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Sorry you have to get it removed, but you will feel better having it out. Good luck! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Sounds like you are doing great! The liquid diet is the hardest. Once you get to purees it makes it so much easier! This app is great. So many encouraging, motivating, and inspiring people! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Thank you all so much! I really appreciate all your kind and encouraging words! [emoji4] Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Good luck your surgery!! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

NovaLuna explained it all so well. I just want to say I also had the Loop DS 10 months ago. Just like NovaLuna, I have a lot of constipation.. In fact it has caused an umbilical hernia I already had to worsen, and now I have to get it repaired. I have had diarrhea as she described also, but it has been a while. I also vomited old blood for the first 3 days after surgery and had to stay in the hospital and extra night for that reason. I was also not told this might happen.. I am a nurse, so I didn't panic too much, but it did scare me at first. Otherwise, I have felt great, and don't seem to have any symptoms of a wheat allergy or celiac. I did pay out of pocket for my surgery, which is one reason I chose the Loop DS. My surgeon calls it the most powerful operation and I knew I needed powerful with over 200 pounds to lose! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

That is weird they had trouble visualizing the gallbladder. As small as you are now you wouldn't think that would be the case. Good luck with the surgeon. I had my gallbladder removed in January 2020 and it is amazing the pain those little stones can cause.. You'll feel better with it out! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Duodenal. Sorry Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

The Loop Dueodebal switch. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

You always have the best advice! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Thank you. I'm glad to know you kept losing in year two. This gives me hope! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

I got fully vaccinated in February. I got Pfizer. I had no side effects except a mildly sore arm the first day both times. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

That's a great NSV! You look amazing!! I could barely buckle my driver's seatbelt before and my surgery and my stomach touched the steering wheel. Driving is so much better now. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Aha! My husband helped me figure out how to post the before. This is last June. I had surgery July 23, 2020. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

I'm 10 months post op and I can pretty much eat anything, just way smaller amounts. Because I was so big before I am in still in thr weight loss phase though, so I'm still following my plan. I have had a treat here and there and did fine. I still enjoy food and I feel like once I'm in maintenance I'll eat pretty normal. Like Catwoman says, I think I'll eat like someone who never had a weight problem. It's actually really amazing to me when I get full so fast and I really enjoy the feeling. I never felt that way before. Even though it has been a big change, it has been very welcome and I love it! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Thanks Arabesque! You look fabulous too! Gorgeous! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Oh. Cool. Somehow I got these pictures to post.. Now I took the first pic to see if I liked that color lip gloss on me lol. That's why I have no other makeup on. As you can see, I have some bags under my eyes (they run in my family), and they are more prominent since I lost weight. I can also see lines under my eyes that weren't there before, but overall, I don't think it's too bad considering I've lost almost 150 pounds. I don't know how it will look when I get to goal though..that's another 60 or so. It's hard to see my loose neck skin here, but it's there. The other 2 pics are from last month. I try to take a picture of my progress every month. With clothes on, it's not really obvious that I have loose skin on my thighs or stomach. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

I love seeing all of your pictures. You all look beautiful! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Yeah, it makes me so mad that people criticize us for being overweight, then shame us for getting surgery! That's why I'm gonna wear any loose skin I have with pride until I decide to fix it or not. You can't win with some people! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

If I could figure out how to get my pics to post on here I'd show you a pick of me in clothes. Just like Catwoman, you can't really notice it when I'm in clothes. Sure, it will be visible when I wear a swimming suit, but I don't care. I'm going to Florida June 5th and I'm gonna be prancing around confidently in my swimming suit, loose skin and all, with confidence. I don't care what anyone thinks. The loose skin just shows how hard I have worked and it's not longer filled with fat! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Oh, and yeah, I have loose skin. My stomach was really big at 393 pounds so I have it there and my thighs are pretty bad too. My arms have always been small for my size so they don't have much. My face got pretty huge at my high weight, but so far it's not looking too bad. I have some loose skin on my neck, and notice some lines around my eyes I didn't have before, but overall people still don't think I'm almost 50. And I will take ALL of this any day over the way I was before. I feel so much better and life is so much easier now it is worth any loose skin or looking a bit older than I did. And there's always plastic surgery if it really bothers me. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Wow. You sound exactly like me. I was 48 when I this done last year. I also had a 9 year old son. He's 10 now and I'll be 50 in August. I'm still scared of failing. I have lost 148 and still have about 60 I would like to lose. My weight loss has slowed recently, and I'm afraid I won't get to my goal. I has all those feelings you had, and I still worry. However, I knew if I didn't do it, I'd stay the way I was for sure, and probably not live to see my son grow up. I'm SO glad I did the surgery. I was worried about missing food, but since you're not hungry at first, that makes it easier. And I do have cravings, but they're easier to control now. I just do my best to follow my plan and don't beat myself up if I do give into a craving, which isn't that often. Therapy is also something you might want to consider. That can help you work though issues with food. This is a big life change and I would be worried if you weren't scared. It's pretty normal to have those feelings! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

Chronic constipation is definitely a thing after wls.. I had a Loop DS, which is actually supposed to cause diarrhea, but I've rarely had that. I have been dealing with chronic constipation. I usually go most days, but it's small and hard. I didn't take it very seriously until a couple weeks ago, it caused an umbilical hernia I already had to get larger and one day it got incarcerated and I had severe pain and almost fainted. Now I have to get surgery to repair this hernia. I've had the hernia for several years and it never hurt or caused a problem. My long winded story here is to illustrate that it's best not to ignore chronic constipation like I did. I am now taking Miralax and Benefiber, which is helping. Also, I highly recommend the squatty potty! Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

I never had any kind of binder. I had very little pain from my surgery. Moving around was never a problem. My gallbladder was worse. I did have vomiting for the first few days, but my surgical pain was not bad at all. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

My hair loss was pretty bad between months 4 to 7, but it has started growing back now. I am almost 10 months post op now. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app

OK, I haven't had a gastric bypass. I had a Loop DS, but I can only throw up if there's something in my stomach. Actually, last week, I had an episode of nausea, and would have vomited if I could, but I couldn't. I have an umbilical hernia that caused that. My cousin, however, had a gastric bypass and she can't vomit at all. I can say vomiting is quite different after surgery too.. It's not the big dramatic thing like before. Sent from my Nokia 7.2 using BariatricPal mobile app