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I'm UK too and diet was low carb, low fat and around 1000 calories a day. Unlimited water/sugar free squash etc. Milk was counted but we added a Meal Replacement shake to get Protein in as well as food.< br>
Lost 9kg with that and now I'm down 25kg.

What I found is Morrison's do a shake powder for under £4 and it's brilliant, asda do same but not as nice.

Good luck!

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Yeah I had my period and a cathether, had to remove tampon and go free flow but your lying on absorbent pads so no worries there. When I woke up my nurse in the HDU put a tampon in for me and gave me pain relief and a hot water bottle. My period pain was worse than surgical pain lol

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The balloon is available over here for a good while but is rarely used and expensive as there is no support structure set up for it.

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Try Argan Oil, I've got alopecia and it really helps me. Not sure price wise but here in Scotland it's about £20 for massive bottles of Shampoo and conditioner that lasts 6 months.

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I get intertrigo so I totally get the irritating skin rash that hurts like hell. My treatment is potassium permanganate baths and an emollient called Dermol - use the emollient daily as a soap substitute and bath/ soak in the PP at least weekly.

Hope that maybe gives you some help

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Dumping can happen with the sleeve and if it's what I had last week I never want it again.

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Sounds like your friends are pushing and being judgmental about a major life decision.

ONLY YOU know when your ready and tbh, weight loss may help increase fertility so tell them to shove it in a pipe and smoke it.

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Patienteleventybillion!

I totally agree with being blunt about this surgery, my MIL constantly nags me about it and tries to say it's not a miracle cure etc - duh! Just cause she was too old for it doesn't mean she gets to be an expert.

Anyway, I try and explain to our two and half year old that mummy is shrinking to ensure play time is as long as possible, that she's here for as long as possible.

When she's older I will explain it again but my main motivation for this surgery which took me ten years to get is to learn new skills, learn how to be healthy and put it into practice. Am I succeeding? Yes, do I fail sometimes - yes.

But I will never ever let my daughter and any other children we are blessed with make my mistakes.

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Yeah I have a toddler and was sleeved last month. She's noticed a difference and so have I, at our playgroup I can chase her and not be winded. She likes using the now shrinking boob's as drums and keeps checking they are there as they not so big lol

Our wee one is still young but having friends with school-age kids and had surgery too the biggest issue they had is when their kids told the whole school about the surgery.

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I had similar and was just told it is normal (for me) as it's new tissue and healing happening.

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I have had the same feeling since surgery last month and ita defo not food that's stuck with me.

When we had a tube down our throats for surgery it obviously makes us very dry and irritates the throat. What my surgeon said to me is sometimes when the tube is in, it creates a wee dent in the throat which can take a few weeks to clear.

Symptoms of something stuck the size of a Lego cube in throat is most normal one and it feels like it moves then comes back.

Mine is thankfully almost gone but really annoying.

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Yeah had one. Surgery took Max 2 hours then everyone in Bariatric goes into HDU for 24hrs. Very happy I had catheter in as those 24hrs I couldn't get up to go.

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I'm lucky enough to have minimal symptoms (Santa beard is worst) but when I get cramps it's worse than a full on contraction. 4 weeks post surgery today and coming off BC, yeah surgeon gonna love me on Friday for check up

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Thanks for the tip!

140 days of period?! That's terrible! I had been getting my period every 1-2 weeks and used ally it's only 3-4 days very light and I never have cramps. Lately it can last anywhere from 4-10 days and can be heavy with bad cramps. They found I had a polyp in my uterus and removed it last Friday. I'm hoping that will help regulate them! Have you been evaluated??

Little tip with lush product called Sakura (bath bomb).

Crumble it up and add half of one to your towels and bedsheet wash instead of washing powder. It won't dye, stain and cleans everything beautifully with the added smell of the product.

Love from Scotland - day 140 of period from hell.

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Take a stool softner daily if needed, I use Laxido (I'm Scotland tho so use whatever is available in your area).

Trust me, you don't want constipation

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If you had any heparin based medications or injections then trust me you can bruise when a butterfly lands on you. My whole stomach is black and blue (thanks to my toddler jumping on me after my clexane injections)

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Sounds like a simple detachment, had similar with gallbladder and it quite litterly felt like an elastic band snapping back under the skin. What I was told is that it's fine as long as no pain or burning around incision, of there is any sign of fever or severe discomfort then get checked asap

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You, bread does that to me too.

Atomic burps and nuclear farts.

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Hi ladies, PCOS here too and just had the sleeve done 19 days ago.

I was diagnosed really late at 24years old, only symptom I had was growing a better beard than Santa and inability to get pregnant. I do have a daughter who's now 2 and a half, no idea how she's here as we were told it would never happen (FU PCOS).

Anyway, my consultant OB is a leading researcher in Scotland for PCoS and she advised me of this when I told her I was getting sleeved

In the first year work your ass off, get as much weight off as possible and start routines of building up sex life. The more weight you lose the better your fertility is, and that goes for partners as well - even if they are slightly overweight it can affect males too.

At the one year mark I have to go back to her and get a full battery of tests done and stop all BC - should take within 6 months to get pregnant after that.

Oh the joys of pcos!

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Depends if you wake up with a drain or catheter and if you do then your going to want to stay in the hospital gowns. If not, prepare some old jammies as your going to be sore and want comfort etc - also in case your wounds leak slightly.

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We are part of a surgical led study in our programme that's going to cover us for the next ten years. We will get surveys to do, they have access to our NHS records for data etc.

I'm only 18 days post op but feel fantastic!

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Our programme is all based from our weight management team and our surgeon has the last word on surgical acceptance no matter how or what you have done.

I know a couple people in my group had their surgery and when woke up were told by surgeon it was a full open procedure or were closed up as they didn't comply with liver diet - surgeon went through them like a ton of bricks for wasting his time.

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Sending prayers for you and whole family from Scotland tonight. Have strength in your choices and your dads, he's in safe hands with the doctors.

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One bit of advice is to get a stool softner as well as something like Senna to help you go to the loo AND DONT STRAIN!!

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