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Dr. Vuong is filming a reality show about weight regain after WLS or something like that. He’s on Instagram promoting it. I watched some of his early videos when researching WLS. His cursing really made me stop watching his videos and the fact that half of the things he recommends my doctors did not recommend. I do realize all doctors have different plans, but chose not to watch his videos based on that.

I’m a very shy person and keep to myself. I simply stay private about my personal experiences in life. I only told my immediate family and my parents. I now regret it though. I had a hard time making the decision to keep it private because I knew I would have a rapid weight loss and it would strike up conversations about my weight loss. It would then definitely keep the rumor mill busy and boy, it has. I regret not coming forth and just telling people I had WLS when they asked me and not worry about criticism. The reason being is that during my first 6 months, I avoided lunches with coworkers and other friends as I wouldn’t be able to eat a regular sized meal and the questions would pop up. Now that I can eat up to 8 oz of food, it’s still difficult to hide or beat around the bush. Some folks will notice that I eat very little and some have asked me straight up “have you had WLS? You eat like my friend, relative, brother or sister that had WLS surgery.” I deny having had WLS and I hate it because I’m lying to my friends and coworkers. I’ll sometimes say that I splurged on the donuts/cake in the break room or that the vegan lifestyle I’m trying to live by is upsetting my stomach. I just think that I created a very uncomfortable situation for me and I think people suspect that I had WLS. I’ve had close coworkers tell me that people talk about my new eating habits and that most likely I was one of Dr. Nowzaradan’s patients. There’s also other nasty criticism that has come along with it. In hindsight, in my case, I should of just answered with the truth when asked and not worry about the nasty criticism and stupid rumors. They’re doing it anyways. This would of let me know who are the true supportive individuals. I hope your experience with this topic goes as you wanted it to be. Good luck with your journey. It’s going to be a positive transformation, trust me.

I have a desk job and took 6 days off. I had trouble driving to and from work for a couple of weeks. I would feel dizzy and had severe motion sickness while driving. I wish I would have taken a couple of weeks off and not toughened it out.

Thanks for the tips with lozenges and Benadryl. I hope you get to feeling better.

2shea, Thank you for the link and suggestion. I also searched around and most people were taking Tylenol Cold and Sinus after their VSG. I was still hesitant to take it though, because my surgeon had told me to stay away from some specific OTC medication. I went back through my discharge papers and read that Tylenol was safe to take for pain or a cold. The only thing my surgeon notes is to stay away from NSAIDs. Went to the pharmacy around lunch time and took a dose and it made me feel a little better. On my second dose hopefully it helps me kick this cold away.

It’s Saturday morning and I woke up with a bad cold. What have you folks taken for a cold after having the VSG surgery?

I’m just 6 months post op and I went from a size 11 Wide to a 10 regular. It’s good that I’m not restricted to the Wide sizes as there’s a bigger variety of shoes I can now choose from.

@mylighthouse That is an amazing transformation! Keep it up.