samusaurusrex

I'm fine now; it hasn't happened again. But I appreciate the concern.

Dang girl!! ((hugs)) And saying prayers!
It sounds like 1 of 2 things:
Orthostatic hypotension (low bp) and dehydration can make this worse.
OR
Reactive hypoglycemia (but usually when I'm low enough to black out, I'm in a hot sweat, burning up inside, trembling uncontrollably, shaking hands, and needing to pee like a racehorse and very very confused, like I almost can't form a coherent sentence to let Mr. F. know I need help.)
Do you have a bp cuff along with your finger stick? It's easy to tell OH because your bp will change very dramatically from one taken when laying flat and then quickly sitting up and taking it. It's a big sudden change in your numbers, it will drop lower with sitting than when laying flat.
And RH is very easy to spot. Basically if you are less than 60, you need something to eat. If you are less than 40, you need to act very quickly with fruit juice or glucose tablets and take your bg every 15 minutes until you see it start to move up. Then 30 minutes to an hour later follow it with Protein (I use nut butter I keep in single servings by the bed and a 6oz can of OJ by the bed -- also have glucose tablets and my bg monitor).
Hope that helps! And you need to call your PCP and get seen!!! ((hugs))

Thank you all. I appreciate your replies. Good to know I’m not alone 😊

I always suggest a neck pillow, like one of the travel things, the most pain i had was the crick in my neck from that bed lol

you are doing great and congratulations! it's a great feeling!

you are doing great and congratulations! it's a great feeling!

@lyladyp
WTG
onderland is a lovely place to live
new peep to meet, places to go
continuation of great life☺️
keep up the terrific job
i know you will
kathy
congrats

That must feel wonderful. My personal lowest weight was 200 so I have never been to onderland.
I hear it nice.

Congratulations to you!
Way to go!

Thanks everyone and yes it feels great!! I know I still have a long way to go but it's progress especially it's been some years since I have officially seen 1 anything.

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Yeah! Congrats! Onederful feeling!

Congratulations!

Woooohooooo! Own it baybee!!!! Way to make that scale your little bio*ch! I bet you feel great?!!! Congrats.

For the past few weeks the scale has been going back and forth between 198-200lbs. I refused to count it until I was under 197-today is that day😄😁
1st goal get under 200lbs met!

I have had several dumping incidents, none of them with diarrhea (nor a BM at the same time). From what I have gathered on this forum, my dumping symptoms are essentially the same as everyone's, just without the actual physical dumping. Fortunately, I've learned enough to avoid dumping and haven't had an incident in several months.

yeah no runs here either, it is just a symptom 'some' people get

I've never had dumping with the trots either. I get cramping, sweating, weakness and vomiting. Just had it three times (and that was enough!).

Congrats!

whoohoo keep up the great work good job !!!!!

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The 100lbs lost mark is quite an accomplishment. I just crossed it myself and it just feels like a major milestone in some regards. Good luck reaching your goal, your hard work will pay off! Congrats!

Congrats!

As the others have said, each doc has their own plans and you totally need to work with your doc and RD to determine their plan that fits your nutritional needs.
We're all very different as are the way our tools react post surgery.
The one thing I learned is that you just can't "chase that full". For many of us, it doesn't exist or exists in a form we don't yet recognize. I didn't start feeling a send of fullness or a "stop" signal until about 3 months. Our nerves have been cut and they aren't sending trusty signals to your brain as they should.
That's why VOLUME is KING. It's important not to exceed the quantity PER MEAL that your doc recommends for your particular stage. Once you have that, then you work backwards starting with Protein.
I literally have a 1 cup limit. I CAN however, eat around 1 1/2-2 cups of food depending on if it's protein and veg or if it's salad, or a fancy gooey casserole, or soup/stewp. But just because I CAN, doesn't mean I should. You know? So I try to rack up as many meals as possible where I honor my doc's and RD's limits for me of 1 cup per meal--ever--forever. Cuz that's gonna protect my tool from stretching and hopefully protect me from regain.
I place a 1 cup measuring cup on a scale and then I weigh in my 3oz of protein. (I'm 18 months out and can easily eat 3-6oz of protein at one sitting if I let myself. But I honestly ONLY need 2-3oz of protein per meal for my body size.) Then I weigh in lean veggies (al dente) until my 1cup is full. That's it. That's the meal concluded. Add a tsp of fat equivalent. And you have your meal. The End. Right?
Except, we're humans. And sometimes that won't satisfy. And that's ok. We're human. But our job is to PLAN to have as many days/meals on target as humanly possible. And also, to not stress or beat ourselves up over that 1 meal where we mess up. It's just important not to PLAN to mess-up. Right?
The reason I weigh is so that I know exactly how many macros I'm getting in and grams does that more accurately than volume. But your tummy doesn't recognize grams. It recognizes VOLUME. That's why it's important to do both.