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Most place s give you a chin strap to keep your mouth closed. You must open your mouth during the night at some point because that what causes it. I have 2
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Great I will be following each of your journeys mines the end of April so ooo close!!!

Just looking to follow those having surgery around the same time as me.

Great I will be following each of your journeys mines the end of April so ooo close!!!

Hi there! I am having my band to bypass revision April 5th 2017!

Im having mine April 27th with Dr. Jose Rodriguez in Mexico. I am working with BeLiteWeight. Has anyone had surgery with this dr. and delt with this organization?
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I'm hoping for early May

Im hoping to have mines early march
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My 6 months of supervised weight loss classes will be done in March. So I'm hoping for surgery soon after that.
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I'm having mine may june
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I got curious about it and looked at YouTube. Some people use Nivea for cellulite. Jergen's makes a skin firming lotion. There are some neoprene wraps that you can wear on areas that may sag like upper arms, stomach, and for thighs. Who knows if any of it works. I even saw a blog where a lady used Preparation H and Saran Wrap. Again don't know if it works but heck it might be worth a try. Most people say strength train and drink a lot of Water.< /p>

Just stop entertaining these folks. They don't understand melaninated people can appear different shades. Some pics I look lighter and others I look darker all within the same photo session. Also you can't convince them with logic.
From what I see is your legs were never really that big but it looks like you lost a lot in your chest. One pic you have on a bra and the other you don't. As women we know how a bra can change how our body looks. I lost about the same amount of weight as you and there is a big difference in my appearance as well because of how I carry my weight.

Honestly if you can't support her...don't look. It's not any of our jobs to police the pictures. If you can't say something nice don't say anything at all.
Now keep working on yourself and you are really becoming a thinner and still beautiful woman. As long as you are happy, none of the people here should bother you.
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Ummmm....you do realize that different types of lighting can account for tonal changes in a photograph????? hair color changes made you question the veracity of the picture???? SMH....I guess if anyone decides to post a WLS before/after picture, they'll need to make sure the pictures are taken with THE EXACT SAME CLOTHING, HAIR, POSES, LIGHTING, BACKDROPS, ETC to satisfy any naysayers.Why be so disparaging......????? Just be happy for a person-& if you can't, DON'T COMMENT!
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No you all are just annoying. I've never heard people make this much noise about leaving an internet forum..
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Sorry but everything Alex said is true! There have been a few posters on here that even though they may provide some good information their tone and demeanor on here is downright inexcusable... Acting like they are gods gift to Bariatric patients... As he states in the rules this is a safe place and no one should be talked down to for doing this and that. I am fortunate to have a medical background and know the rules and what could happen and all that jazz. But some of these posters even though their questions about doing/eating this and that may sound "dumb" the truth is they most likely really don't know better hence why they're asking for advice on a support page. (Health literacy... look it up). This then turns into a viscous cycle of others commenting and putting them on blast when really they don't know better and probably think they are making decent choices. These posters need help and education, not to be scrutinized by bully tactics. This is your own personal journey and what works for one person may not work for another and just because you deviate from one persons plan doesn't mean your a failure or going to fail. Pretty sure none of these people are credentialed to be giving out medical advise anyways. I have been personally very successful in my WLS journey and you better believe if I posted some of the things I have done I would've received backlash from posters on here...even though everything I've done is on MY plan. It just may not be on others, therefore with these posters mentality I would be wrong.. and fail... and everything else they like to say if you don't follow their rules. Anyways that is my little rant. Happy Saturday
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When I had my RNY I woke up with a Cath in. When They removed it I had no urge to go pee. They had to straight Cath me 3 times. They removed 3 IV bags full of urine. They couldn't or wouldn't release me until I could pee on my own. I was shocked because I have had surgeries with no problems in with this before.
Fast forward it to Sept of last years. I had my Panni done and of course I had a Cath. When they removed it I couldn't pee again. I sat on the toliet for 45 minutes trying to go running Water pushing on my bladder with nothing. They did the straight cath again. They say that it is pretty common. But that time I could go quicker because with my RNY I couldn't get enough fluids down but with the Panni I could drink more. Finally did my due and got to go home. As far as it hurting I can say it is a little uncomfortable when it is removed. Not near as bad as you anticipate You will be ok.

I had a cath and it was inserted after I was sedated and I don't remember it being removed. Right after surgery I was so out of it and it was safer for me to have a cath then for me to walk to the bathroom.
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I hate catheters and I unfortunately had one! :-(
I was asleep while it was inserted, but I could certainly feel it every time that I moved in bed and walked. I begged for it to come out, but I had to wait until the next day until I had enough urine output.
I hate getting them taken out, but I was so relieved when it happened!
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I just had my surgery on 12/23/16 and I had to have a catheter I was on bed rest.
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I was completely unaware of the 'catheter' concept when I went into the OT. I had my surgery on the 17th of December, 2016.
When the nurse spoke about catheter, 'I freaked out' totally. The nurse was very gentle, so it did not hurt much during the insertion and removal. I am glad I had it. I was a little too weak and nauseated after the surgery, so every time I puked, I was glad I did not wet the bed. So I am kind of glad that I had it .

Nothing other than what your surgeon suggest, if you wanna be safe for surgery I would suggest sticking to the plan, after all you surgeon put that in place for a reason... I could be wrong.
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Im in my 3rd month out a 6 month program, all you do I'd journal your food entry's and weigh in with the nutrionist every month then once complete they submit your file to insurance and surgery usually schedule a month after last visit.
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Lala is a great tasting yougurt smoothie
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Thank guys for sharing you all personal experiencences good and bad..
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