Creekimp13

Honeymoon glow. Ride it all you can, lose as much weight as you can, work hard to change your eating habits. Eventually, your old habits will come a knocking...be it in a few months or a few years....but working on these healthy changes is absolute key to longterm success. Great work! Keep at it!

Huh! That's interesting!

Ask your doctor. Could be a scar tissue adhesion. I doubt it's anything serious. Will likely go away with time. Can't hurt to ask, though. Err on the side of safety and see what your doc says.

That sounds nuts to me. See if you can opt out. I took one dose of pain meds the night I spent in the hospital, and that was it. Didn't need any more. Obviously, pain will be different for everyone, but I have never heard of anyone taking a pain pump home? Has anyone here gone home with that?

My hair grew back crazy thick....and curly. Which is fecking weird. It used to be straight! Maybe the vitamins contributed? I don't know, but I've got serious wave and curl now and everyone keeps saying I have a great perm. Nope....just grew back curly. Who knew?

I lot of what I eat is close to vegetarian and I'll admit, sometimes I add up all my protien grams and say screw it....and drink a protien drink just to not stress about it.

Had mine out about 20 years ago. Zero issues. I eat a lot of dietary fiber.

At 3 weeks post op, I was eating 1200 calories a day in 6 (or more) little meals.

Wish I could comment, but I don't have this issue. Interesting that you both do, though...I'm sure others must! Your post did, however, make me giggle enough to startle the cat. Enjoyed it.

I think this is true. It's also true that people who lose significant weight before surgery are statistically more likely to have less regain than those who don't. Maybe part of it is metabolic reset, or changing your gut microbes? I lost over 50 pounds in the 6 months leading up to my surgery.

I was incredibly hungry during all of weight loss phase. It was too early for what you ate, and that's concerning....because endangering yourself this early on is bad news for being able to make health protecting choices in the future. While probably not world ending (honestly cheese and refried beans were on my soft foods list)....it makes me think you need more support than you're getting. I know some people experience a tremendous decrease of appetite. I was not one of them. I was every bit as hungry as I'd ever been and more so.....so I totally feel your pain. Please be concious that you need to follow your instructions carefully so you don't injure yourself. Causing a leak in your stomach suture line will result in a hell of a long hospitalization, and VERY serious potential problems. You don't want to go there. You don't want to risk the smallest chance of it. It's that bad. I wouldn't be me...without plugging the bariatric therapist...so I'm gonna say you should see if your clinic will give you a referal. Lots of folks are resistant to this, but it's just not a bad idea. What could it hurt to give it a try?

I drank decaf the first year after surgery, then was told it was ok to switch back to regular. I drink a lot of regular coffee now...no issues. It's true you can't take a lot of NSAIDS, but my surgeon allows us to take a couple of doses a month for things like migraines and bad periods (After we are a year out....the first year of healing is completely restrictive) I take my ibuprophen with an antacid now, and never more than a few doses in a month.

Yes, I was about 250 pounds when my horse refused a jump and I sailed off, flipped end for end....and landed like a sack of potatoes with a massive thud. Had the wind knocked out, a concussion, shock, the works. Very tall draft-horse cross. Ouch! When your doctor described that coorelation, he might have been talking about people who develop hiatal hernia from chronic overeating....already having behaviors that are difficult to change. And this might have been a *part* of why my diaphragm gave up...because perhaps I'd weakened it with chronic overeating....BUT, the extent of my hernia was much more likely to have been caused more by the trauma. You CAN give yourself hiatal hernia from chronically overeating. It makes perfect sense that if you routinely continue to eat past an uncomtortable "full" sensation, that might coorelate with reduced success.

Woot! Great work! Looking smashing, darling!

Simple fix. Switch doctors. And write him up on every patient opinion site you can find. He sounds like a turd who wants to bolster his image with you looking as thin as possible regardless of how unhealthy it might be for you. You are not his personal bulletin board and his behavior is not only dreadful, it reinforces disordered eating that can lead to future gain. Find a new bariatric group. Wouldn't surprise me if another group near you has others of his refugees. Run. Today.

The pain for upwards of month after, not being able to tolerate food or foods that I enjoy, diarrhea, vomiting, heartburn, no alcohol for 6 months to a year, no nsaids, potential gallstones, hernia , Hair loss to name a few. *I had very little pain. *I tolerate nearly everything. Popcorn, meat, sugar, grease, pretty much everything. I can eat every single thing I've ever been able to eat. *diarrhea, vomiting, heartburn. Have had no problems with any of these. Have not experienced any nausea since surgery, no heartburn. *No alcohol. I'm not a drinker, but tried a sip of something about two months out and regretted it...it burned. After six months, I think I had a few sips of margarita with no issues... and found that a few sips was all it took...wow! I have a handful of drinks a year, but could notice a big difference in my tolerance. *No NSAIDS for a year for sure. My doctor lets me take a small amount now to treat migraines. I take them with an antacid, and never more than a couple of doses per month. *gallstones...I'd already had my gallbladder out. *hernia....was very glad to find and fix mine, and it wasn't caused by the surgery. Improved my quality of life drastically. *hair loss....I lost a massive amount of hair, but it grew back super thick...and CURLY. Had straighter hair before. No clue why it's curly now? Maybe the vitamins? Love my hair more now than before surgery. Hair loss is temporary and there are all sorts of strategies for covering thin hair for a few months while it grows back. (Mine was thin, but I didn't need to hide it)

My group does an upper GI routinely which diagnosed it, along with contrast imaging. My hernia was BIG. Surgeon said it was one of the biggest he's fixed and that half my stomach was likely living in my chest for a long time. I didn't have bad reflux, but I felt smothered when I laid down and probably had sleep apnea that wasn't diagnosed, which I attributed to being fat. I did have the occasional nasty episode of acid, but had no idea the hernia was so pronounced. My recovery was extremely easy. I was up and walking the halls within a few hours of my surgery and had no problems drinking all I was allowed. (my group does the little medicine cups...one ounce, four times an hour...teenie little sips, but it worked great.) I had zero nausea. No vomiting or retching. I DID have quite a bit of pain in my shoulder. Many people are convinced this is gas, but my surgeon explained it can be referred pain from your diaphragm. Since my diaphragm was messed with more than most folks and I experienced this pretty acutely, I'm betting on the referred pain hypothosis. Weirdly, putting an ice pack on my shoulder seemed to help quite a bit. The opening in my diaphragm might have torn or stretched in a bad fall I took off a horse. Because it was likely caused by trauma, I didn't have issues with my esophogeal sphincter that people sometimes do that causes GERD...I just had my stomach squishing up into my thoracic cavity because trauma tore a bigger hole. Sealing it up did the trick. Everything works great now. No acid. I can breathe great laying down. No sleep apnea.

So many things in life we really SHOULD be nervous about....but we're not because it's easy to look the other way when we're doing something self destructive or something that carries risk......that we enjoy. (I've never known anyone to hug their children and get scared and weepy while making incredibly horrible food choices and overeating in the extreme to the detriment of their health and mobility) I don't think anyone enjoys going into the hospital, but the benefits outweigh the risks. Statistically, your life and lifespan are much more in danger if you don't address morbid obesity. Nope, the surgery is not a guarantee. Yes, once in a while something goes wrong. The benefit STILL outweighs the risk. If you are working with a reputable team at a reputable hospital, if your doctor has good presurgical investigations (labs and imaging) and everything has been resolved to reasonable levels, if you've prepaired well....chances are extremely high that surgery will go very well for you. You got this.

"history with binge and restrict" This is the problem. Binge can kill you if your stomach hasn't healed. You can literally die if the pathology is such that you cannot stop yourself.

Back to Basic Plan: Go to a therpist. Work on self acceptance.

My Hiatal Hernia was NOT a surprise. I'd seen imaging and was told up front that it needed to be fixed. It was likely the result of a bad fall off a horse a few years back.

You'll live. No worries.

In my opinion, your money would be better spent and your health would be better.....seeing a bariatric therapist to discuss your concerns and create strategies for managing your habits if you feel you are overeating.

My surgical group's official stance is "No NSAIDS ever again." But privately, my bariatric surgeon has said that taking a few doses a month is not a big deal, but he wants me to take an antacid each time I do. Also, he doesn't want me taking it for extended periods of time. He also would not allow this the first year after surgery. For the first year, he was very strict to allow healing. I do take a couple doses of ibuprophen each time I get a bad migraine or bad menstrual cramps these days. No more than five doses in a month, and always with a big dose of antacid. Typically, it's one or two doses per month, if that.

If you are gaining or unable to maintain a healthy weight...maybe it's time to address the reasons you overeat in a meaningful way. Therapy might not be a bad idea? Eventually, further surgeries will not be an option. Each new surgery increases your future medical risk. Wishing you the best.