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I totally get you on this. I think we've all got a double-dip of self-loathing & regret that we need to work through. I was fortunate, though. I often got compliments on my clothes (I love bright colors/patterns) or my nail polish, or my Day of the dead facepaint for Halloween, or whatever. Maybe it's a Southern thing?

I am a RN in a busy ER, I went back to work after one week because that is all I could take off financially. I was fine. Fill a water bottle and sip any chance you get. Don’t bring foods to eat that you haven’t tested on your days off...there were a couple of times I had to quickly excuse myself and vomit. Bring easy to digest foods...like Protein Shakes, yougurt, oatmeal, etc... Plan ahead.. I never had any pain.

I had the same issue with spasms and gurgling right after surgery. My physician prescribed hycosamine, which is an anti-spasmodic, and it seemed to help.

I'm about five months out. In the past month, I lose two pounds and then gain it back. I've lost 40lbs same as you. The one major change I've made is I haven't been to the gym since the week before Christmas due to a sprained knee. I am cleared to go back to the gym next week. I'm sure that the exercise component is the thing stalling my weight loss. I still eat the same, Proteins first, get my Water in etc. If you cant go to the gym try any activity and see if that helps to jump start your weight loss. You are right there will be a weight gain but the gain can be minimal as long as we stay on top of it. Trust the process and trust yourself.

Thank you! Sadly, I have...
It's definitely part of re-learning eating. Your head says, it's a quarter of a chicken breast, ha! - easy. But your stomach says otherwise. Plus, I eat too fast. The pain is dull and uncomfortable - sorta like bad gas pain but in my back rib area. I try to get up and walk/pace when I can and it's gone in about a minute. As much as you listen to your body there will be times that one food fills you much differently than another. You'll be okay!

I can’t tolerate cold at all anymore and I used to be hot all the time before surgery!

It’s called telogen effluvium and occurs from experiencing abrupt metabolic or hormonal changes like weight loss surgery. Sometimes, despite your best efforts to prevent it, you can’t. You’ll just have to be patient and wait for it to stop.

The nicotine test usually takes several days to result. If you haven’t had any nicotine containing products recently you should be fine.

41 lbs down at a little over 2 months. So far so good. I’m having a lot of gas pains in my shoulder and neck area really badly. Almost as bad as they were right after surgery. I’m drinking Water plenty of it that’s all I️ drink. I️ eat clean except for thanksgiving of coarse I️ really don’t know why the pains are so sharp and bad I️ walk around. Anyone else experiencing this? Anything I️ can take?

Only regret is that I didn't do it sooner!
When I stopped to be honest with myself - I wasn't going to "seriously diet one more time." Sure, I could have...and I probably would have, eventually, gained that weight back (again). C'est la vie. I can donate a portion of my stomach to the HazMat container if it means I can get healthy, once and for all!

The vision issues can be caused by Vitamin deficiencies, definitely Vitamin A. I've had blurry vision in the last month. I did a google search and found others who have had this due to deficiencies.

Me too. I started crying when my husband forgot to get me something from the grocery store. I seem to feel better when I make sure to take a daily walk though.

I’m finishing my BSN online. I just had surgery on 11/7. I’ve been able to keep up with most my school work but I did have to get an extension on one project. My surgeon says recovery is generally 2-4 weeks so I feel I’ll be ready to go back to work after 3 weeks. I’m an ED nurse and work 12 hour overnights. You have almost a month between surgery and when you start school so you might be just fine.

I know they say not to weigh the first week out because you will be upset with the weight gain from the iv,s I woke up and weighed in this morning at 342.4 and I was 344.9 when I went in on Tuesday for surgery. I pray That I keep loosing like this. Having a hard time with the Protein Shakes right now it Soup. So peppermint tea and G2 again till tomorrow.

Well that .6cc removal of my band really gave me the ability to take in so much more. I'm up to 204. Oh well at least it'll make it that much easier to hit the 35 BMI. I called the hospital today regarding the at home sleep study and they said they are just waiting for approval from insurance and then they will scheduled. It feels so wrong that I'm like praying I still have sleep apnea.

Thank you for the post, Rick! I also was thinking about the DS as a first choice, but don't know if I would be eligible without speaking with the new surgeon. I will keep all this in mind!

I have created a group on FB specifically for Tricare, if y'all want to join. Just to support and figure out the process together. I literally just created it as I did not really find much, at least when I searched.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/359086584533097/

I'm currently waiting for insurance approval! I hope to be able to schedule surgery for end of Oct or beginning of Nov. I bet it's a huge relief to finally have a date.