IAmGrace
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This has been one of the biggest disappointments of my life.
I had a gastric sleeve performed on February 26. I was exactly 200 pounds on the day of my surgery. Today, almost 8 weeks out I am a measily 14.5 pounds down. BIG DEAL. I suffered miserably! Apart from that I counted on the surgery to help me. I am doing all the work and from what I can see, the surgery is doing nothing.
Krimsonbutterflies and Nokomis reacted to this -
Thank you! I definitely will call them. I'm so discouraged today I want to scream!
Did they give you meds?
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Hello there:
What is a minimizer ring? I don't think you should presume that 100-200 calories per day will be a new normal for you. Sounds like this needs looking into and I'm glad you're having a scope done. Is you 58 pound weight loss a combined before and after surgery or only after surgery?
I wish you well.
Best,
Grace
1JoAnne reacted to this -
So nice to hear from a fellow Dr. Gee patient. I liked her, but I really think my operation was a bust! I was done (a sleeve) on February 26 and am only down 13 pounds. I think I could eat almost any reasonable amount. I don't feel full. Very disappointed! I'm happy for you, though. Did you have a bypass or sleeve?
Grace
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I am 7 WEEKS out and I eat bread and Butter Pickles all the time. I can eat just about anything. It has me wondering if they did anything at all to me, but I sure as hell suffered.
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OMG you said four MONTHS. You should be able to eat anything unless I'm full of inaccurate information. I am 7 weeks out and I can eat anything I want but in small quantities.
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At 4 weeks you should be able to tolerate that well.
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I had a gastric sleeve on February 26 and recovery was dreadful. I'm pretty stoic when it comes to pain but I suffered miserably from the surgery. My weight loss has been painfully slow. For several days I've been terribly constipated so night before last I took Milk of Magnesia. Well it took effect last evening and I spent about 45 minutes in the bathroom until I felt that I was finished "going".
I woke up this morning thinking "oh well, my weight will finally be down a pound or two but I cannot trust it because of the diarrhea." WRONG! I was up a pound. I'm ready to bang my head against a wall. It seems to me that the surgery did me absolutely no good. Here I am 7 weeks out from surgery and have lost a measily 14 pounds and that's will next to starvation.
Very frustrated in Massachusetts.
Grace
Krimsonbutterflies reacted to this -
What is it that you do for work that you are continuing to go out during this virus crisis?
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I'm SO SORRY you are going through this. It must be terrifying! Please let us know what your doctor/s say and how you are progressing after this awful experience.
Grace
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I just created a lovely dessert that I want to share with you all. Actually, it's so basic you probably have done this yourself.
Blend a frozen banana, one cup of frozen mixed berries, one packet of sugarless vanilla pudding mix one cup of skim milk and two packets of artificial sweetener. I used Splenda. ....just blend it all for 2 minutes. It makes a really nice pudding!
Enjoy!
Grace
mmelvin2020 and Lynda486 reacted to this -
QuoteI plead, nay I implore... Let us not make fun of the food people share on this thread
Oh please if they don't identify it and it looks like a slimy swamp creature ..... that's what it looks like - not making fun of it.
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How much Hagen Das Ice Cream is pictured here?
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I must admit that staying away from carbonated beverages and caffeine has been one of the most difficult things for me (6 weeks out from a sleeve).
I just couldn't stand it so I was drinking diet coke which I flattened by adding a bit of Water to it. Then I went to straight Diet Coke (bubbles and all). NO problem at all.
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So glad to know this.
Many thanks.
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48 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:I felt like I could have definitely eaten more but I stop myself. I try really hard to stay in my calorie range.
I think you should try what @GreenTealael suggested which is eating slow. I find that when I eat slow I get full faster.
Thank you for your suggestion. However, the fact is that I eat VERY slowly. Stopping after each bite, chewing incessantly. Other people are done FAR faster than me. It was a habit I learned from Weight Watchers many, many years ago and it has become my way of eating.
GreenTealael reacted to this -
You are losing much faster than me. EVERYONE is losing faster than me. My sleeve was done on February 26 and I've lost a whopping 14 pounds.
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Is half a cup the max your stomach will allow or did you just eat half a cup by choice.
My problem is that I am able to eat just about all I want of anything! It's like I never had anything done to my stomach although my surgeon swears that she removed 85% !!
GreenTealael reacted to this -
I love your prediction Lily! Why would I get ticked at you? Never! You made me smile!
Lily66 reacted to this -
@ MsMocie:
You're telling me the obvious.
Almost 7mo out having a rough few days/weeks.
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Did you have a sleeve or a bypass?