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Well. I have had the most traumatic experience and I need to vent. I am almost 2 years post op RNY. December 15 I went to work as usual, by 230pm was in the ER with excruciating abdominal pain. That evening had emergency open abdominal surgery for the dreaded internal hernia / small bowel obstruction. Spent 5 nights in the hospital. Happy to be home for Christmas - but just a week later landed back in hospital for another partial small bowel obstruction! Thank god it resolved on it’s own. But now I am PARANOID to say the least. On blenderized food for 2 weeks… praying this is a one time deal. Looks like this happens in 8-10% of patients (lucky me). Any advice? Has this happened to anyone else?

Well. I have had the most traumatic experience and I need to vent. I am almost 2 years post op RNY. December 15 I went to work as usual, by 230pm was in the ER with excruciating abdominal pain. That evening had emergency open abdominal surgery for the dreaded internal hernia / small bowel obstruction. Spent 5 nights in the hospital. Happy to be home for Christmas - but just a week later landed back in hospital for another partial small bowel obstruction! Thank god it resolved on it’s own. But now I am PARANOID to say the least. On blenderized food for 2 weeks… praying this is a one time deal. Looks like this happens in 8-10% of patients (lucky me). Any advice? Has this happened to anyone else?

Well. I have had the most traumatic experience and I need to vent. I am almost 2 years post op RNY. December 15 I went to work as usual, by 230pm was in the ER with excruciating abdominal pain. That evening had emergency open abdominal surgery for the dreaded internal hernia / small bowel obstruction. Spent 5 nights in the hospital. Happy to be home for Christmas - but just a week later landed back in hospital for another partial small bowel obstruction! Thank god it resolved on it’s own. But now I am PARANOID to say the least. On blenderized food for 2 weeks… praying this is a one time deal. Looks like this happens in 8-10% of patients (lucky me). Any advice? Has this happened to anyone else?

Well. I have had the most traumatic experience and I need to vent. I am almost 2 years post op RNY. December 15 I went to work as usual, by 230pm was in the ER with excruciating abdominal pain. That evening had emergency open abdominal surgery for the dreaded internal hernia / small bowel obstruction. Spent 5 nights in the hospital. Happy to be home for Christmas - but just a week later landed back in hospital for another partial small bowel obstruction! Thank god it resolved on it’s own. But now I am PARANOID to say the least. On blenderized food for 2 weeks… praying this is a one time deal. Looks like this happens in 8-10% of patients (lucky me). Any advice? Has this happened to anyone else?

I lost another 11kgs in the 11 months after I reached my goal. It took me a while to reach the sweet spot of the calories I consumed equaling the calories I burnt. The weight loss got slower & slower. I found it hard to eat more in a meal so I adding calories via additional snacks. I was up to 4 or 5 snacks a day (yoghurt, cheese, fruit, protein bar, whole/multigrain crackers, hummus). I truely felt like I was eating all day & it took effort like @ms.sss also experienced.
Been stabilised for about 12 months. My meals are larger (about a recommended portion size) & I only have 3 or the odd fourth snack a day to reach the calories I need to maintain.
I didn’t really start to feel hungry again until well into my second year and I still have days I’m not hungry. On those days I try to at least eat protein rich foods. My attitude to food has changed a lot. I usually eat to provide my body with the calories & nutrients it needs to function - I eat because I need to not because I want to.
My experience is similar to some but not most. So far, I’m more of an exception. An outlier who throws a spanner in the statistical data & does more (or less) than statistically predicted. I am on the low BMI range end but turns out I actually have a smallish frame.
Don’t know what your goal weight is but if you’re getting close you should definitely be slowing. You could start to add a little more to your diet via healthy snacks. Speak to your dietician for advice & suggestions.
Just ignore those comments. We all got them. I did when I was 60kgs but don’t get them anymore 11kgs less - get you look great ones now. It doesn’t help that as we near our goal weight we start to look drawn. Once we add some good multi or whole grains back in our diet & our remaining fat resettles we look less gaunt. Those comments are more about how others perceive you not whether you are healthy & happy. It takes time for their vision of you to catch up with the new reality of you.
Congrats on your weight loss so far.

I had to put in an actual effort to purposely stop it after i reached goal (lost 108 lbs in 7 months). Ended up losing an additional 10+ lbs over the next couple months after that figuring out my maintenance calories. Ive been maintaining +/- 5 lbs of 115 lbs since about 9 mnths post op. I'm 3 years out today, and my weight is within the "healthy" BMI range or my height.

it slows down as time goes on. Once I got to within 20 lbs or so of a normal BMI, it slowed to a crawl - like 2 lbs a month.

I am in shock. Up to about 900 calories a day, still getting all of my protein in water in daily. Today is exactly 4 months post op… down 70 POUNDS! ?
284 surgery day, today 214. This is insane. I knew I would lose weight having this done for my reflux, but I never imagined losing it this fast ! I wish I could eat a cheeseburger to slow it down LOL WHEW!!!

I am in shock. Up to about 900 calories a day, still getting all of my protein in water in daily. Today is exactly 4 months post op… down 70 POUNDS! ?
284 surgery day, today 214. This is insane. I knew I would lose weight having this done for my reflux, but I never imagined losing it this fast ! I wish I could eat a cheeseburger to slow it down LOL WHEW!!!

I am in shock. Up to about 900 calories a day, still getting all of my protein in water in daily. Today is exactly 4 months post op… down 70 POUNDS! ?
284 surgery day, today 214. This is insane. I knew I would lose weight having this done for my reflux, but I never imagined losing it this fast ! I wish I could eat a cheeseburger to slow it down LOL WHEW!!!

I am in shock. Up to about 900 calories a day, still getting all of my protein in water in daily. Today is exactly 4 months post op… down 70 POUNDS! ?
284 surgery day, today 214. This is insane. I knew I would lose weight having this done for my reflux, but I never imagined losing it this fast ! I wish I could eat a cheeseburger to slow it down LOL WHEW!!!

I am in shock. Up to about 900 calories a day, still getting all of my protein in water in daily. Today is exactly 4 months post op… down 70 POUNDS! ?
284 surgery day, today 214. This is insane. I knew I would lose weight having this done for my reflux, but I never imagined losing it this fast ! I wish I could eat a cheeseburger to slow it down LOL WHEW!!!

I am in shock. Up to about 900 calories a day, still getting all of my protein in water in daily. Today is exactly 4 months post op… down 70 POUNDS! ?
284 surgery day, today 214. This is insane. I knew I would lose weight having this done for my reflux, but I never imagined losing it this fast ! I wish I could eat a cheeseburger to slow it down LOL WHEW!!!

I am in shock. Up to about 900 calories a day, still getting all of my protein in water in daily. Today is exactly 4 months post op… down 70 POUNDS! ?
284 surgery day, today 214. This is insane. I knew I would lose weight having this done for my reflux, but I never imagined losing it this fast ! I wish I could eat a cheeseburger to slow it down LOL WHEW!!!

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...

First victory! Had to shout it from the rooftops I’ve lost 50 pounds in 2.5 months!! My surgery was February 24. Liquid meal replacement started on February 10 and I have lost 50 pounds since February 10! I never thought that this would be possible. Everybody just keep swimming!! Proud of all the hard work we put in daily...