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@@cindyw41 I'm sorry you're having these issues, too. At least we can support each other. Thanks for the post!

I was exhausted for several weeks. I had headaches also but never figured out why (may have been dehydration). I have stopped having them now. I don't know that advancing your diet will necessarily make the fatigue any better, but it does seem to get better with time. Just be careful not to overdo it.

Thank you, ladies. I am very grateful for your kind words and support! This has been one of the most challenging times in my life, and I really want to get it right. I am glad to not be alone in all of it.

I wouldn't stray from the diet you were given by your surgical team. It's not worth it. Stay strong!

My Genepro will be here tomorrow! I can't wait to try it!

This makes me feel for you so much...I get so nauseated just thinking about the last time I had to drink that stuff. I was very lucky because I had upper endoscopy pre-op, and post-op I had no leak test! I am not sure why, but I am so glad I didn't. Nausea has been one of my worst side effects since my sleeve. I hope you feel better as you get that stuff out of your system today. One step closer!

@LipstickLady@LowBMISleever--Y'all are awesome. Thanks a bunch

I turned into a monster after my surgery. I am not sure if it's hormones, stress, or hunger, or any other mysterious phenomenon...but I am trying to overcome it. Here's the thing: If you have been where I have been, and you have something valuable for me to learn, I will read your stuff. If I know the answer to a question you have asked, cool. You can read my stuff, too. Let's just agree to disagree if necessary. Everyone has their own experiences. I am just ready to get on with it and lose this weight...no amount of arguing or being hateful is going to make me lose it, so it's wasted energy. That's all I wanted to say. Edited for clarification of a garbled sentence, UGH.

I love your post! Best of luck to you and keep us posted on how you are doing.

I agree, @@Djmohr, you look fantastic! Congrats on all of your efforts paying off. Enjoy!

I think I will try the GENEPRO soon; it seems to be a favorite. I love

People have tried to help you and say the right things. I truly find you fascinating. Maybe I am honestly interested to know what you need to hear to make you feel as though you have met your objective. People don't have to agree with you, and they don't have to agree with me. I just don't get why you think you shouldn't respect any other point of view the way that you are insisting that others should respect yours. I admitted the fact that I made you feel disrespected, and yet you continue to criticize me and anyone who won't agree with you. I like a good discussion, because that is how I learn about people and experiences. I don't always say the exact right things in the exact right way, but I never intend to insult anyone the way that I have you. I just never encountered anyone quite like you, and I really am interested to know what you came here to accomplish. This will be my last comment out of respect for you and your point of view. I wish you well, and that is the honest truth. Sorry we couldn't seem to understand each other...

@@GinaCampbell, I apologized to you, as have several other people, and yet you continue the nastiness. You are giving as good as you get. What is it that you want to hear that you might find helpful? People have gone so far as to validate you, and you still find a way to be snarky. You are not helping anyone here. So as you gather your thoughts about how to further lash out at me, remember that you are the one keeping all of this ugly. We have tried to be nice, so why can't you?

If it weren't for my belly, I would have lost two pants sizes. My jeans are all super baggy everywhere except at the waist. It's driving me insane, but I know my belly will probably be the last to go...I know I will get there, but in the meantime I look like I have droopy-drawers...(y'all from the South should "get" that, lol) Truthfully, I can actually fit into smaller jeans, but I hate the muffin top!!! I will just wait it out...

My apologies. I had no intention of crossing over from opinion to assumptions, but I guess I did.

You didn't rattle my cage. I expressed yet another opinion. Your life is your own, and I certainly had no intent to label you. My words were based on yours, however incorrectly I interpreted your words. I still wish you the best, just as I did before.

I had no drains.

Expect the worst and hope for the best. No way to know what your experience will be. I can tell you that a positive attitude can change your entire experience for the better. I wish you the best!!!

I am curious as to how you know how you will feel 6 years from now? You feel how you want to feel, and I am sorry that you feel that you must live your life without hope. You create the future that you want to create, but life is not absolute. No one "alwayses" or "nevers". I don't intend to discount your feelings or take anything away from your experience, but I was once a pessimistic person myself. I chose at some point to change my outlook to preserve my sanity. No one knows what the future holds, and your situation has just as much of a chance to improve as it does to not improve. I think you are doing yourself an extreme injustice by making up your mind that the rest of your life is going to be miserable because you don't want to admit that things can get better just as easily as they can get worse. You are sure to manifest what you believe to be your reality. This is just another opinion and is in no way meant to disrespect your feelings, but I am sad for you that you are making up your mind to be miserable permanently. I sincerely hope things get better for you, but if you don't want or believe it to be possible, I can guarantee it won't. I wish you the best, even if you don't wish that for yourself.

Fat stores estrogen. You are most likely being flooded with hormones. Most of us have been through it and still are. It can be rough, but it helped me to know what was going on. Some days are worse than others, but you just have to ride it out. Hope you feel better soon.

I'm sorry to hear that you are having complications. In my opinion, it is well worth it. But I didn't really have a full-blown infection. My main incision had a suture that worked its way up to the surface, so it took a bit longer to heal. Hang in there and just take one day at a time. This will be a distant memory before you know it. Keep posting and let us know how you're doing.

@@GinaCampbell I am so sorry. I also have fibro/CFS and a good bit of arthritis in my low back from surgery to clean out a disc that was really messed up. The WLS was indeed a trigger for my fibro, but I still believe in my decision. I realize it may take me a bit longer to reach my goals because I can't even exercise most days. I do try to at least walk as much as I can on those days when my body just doesn't cooperate with anything more intense. Some days I can't get out of my recliner. Needless to say I don't lose much weight when that happens. I did see some research that indicates that losing excess weight can greatly improve fibromyalgia. I don't know that anything will ever help with the CFS. I figure it can't hurt to be as healthy as possible. The thing I hate most is the fact that everything just seems so much harder for us. It sometimes takes so much effort for us to accomplish such minor things. Hang in there...you are not alone.

I was sleeved on 5/23/16 and have had two such episodes just as you described. I have not had one since. I believe it was dehydration as KristenLe stated. But I think it then turned into anxiety. I could not cool down and couldn't catch my breath for several minutes. I don't know if it had anything to do with hormones, or just low calories coupled with getting behind on fluids. Definitely keep in touch with your doctor about it if it happens again.

You're right! I never was a math whiz, haha!! Thanks for the clarification

I wouldn't expect a lower BMI patient to lose 18% in the first month, not pure fat, anyway. For me, that would have been 31 pounds, and there is no way in hell I got close to that number. My BMI was 34 at surgery. Everybody is different, but that is still a lot of weight to lose in one month. I am losing steadily now, thankfully, but I sure had a slower start. I don't expect any certain result by any certain date, because it makes me crazy trying meet a predetermined expectation. I am just allowing my body to take care of itself while I eat the right things and get my exercise. And of course--protein and water!!