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Coming up to the 70lb loss mark and considering cutting my hair. Not just a trim but taking it all off. Anyone else cut their hair dramatically after weight loss? If you have pictures would love to see them. This is just a fun chat about what you did to your hair after weight loss. Maybe you died it dramatically or totally change your style. Would love to hear from you.

So I ordered vitamin patches for the 2nd time through Bariatric Pal website only to later find this article....so what's true?
http://www.bariatriceating.com/2016/06/faq-vitamin-patches-bad/
CAN WE ABSORB Vitamins AND MINERALS THROUGH OUR SKIN BY USING ONE OF THOSE Multivitamin Patches I HAVE HEARD OF?
Vitamin Use Tied to Lower Breast Cancer Death
When we heard about ‘multivitamin patches’ that were being marketed to bariatric patients, we were skeptical because we remember the ‘spray vitamins’ similarly targeting us a few years back that turned out to be bogus – the FDA and Attorney General of several states thought so too.
We consulted with experts regarding ‘patch multivitamins’, all of whom emphatically said that none of the claims made by the patch company were true. Not a single word. They even underscored that what these companies are proposing is biochemically impossible, as the skin is a very good seal against Water soluble organics, which is why you can’t get drunk on alcohol through your skin.
It’s also a good barrier against ion transfer, or else a few hours in the ocean would dehydrate and kill you. Think of all the things you come in contact with during your day – if these materials passed through the skin, it could in many instances mean death.
Most vitamins and minerals fall into these two categories and anybody claiming nutrient absorption through a known protective barrier had better produce studies to back it up – burden of proof is upon the patch companies, as their claims go against widely accepted and well known medical facts.
One pharmacological expert went further to say that the people responsible for the bariatric vitamin patches ‘are either willfully fraudulent or just plain stupid, but either way are a second away from an FDA Warning Letter or FTC action’. Use your judgement and please be careful of this kind of stuff. You cannot fit the entire world of nutrition in a single pill. It does not make sense that you could tape a packet of pulverized vitamins to your arm and have all that material magically move through your skin and into your body. You cannot absorb the amount of minerals needed after bariatric surgery through a ‘sticker’.
People who have had bariatric surgery are often looking for something easy and defend this product because they want to believe. People cite nicotine, birth control and other medications used as prescribed treatments via patch dose – the difference is that the highly specialized transdermal medication patches available via prescription, are for tiny amount of drugs, not several teaspoons of organic minerals. There is no comparison.
If you’d like to be compliant, there is no easy way out, you must swallow capsules or chew tablets. There is no magic pill and certainly no magic spray or sticker.

I'm seven months post-op and I've hit a wall. I'm pretty bad with Water intake and I'm working on improving it. But I'm about to join a gym to get more exercise in. I've been doing the basics at home and I need to up my workout. I'm thinking I'll do 20ish minutes cardio and 20-30 strength. I know cardio will help with weight loss but I need to tone really bad. So what is everyone's routine at the gym? What equipment do you use?

i was 4 1/2 months post op when I got pregnancy I gained 15 the last 3 months of pregnancy but lost 70 3 months after baby.

If you're on Facebook there's a group called Breastfeeding a Bariatric Baby. I've been a member for a few months and from what I've read, most post wls moms didn't have any problems Breastfeeding. And for those that did it was not related to the surgery.
DOS:358 CW:270 SD:1/28/13 BabyBoyDueDate: 11/14/13

Note: The National Health Service (NHS) is the name of the public health services of England, Scotland and Wales, and is commonly used to refer to those of Northern Ireland.
General guidelines for bariatric surgery is to avoid pregnancy until at least 12-18 months post-op because low caloric intake cannot support a pregnancy. In your case, since you are 2 years post-op, you should be O.K. Normally it is important to gain good weight during pregnancy by avoiding junk food and concentrating on meals high in Protein. One area of concern is Vitamins. I had RNY gastric bypass and my body is no longer able to synthesize the vitamins that I need from food alone. Therefore I need to take vitamins for the remainder of my life. So it would be important to work with your doctors to ensure that you do not become anemic with any of these Vitamin requirements. Generally in the States, pregnant women are prescribe pre-natal vitamins to minimize the possibility of becoming anemic. But after gastric bypass surgery, you body may not absorb these properly. So as a layperson, I would think that your public health service should prescribe prenatal vitamins that can be absorbed by pregnant gastric bypass patients and monitor your vitamin levels through blood testing in order to preclude any deficiencies. But I am not a doctor.

I have fibromyalgia as well, although mine seems to be fairly mild. You are definitely doing the right thing by taking baby steps. I also recommend pool exercises, and then a soak in a hot tub afterwards if at all possible. Get some rest and keep up with your fluids. Gentle hugs!

Have you started your preop diet yet? I start tomorrow for my July 29th surgery date. Excited to finally be at this point!

When I talked with my surgeon pre-op he told me that there was a long term study in Quebec, Canada that followed women and babies for approximately 20 years after the mother had WLS. They found that the reduced weight of the mothers led to an increased likelihood of the children growing up to be healthy weight adults. To me this was a huge factor in going through with the surgery. I wanted to give my future babies the best start in life. I was 29 when I had my surgery. Whether you get pregnant or not after surgery you need to make sure you are taking your Vitamins and taking care of yourself. My surgeon also said that babies will arrive when they want to, but to try to wait two years post-op before getting pregnant. He also said that with any pregnancy you want to have good comprehensive medical care to ensure the health of mother and baby