Losingit2018

So its been a week and one day since my surgery and I haven't had any kind of bowel movement yet. I left a message with the surgeon but haven't heard anything back. I'm kind of freaking out. Is this normal?

I'm approaching my 3rd year out from surgery. I've hit the gym hard for the last 8 months and I feel absolutely great! I'm loving my journey!

crazy to me

Thanks for your encouraging post. Sadly, I've tried all different BCP's, Natural Progesterone Cream, Metformin, Acupuncture....However I haven't taken Clomid due to my extra weight. I'm thinking I may give that a try once I'm down to 215/200 or 1 year post-op at least. I know that I sometimes ovulate, and my OB-GYN thinks I have had several chemical pregnancies. Gives me hope to know that others struggled and still got pregnant.
Good luck with your pre-op, it took me a year to get the courage to make an appointment, and was approved in three months, but waited six due to work/grad school/time off etc. It's been a bit of a rollercoaster three weeks, but I'm down over 25 pounds so I can't complain.

I'm 49 and I've never worn one before... LOL Seems unlikely.

Me too and I had rny. Much smaller than my non Robotic sleeve incisions although they are pretty small As well.

I have a navel incision as well. All of my other incisions are pretty small so they don’t bother me at all. Of course I have no plans to wear a bikini in the near future either.

Definalty not saying I am a Doctor - However i have found a generic take two and call me in the morning approach is not good for Everyone. If you get a blood test you will see how far off this take two and call me approach is, I needed a ton more then what my Doc said to take.

Making sure clothes still fit 😂 (all I wear these days are compression garments) so I'm patiently waiting for spring 🌷
More blurry photos. 😂

My husband surprised me with a beautiful pair of earrings.... Just Because.... Pictures don't do them justice.

who here can't pass up a cute pair of panties..... when i cleaned out "some" of my closet.... i had 90 pair.
Shoes.... last count well over a hundred. But i find myself wearing the same shoes during the winter..... But when summer comes around... look out.
OOTD: This was bought two Saturdays ago at Chico's.....

Super casual playoff 🏈 Sunday

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the white moto jacket!

Everyone looks gorgeous as always! Love the outfits. I agree with @ms.sss that @sillykitty looks especially trim and tall as does @GreenTealael. Green, those are gorgeous outfits! LOVE the white jacket and pink coat! I think the dress swallows you? You are so tiny!
@BayougirlMrsS damn! I'm gonna have to second @ms.sss! Nice Ass! LOL! And nice hubs! What gorgeous earrings and I'm totes jelly of your beautiful skin and hair. Lovely!
I think I've worn these before? It's date night and cold here.   

A diuretic will make that worse. You need to have plenty of Fluid get to your stools. I take Miralax every single day plus stool softeners a few times per week.

duuretics will dry you out even more.

Now I am able to eat chili easily and have been since the soft foods stage started.

Regular sugar drinks are a definite no-no for me, and probably most of us. Definitely talk to the nutritionist and see was s/he says. I would say, at the very least... dilute them! It took me a few weeks to get used to the "zero" versions of these drinks. And they are definitely less "sweet" when you have the crushed ice start to melt in them.

I have been drinking the regular versions. I tried the zero versions.. However they are much too sweet for me.
I will discuss this too with the nutritionist tomorrow. And the crushed ice idea is great i will try that as well

I’m struggling to decipher what you have written. You had the band removed and thought you were sleeved but you weren’t ? Is that right? You are struggling to eat or drink. I find it hard to believe that a surgeon has diagnosed you with a twisted stomach and not fixed it. Normally a twisted stomach would be a medical emergency as the loss of blood flow would cause necrosis, infection and ultimately death.
And this has been going on since 2018? Please tell me what I’m missing.

Great news, Steve! I am 8 weeks out and will t even try dehydrated anything at this point. I tolerated most everything with my sleeve but rny is a whole other ballgame. I am just now starting to tolerate meat.

Well Betty is still a good woman but she changed her mind and made some chili for the first time since before my surgery. I had to add some more chili powder and some minced garlic to mine but it was very good. I stopped eating 6oz of chili around 20 minutes ago and so far no Gastric distress. Super happy with my results so far. I hope everyone heals up with no problems and finds some new and old healthy meals that makes them happy.

My wife said she is making some air fried turkey smoked sausage cut in 3/8" thick sections, cut up sweet potato, brussel sprouts, onions, carrots, drizzled on melted Country Crock light margarine and lightly sprayed canola oil. One of my favorites. My wife Betty is a sweet woman!

AS LONG AS IT ISN'T SUGARS, FATS OR PROCESSED CARBS. I'm cleared to eat what I want. He said he still cannot believe that at 10 days out I was able to eat 4oz of air fried salmon. He said that beef Jerky usually is hard to handle at 2 months. I have been snacking on beef jerky and peanuts since around 15 days out. I was 225 fully dressed with my jacket, knife, smartphone, change, and wallet when I was weighed. The Nurse said; there was no need to remove anything since she couldn't believe the difference since my surgery. My surgeon asked about how I'm doing with my meds, Proteins and fluids, I told him all's good. He looked at my incisions and said I'm healing really fast. So he cleared me to eat my way because it's working. I have my next appointment on February 24th.

I have a navel incision as well. All of my other incisions are pretty small so they don’t bother me at all. Of course I have no plans to wear a bikini in the near future either.

It is an option depending on the surgeon you have. I love that mine was robotic because my incisions are very, very small.