thanks

    - Stephen

  5. Posted

    I'm 3 months post op. I hit a plateau although I've changed nothing

    I feel thinner but I'm losing less than a pound every 1-2 weeks

    I feel hungry pretty often and it feels as if I'm able to eat more than the past month or so

    I don't often feel like a Bariatric patient and more like a person who just eats a little less

    I'm not sure how I should feel

    how about you 3 monthers?

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    heres a new one (for me at least)

    my sutures healed up quite nicely, and there was absolutely no discomfort or pain at all. Then tonight, i felt one of my suture scars felt tender and as if it was a fresh wound. Its still sealed shut, but it was aching in pain and felt as if it was pulling inward. ?!?!?! Terrified now about going to work in the morning.

    I mean what the hell?! Is this scar tissue forming inside or something? How do you guys fix this?

    thanks

    - Stephen

  12. Posted

    One month out and finally onto solids.

    About 3 days after returning to work I noticed that my appetite returned and every 2 hours I feel hungry and keep feeling an urge to eat.

    I eat about 1/4-1/2 cup of food or purée and get filled (more solid the quicker) but I'm bummed that I'm constantly hungry, given that I got past mental hunger confusion around 2 weeks ago, and had no desire to eat just before returning to work

    I should mention that no matter how much Fluid I drink I was still thirsty

    I also returned to caffeine (not much, some)

    Food amount ... The same , I just feel hungry despite drinking more fluid

    Think it's the caffeine? The fact that my job has me walking and being super active ? I work in painting in a retirement home and walk constantly and for several minutes at a time throughout an 8 hour shift

    I prefer no appetite. Dare I say I miss the first few weeks?!?

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  14. Posted

    Not sure if I have the same thing but lately I have had chest pain and it's connected to indigestion but it feels more like bruising pain

    I also get the sensation like I am stretching something to hard and it's causing severe side stitches/cramping

    I also noticed my urine is a dark orange color

    No pain when I urinate

    The surgeon and nurse said they think I should work on hot and cold temperature things and drink way more liquid

    I'm worried and I feel awful (2 weeks tomorrow )

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  16. Posted

    Hello gang this is my first post

    I'm a week out from my gastric sleeve surgery

    Whe I woke up from surgery, I felt completely normal. No nausea. Just gas pain

    When the doctors tried me put on a tiny shot glass size cup of Water (the following afternoon) it went down with ease

    I drank 2 of those an hour like nothing was wrong

    When I started my week of liquid meals (broths, Protein blends etc) I could drink 10 ounces I one go. I feel hunger, cravings.

    I can literally pour water or Decaf tea into a large drinking glass and slowly sip the whole thing

    Why the heck is this too easy and why am I having more space?!?!?!?

    I do know about mental hunger and I do know about swallowing slow and spacing it out it just seems like none of the rules apply because I feel little affect from surgery

    Weight loss is consistently around a pound a day.

    I just need some validation that It's normal and I shouldn't worry

    You guys know how huge of a decision/effort this is... To feel like it's not working is so depressing

    Thanks

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