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This.

Yup, daily.

You need to go to your doctor, sorry! There are a lot of minor bacterial infections that could cause the odor but you need to be on the right antibiotic. The bleeding could be something more serious.

I never told my job. A medical procedure of none of their business. My CEO at the time was a total weirdo and I thought he might resent our health insurance rates going up (if they did) as a result the surgery.

Do you have a psychiatrist or therapist outside of the bariatric office? What do they think? As long as you are not suicidal or self harming, I would move ahead. I also have chronic pain and depression and I'd rather have them without also being obese. How many pounds of ugly fat would you lose if you lost your husband? Good luck and feel better.

If it were me, I'd look into a hiatal repair and a revision to bypass surgery. But I'm not a doctor! Good luck and feel better.

For Thanksgiving we often have 8-12 people over. This year we are having dinner with one other couple. They get tested weekly for work and we recently got tested too. We formed a "vacation bubble" this summer because we are all about equally cautious. I will miss seeing all my friends. I'm Jewish so I rarely do much around Christmas, but normally my husband and I would take a nice, long vacation somewhere warm, which I will miss. We also usually have Chinese food with the same family on Christmas, but we won't be eating inside at a restaurant. Not sure is they will be up for getting together for takeout or not.

First of all, I am very sorry for your brother's diagnosis. I lost a close friend to ALS and it's an awful disease. I do not think there is any causation between his WLS and ALS, but I'm not a doctor.

He was a self-appointed expert on WLS before he had his procedure.

It really depends on where you live and the precautions the hospital is taking. I'm having a routine procedure done next week in Massachusetts, but my town is "green" and it's considered safe enough with masks and such.

I thought self acceptance was more important than living with being fat for years. I had my surgery two years ago and have been very happy with my decision.

I had laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve surgery through my navel (no scars) and I spent 2 nights in the hospital. It's helpful to have a nurse measuring you out 1 oz cups of juice and protein water. I was also on an IV for a lot of the time. I was exhausted from the surgery and anesthetic and I probably could have gone home after one night, but they suggested I stay since I was not functioning at a very high level.

I try to limit my consumption since these are basically candy bars, but when I am really hungry, Quest Nutrition Chocolate Hazelnut Protein Bar (fake Nutella) or Built Bar Cookies 'N Cream.

Well, I just realized that I have been at my goal weight for a year. While I briefly dipped about 12 lbs. lower, I think this may be it unless I put a lot more effort into losing, which I am not doing right now. If I go one pound over, I do make sure to address it. So yay? I'd like to lose a bit more, but where I am now is just fine for my age (50) and lifestyle right now.

I track all my food, but thanks for your concern. I didn't get fat eating three plums a day.

Sure. They're like big raisins.

Both are possibilities. But when I really thought about it, I eat appropriate meals and don't snack much until... sundown. It's evening snacking while mindlessly watching movies or TV with my husband that I need to nip in the bud.

I can eat too much if I don't watch it so I count calories at 2 years out. I lose at 1,200-1,500. I've been eating too much lately and it shows. I have an apt. with my dietician so she can say... no more frozen yogurt and I can complain about it.

I don't remember a nicotine test but I haven't smoked in over 25 years so I may have forgotten about it. Can you ask your surgeon's office about what they would do?

Not 7 days post op or you could really injure yourself enough to need surgery. Th sis happened to someone in my program. He was in rehab for a couple of months after they operated on him again. I don't mean to be scary but 7 days after surgery can be dangerous.

This is radical but I am two years out and eat three prunes with breakfast. I haven’t needed laxatives or Colace in ages.

Be very careful. People I know have ended up in rehab seriously messed up for eating things like well-chewed steak too soon. How about some nice jello?

It's very common and if it were me, I would switch to the bypass.

Being freezing is a common side effect. I have no advice about the hunger except talking to your dietician. Mine went away a bit and then came back in the first year. Good luck!

Sure, you could say, "Everything is so delicious but I'm full" a couple of times. It would be more polite but effective.