Missouri-Lee's Summit

@Matt Z This might be why, when you consume foods like this and then go to bed your body can't burn them off... try switching your cheat meal to the middle of the day to see if that helps any.
Tsk, tsk, Matt. I thought this thread was about posting our cheating experiences, not giving lessons on how to be more effective cheaters!! You are a very, very bad boy.

It's been my experience that it's generally male doctors who tend to behave this way. Do you live in a small community with few primaries? My life turned around 180 degrees when I found myself a good, compassionate female primary. I'm not suggesting that all male primaries are jerks, but they tend to have more acorns up their butt than necessary.

Your problem is nothing to trigger skedaddling as far as I'm concerned. Good on you for creating this topic!
Do you take any meds that might be contributing to your Constipation? Here, for example, are some meds that trigger constipation: https://www.goodrx.com/blog/the-big-8-constipation-causing-medications/
https://www.medicinenet.com/constipation/article.htm#what_is_constipation
Dietwise, you sound like you're doing the right things. Do you have any food allergies by chance?

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It's been a couple of days since your last post. Are you still having painful Constipation?
What changes, if any, have helped?

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113lbs in 10 months.

Which surgery did you have?
How much weight did you initially lose before you starting regaining?
How do you handle stress?
Do you hate exercising?
Do you have a bariatric buddy to spend face-to-face time with?

Your problem is nothing to trigger skedaddling as far as I'm concerned. Good on you for creating this topic!
Do you take any meds that might be contributing to your Constipation? Here, for example, are some meds that trigger constipation: https://www.goodrx.com/blog/the-big-8-constipation-causing-medications/
https://www.medicinenet.com/constipation/article.htm#what_is_constipation
Dietwise, you sound like you're doing the right things. Do you have any food allergies by chance?

Which surgery did you have?
How much weight did you initially lose before you starting regaining?
How do you handle stress?
Do you hate exercising?
Do you have a bariatric buddy to spend face-to-face time with?

Which surgery did you have?
How much weight did you initially lose before you starting regaining?
How do you handle stress?
Do you hate exercising?
Do you have a bariatric buddy to spend face-to-face time with?

This is a timely post for me. I also use a CPAP, but I haven't been compliant since my bypass. Now I'm starting to wonder if I should contact my doctor about recalculating my pressure before I try using it again.
I'm sorry you had to experience what you did, but your rant possibly helped out someone else from going through something similar. THANK YOU!!!

This is a timely post for me. I also use a CPAP, but I haven't been compliant since my bypass. Now I'm starting to wonder if I should contact my doctor about recalculating my pressure before I try using it again.
I'm sorry you had to experience what you did, but your rant possibly helped out someone else from going through something similar. THANK YOU!!!

I have UHC. Policies vary even within the same health system. My policy didn't give a wooty-toot-toot whether I lost weight during my 6-month supervised period or gained weight! Sometimes a doctor's office staff can (in good faith) share the wrong information, so find out what YOUR actual policy states. Call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask member services to clarify your policy for you. Are you getting the bypass?
Write to me privately. I might be able to help you navigate other policy details.

I have UHC. Policies vary even within the same health system. My policy didn't give a wooty-toot-toot whether I lost weight during my 6-month supervised period or gained weight! Sometimes a doctor's office staff can (in good faith) share the wrong information, so find out what YOUR actual policy states. Call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask member services to clarify your policy for you. Are you getting the bypass?
Write to me privately. I might be able to help you navigate other policy details.

I'd be worried if you didn't have the jitters. Someone the other day on this forum talked about embarking on a laundry marathon and watching the holy crap out of Netflix. Those are just examples. Is there a hobby or something you like that you'd enjoy focusing on for a few days? You could always spend your time creating a LIST of things you'd do if you could.😀 Journal a bit. Put your jittery words on paper so later you can ask yourself, "Why was I so dang nervous. That was a piece of cake!".
One super important thing. Don't forget to take a good BEFORE picture of yourself during this pre-surgery time. You'll be grateful to yourself later. Cheese!

@AlteredReality. What a beautiful user pic. You should be a poster patient to inspire those on the fence about the benefits of gastric bypass. I'm still behind you in terms of weight lost, but I am losing. I am so proud of myself.

So happy and proud of you, AlteredReality. You inspire me. My boo-boo act is just that. It's more fun to pretend to be all depressed and crushed! Self-deprecating humor is a powerful motivator for me. I am genuinely thrilled that you are doing so well. I am proud of myself, too. We should both be proud!!

My home state of Missouri, plus the city where I currently live, Lee's Summit.
I would have preferred using a variation of my name, but I have good reasons for not wanting to reveal that.
My father died at the age of 44 of a heart attack. I was 12. He was not overweight, so that was not a contributing factor. My mother is still living (age 80) and she has always been model thin and 6ft tall. It's a strange thing when you realize that you are older than a parent. I am 57. My father would have been 89 now, had he lived.

At 200.2lbs I'm almost there. I can almost feel it happening, but I can't quite get my weight to go below that 200lb milestone. Soon, hopefully.
Congrats, Matty.

I'd have more faith in BP's pouch reset program if it didn't seem so conflated with buying products from their store. It makes me wonder whether it's the person or the products sold that matter more.

Insurance companies tend to tell people submitting their documentation that it can take weeks for approval (they told me up to six weeks). My approval ended up taking only THREE business days. In fact, I was sitting in my primary's office and she just nonchalantly said, "Oh, did you know UnitedHealthCare approved your surgery?"
I guess UHC decided to let my primary before me!
So when UHC eventually called, I said, "Oh, that's old news. "

Thank you for the update. It sounds like the changes in your life (moving, bypass) are going well. Things will only get better. I enjoy hearing about people who have passions. Fishing is a good one.
My father died when I was 12 years old so I don't have a long list of memories; however, going fishing with my father is one that stands out as special. We had a bare-bones pontoon boat and I remember my daddy reminding my brother and I to make sure that we didn't all stand on the same side of the boat. Sure enough, my brother, who was less serious about fishing than I was, was goofing off throwing orange peels in the Water and pacing from one side of the boat to the other. That's when IT happened. The boat tilted and my daddy's tackle box slipped right into the lake. Not the future Eagle Scout's finest hour. Anyway, fishing with my father was a special memory. Sorry for the boring read.