Nellie86

This Tuesday will be my first appointment with the surgeon Dr Texeira in Orlando Florida.
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It's very likely just a temporary weight gain due to the three or four week stall or just the change from liquids/pureed foods to soft. It happens. Keep on your post op guidelines and you will be fine.

I agree, it’s likely hormonal. We store a lot of oestrogen in our fat. As we lose weight it’s released into our blood stream. As @catwoman7 mentioned a lot of women experience heavier, more frequent, more painful or prolonged menstrual cycles & other associated effects like mood swings, acne, etc. while they are losing weight. It does pass. The oestrogen boost alleviated all my menopausal symptoms but when I hit goal & had lost most of excess fat they all came back unfortunately. LOL!
Plus it could be a release of toxins in your body from being on a cleaner & reduced diet.

it's possible it could be hormones. A lot of women's hormones go haywire after surgery, although they normalize again after a few weeks or months. I've read a lot on here about mood swings and screwed up menstrual cycles for the first few weeks/months after surgery. I'm wondering if your acne issue could be related to that, too.

Ok, I'm keeping my fingers crossed this gets you moving in the right direction.

This Tuesday will be my first appointment with the surgeon Dr Texeira in Orlando Florida.
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yes - that 30/30 rule seems to be pretty universal. We were told to do that at first - and then when we moved to solid food (at about six weeks out, I think), we were told we could drink up to the point of eating, but then we couldn't eat while eating or for an hour afterward. I'm still doing that six years later (although there have been a few times when I couldn't wait a whole hour because of timing issues, but I at least waited 30 minutes, since most surgeons recommend just 30 minutes, not 60 like mine does - so I figured it was probably safe). You do get used to it after awhile.

I just had my 6 month follow up, and this was one of my ?'s I had for the docs...to continue doing this? I was told by the nutritionist, and the doc that this will be the ongoing rule forever. Both said it had to do with digestion. Both also said that taking a "sip" of Water right after eating is fine. Like if your throat feels dry, etc.

I've been told 20 minutes before and 30 minutes after. This is one of the things that i think will be most difficult for me after surgery.

It's standard. Everyone is told this. It's important to follow, particularly in the first year. It doesn't work for me at this point (three years out). I drink with meals normally now. Not saying not to listen to your doctor...just being real. I followed this advice the first year pretty faithfully. Now, not so much. Though, I do drink less with meals now.

Anyone know about 30/30 rule? Stop drinking 30 minutes before you eat and start drinking 30 after eating.
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I went to the info meeting in May, had my first visit with the surgeon early June. When I went to that appointment I scheduled everything I needed to complete...3 "supervised" diet visits with the Nurse Practitioner, visit with the Dietition and the Psych eval. I completed everything by Aug. It took about a month for approval from insurance, doc was on vacation in Sept so I had surgery in Oct. Everything went very smoothly. I was only in the hospital overnight.

I'm in Florida near Gainesville!

I am in Orlando, Florida. 6 weeks post-op with Dr. Smith of AdventHealth.

From Miami here!

I had my surgery with Dr Jawad, same group as Dr T. Is there anything I can help you with?

I’m in Tallahassee, FL!

This Tuesday will be my first appointment with the surgeon Dr Texeira in Orlando Florida.
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