ShoppGirl

I had very little pain post op. From my time on here I have heard of pain all over the map though immediately post op. I think what seems to be the worst for the majority of people immediately post op is the gas pain from the air they fill you up with.

I was up walking in recovery which is before they even bring you back to your room.

The insurance coordinators are pretty knowledgeable for the most part. If you have criteria to meet for your insurance it means they do cover the procedure. If anything they will just give you more hoops to jump through but They pretty much have to cover it if you meet the requirements.

Hello and congratulations on your surgery date.

I would also run it by your clinic just in case. They should know what questions to ask to differentiate it from withdrawal or something else.

Just keep in mind that your body can only absorb so much protein at a time when taking in those larger doses.

My stay was one night. It was supposed to be two but I was doing well so they let me go early.

Post surgery ALOT of people find that bread sits heavy in their new tummy. I happen to not be one of them. I am not one of them. I actually learned about it when ordering sandwich with my husband who doesn’t really like bread. I am not really a big cook. It look forward to hearing what you come up with in terms of good low carb bread.

Hello and welcome. Stalls can be tough but you are correct that this one probably won’t be your last. If you can stay away from the scale it’s a lot less stressful. I shouldn’t talk though cause I couldn’t do it.

Well at least you decided not to do it on your bday. That sucks though? So it was just the caffeine. No added sugar. I have Mention of some people having issues with caffeine but this is the first I ever heard it first hand.

I am 16 months out and haven’t had any issues at all so far but seeing posts like this one sorta make me wish I had just done the bypass as well.

Did someone tell you that your shakes had to be room temperature? I was told to try all different temps of beverages and drink it however it goes down best. I have been drinking my protein shakes cold since day one. And if you are allowed caffeine try the premiere protein caffe latte. It has caffeine in it. It’s very tasty.

What if you did the clear protein drinks? They are not thick at all so maybe they won’t fill you up.

I would go to the ER but while your waiting You may as well call the surgeon office and tell them you are at the ER and ask them if you should ask for a certain specialist or a specific test. Then of course do whatever test the ER recommends as well since they are the ones seeing you.

That was the same intervals that I had as well for follow ups. Weird they said you can’t come more often. Maybe they can’t justify it to the insurance or something?? It’s really hard to just trust the process and weigh less often I know. I couldn’t do it. I do think that the people that do are less stressed out though.

I should have said I didn’t tell many people. My aunt was the one that brought up the idea of surgery and I told my best friend who is also obese and of course my husband. I didn’t tell anyone else until post surgery cause I was afraid of any negativity. I was lower BMI to start so not a lot of people ask about my loss but some people have asked how i did it and I have told them. So far I haven’t had anybody say anything negative.

I didn’t tell everyone beforehand but as people ask me now how I lost weight I don’t want to lie and say I did it on my own because I feel like that may make them feel like something is wrong with them when they can’t do it. But that’s just me. It is true that the reason we lose is because of how little and what we eat post op and whatever exercise we do so I guess it’s not really lying to just leave out that we are able to stick to it because of the surgery.

some how you just triggered my memory. Like I said I was in The states but assume this would be the same. The only way they would have given me a catheter is if my bladder wasn’t “waking up” as expected post surgery. I was up and around fine and I was actually peeing but not a lot. They put something in my toilet to measure the output and if it wasn’t enough they would’ve put catheter in to protect my bladder. I was fine thigh. Started to pee more and more almost immediately after I said i wasn’t peeing alot.

Ooh good. Glad to hear it.

Ooh I absolutely have filet mignon with no issues. My hubby makes it on the grill with yummy grilled onions. One of my favorites. I just have to eat it again because he doesn’t really like steak and of course I have leftovers. I usually have it on a salad or make fajitas or quesadillas the next day with low carb wraps.

Congratulations!! ?

I am in the states and can answer from my experience but it may be a bit different. I did not have a catheter. If they put a tube down my throat I was asleep cause I don’t remember it (I just had to breath with a little mask over my mouth a few times and I was out). And I was up walking around with a nurse in recovery. I haven’t noticed any additional gas. I did read about the possibility somewhere with bypass having more foul smelling gas but honestly I haven’t heard much about it even with bypass in my 16 months on here. Now constipation is another story. That’s an issue for almost everyone immediately post op.

Immediately post surgery my stomach made ALL KINDS of crazy noises. Some of which did sound similar to the stomach is growling you must be hungry sort of noise. Mostly this happened after I ate. I think it’s noisy while it’s digesting. Could it be that??

You made me curious so I tried googling it too. All I found was another absorption issue. I read that physic acid in seeds can affect the absorption of other minerals like calcium and iron. Only for a couple hours though actually it doesn’t specifically mention chia and flax seeds so maybe they don’t contain a lot. I guess some people soak them to reduce the acid. You may want to look a little further into it. Or maybe ask your nutritionist. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/phytic-acid-101

Very few people are hungry post surgery. They cut most of your hunger hormones out with the large portion of stomach they remove. A few are but they are the exception.