april042019

YUP!

Mine was just instructions on how to get to the hospital, where to park, what to bring with me, how to shower the night before and morning of the surgery. Good luck!

You look great! Keep up the hard work!!!

I think most people throw up a lot after surgery and that doesn't seem to damage their pouches. I hope your doctor figures everything out!

If your insurance won't get you to see a surgeon then I'd say go to your primary care physician ASAP. If you can't keep ANYTHING at all down then probably go to the emergency room. This does sound very worrying.

I thought of getting an appointment with her but to be honest the last time I saw her I felt like she wasn't helpful at all. All she would tell me was to follow her pinterest. I don't even know if insurance will cover another appointment with her or anyone else for that matter. I'll try though. Thank you!

It's not that I don't love them, but 95% of the shakes i've tried i couldn't even tolerate a few sips. The only ones I could tolerate were the Ensure Mocha (which i was told I couldn't drink because of its caffeine content) and the Caramel Premier with decaf coffee. I used to drink them as much as I could at first but then when I started eating more I decided I'd try getting my protein from actual food instead. I obviously failed at that and just forgot about the shakes. You're right though, I'm going to try doing them again.

Really? What is it called??

I'm glad something worked for you! Also, I know that itching means healing so congrats! Good luck!

Congrats! You look great!! And so do your adorable cats!! Keep up the good work! ❤️

I'm almost 5 months out but I started eating salads right after I got to start eating normal food (so like 4-5 weeks out). I had no problems whatsoever. I still eat them occasionally. The only problem with salads (for me) is that they don't have much protein in them and they're also really voluminous so you can't eat much. If you're unsure and really want a salad I'd say try a little bit and give yourself 15-20 minutes to see if anything happens. Also, beware of calories in dressings! Good luck and congratulations!!

Haha thank you! To be honest it's mostly because I haven't been getting enough protein in at all! I know, that's very bad. I just can't stomach the shakes or anything with a powder in it. I try to eat as much chicken and turkey and high protein foods as I can but that too is limited to 1/2 a cup/ meal. I also did a lot of cardio this summer so that helped with the calorie deficit. Lately I haven't been going to the gym as much because school and work started and I've been really busy. So I'm trying to keep my calorie intake at a minimum so that I can continue to be in a similar amount of calorie deficit. Right now, I'm usually not eating more than 200-250 calories a day (60 of them are calories from vitamins). Again, I know that sounds really unhealthy especially since I'm supposed to keep up with my protein goals but It's a struggle and I'm trying...

I absolutely cannot stand protein shakes because i hate the taste of protein powder and it's usually really strong in the shakes. The only ones I can tolerate are Ensure Mocha and Caramel Premier (WITH COFFEE ONLY) Everyone's different though. What I did was I bought one of each (that looked interesting to me) and tried them all. Good luck!

Omg is this really true? I've never heard of any insurances doing that. Can I ask what your insurance is, if that's not too personal of a question? ?

Had a similar experience in Vegas last week! I got on the big apple ride and it fit with no problems! Congrats!

Amazing! You look great! Congratulations!!!

I took a week off. I was tired and couldn't move too much at first but it was bearable.

Congratulations! You look great! Hard work pays off!

I had my bloodwork done a few weeks ago and I am deficient in vitamin A as well. (I'm almost 5 months post op) My doctor said I should take 10,000 UI of vitamin A once a week. No prescription. I just bought it from the pharmacy. I've been taking all my multivitamins and calcium consistently but I have been very low on protein.

Congratulations!!! That's great to hear!

Just a few more days, you can do it! Wishing you the best and a speedy recovery! ❤️

I'm a stomach sleeper too. I actually like to flip around a lot while i'm asleep and that was impossible to do right after surgery. It was painful to move in any way let alone flip around in bed. I think it took me about 10 days to start laying on my stomach. I remember being really scared to try it because it was always so painful to move so I assumed that that position would be the worst but it turned out to be really comfortable. I started with putting a pillow under my stomach and laying on it during the day until i got over the fear that I was going to open my incisions or my pouch lol. I had no discomfort at all when I finally attempted it. I'd say take it slow and if you feel any pain at all just give it some more time before trying again. Good luck and congratulations!

Hello! I hope everyone's doing well! So I've been trying to set some goals for myself (weight wise) and I'm unsure on how to predict weight loss in the future. Will weight loss start to slow down the more you lose it? Logic is telling me yes but for me it hasn't so far so i'm thinking that that might not be the case. I've been losing pretty much the exact amount of weight every month for 4 months now. (I had surgery about 5 months ago) Even though I've dropped so much weight I'm still losing the same amount every month. So should I expect to keep losing the same amount or should I expect a decrease? I don't want to underestimate too much and end up setting an easily achieved goal (I think if I reached it early I'd feel like it was too easy and stop trying as hard). I want something that'll push me but also be more realistic. I know you lose the most weight your first year after surgery, the "honeymoon" phase, so the goal I want to set is still within the year. I had surgery in April and the goal date I want to set is New Year's Day. So I'll be about 9 months out. Has anyone experienced weight loss slowing down the more you lose weight? Or has it been consistent? For people that have reached their goal weight, did it get harder to lose it the closer you got?

I read your post on that thread, I think. Very helpful, thank you!! I actually had no idea that I'm not supposed to be taking any NSAIDs ever after bypass surgery. I thought it was just for the first few months or something. Thank god I haven't taken anything. Same! Nobody from my bariatric doctors office mentioned anything about this! It's frustrating that I have to find things out myself when they could've easily just told me. I feel like there are probably a lot of other important things that I don't know about. I called my psychiatrists office and after a million phone calls with them not answering or saying no one from my medical team was available to speak to me, I finally got in touch with her medical assistant. So initially when I saw the doctor she asked me what kind of medication I'd prefer and I told her I didn't know, but she had no problem giving me whatever I asked, had I asked. However, when I spoke to her medical assistant recently the MA said that there was no way the doctor would write me a different prescription without proof that I actually had the surgery and that I shouldn't be taking any extended time release medications. So she asked for a letter from the doctor who did my gastric bypass surgery stating that I shouldn't be taking those meds. I'm 100% sure that the actual psychiatrist wouldn't have asked for all this but for some reason her MA is kinda blowing it out of proportion (in my opinion). Anyway, I called his(my bypass doctor) office and spoke to his MA and she said he wasn't in his office and that she'd have to get back to me next week. It's so frustrating. I start classes and work and everything on Monday and I was hoping to have all this settled by then because I won't have time to jump through another million hoops for them.

Thank you so much! This is great!