erica_ozzy73

I paid around $26000 without insurance Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

The 2 week pre op!!... I hated it and was hungry all the time. At this stage of 5 weeks pre op I'm finding I want to eat for the sake of eating... they remove the stomach part NOT the brain bit lol Whether it's ice cream or general crap. Oh and the toilet thing .. I rarely go for number twos and have to take laxatives. Other then that it all going great guns Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

What are egg beaters??... Is it scrambled eggs?. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I never and haven't thrown up and u prob won't cause it's liquid but I could get an icypole down within minutes.. I'm not sure if that was Normal or not lol. The feeling of wanting to burp and I couldn't omg more annoying then anything Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm the same except I've lost most of my weight and I still feel like I have an eternal heater on. My surgeons nurse was joking saying that "OMG your gonna be feeling the cold soon enough!"... OMG when????? Lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I told my general GP last week about how I wanted to start doing keto at some stage although I'm sort of doing it now anyway and she's so against it. My husband is keto and she wasn't impressed. Although she's a great dr she knows bugger all about what keto really is im sure. This is a dr that told me muscle weighs more then fat !!!!... ummmm hello lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I was suppose to have one cause I'm over 40. I didn't as I was an uninsured patient and they tried to keep the costs down. They did find a small hiatus hernia during the op which they just fixed. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Def not freezing here I wish I was. Seeing it's bloody summer I can hardly wait till our winter starts to know what being cold is like. Although when I was this weight many years ago I still felt the heat and never the cold Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Brekky - I have one egg and cottage cheese and scrambled it.. Lunch- today is a home made tuna patty n cottage cheese Smoko- cheese stick and home made Protein ball or full fat low sugar yogurt with a couple of berries dinner - protein maybe chicken / beef mince/ tuna/ with low carb veggies maybe cabbage or cauliflower or broccoli... Later illl have a cuppa tea And all day I'm drinking around 2 litres of Water sometimes more I'm 5 weeks post op. Haven't had any mashed potato or any high carb veg or Pasta , rice. Have tried a few bites of some Desserts but they didn't agree with me. I also may have Protein shakes ( next to no sugar ) with berries and yogurt Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Does it matter how short your hair is?... I have shaved sides ( 1/2 of a num 1) and a slightly longer top. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'll be heading over to the the US in march from Australia and I'll be 3 months post op.. mind u I felt like I could of travelled a lot earlier on.. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

HHahahaha well it was New Year's Eve and I was so excited to be able to have a little and I'd be damned it went straight through. Bugger that dessert lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I'm cleared for most foods at 5 weeks post op but bugger the breads n bad carbs... as much as I miss them and want them I won't let them back in lol Bad bad news Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Yeah I'd be aiming for higher fats and no sugar and under 25g of carbs. And Up the Protein. I don't count calories at all. And I stick to 3 small meals a day with 1 snack Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Christ I wish I hated the taste of it after the sleeve... nothing tastes different to me at all. So disappointing lol. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I don't count calories tbh.. I aim ( most of the time) for around 60-70% Protein, high fat and very low carb (from veg only).. Counting calories never got me any where ever lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I have had it a few times... I get it from eating something that contained too much sugar. I get a little crampy and feel off until 30mins later I'm on the toilet with the trotters... after that I'm good. I have had it from a yogurt , ice cream, and some shitty Italian dessert. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Yep I did But not on liquids stage I was on puréed. But it went straight through me and it was bloody horrible. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I had thick Soup or casserole... no eggs till I was on solids Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I was a 30 BMI at around 84kgs at 5ft 6.. 5th dec 2016 to now I'm 69kgs. No problems with Water intake at all from day 1. I eat Protein mostly then very low carb veg with hardly any carbs. It's not been that bad. Doc said I should get to 60kgs... ummmmm don't think so and I don't care if I stay where I am now. Blood pressure tablets are now lowered but still on 200micros of thryroxine Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

3 people I know of never had to do a pre op diet.. I had my liver tested and it was. A fatty liver lol. Not all the diets are liquid Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I never counted calories. All surgeons have different ideas about the 2 week pre op diet.... I was told to do Optifast or Optislim..... ... So I either had a shake 3 times a day or 2 shakes and a dessert Or 1 shake , opti chocolate bar and a dessert..or Soup Just had variations of these. I hated it tbh. But I lost a few kilos. It was all to shrink my liver and nothing to do with weight loss. Although if you are morbidly obese to be lighter on the op table would be most beneficial. I started at a lower BMI and a weight of 84kgs... I'm now 70 kgs 5 weeks later ( hit that weight at 3 weeks and have stalled for 2 weeks) .. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I took 2 weeks cause I drive a truck ( not a small one either lol) and it's physically hard. Water isn't a problem at all. I bring an esky with me everyday to keep my food cool. I never had to have pain meds thank god. When I got home I was bloody cleaning the next day ( day 3) Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I was only allowed Clear liquids like broth or Water for one week. No Protein drinks at all yet I did feel pressure in my chest for around 4 days after any fluids. I had no problem with water and was drinking around 1 litre plus a day. I didn't have to sip either which was odd I always thought u couldnt have lots in one go. At five weeks post op I'm way over 2 litres a day... It gets better believe me Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I ate what ever I could purée !!!... except carbs like potato etc in fact no carbs Everything had some kind of cheese in it to up my fat n Protein. Now at 5 weeks post op my carbs are very limited to veggies without starch. Brekky is egg with cottage cheese most days lunch - cottage cheese , tuna, avocado Arvo - Protein Drink or cheese or Cold meats Dinner- tonight will be rissoles with cabbage n bacon Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App