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Thank you everyone! It's the best decision I've ever made!

Thank you all so much! It was the best decision I've ever made!

I'm so thankful for making the decision of having my bypass surgery! I'm able to tolerate everything except bananas and eggs (boiled, scrambled, etc) I just recently saw my surgeon and I have another 60lbs to reach my goal weight of 170lbs! HW: 325lbs size 24 pants SW:312lbs 5 months post op: I'm 228lbs and wearing a size 14/16!!!

My personal story I had RNY bypass on 10/10/16 following every rule to the T! 13 days post op I woke up in tears Saturday morning, was not able to tolerate a protein shake for the first time and it was accompanied by nausea, no vomiting. I went to the gym thinking it was gas pains, nope it got worse. I called my surgeon in tears and he told me to immediately go to the ER. I get to the ER I was in so much pain I was in fetal position and no pain killer would take my pain away! At this point they did blood work and a CT scan of my abdomen everything came back NORMAL! The doctor started saying it was something I had eaten wrong! (I was following my plan to the T) Well the doctor in the ER wanted to discharge me and send me home. I'm a nurse, I said no, something is wrong! Well the surgeon decided to keep me over night just for "observation" I slept the night pain free, when I woke up in the morning the pain had come back. At 12 o'clock the surgeon finally came to see me. At 4:30 in the afternoon I was being prepared for emergency surgery for a diagnostic laparotomy with possible vowel resection. Well it took the surgeon to open me up, to find that I had an intestinal stenosis....he had to reroute my entire bypass! Moral of the story, listen to your body! I could have died from that complication! And with every procedure there is always a risk of complication! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hello Everyone! I'm almost 5 months post op and the hair loss is REAL! Anyone have any tricks to slowing it down or something they did that helped?! I'm about to start taking a prenatal Vitamin to see if that helps any!!! I can't take it anymore! I don't know what else to do! HW: 325 SW: 312 CW: 236 I feel amazing, this hair loss is just driving me insane! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hey all! A little about me, I started out at 325lbs. I'm currently 3 months post op gastric Bypass surgery! I'm down 70lbs weighing in at 255lbs! I feel amazing, I'm loving the process, BUT I can't deal with this hair loss! It's making me depressed! I used to have this beautiful long black hair and now it's short and dried out and falling out by the pounds Someone please tell me this gets better!!! Anyone have any solutions to this problem? I take my Vitamins every single day and doing great with my Water intake and protein! Any suggestions?! Thank you in advance! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hey all! I'm 10 weeks post op. I had my surgery Rou en Y Gastric Bypass on 10/10. 12 days later I was in the emergency room with severe abdominal pain, nothing relieved my pain! They did CT scan and everything was normal including my labs. The following day I was back in surgery due to an intestinal stenosis (that was completely overlooked in the ct scan) and my bypass had to be re routed. And since that last surgery I've been hospitalized 4 times, including 2 endogastricduodenoscopies because of abdominal pain! I'm down 60lbs and I'm happy with my results. I'm just not happy with all these hospital admissions and the pain I've been experiencing! At one point I was kind of regretting having this surgery done. I wonder what it would have been like to have lost the weight on my own! At this point I'm able to eat what I want except raw vegetables, steak, carbs and anything high in sugar! I guess I'm just going through this kind of depressive state! Anyone else had these problems post surgery? I need advice! Thank you! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

10/10 RNY bypass HW 325 Down 48lbs! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Had surgery 10/10 and 10/23 HW 325 SW 313 Current weight 287! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Today i am 3 weeks post op! HW 325lbs SW 313lbs Today I am 290lbs Down 23lbs since surgery and I had to have a second surgery due to a complication last Sunday! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

What do you all do when you eat something that doesn't agree with you?! What helps you get over that "feeling"? I just had a few bites of egg salad and I'm about to puke, I have this tight knot feeling in my stomach! Ughhh Please help! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I just went 5 days without a bowel movement and as I was talking to my mom on the phone I felt the urge!!! Thank God! Either way I'm going to take a stool softener! Be careful with laxatives, they can deplete you of nutrients (the very little we get) and can dehydrate you! Stool softener is a better route! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hi! I'm 2.5 weeks post op from my bypass and 3 days post op from my complication surgery. Today is just one of those days where I haven't wanted to drink any Water and don't have the urge to eat at all! Does anyone else experience these "bad days" I had NO desire to drink a Protein shake tonight so I'm having a yogurt instead? I guess it's better than nothing I really need some motivation to keep going and not let this bring me down! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hi! I was just in the ER for the same pain and ended up undergoing a second surgery because my bypass was too narrow causing me all the pain! Consult your surgeon! I had two surgeries in less than two weeks! Listen to your body, only you know what you're feeling! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Hi everyone! Finally made it home today after being in the hospital for 4 days! Listen to your bodies! That's all I can say! For all of us who have undergone the bypass or the sleeve, no one knows the huge change we have endured! Everyone kept telling me it was gas when In fact I KNEW it was not! I knew something was wrong! Although I was upset about having to go through with another surgery, im in positive spirits and looking forward to recovering once again! Hugs and kisses to all of you that have reached out! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App