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I'm told a lot of people with type 2 go into remission postop. Make sure you work with the NUT and dietician so you manage your sugars postop so you don't crash. I became hypoglycemic postop and have to eat some sugar to make sure I don't have crashes. My morning sugar avgs around 60. Doesn't surprise me, before I gained weight I was hypoglycemic, then had kids and gained over 100lbs, fixed the hypoglycemia, but messed up everything else lol.

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I wish you all the best then. I was able to come off the lasix about 2 weeks preop. I'm 2 years postop and have maintained good heart health since. It was past time for me to lose the weight and get healthy.

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Thank you so much for responding I have bad diabetes and they believe that's where mines came from I got clearance from the cardiologist I'm praying mines will improve and

I have a failing a failing heart valve, and very early CHF that was reversed with gastric bypass. But every case is different. If you have CHF the bariatric surgeon will refer you to a cardiologist for an evaluation of your heart health before deciding to do surgery. Everyone felt my case would benefit from the weight loss. Extreme weightloss can be stressful on the heart so it's not something to take lightly.

Anyone have congestive heart failure and had gastric bypass did the surgery help???

Milk of Mag, Smooth Move Herbal tea (I use two bags), Colace. Any of those three really help me. Also have to make sure you're drinking a lot and walking a lot too to get your bowels moving.

Constipation can definitely be a problem after bypass. My Mom dwals with it still years out. She takes a tasteless Fiber powder and mixes it in her Water every day, as long as she keeps that up she's pretty regular.

She recommends taking a stool softener to get things moving again and then daily fiber supplements.

Good luck!

Yes i have the mirena and haven't gotten one in months, right after surgery i bled for 3 weeks. It sucked but surgeon said its normal and its a side affect of the anaesthesia. Also when you have rapid weight loss your hormones are changing throwing things off

I am 4 weeks post op from GB. My period has lasted 12 days. Wth? I have a 1 month follow up in 3 days so I will ask the surgeon but anyone else have long periods ? It's not heavy but it's consistent & annoying. I'm on birth control already. Could it be wacky Hormone levels due to surgery ??

I remember wondering that but yes 1 year post op can drink Water easily. Just don't drink with meals wait 30 mins after. Well I do that usually except if I'm having wine then drink and eat at same time

Yes. I drink normally and even chug Water when working out. You'll be fine.

I drink post-RNY as I did pre-RNY. food is another matter.

I'm glad I came across this thread! I was very worried that I would only be able to sip Water for the rest of my life...lol....when I work hard I get thirsty and tend to take big drinks of water....I'd be miserable if I could only sip when I work.

Yes! I am just over 7 months post surgery, I can drink like normal, just give it time. I think I was able to drink normally around 2 months after

I was able to drink quite fast withing a couple of weeks. I could drink a whole pint of Water at once. Whats the evidence which states if you are a fast drinker you will eat fast too?
Gulping down water/tea/coffee/insert drink here, didn't resut in me having to have a VSG. Eating too much did.

best not go down this road. yes you will be able to take bigger sips but gulping your drinks is part of what got you to needing the surgery especially if it is something other than Water. also drinking fast will eventually lead to eating fast which will be a killer. this is a new life so learn to slow down and savour it.

Everyone is different. I'm almost a year out and can drink big sips -almost 1/4 of a bottle of Water at a time

It's gets better with time, I am 3 months out and can drink lots more now.


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So will I ever be able to drink without just having to take sips? I had gastric bypass and I'm 4 weeks post op, and be wanting to drink down my drink instead I'm having to always sip.

I wouldn't consider myself a vet, but hopefully this will help. My highest weight was 426 and I was 390 surgery morning July 20th. I am a little over 7 months post op and down to 273. Because of the high weight, the first six months of weight loss went fast. I went through the 300's pretty quick. Now things are going a bit slower at month 7 and I am having to work a little more for it, but that is normal from what I've read. I revised to bypass from a lap and, and it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Hi everyone! Hope all is well. I was wondering if there were any Bypass vets out there who's highest weight was the in the 400's. Mine was 437LB and I just want to know how much weight have you lost and about how long did it take you to lost it after surgery? Im curious because I am 3 weeks out and have only lost 5LBS. But I am not eating hardly anything. So just curious. Thanks.

You can gain weight not eating any sugar at all. Post ops can still eat way too many calories and avoid dumping syndrome by eating things like pizza.

I was told very few people actually have dumping syndrome, it's a small percentage. If you still eat poorly you will gain weight.

I am trying to figure out how is it possible that people gain weight despite the dumping syndrome that exists in Gastric Bypass patients, virtually due to the fact that the Pylorus is not intact? If anyone has answers to this, please feel free to share. Is it that people have figured out how to cheat the punishment factor of Dumping, and get around it?
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Gabriel

I was told most people experience dehydration after surgery. About 2 months.