Charity G

I have been usig Celebrate Multi-Complete 36 chewable with iron vitamins since my surgery 2 years ago. Lately, It's been difficult getting them, so I'm looking into trying Bariatricpal Multivitamin One with 45 mg iron. Have any of you used either one of these. Any feedback is welcome. It does look like the Bariatricpal Multivitamin One gives you more bang for your buck. Charity

Today I am three months post gastric bypass. I've lost 54 pounds so far, and have been taking my measurements monthly. Everything is progressing as I would like, but when I took my arm measurements they went up (despite using the same methodology as past months). The day before surgery, the widest part of my arm was 21.5, at one month it was 19, at two months it was still 19, but at three months it was 20.5. Is this normal? Just FYI, I've been doing water aerobics 4x a week for an hour each time, which includes upper body strengthening.

Love this NSV! You inspired me to check my steering wheel, and lo and behold, I could lower mine too!

I had a NSV tonight that made me smile...my bath towel wrapped all the way around me without any gaps

I didn't ask for further information when the surgeon said that he had to "pull some fat from the walls." I just assumed there was extra fat in the way of either doing the hernia repair or possibly scar tissue from previous Gastric Lap Band incision sites that needed to be removed in order to complete the RnY surgery. (FYI, had the band from 2002 to 2009...lost down to 250 from 350, then when it was removed gained up to 396).

Had my surgery May 3 in St. Louis, MO

My bruising was in two areas and both looked worse than the original posters, but I did have hernia repair at the same time and my surgeon also said he had to pull some fat from my stomach walls, so I would expect bruising.

I totally know what you mean. I've been in the soft food phase for a week, but next Friday I'll be cleared to start a regular diet. Its scary eating things now because I'm afraid of pain, throwing up or some other unpleasant reaction, so I've relied heavily on protein shakes, Dannon Triple Zero Greek Yogurt, cottage cheese, and soups. Tonight was actually the first time I had a clear indication that I needed to stop eating. I was having a homemade turkey and spinach meatball and maybe I was eating too fast or I didn't chew enough, but it felt like the bite I took was creeping back up my throat. I immediately said I was finished with dinner and luckily it all stayed down. Today was my one month anniversary from surgery, so to have avoided throwing up makes me feel like I'm doing something right.

That sucks! I'm sorry that they didn't recognize or mention your visible weight loss. This has been one of my fears...that I would be working really hard and going through a difficult surgical process, only for people to not see the results.

So it is officially one month since I've had surgery. Here's my comparison stats: weight: 304 to 277 bust: 53.5 to 50.5 waist: 57.5 to 53.75 Hips: 65.5 to 60.5 Thigh: 30.25 to 28.5 Right Arm (batwing): 21.5 to 19 So, I've lost 27 pounds and 16 inches My surgical incision sites got infected, but I finished up the antibiotic two days ago and saw my surgeon Friday and he said they looked like they were healing nicely. I've been walking almost every day for at least 30 minutes at a time and have noticed that my speed and endurance have improved. I even spent six hours outside in 90 degree temps yesterday (at a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game) and survived (in the past there is no way I could have tolerated that much heat and standing). I'm really excited for all the new experiences I'll be able to have as my weight decreases and my health improves.

Three weeks out I had lost 20 pounds (plus the 10 pounds I gained while at the hospital from fluids and such). Losing a pound a day has been awesome, but today was the first day that my scale at home didn't register a loss. I really only count my official weigh-in's on Wednesday mornings at my weight loss support group (TOPS - Take Off Pounds Sensibly), so we'll see where I am on Wednesday, which will be my 4 week weigh in. I'm excited because I'm fitting into clothes that I haven't been able to wear and I'm able to purge my over-stuffed closet off winter items that I damn well better not be able to use come cold weather.

Matt Z - thanks for the suggestions. Gas X seemed to help.

Today I'm not feeling the same amount of tightness, so I'm wondering if maybe that is what gas feels like after surgery. If it comes back, I'll give the surgeon a call.

Did you just have surgery yesterday? Are you still in the hospital? I turned red, but i was also itchy and the medical team said I was just having a sensitivity to the pain meds. However, with you also running a fever, it could be infection setting in and would be cause for alerting your surgeon IMHO